This is one of my favorite books, I read it at least once a year. I like the writing style and the way Eckhart Tolle explains practicing presence. This won’t be a full book review, but there are a few specific areas I do want to mention. “The key is to be in a state… Continue reading Book review of “The Power of NOW”
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Improve your learnings while reading by asking yourself pointed questions
I was just listening to a talk from Jim Kwik and he spoke about how retained more information while reading. He states its a complete waste of time if you are reading and not retaining information. He consciously asks 3 questions and takes notes as he is reading. How can I use this information? Why… Continue reading Improve your learnings while reading by asking yourself pointed questions
How to have unlimited energy every day
I think its possible to have almost unlimited energy. I didn’t always think like this or feel like this. I had chronic insomnia since I was a child. I think because I grew up with it, it was harder for me to escape it. I would work on getting out of it, and sometimes I… Continue reading How to have unlimited energy every day
AGI Research MO
Sometimes I will start reading a paper and go down a rabbit hole following lots of different papers. There is so many papers to read and so many directions to go towards and sometimes I end up getting overwhelmed and frustrated because there is too much information and it all seems too hard. So sometimes… Continue reading AGI Research MO
What does Falling out of grace mean to me
I practice meditating in the morning on what good habits I want to encourage and what bad habits I want to discourage throughout the day. Throughout the day I monitor myself. If I do any of my bad habits, I have fallen out of grace for the day. I am essentially changing my personality and… Continue reading What does Falling out of grace mean to me
What I ask myself everyday
In the morning: What can I do to be my healthiest version? What is the most important thing I need to do today? How can I stay in grace today? How can I do my best today? How can I radiate joy all day? In the evening: Did I do everything I can to be… Continue reading What I ask myself everyday
work reflections and quieting the mind – 22/2/19
The past 2 weeks of work have been busy at work and has caused me stress and bad sleep. So I wanted to write some notes on how to improve the situation. I do practice being present, but often times I get lazy and the practice fades away. It is supposed to be the core… Continue reading work reflections and quieting the mind – 22/2/19
Practice daily reflection with a journal to accelerate ANYTHING
Every morning after I look at my review wall and before I start my day, I reflect on how yesterday went and how do I want today to be. I have a white board on my wall where I have a list of questions that I ask myself: Did I do my best? What is… Continue reading Practice daily reflection with a journal to accelerate ANYTHING
plan out your future ten years from now
I just went through an exercise to out my life 10 years from now. I vividly imagined and wrote out what my life would look like 10 years from today, December 22, 2031. I used this as a template: https://yourtenyearplan.com/ . In case the link disappears, basically ask yourself in detail: where are you living?… Continue reading plan out your future ten years from now
Tailoring your information diet on reddit
I love reddit for surfing the internet around specific topics. I subscribe to 30+ topics like /r/cogsci and /r/compsci. I I noticed that reading reddit would change my mood, I would become more anxious and excited reading about certain topics. A lot of my subreddits are technology and science related and so I would get… Continue reading Tailoring your information diet on reddit