To be principled means to consistently operate with principles that can be clearly explained.
“essentials to remember on tough days: practice patience accept what you feel do not punish yourself make sure you get good rest give yourself ample kindness accomplish smaller goals that day do things that will calm your mind a bad moment does not equal a bad life struggle can be a space for deep growth this current discomfort is not permanent”
― Clarity & Connection
― Clarity & Connection
“During their colonial rule of India, the British government began to worry about the number of venomous cobras in Delhi. To reduce the numbers, they instituted a reward for every dead snake brought to officials. In response, Indian citizens dutifully complied and began breeding the snakes to slaughter and bring to officials. The snake problem was worse than when it started because the British officials didn’t think at the second level.”
― The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
― The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
“life will throw at you challenges that require capabilities outside your natural strengths. The only way to be ready is to first build as vast a repertoire of knowledge as you can in anticipation of the possibilities you might face, and second to cultivate the ability to know what is relevant and useful.”
― The Great Mental Models Volume 3: Systems and Mathematics
― The Great Mental Models Volume 3: Systems and Mathematics
“The stronger we are relative to others, the less willing we generally are to change. We see strength as an immediate advantage that we don’t want to compromise. However, it’s not strength that survives, but adaptability. Strength becomes rigidity.”
― The Great Mental Models, Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology
― The Great Mental Models, Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology
“The word selection can be confusing, because its common usage implies choice: I’m selecting this over that. In reality, the concept means that the more favorable a trait is for a particular environment, the higher the chance of that organism living long enough to procreate. Biologist Geerat J. Vermeij describes it as “nonrandom elimination.”
― The Great Mental Models, Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology
― The Great Mental Models, Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology
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