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Lower your expectations of others. Raise the expectations of yourself.
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A lot of things that work for you also work against you. Inertia is a great example. If you keep doing what you've always done, you're going to get the same results you've always gotten. Decades get wasted expecting different results from the same inputs.
How Darwin Thought: The Golden Rule of Thinking - "You must understand the opposite side of the argument better than the person holding that side does." fs.blog/2016/01/charle… via @farnamstreet
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Overcoming your own biology is the fastest path to developing true discipline. Your biology wants to keep you the same. Static. Comfortable. It seeks survival. Discipline is the ability to keep growing, despite internal opposition.
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