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On Experience
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3–4 minutesWhy only experience isn’t enough to change your life. Experience is overrated. We think that what happened in the past will happen in the present the same way. The world is constantly changing. What worked or didn’t work before was subject to a particular time, place and circumstances—and numerous other factors. So, experience should inform…
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On Reading and Change
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2–3 minutesWhy only reading isn’t enough to change your life. The first thing is observation. Just watching, observing things directly—without conclusions, preconceived notions, any perspective, lens or ideology. Your knowledge—what you think you already know— your conclusions and beliefs are impediments in your way to know “what is”. There is no substitute for self-awareness and observation…
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How to Live
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9–13 minutesWhy should we care about living well? What else do you want beyond living well? Do you want to live your life by some borrowed purpose given by the society or any politicians of the country you happened to be born in? Or do you want to live by chasing some fancy dream or status…
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The Way To Live
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6–8 minutesOnce we realize that the most important thing we have in this world is life, we begin to wonder what we are doing with it. This awareness of the preciousness of life and its brevity brings a sense of unease. Then, we have questions to answer. Most of us want the easy path, so we…