"Reading science, math, and philosophy one hour per day will likely put you at the upper echelon of human success within seven years." Naval . Not a big fan of him lately ,but his brilliant at articulating great ideas 💡
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Life is lived at the arena. Exploring this thing called life. Philosophy, History, Science 🔭 Economics. Be the change you want to see in the world 🧡
Wisdom always comes with trails and errors there's no other way. Stay strong 🧡
“Energy is the true currency. You can’t legislate energy. You can’t just pass a law and suddenly have a lot of energy… Bitcoin is based on energy.”
“Keep your eye on how much the Government is spending, because that is the true tax. YOU PAY FOR IT, either in the form of taxes, or indirectly in the form of inflation or debt.”
— Milton Friedman
A man’s soul decays when he abandons responsibility. He hides behind pleasure, blames circumstance, and rots in comfort. Purpose resurrects him. Pain cleanses him. Every trial you endure is an invitation to evolve, or an excuse to decay. The choice is yours.
The cost of clarity is losing illusions you were emotionally attached to - illusions about loyalty, fairness, consistency, and the permanence of people
“We may be free and yet miserable. Liberty does not mean all good things or the absence of all evil. To be free may mean freedom to starve, to make costly mistakes, or to run mortal risks.”
— Friedrich Hayek
In every relationship; , social, professional - you’re in a feedback loop of moves and countermoves. If you reward disrespect, it increases. If you punish loyalty, it dies. If you stay silent when boundaries are crossed, the equilibrium tilts against you. The game always adjusts to the behavior you tolerate.
The world doesn’t reward self-minimization. It rewards the men who carry their hunger openly, who pursue mastery without shame, and who refuse to dim themselves in response to society’s criticisms.
Aura grows when you stop trying to be universally agreeable and start becoming deeply aligned; the man who knows what he wants, enforces his standards, and refuses to dilute himself for acceptance becomes someone others adjust to rather than someone who adjusts for them.
Self-respect is a consequence. It emerges when you consistently choose what strengthens you over what comforts you. Every disciplined act is a vote for the man you want to become, and every indulgence is a vote for the man you claim you’re trying to escape.
A man’s value is tied to his ability to transform chaos into order. When situations escalate, emotions spike, and people panic, the man who remains centered becomes the natural leader. Stability is attractive because instability is the default of human nature.
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“The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn’t construct his theory under order from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn’t revolutionize the automobile industry that way.”
— Milton Friedman
People crave fairness when they are losing and justify dominance when they are winning; this contradiction exposes the truth that morality bends around self-interest far more reliably than self-interest bends around morality. Watch how a person behaves when advantage is on their side, that’s their real philosophy.
Sexual discipline separates boys from men.
Financial discipline separates the rich and the poor.
Discipline separates the top 1% from the 99%.
As a man, discipline is the highest form of self-respect.
Human nature gravitates toward ease, not excellence. The average person will betray their highest potential for immediate comfort, then later blame fate, luck, or circumstance. Pursue excellence in all forms and deliberately choose the discomfort that builds superiority.
“Everybody talks against inflation, but what he means is that he wants the prices of the things he sells to go up and the prices of the things he buys to go down.”
— Milton Friedman
“Fortitude without prudence is foolhardiness; fortitude without justice is mere violence.”