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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

if you write words down you can read them later https://t.co/Lo8JtbqaVB

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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if you don’t know where you’re going, you’re unlikely to get there

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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if you don’t like where you are, you can go somewhere else

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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if you don’t like your life, you can change it

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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if you don’t like your friends, you can make new ones

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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you can earn your own self-respect by doing things you think are respectable

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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if you can laugh at yourself, nobody can embarrass you

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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if you do something 100 times you tend to get better at it

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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if you are tired you should rest

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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https://t.co/VjD34yUBuF

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

[sagely guru voice] if you need to pee you should go and pee

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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short sentences are easier to read than long ones

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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easier-to-read sentences are likelier to be read

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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easier-to-do things are* likelier to get done *generally

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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you won’t go further than you dare to go

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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we are all going to die

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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misunderstandings can be resolved through communication

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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you can choose what you want to listen to

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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you can choose who you want to listen to

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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you can, at any moment, choose differently

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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you can prep for bad times during the good times

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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if you help people during their bad times you can earn their deepest loyalty

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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it’s never crowded along the extra mile

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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haters are fans too (this one isn’t *immediately* obvious, but once you see it you can’t unsee it)

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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friends can help each other

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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friends who help each other can do more together than any of them can do individually

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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most wealth is created through specialisation and trade, so… it makes sense to specialise, and trade

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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many problems are solvable

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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28. many unknowns are knowable

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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29. numbers are useful for indexing purposes

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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30. you can use an index to orient yourself in a large volume of work. (this is why books have page numbers and why the bible has chapters and verses)

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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31. if you make a thing and put it on the Internet, you can reference and revisit and reuse it repeatedly at almost no cost

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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32. the Internet is still undervalued

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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33. you don’t have to stick to the path you’re on

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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34. you can often return to the path you were on if you want to

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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35. you can live vicariously through your friends in a way that is positive-sum and healthy

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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36. happiness and joy can multiply when shared

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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37. we always remember the people who believed in us, supported and encouraged us, when nobody else did

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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38. if someone doesn’t trust you yet, they’re unlikely to value your criticism

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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39. you don’t have to hold on to a mistake just because you spent a long time making it

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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40. the fortress you build to protect yourself can become indistinguishable from a prison

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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41. there is no prize for making it to the grave with the most unscarred and unblemished body

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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42. fear is a very old and very powerful emotion

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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43. fear is meant to keep you safe

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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44. fear is not very smart

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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45. time spent on things you don’t enjoy is time not spent on things you do enjoy

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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46. you have limited time

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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47. people are complicated

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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48. there are a lot of people in the world

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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49. people can be very different from one another

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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50. people can be more different from each other than we might even be able to imagine. (because our imagination is typically limited by our experience, which is also limited)

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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51. you can’t win if you don’t show up

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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52. you can’t win if you quit

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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53. you can’t win if you die

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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54. lots of people give up easily

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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55. the size of a crowd is deceptive when most of them have paper hands

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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56. finishing a marathon is simply a matter of putting one foot in front of the other, 55,000-62,000 times (depending on your stride length)

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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57. to be able to put one foot in front of the other 50,000 times you have to adapt your physiology. this means training, progressively, which takes time and effort

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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58. the hard part of adapting your physiology – or doing anything difficult, really – is managing your psychology

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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59. which is to say: the hard thing about doing hard things is showing up, not quitting, and not dying, while the oldest and most powerful emotion in your body is screaming at you

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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60. callbacks are very satisfying

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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61. you can learn from the experiences of others

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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62. other people can learn from your experiences

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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63. if you’re prolific about anything, you will eventually surprise yourself

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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64. surprise is when reality deviates from our expectations

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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65. reality will always deviate from our expectations

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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66. you can deny the above by retroactively adjusting your expectations. (your mind will support this retconning, in part because the oldest emotion is holding a gun to its head)

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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67. the tragedy here is not that you will fail but that you will succeed. you can succeed at stripping surprise from your life.

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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68. a good way to subvert this is to write down what you think. your mind can lie to you, your past writing won’t

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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69. nice

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