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Since The Only Way You Are Going To Find Solutions To Painful Problems Is By Thinking Deeply About Them - I.e., Reflecting - If You Can Develop A Knee-jerk Reaction To Pain That Is To Reflect Rather Than To Fight Or Flee, It Will Lead To Your Rapid Learning/evolving.

The Meaningful Work And The Meaningful Relationships Are, To Me, Comparable Rewards. I Think Being On A Mission To Do Something Great Is Great, And To Be On That Mission With People Who You Have Really Meaningful Relationships With Not Only Provides Both Types Of Rewards, But It's Mutually Supportive. Because You Can Have Tough Love, But There's Also The Love Part Of That In Terms Of The Caring For Each Other, And When You Have The Caring You Can Be Tougher On Each Other. Some People Describe It As An Intellectual Navy Seals.

I'm Scared Of One Man, One Vote Because It Suggests That Everybody Has An Equal Ability At Making Decisions, And I Think That's Dangerous.

Life Is Like A Game Where You Seek To Overcome The Obstacles That Stand In The Way Of Achieving Your Goals. You Get Better At This Game Through Practice. The Game Consists Of A Series Of Choices That Have Consequences. You Can't Stop The Problems And Choices From Coming At You, So It's Better To Learn How To Deal With Them.

You'll See That Excuses Like "that's Not Easy" Are Of No Value And That It Pays To "push Through It" At A Pace You Can Handle. Like Getting Physically Fit, The Most Important Thing Is That You Keep Moving Forward At Whatever Pace You Choose, Recognizing The Consequences Of Your Actions.