on self-destruction

prodigy

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.'
- Blaise Pascal [1623-1662]

the german catastrophe

 

Better educated [e.g. 11 national daily newspapers], the highest intermarriage rate between Jews and non-Jews, and yet a quick collective coma.

hierarchy of needs

 

why some hate you

 

seance origins

Narcissistic Gaslighting

Trauma Stages

 

Source here.

Faking It

 

 

With the help of then still little known alpha chef Gordon Ramsay, a timid fish and chips vendor quickly tranforms formidably. 

But he rejects the prospect of a new "Tier 1" life for what's familiar, comfortable.

we are beasts of burden

"If (humans) are not provided with a place where they can accept social and individual responsibility they degenerate and die." 
- University of Toronto Clinical Psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson [born 1962]

enervating

“Nothing so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.”
– William James

victory

"Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing."

- Coach Vince Lombardi

what you think and do, you are

"Impostor syndrome (also known as impostor phenomenon, impostorism, fraud syndrome or the impostor experience) is a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud"."
- Source here.

origin story

"We are all just children plus time."
- Sarah Silverman

skull jockey

"It's profound to be understood."

"I'm proud to be maladjusted"

actor on Buddhism

Part 1



Part 2



Part 3



Part 4

the greatest competitive advantage?

"Happiness."
- Shawn Achor

about the ride

"The joy we feel growing towards our potential."
- Ancient Greeks on happiness 

abracadabra

"I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear."
- Joan Didion