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The full collection of explorations.

First, Work Hard.

Work hard to become your best.

Become your best so you can give your best.

Give your best so you can bring out the best in others.

And when you bring out the best in others you’ll want to keep working hard.

The Vicious Circle

We instinctually want what we don’t have.

This is true even for those who already have what we want.

It’s one big circle of everybody wanting everybody else’s stuff.

You want mine; I want yours; we want theirs; they want ours.

Until we decide that what we have is what we want.

It’s only then that we may finally break the vicious circle.

Gas-Guzzling Thoughts

Various thoughts consume various amounts of mental energy.

Deep, intense, painful thoughts consume a lot.

Superficial, light, fleeting thoughts consume a little.

If you don’t deal with the gas-guzzling thoughts, you’ll be left feeling constantly exhausted.

And, maybe better put, if you constantly feel exhausted, maybe it’s precisely because you haven’t dealt with the gas-guzzling thoughts.

Shortcut To Happiness

No person has the power to satisfy unlimited desire.

Everyone, however, has the power to not desire what they don’t have and thoroughly enjoy what they already do.

Want a shortcut to happiness?

This is it.

Minus The Headaches

Sometimes the best way to learn isn’t through experience, but through other people’s experience.

And it’s not even like those experiences are hard to come by.

They’re abundant. They’re accessible (especially to those reading this). And there are plenty that are completely relevant to you and your path.

Here’s the thing: you could just venture out onto the path and wing it.

Or, you could chat with the guy who’s just coming back and learn a thing or two.

It’s the insider tips that not only keep you on the right path, but get you to the best viewpoints along the way—minus the headaches.

Doing What’s Immediately Comfortable

When you lie down for bed and realize you have to go to the bathroom, you have 2 choices:

1. Do what’s immediately uncomfortable and get up to go.

2. Do what’s immediately comfortable and hold it in hope it won’t wake you up later.

Option 2 almost always is a bad idea.

And so it is for most other choices in life that are immediately comfortable.