things i believe in

I've been collecting these mental points since 2019 in Apple Notes, just one note at a time. Collected from books, conversations, and failures. I reread and update them regularly, especially at hard times

Thinking to make a hover-card story behind every point, but for now its just a list

• •Everything counts
• •Small step forward will get you closer, just one step, it changes your self-identity
• •Just try to survive hard times
• •Life is coming from you and not at you
• •Don't ever think about the win, full focus on making your maximum
• •Let other people do what they want to do, don't try to control or react
• •Be patient, but move fast
• •Success is an update() function
• •Freedom is being disliked by other people
• •Don't become a billionaire, become a person who worth a billion dollars
• •Don't try to please people
• •Always try to refute yourself, not prove your points
• •Whatever happens, keep your routine
• •Stop making decisions to rest well
• •Do hard things, encourage pain to be better
• •The only style worth having is the one you can't help
• •Avoid having false dopamine hit of telling your goals to others
• •Think about regrets you'll have at 30, overcome before they become real
• •If you had 10x yourself, what would you do?
• •It's easier to be clever than it is to be kind
• •You can't know what you think you already know
• •Always make reminders if your time depends on it
• •Compete only with yourself and think nothing about others
• •Never betray your future self
• •Your word is a stone
• •Take only internal losses seriously, do not care about external at all
• •Seek constant challenge
• •Stop chilling, constrain yourself, get to work
• •Doesn't matter how hard you punch, it's all about how you take a hit
• •Work like it's your last day on earth to make a contribution
• •Power belongs to the one who believes they're powerful, it's a perception
• •Expect criticism in advance
• •Imitate, you'll do better than the original
• •How you do anything is how you do everything
• •The only real test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life
• •Your culture is not the center
• •Refuse almost everything, say yes to one thing
• •Slow think on hard questions
• •Quit something you love to make space for personal change
• •Ask yourself what's wrong in this very second
• •The standard pace is for chumps
• •Separate the real goal from old mental associations
• •Assume you're below average to keep learning
• •Everything is your fault. You control it
• •The only time you learn is when you're wrong, make mistakes
• •3 things to consider when making life-changing decisions: what makes you happy; what's smart; what's useful to others
• •Learning without doing is wasted
• •Resist the urge to figure it all out in advance
• •Doubt what you know
• •Being stupid means avoiding thinking by jumping to conclusions
• •Overcompensate to compensate
• •Judge a goal by how well it changes your actions in the present
• •Don't think about the "past cause", think about the "present goal" analysing behavior
• •Answers from others are worthless
• •The past does not exist
• •All problems are interpersonal relationship problems
• •Rethink the situation like you're the only person in the world
• •Whatever scares you, go do it