Category: life lessons
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Three Disturbing Quotes by Baltasar Gracian That Will Change Your Outlook On Life
Dark Lessons For a Brilliant Life He was called the Spanish Nietzche, although he was born two hundred years before him. He was the favorite author of Arthur Schopenhauer, who became a translator of his books. Robert Greene and his book The 48 Laws of Power drink continuously from his wisdom. His name, Baltasar Gracian.…
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Three Signs That You’re Being Lied to Your Face and You’re Not Even Realizing It
#1. The lie always appears at the beginning. The other day, a reader (and good friend) we’ll call J wrote me something like this. “Hi AG, I’ve been having trouble trusting my romantic relationships lately. The last partner I had told me she was a nurse and single, but she turned out to be a…
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Six Things I Wish I Could Say to My 20-something Version of Myself
Learn from my mistakes. If I could travel back in time and talk to the person I was in my 20s. I would tell him five things. 1. About Enemies You think you’re tough, a rebel, but you’re a jerk. You have no friends, only people who approach you out of interest.At forty, you will know,…
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Three Quotes By Leonardo Da Vinci That Will Change How You See Life
Old wisdom for today’s life. I found a book with a collection of Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebooks in an antique bookstore. The notes come from the archives of, And after reading it, it blew my mind. Afterward, I have selected three simple life tips from the great Leonardo to share with you because I am sure…
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The Disturbing Theory About Life That Gives Me Goose Bumps Every Time I Think About It
Follow this rabbit hole. I have a theory that everything in life is fiction. And here’s a short list of thoughts on that. After these thoughts, let me delve a little deeper into my theory. The past is fiction They say every cell in your body is replaced between 7 and 10 years. Therefore, you are not…
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Three Things You Might Do If You Suck At Life
Learn from my mistakes. A typical day in my life in the year 2000 I used to open the bar every day of the week, so that kind of day would repeat itself for almost a decade. Whenever I think about it, I get sad (not proud). But I remember that time often because people…
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I Will Turn 43 This Year, and Here’s Some Disturbing Advice for People in Their 20s
Non-bullshit advice to survive a hard life. I’ll get right to the point. I will share 31 bitter lessons that the sooner you learn in Life, the better off you will be. I do because I wish someone had shared them with me in my 20s — they would have saved me a lot of pain, disappointment, and…
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5 Modern Paradoxes That Will Blow Your Mind
5. Hypersensitivity makes us insensitive. The dictionary says that a paradox is a fact that seems contrary to logic. For example, “The craziest is the sanest,” “Internal changes are the most visible,” or “Go slow and you’ll finish sooner.” I love collecting them. Because it allows me to see that, in truth, the world is…
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The Promises You Break, Break You Back
Learn from my mistakes. Bullying is a euphemism for what I experienced at school. Students were cruel, and teachers blamed me for being weak and encouraged kids to bully freaks like me. (The magical 80’s that everyone is nostalgic about were not so magical 🙂 I quickly associated food with being safe. Because after spending 5…
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4 Uncomfortable Life Lessons I’ve Learned in the Last 10 Years
#4. Don’t force anyone to love you because it ends up going wrong. 1. Some friends are friends in bad times, but in good times they become enemies. This sounds wild, but it is not. It is one of the great secrets of growing up. Many of your friends are there for everything you need and will…