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The person you are the most afraid to contradict is yourself.
People are much less interested in what you are trying to show them than in what you are trying to hide.
An erudite is someone who displays less than he knows; a journalist or consultant, the opposite.
Your brain is most intelligent when you don’t instruct it on what to do—something
In nature we never repeat the same motion; in captivity (office, gym, commute, sports), life is just repetitive-stress injury. No randomness.
and, above all, nothing without skin in the game.
You never win an argument until they attack your person.
We ask “why is he rich (or poor)?” not “why isn’t he richer (or poorer)?”; “why is the crisis so deep?” not “why isn’t it deeper?”
Sometimes people ask you a question with their eyes begging you to not tell them the truth.
Most people fear being without audiovisual stimulation because they are too repetitive when they think and imagine things on their own.
It is a very powerful manipulation to let others win the small battles.
