Nearly any advice you get on improving anything implicitly fits into one of three types: minimum, average or maximum. Which you should aim at?
Should You Follow Less News?
Would your life be better if you read less news? Should you be reading more olds instead: books and ideas that will last for more than a moment?
Should You Desire More or Less?
Should you set goals, cultivate ambition and strive for greater and better things? Or should you diminish your needs and be more accepting of life?
Play is Learning
Why does learning have to be hard work? Why is studying such a chore? Why making your study more like play will help you learn more and have more fun.
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