💭 #5 - Conquering the mind
transformative tools for thought / telic transformations / conquering the mind
“Life is a single player game, you are mostly competing against yourself” ~ Naval Ravakant
optimal thinking
💯 100 Tips for a Better Life. This may sound like a terrible Buzzfeed article, but this article is no clickbait. You will find something here that will improve your life.
📚 The Erosion of Deep Literacy. Tech is eroding our ability to concentrate. I see this in myself and it scares me. Attention is fragmented. Deep reading is hard. I challenge you to make it to the end of this article.
living intentionally
🏋️♀️ On telic transformations (what?). Not everything has to be done for the sake of productivity or for some external goal.
📺 Modern TV shows are too addictive, making moderation more difficult. Key quote: "As entertainment technology relentlessly advances, are we destined to become brains in vats, nominally pumped full of artificial bliss but doomed to lives of passivity and complacency?"
finding meaning
💬 Conquering the mind. This is a mind bending conversation between Naval and Kapil Gupta. Almost every sentence is worthy of a conversation by itself.
🕊 I recently finished The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer. Reading the title, I was sceptical, however, this book impacted me much more than I expected and I would absolutely recommend it. Here's a good summary.
Welcome to everyone who joined the newsletter this week. I hope that some of the ideas here resonated with you and help you live more intentionally.
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Jamie
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