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Re: Personal Development for Smart People
Looks interesting... I like this:
Quote:Intelligence is one’s degree of alignment with truth, love, and power.
I like how he actually gives a kind of "summary" of the book instead of going all "you'll find out when you buy it, guaranteed" 
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I like. I paste snippets for people who don't want to read the whole thing (strange habit I've developed lately):
It’s okay to want something and have no idea how to get it, but it’s not okay to lie to yourself and pretend
everything is perfect when you know it isn’t.
You can’t get from point A to point B if you stubbornly refuse to acknowledge that you’re at point A. Denying A, fighting A, or otherwise resisting A only keeps you stuck at A.
whatever you fear, you must eventually face.
Recognize that when you make choices from a place of anger, fear, sadness, or guilt, you cannot be aligned with truth because your predictions will be negatively biased by those lower states.
Important decisions should be made when you’re clearheaded and rational, not when you’re
overly optimistic or pessimistic. However, your feelings have a powerful intelligence of their own
that can assist you in making sound decisions. Think of your emotions as a condensed version of
your mind’s predictive output, so it’s wise to make decisions that produce positive feelings.
And yeah, I just realized most of those snippets are saying the same basic thing with different wordings.
If I had to guess, I'd say that love is the way you figure out what truth is, and power is then how you can use it. Just a guess.
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SoulRiser Wrote:And yeah, I just realized most of those snippets are saying the same basic thing with different wordings.
Yeh, this is a basic technique by self-help authors. They say the same thing about 5 times to 'help' you remember it. I remember one book I read a bit, I'd skip whole pages cause I'd already got the point.
Epic win book.
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I'm definitely gonna buy this! Thanks, liq3! And thanks *so* much for getting me hooked on Colemak  my QWERTY typing speed went down 20 wpm since I started...
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dreamer... Wrote:I'm definitely gonna buy this! Thanks, liq3! And thanks *so* much for getting me hooked on Colemak my QWERTY typing speed went down 20 wpm since I started...
You're welcome! and if you want to keep your QWERTY up, practice it for like 5-10 minutes everyday.
Epic win book.
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*bump*
This book has been out for a while. You all should buy it. I've read most of it, and it's quite epic. It gives great advice. o.o
lulz, can't think of anything to say about it. It's just a really epic self-help book.
Epic win book.
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(07-12-2008 07:47 AM)SoulRiser Wrote: Looks interesting... I like this:
[quote]Intelligence is one’s degree of alignment with truth, love, and power.[/quote]
I like how he actually gives a kind of "summary" of the book instead of going all "you'll find out when you buy it, guaranteed"
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That doesn't even make sense! What truth? Truth is subjective fucktard.
love?? Love having anything to do with intelligence?
Power? as in authority? Others' authority over you? Your authority over others? Fuck that either way
No, this is Patrick.
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(04-19-2012 12:34 AM)Stadium Wrote: (07-12-2008 07:47 AM)SoulRiser Wrote: Looks interesting... I like this:
[quote]Intelligence is one’s degree of alignment with truth, love, and power.[/quote]
I like how he actually gives a kind of "summary" of the book instead of going all "you'll find out when you buy it, guaranteed"
That doesn't even make sense! What truth? Truth is subjective fucktard.
love?? Love having anything to do with intelligence?
Power? as in authority? Others' authority over you? Your authority over others? Fuck that either way
Truth is not subjective.
I have no comment on love.
And the power is the power one has on life.
Why you mad bro?
(01-10-2012 02:15 PM)Maelstrom Wrote: Efs, your nihilism is beautiful.
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