Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Life is a chain of availed possibilities

Life is a chain of availed possibilities. Most of us who are in positions to choose still don't make the choices that we know for sure would make us happy. The inertia in being in the current state and what it leads to in its natural random course is often very strong, and the mind cooks up all kinds of explanations and illusions for itself to justify why choosing anything else is not feasible. The so-called 'comfort zones' are hardly comfortable. But somehow the mind finds its ways to make us want to settle for what we've got, and yet regret not pursuing what we could have. Perhaps it's part of being an animal, and to break out requires a different mindset, unless constantly breaking out is more a natural course for someone.

How to train one's mind to make the choices it really wants to?

Short-Termism - Focus on Today at the cost of Tomorrow

"Strategies don't come out of a formally planned process. Most strategies tend to emerge, as people solve little problems and learn...