flâneur

Yu-Hsin Chou

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  • The question of great achievement need not come from the self’s ambition – it follows from the recognition that one can be an instrument of something larger.
    Aravind and the Choice of Great Achievement
  • More importantly, how does that affect your capacity for gratitude? The inability to be thankful for making a solid ROI introduces an entitlement that further distances you from people that are truly in need. How can you connect with the plight of others if you can’t even be happy with something most people would dream to have?
    Speculation: A Game You Can’t Win
  • The less you have to think about money, the more free you actually are.
    Speculation: A Game You Can’t Win
  • But the greatest benefit from this approach is that I can free my mind away from money and invest it into more fulfilling endeavors, such as my creative work. As I’ve said before, financial freedom isn’t about money, it’s about attention.
    Speculation: A Game You Can’t Win
  • When you view life as a continuous cycle in this box, it can be easy to take its components for granted and view everything as a mundane blur of familiar events. However, when you take the time to actually inspect the box with mindful awareness of its contents, you will discover the true amazement that lives within them. And the best tool one can use to magnify these great discoveries is the practice of gratitude.
    Travel Is No Cure for the Mind