Life is hard. Arrogance is easy. However, arrogance had made my life harder than it had to be. It’s only the third step, but I had to take a mental break 8 minutes into the audio. I had to walk away and deal with what was being presented to me. Step two was like that […]
Step 54 Chess-like Assiduity
Hi Sophie, This step is called ‘Chess-like Assiduity and armchair meditation’ – the real use for deep thinking. He starts this one right out with a principle, from a Charlie Munger quote, that what it takes to be successful is ‘assiduity’- his definition being having your ass in a chair, to THINK. I had to […]
Every step’s rough summary in one place
You can use the summary to remind yourself what was in the step… it seems most of you forget by the time comes to write a review. the summaries were made by a student, and they only write about what they actually heard. The goal is not to just get through, the goal is to […]
Step 13 – Amish vacation, Vacation mentality
Stept 13: Amish vacation, Tap dancing to work and Avoiding what you love. The Amish set up their lives in a way that they have everything they need and they are doing it in a natural way, like it’s something they are born to do. In natural rhythm and therefore they don’t get burned out. […]
Step 50 Mastering the wrong things and blue eye shadow numbnuts
Hi Sophie, This step is about ‘mastering the wrong things’ – the how and why of self-reliance. He starts right out with the principle that we MUST be self-reliant. Interesting. I have always wanted to be self-reliant, but I never thought of it as something that we MUST do in order to have success in […]
Step 7 Learned helplessness
Hi Sophie, Wow, today’s step was so interesting, something I never considered at all but I completely see it – preconditioned helplessness. ‘Learned helplessness’-this is definitely a brand new concept to me… but I definitely see it, looking at all of the diet plans & health books since way back in history, looking at all […]
Step 6 Media bias
Hi Sophie, Step 6 was very timely for me after our call today. The main principle that I got out of it is ‘ slow is smooth and smooth is fast’, in a different set of words. It really made me think though- I never considered the huge part that media bias plays in conveying […]
Step 51: Language
Hi Sophie, This step is about ‘Wittgenstein’s Lion’, and how language and words MATTER – the power and effectiveness of Language. I think that very first thing is a principle – that language and words MATTER… it sounds so simple, but I’m sitting here thinking about that, amazed at how little importance most of us […]