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Dealing with Challenges

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Challenges are missions

Life’s challenges are like missions in a video game. We need to complete them
From the beginning we gotta solve all problems and challenges that come our way
They are one of the best things for us. Because this is when we learn and grow most
So embrace them and look forward to them. They are our greatest gifts for growth
When solving problems make sure you define the problem first. And then solve it
And then solve it in a way that it doesn’t happen again

Dealing with failure

The truth about failure is that if you don’t fail sometimes, you don’t risk enough
So become tolerant with failure and see it as an opportunity to learn and get better
Path to success runs through failure and failure’s irrelevant unless it’s disastrous
Innovation requires experimentation, otherwise you are not doing anything new
And if you are doing something new, you have to be ready for being misunderstood

Never think too highly of yourself

Don’t be exclusively dialled into your own world that you don’t see anything outside
Instead be curious and seek truth at all times. And have a corrective feedback loop
Thinking too highly of yourself only means you are going in one direction. Decline
It is very important to stay humble. It allows you to be less wrong and truly improve
Makes you feel better. I like to think lightly about myself and deeply about the world

Prioritise a balance between activity and relaxation

If you are tired just lay down and take a nap. It’s about mastering the cycle
It is super important to take time out and relax a bit so your energy can come back
When a cat hunts, it hunts with all its heart. When it is resting, it lies fully relaxed
Many of the great ideas and inspirations come when you relax and don't do much
Engage in activities you like. It could be playing video games, whatever you like

Dealing with hatred

Why is there hate in the world? To have a contrast to love. Otherwise it’d be boring
Too one sided. No challenges. No monsters or end bosses. Probably no meaning
So hate is part of life. Different opinions and different individuals. Contrast is good
If you express yourself and do your thing. Realise that you might be rejected at first
Because original and outstanding people are often rejected by society. Expect that
If these opinions and voices have no merit of truth then they are literally irrelevant
Never hand emotional stability to strangers. Only hand it to people who love you
No one can take your love, light and uniqueness. This is all yours. Forever

Response to hatred

Don’t respond with more hate. Respond with seeking for truth. Respond with love
You don’t want to be right. You want to know the truth, so both of you can improve
Be stronger than those who hate you, so they cannot destroy you. Then forgive them
Turn the other cheek. The best way to defeat hatred is with friendship and love
Because when you love your enemy, you separate the hate from his true essence
Because when you love your enemy, you separate the hate from his true essence
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, thou canst not then be false to any man - Shakespeare

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