

“If you seek and accept only the best, you are a maximizer.”
― The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
― The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

“Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows 'what he wants,' while he actually wants what he is supposed to want. In order to accept this it is necessary to realize that to know what one really wants is not comparatively easy, as most people think, but one of the most difficult problems any human being has to solve. It is a task we frantically try to avoid by accepting ready-made goals as though they were our own.”
― Escape from Freedom
― Escape from Freedom

“Don't speak negatively about yourself, even as a joke. Your body doesn't know the difference. Words are energy and they cast spells, that's why it's called spelling. Change the way you speak about yourself, and you can change your life.”
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“Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-conciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make.”
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“Metamodernism lies between modernism and postmodernism while exerting an enthusiastic irony, a hopeful melancholy, a knowledgeable naiveté, an apathetic empathy, a plural unity, and an ambiguous purity.”
― The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume III - Beta Your Life: Existence in a Disruptive World
― The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume III - Beta Your Life: Existence in a Disruptive World
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