Month: September 2021

You are not in control. ” “” “I find that the gap between my expectations and what happens is what drives suffering. And there’s two ways to close that gap: try to control everything that happens so that it matches my expectations, or manage my expectations to what I can control (I think Buddhists would…

How do you deal with decision fatigue?” “” “Indy Neogy raised this question in his Mind Atelier newsletter this week, and as I reflected on it, I connected it to Daniel Kahneman’s conceptions of Systems 1 (quick intuitive emotional response) and 2 (slower effortful conscious rational thinking) from his book Thinking Fast and Slow. Kahneman claims…

Passive or active?” “” “In school, we are taught to be passive: wait until called upon, defer to authority, do what we are told, follow the paths given to us. And we are rewarded for doing so. And this passive following is rewarded through college and even the beginning of corporate life. ” “” “But…