Getting Rid of Emotions

We all strive to be something better. Successful in a word but how do we go about it? Certainly, doing an action that gives results helps.

If you want to be a pro at basketball then it only makes sense to practice basketball.

But aside from this, we also think about our mindset. Our mindset or rather our internal mood or energy dictates how we approach it and even how consistent we can be about it.

One of the ways we poorly or instinctively think is removing our emotions from the equation.

We think as such, “If only my rational mind can exist without any emotions then I can be infinitely successful in all areas of life.”

We despise our emotions since it catches us off guard and mismanages life.

Speaking of which, we even have a common saying that roughly says, “Don’t let emotions get in the way of your decisions.”

I am not saying that emotions do not affect consequences negatively. If you hit someone when conversing since you got angry then obviously it’s stupid and of poor taste.

All those are 100% valid points to make but the problem is that, this so-called rational mode of ourselves is from a rose tinted glasses view.

You certainly hate the anxiety you face when making a presentation or doing something completely new which is again, valid.

But you should also realize that this anxiety probably helped your ancestor to survive off and allow you to exist.

After all, by being anxious and skeptical about new ventures in the jungle, he ended up coming out alive since he didn’t choose the riskier options present.

Emotions can be helpful and exist for a good reason.

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Why Does Becoming Rich Matter?

It seems like this is rather an obvious one. Everyone in the world wants to get rich, I don’t think I heard anyone say they don’t want to.

I heard people say they don’t want to become rich not because being rich is bad per se but because they don’t want to spend their days climbing the ladder or building a business which takes away their quality of life.

But being rich itself, if there is an option to become one with no strings attached, I’m sure everyone would take it.

After all, having more money is like having a bigger house or being more attractive which are just good by itself generally.

But people want to become rich for the wrong reasons. People become rich so they can experience the pleasures and the high of life.

They want to live in this unrealistic bubble of extravagant paintings, impractical supercars for daily life and spurring their money on useless fashion and brand items.

Some may object to me and say that, “No, I worked so hard so that I can enjoy all these! There’s nothing wrong with it.”

I am not scaling a person’s morality based on whether they are doing these or not. I am simply saying that these are the worst reasons to become rich.

The biggest benefit of being rich isn’t being tapped here and not to mention, you only have so much money and this is a mindset problem.

Of course, some may say that’s not true if you’re a billionaire. But with how much yachts and properties can cost up to hundreds of millions dollars easily, I don’t really think it’s true either.

You can see this often with many famous rappers or sportsmen who waste all their wealth and become broke for these reasons.

This is a serious mindset problem which will keep you poor regardless.

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What Does Being Grateful Even Mean?

We live in a world of success and failure. Either someone already reached those goals or they are striving towards them.

At least, that seems to be the case with most people.

I’m not going to deny nor agree whether this is bad or good. After all, it depends on you as the individual doesn’t it?

But a common ‘solution’ we all hear is to be grateful. Whether you succeed or fail, just be grateful because at the end of the day, many people are jealous of what you have.

I mean, some people don’t even have food to eat right? Well, instead look at you! You have all basic amenities and are still complaining over some abstract goal you put for yourself.

I do not think anyone can outright reject the above claim by many because it’s simply true. However, I do feel a little skeptical… you will understand why soon.

Just be grateful. Just start journaling, pray before eating or contemplate about it.

It doesn’t sound bad does it? Well it isn’t but at the same time, I feel like we all do agree that we can smell a bit of bullshit about it.

It doesn’t seem too real either. It feels like a hazy dream or a feel-good quote that has no relevance in practice.

But some say it did change their lives.

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Metaphysics (4): Possible and Something

Note: This is the fourth and final instalment in my comprehensive summary and an opinion piece of this book.

Possible

Possibilities are simply events that could’ve occurred but did not. We are not talking about how things went down this timeline but rather what could have possibly happened.

Team A winning over Team B is an event that occurred as it is but the vice versa is the possibility we are looking at.

This is certainly a realistic possibility but for that possibility to take place not as a thought but in reality means introducing parallel worlds.

If this is true however, it means that they are concrete possible worlds but spatiotemporally separate.

That being said, taking the possibility of these possible worlds being possible means that we are dealing with an infinite possible world for every literal instance.

As long as a particular and a property exist, it can be redistributed or rearranged.

If I typed ‘this’ instead of other English letters for some reason then all of the other ones must have their own possible world no matter how small that possibility may appear to be.

Obviously, if this is true, it is not very economical. While it may feel absurd and counterintuitive, that does not negate the fact that it might be very well true.

But this also proves an interesting point from David Armstrong (A Combinatorial Theory of Possibility, 1989). If all the world elements are in a grid then ticking off all the grids means we know every fact about the world.

Coming back to the topic, there are two distinctions between possibilities: logic and the natural possibility.

Something logical can be naturally illogical but not vice versa.

A man can be logically of red color but not within the confines of the laws of nature/science.

However, if we do indeed add another property or particular then the original one must be of different origin by default.

This proves a major weakness to possible worlds.

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