Pushing one’s comfort zone is a common theme in personal development. Its origins likely trace back to the hero’s narrative arc, where the hero embarks on a journey leading to profound transformation. While this narrative lever helps make a story captivating, it is not necessarily the most effective means to achieve deep change. The Pitfalls of the Comfort Zone Expansion…
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How is it that Greek philosophers remain popular in our modern world? Why can being born 2500 years ago be a comparative advantage compared to us, even though we have inexhaustible resources of information? Is it the art of asking questions and trying to answer them? The informational deprivation (relative to our time) in which the Greeks lived during the…
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The ability to attract is praised both in psychology and management magazines. Once considered a sin or a transgression—didn’t the serpent seduce Eve and Adam, or didn’t Paris seduce Helen, leading to the Trojan War?—today, seduction is yet another tool in the arsenal of power. Robert Greene, the author of “The Art of Seduction,” expressed it well in his book:…
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Patience may be one of the finest human qualities, yet it is undervalued, probably because it is silent and its fruits take time to appear. The values of immediacy vs. the values of certainty “Everything comes in its own time to the person who can wait.” – François Rabelais What dominates our choices are impulses, emotion, and the quick…
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If you think about it, the main mistakes we’ve made are the result of a lack of moral quality, even if we blame external elements or other people. Think back to your past regrets and mistakes If you contemplate your past mistakes, they are most often attributable to a lack of heart quality. For example, you failed an important exam…
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We all claim to want to get closer to the truth, yet few of us truly achieve it lastingly. The quest for truth is a painful process that often requires enduring many years of discomfort. This discomfort can take the form of loneliness, exclusion, misunderstanding from others, seemingly futile sacrifices, or the feeling of being lost oneself. Fighting alone and…
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There are works that last 100 years and others that last 1000 years. This may be what differentiates modernity from tradition. This unique relationship with time, especially with long-term time, exposes the vanity of contemporary times. Whereas 4000 years ago, people took the time to think and build the pyramids of Egypt, today we live frantically to construct things that…
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Memento Mori… (“Remember That You Will Die” In Latin) There is one certainty, and that is that we will all die one day. The uncertain part is the day and time of our passing. Faced with this unknown, most of us live as if we were eternal. Is it really reasonable or wise to act this way? Define The Age…
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Why Writing Won’t Cease To Be A Useful Skill In The Age Of Chat Gpt Writing Is A Timeless Skill Good writing is about clarity, synthesis, accuracy, precision, intelligence and empathy. In short, writing can’t be improvised. Writing is the school that teaches us how to think. Although there are artificial intelligences that can write better and more prolifically, it…
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The whole school system is supposedly designed to teach students to think. But what is the reality? What are the results of the education system in general? You Can Tell A Tree By Its Fruit If you want to judge a philosophy, you have to look at the quality of the results of its application. The same applies to current…
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