Stop trying.

Stop trying to be something else.

I’ve always kinda hated being thought of as an “intellectual”
Idk why, but I feel like America kinda shits on the “intellectual”

At least now, we definitely do.
People distrust experts and public figures.

Look at how many people shat on Anthony Fauci during the pandemic.

And the meteoric rise of Joe Rogan, Andrew Huberman, etc who are “against the tyranny of the credentialed”
(even tho andrew is a Stanford prof)

Anyways, I’ve had a fear of being thought of as an intellectual.

Being intellectual kinda makes you stand apart from the group.
It’s kinda lonely.

But it doesn’t have to be that way.

If you convey intellectual Truths in digestible, yummy stories, then you’ve won!

So that’s what I’m doing.
Intellectual ideas are packaged in understandable stories.

This is the way :)

3 quotes, 2 questions, 1 story related to philosophy to help u live a happier, more peaceful life :)

3 Quotes

"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up." - Anne Lamott

“The fundamental delusion: There is something out there that will make me happy and fulfilled forever” - Naval

“Sometimes disengaging is the best way to engage” - Rick Rubin

2 Questions

What if I created my own real-world MBA? - Tim Ferriss

When was the last time you changed your belief about something? - Armaan

1 Story

“And how did that make you feel?”
“Well, what makes you want to do that?”
“It sounds like you’re trying to find some way of improving your ability to focus. Why is that?”

He nodded.

He opened his mouth to speak, and as his tongue bounced off the roof of his mouth, he stopped,

looking out into the sky, and took a sip from his red solo cup.

“Can I be honest?”

He turned to me, sighing, and going into a deep story about how he broke up with his girlfriend, how he’s been struggling since, and now is learning to be independent and have his own sense of self-worth.

I listened along.

I nodded my head and leaned in, asked questions, met his eyes, smiled, and laughed.

The works.

He went on for another 10 minutes about his life.

He started shedding a tear or two. I gave him a hug. A big ol fat hug.

The poor guy just needed someone to listen to. Someone to talk to.

That’s all we want.

And if you listen and give people that, they will be eternally indebted to you.

Not in some “sign a contract and your the slave of the devil” type of debt, but a “hey I really like that guy” kind of debt.

That’s the good kind of debt.

The kind of social karma you accumulate when you’re a good person to people.

When you ask questions and listen authentically and actually care about people.

They reward you.
They thank you.
They love you.

Yeah I know it sounds woo-woo and dumb to say.

But if you seriously just listen to people and truly care for them,
they care for you too.

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