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It is when one is able to feel “I am beneficial to the community” that one can have a true sense of one’s worth.
The Courage to Be Disliked
Ichiro Kishimi
Happiness is being satisfied with what you have.
Success comes from dissatisfaction. Choose.
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Eric Jorgenson
Evolution is the study of advantages. Van Valen’s idea is simply that there are no permanent advantages. Everyone is madly scrambling all the time, but no one gets so far ahead that they become extinction-proof.
Some things evolve but never actually become better adapted, because threats are always changing. Black rhinos survived for 8 million years before being killed off by poachers. Lehman Brothers adapted and prospered for 150 years and 33 recessions before it met its match in mortgage-backed securities. Poof, gone.
No one’s ever safe. No one can ever rest.
Same as Ever
Morgan Housel
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