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Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: What you desire and what you believe can contradict each other, as when you want health but believe in your illness What you desire and what you believe cancontradict each other, as when you wanthealth but believe in your illness JR Jane Roberts — holds since c. 1972–1973 — tap for who they are Same subject: Health is the natural state of your being — tap to centre the map on it Health is the natural state of yourbeing JR Jane Roberts — holds since c. 1963–1970 — tap for who they are Same subject: Health so outweighs every other blessing that a healthy beggar is happier than a sick king — tap to centre the map on it Health so outweighs every otherblessing that a healthy beggar ishappier than a sick king AS Arthur Schopenhauer — holds since c. 1851 — tap for who they are Same subject: One should be heedless in the pursuit of desires while ensuring those desires do not become the direct target of one's efforts. — tap to centre the map on it One should be heedless in thepursuit of desires while ensuringthose desires do not become thedirect target of one's efforts. Last stated 2 months ago 30 Aug 2026 JW John Warner — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: The desire to feel right overpowers the desire to be right, because the ego pushes toward feeling right at the expense of being right. — tap to centre the map on it The desire to feel right overpowersthe desire to be right, because theego pushes toward feeling right atthe expense of being right. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Oct 2023 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2023-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Mental health rests on some tension between what one is and what one should become — tap to centre the map on it Mental health rests on some tensionbetween what one is and what oneshould become VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1962–1992 — tap for who they are Same subject: People believe in an imagined order because it enables them to cooperate, not because it is objectively true — tap to centre the map on it People believe in an imagined orderbecause it enables them tocooperate, not because it isobjectively true YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2011–2015 — tap for who they are Same subject: Wish for things to happen as they do, not as you would like, and life will flow tranquilly — tap to centre the map on it Wish for things to happen as theydo, not as you would like, and lifewill flow tranquilly EP Epictetus — holds since c. 89–135 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: People tend to assume their habitual practices achieve what they intend, even without evidence that they do. — tap to centre the map on it People tend to assume their habitualpractices achieve what they intend,even without evidence that they do. Last stated 4 months ago 22 Jun 2026 HK Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-06-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO grading themselves a failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes — tap to centre the map on it A CEO grading themselves a failurefor their mistakes does not help;every CEO makes thousands ofmistakes Last stated 14 years ago 15 Jun 2012 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2012-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's assumption about where a component belongs is a personal assumption and does not mean that the market or the users will react to the component that way. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's assumption about wherea component belongs is a personalassumption and does not mean thatthe market or the users will reactto the component that way. Last stated 7 months ago 2 Apr 2026 MS Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's PRs should be very small and manageable if the designer is not comfortable reviewing or writing the code themselves. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's PRs should be verysmall and manageable if the designeris not comfortable reviewing orwriting the code themselves. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 AM Andy Madrick — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it A slot machine triggers the brain’slearning and curiosity pathwayswhile teaching nothing, and thatone-way exchange is what makes itcontemptuous of the player. Last stated 13 years ago 3 Jul 2013 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it Acquiring insight into how thingswork is a worthwhile effort initself, not only for any payoff Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows — tap to centre the map on it Advancing in life depends more onwhat one learns later than on whatone already knows Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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At the centre What you desire and what you believe can contradict each other, as when you want health but believe in your illness Last stated c. 1972–1973 Holds Jane Roberts Read this korrent →