Category: Philosophy & Musings
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Musings
Use discipline and critical thinking. You can gain time to gain options to gain dominance and then you’ll be in a position to exercise mercy and ethics. But it all starts with discipline and critical thinking. Musings, Volume 1, available on Amazon Kindle: Musings, Volume 1 Get Echo Vol. 1 on Kindle here: Vol. 1 on Kindle. Vol. 2…
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Musings
If you can’t dominate the problem, then dominate the opportunity to learn from it. Articulate exactly how you failed, what you’ll do differently next time, and get to work. In the short term, admitting/addressing fault is an uncomfortable-as-hell bitch-slap to the ego, but in the long term, as successes mount and perception clears, it feels…
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No great endeavor works without discipline. But typically, that’s not enough. Usually, strategy is required. Strategy is borne from clear perception, which arises from deep introspection and contemplation. Those are often painful, which is why the exhortation to “know yourself” is echoed throughout stories and parables. But sometimes, neither of those is enough. Sometimes, we…
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Musings
I’ve found it’s extremely hard to argue with what works, so I try to make things work and then argue, if I’m still inclined to do so. (But usually, after I get things to work, I find the urge to argue goes away.) Musings, Volume 1, available on Amazon Kindle: Musings, Volume 1 Get Echo Vol. 1…
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Musings
To continually trust myself, I must continually test myself. Musings, Volume 1, available on Amazon Kindle: Musings, Volume 1 Get Echo Vol. 1 on Kindle here: Vol. 1 on Kindle. Vol. 2 on Kindle here: Vol.2 on Kindle Vol. 3 on Kindle here: Vol. 3 on Kindle Vol.4 on Kindle here: Vol. 4 on Kindle Echo Omnibus here: Echo Omnibus Echo Vol. 1…
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Life is full of sludge, full of darkness. The natural reaction is to rail against this, or shy away from it. But I believe if you assess existence with an objective eye, you can use that seeming discomfort as a giant dose of personal rocket fuel. Traversing that sludge can strengthen your legs. Navigating that…
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Musings
The discipline to know yourself makes it a hell of a lot easier to summon the discipline to apply yourself. I’d argue that the first discipline is harder than the second. Musings, Volume 1, available on Amazon Kindle: Musings, Volume 1 Get Echo Vol. 1 on Kindle here: Vol. 1 on Kindle. Vol. 2 on Kindle here: Vol.2 on…
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Musings
Victory hinges on “knowing when.” Knowing when to indulge, and when to abstain. Knowing when to speak, and when to be silent. Knowing when to commit, and when to wait. It’s a hard thing to do, but if you have the discipline to study yourself and honestly assess the data—whether it’s complimentary or not—then you…
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From what I understand, the idea behind the divine trickster (or destroyer) is to wipe away our trembling grip on our overly serious, overly revered idolizations, so we can see past those placeholders into the truly transcendent. So it pays not to turn my nose up at anything, and see what is useful (what the…
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Musings
Learning to pick your battles and how to fight them (strategy) is almost as important as the consistent willingness to fight (discipline and aggression). You need that willingness to show up on a regular basis and give it a good effort, to at least invite the possibility of a lucky victory. But strategy will maximize…
Kent Wayne 