Finding Satisfaction

#8 - Empathy is in the numerator

In an unequal world, where suffering can be dramatically reduced by coordinating / helping across boundaries, how can we enable sufficient empathy to spur action, at scale?

#7 - Equalizing privilege

The problem at a societal level is that 'valuable skills' are fairly highly correlated with privilege.

#6 - Lower the temperature

The crisis we face now - persistent, omnipresent, and yet invisible - triggers not our “A-Game”, but anxiety. “Lowering the temperature” for ourselves and loved ones, and acting out of thought and not emotion, therefore becomes our responsibility, not an ‘automatic’ defense mechanism.

#5 - Satisfied Now

Satisfied people don’t wait for an ideal tomorrow.

#4 - Two Minute Drill

It’s better to start with a 2 minute version of something rather than not start at all.

#3 - Taking 5 minutes off

Most situations in life don’t need us to be smart, they need us to be calm and aware. And taking 5 minutes off can be the fastest way to the right answer.

#2 - Avoiding false sequences

The limitations we acknowledge are more numerous and harmful than limitations that truly exist.

#1 - The value of thinking slowly

In a world which seems obsessed with moving quickly, there’s tremendous value in slowing down.

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