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Proverbs 2013

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They were things that didn't exist in the first place

So what, exactly, is there to feel sorry about

Just stack them up again one by one


Influence = patience

Grow like a weed


The opposite of belief is not distrust but fear.


Begin with a blank sheet, meet with a blank sheet, think with a blank sheet.


Not an unconscious stare, but observation in a waking state.


When fantasy was in vogue / the popularization of art / the burnout society / Europe and Japan in free fall / welfare, retirement vs over-economy  / 19C Guunmong


The real purpose of real sweat is not what you gained

but what you are becoming.


Don't try to carry things that aren't your fault. It strains the heart and you end up useless.


If you're afraid of failure you'll just flounder on some well-worn path.

Dream of failures no one else could imagine.


Live halfway and you won't be any different from everyone else

Real strength in your fingertips appears when you're at the edge of a cliff.


Wanting to avoid ever hearing bad words is its own kind of greed.

Find your own path.


Why should everyone look at a phenomenon and only come up with the same good thought? That is the instinct of a dictator.

They have their own freedom to think their way.

Just like you do, they act without even realizing it — not by their own will.


When someone offers kindness, do you treat it as a right and behave so carelessly you end up cutting it off?

Feedback always comes, but it can't always be positive. Good will, in the end, is just a probability.

Being prickly may feel temporarily comfortable or satisfying,

but just as acts of kindness bear their results, prickliness, too, raises the odds of returning later as wrongdoing.


Don't imitate others; focus on your own strengths.


Why do we live? Why were we born? Curious?

No. The question itself is wrong.

Life is simply what has been given. First accept that, and then 'choose' how you will live.

Will you choose the good or the bad? 

In the end, it depends on your thinking.


With humility


Proof of being wise is that you're always cheerful.


People all have their own viewpoints.

The fixed notion of "100%" sets you up to be disappointed by the 1%, 2% where the other person differs from you.

Because it's not pure 100% gold, can you say 10% additive makes the remaining 90% not gold either?

Instead of O and X, keep many possibilities open, work at it, and raise the percentage.


People who hated me have never actually managed to harm me.


If you want to wear the crown, bear its weight.


"What on earth have you been doing while I climbed to this position?"


Don't run with your legs — run with your heart


Are ideas squeezed out by force really ideas? No, they're pimples.


Head < heart, 

Invention < discovery, 

Product < brand < story < dream/emotion


You made signboards; I made advertising.


Grit


A crumpled piece of paper flies farther.


Resonance/slogans VS truth, clarity/copy

For someone who's barely getting through the day, a slogan can actually give more strength.


Straighten the stiff folds in your heart


Honestly, I don't understand. 

You're right. But people who criticize and insult are just insulters.

Don't explode on the spot; steep that dissatisfaction, hold that injustice deep in your chest

and then show it to people, loud and clear

Discontent will end up fueling creative power


When we don't have conviction in our decisions, we rationalize them ourselves.


Temptations that advance gradually are stronger

Applies when you voluntarily choose something hard in order to get something difficult

Learning through consistency

The perception that "being forced is bad" -> gentle suggestion grants the other person the will of voluntary choice.

So when reprimanding, rather than being coercive, demanding, or handing out the answer to the problem -> point them toward the direction for solving it, and praise them when they get there themselves.


Emotional projection -> the age of empathy: catharsis / Do One Thing Different: sharing fatigue


Through awareness of diverse patterns we can predict the future.

To train the power to form patterns across many phenomena, try making your own periodic table.


Creative thinking makes the body react first.

Only when a problem is made universal physically do we recognize the problem.








// by myself


When a problem appears 

1) Rest, avoid it, or go around it. 

2) Recall the original purpose. Look for something that can replace option 1.

Never kneel to helplessness. If I match myself to others' perceptions and to the average, I'm bound to be out of step.



A meaningful life that lets someone else find meaning in their own life 


Habit rules me


With the whole body, people get used to doing things regularly, but feedback from society doesn't match that rhythm, so I need to efficiently alternate between immersion and recovery.


Things to avoid: 'sleep first' with stamina as the excuse, 'eat first' as the excuse for waking up, or from mental hunger


When I don't want to do something, or I'm scared, or I have no firm plan, I fall into the habit of pushing it off, avoiding it, sleeping, or eating — to dodge the negative awareness


Time I need to claim: 4:30 a.m. – 9 a.m.


Things I need to improve: daily bookmarks, improving my physical condition through exercise, focused mindset




//

Familiar excitement, achingly missed days / documentary film

be with me — thinking about cognitive engineering



This English version was translated by Claude.

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Pleasant Charles — UI/UX researcher at AIT. Keeping notes on design, planning, and slow days here since 2010.

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