The Way of the Superior Man
David Deida
Summary
How to become a better man in life and relationships
Rating: 4/5
Notes
Stop waiting. Feel everything. Love achingly. Give impeccably. Let go.
In intimacy, someone has to be masculine and the other feminine
Don’t believe in the myth of ‘one day everything will be different’. Do what you love to do, now
Spend at least an hour a day giving to your fullest gift
Never try and fix a women. Love her the way she is
A fearful man who leans into his fear, living at his edge and putting his gift out there is more trustworthy and inspirational than a fearful man who hangs back in his comfort zone, unwilling to experience his fear on a day to day level
Your mission is you priority
Learn just beyond your edge, just beyond your fears
Good friends do not tolerate mediocrity in one another
Success is never as fulfilling as you think it’s going go be
Don’t get too caught up in the tasks of daily life, remember your deeper purpose
A strong women will always test you, no matter how high or low you are
Always listen to what a women says, not literally but emotionally
Praise her freely
Don’t analyze her. Embrace her and listen, try and change the mood
Feminine women want you to make decisions, so make them
- Give her your perspective by explaining your choices but tell her you love her no matter what
Choose a woman who is complementary opposite (feminine/neutral)
Choose a woman who chooses you. Figure out if she’s playing hard to get or doesn’t want to be with you and if she doesn’t, stop pursuing
What she wants is not what she says. Follow your heart and truth
When your women complains, she’s never complaining about the present moment but rather a deeper issue
Never make a women the point of your life, remember your true priority. A woman will love you more for it
A man’s past behaviour is irrelevant to his woman’s feeling in the moment. Restore love and happiness in the present moment (make her laugh)
The capacity to transcend fear of death for the sake of love is what women want to see (she wants to see the killer in you)
You must instill consequences in your life for freezing in the face of fear unless you want to cling to the safety net of superficial pleasures
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Make Something Wonderful
Steve Jobs
Summary
The life of Steve Jobs in his own words
Rating: 5/5
Notes
Make something wonderful and put it out there
‘You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear’
When you’re a stranger in a place, you notice thing you don’t otherwise (Jobs after India trip)
Whenever you start with nothing, always shoot for the moon. You have nothing to lose.
You never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times
Never be afraid to fail. You never achieve what you want without falling flat on your face a few times
We are never taught to listen to our intuitions, to develop and nurture them. But if you do pay attention to these subtle insights, you can make them come true
Creativity equals connecting previously unrelated experiences and insights others don’t see
Believe that some of what you follow with your heart will come back and make your life richer. And it will. And you will gain even firmer trust on your instincts and intuitions
Make your avocation your vocation. Make what you love your work.
The journey is the reward. The reward isn’t in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s in crossing the rainbow
To find A+ talent, if experienced, look at their track record and results
The world we know is a human creation and we can push it forward
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (read whole ad ‘here’s to the crazy ones)
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit - Aristotle
Hire people better than you are
You can’t plan to meet the people who will change your life
It’s impossible to connect the dots looking forward, but they make sense looking backwards so you have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future
Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you
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