The Setup by Dan Bilzerian Setup your lifestyle to achieve your goals Preselection works - we are herd animals Your environment should induce desirable behavior - keep a book in the table or live near the bike park Let her chase you. Being less invested, less needy is attractive. do not compromise on your principles for pussy. Do not reward bad behavior with affection Actually talk to the girl. to be continued....
The Rudest Book Every by Shwetabh Gangwar You are a nation - foreign policy should be to not hand over authority to other people/nations People are weird - they are phenomenons Judge based on data, not feelings, impressions or narratives. Be rational Learn to think for yourself by solving your own problems - Hamza’s idea of stare at your wall and think. You don’t know more than you know. Everyone is therefore stupid....
The Science Of Happily Ever After: What Really Matters in the Quest for Enduring Love by Ty Tashiro Choose the right partner in the first place Love comprises Liking and Lust. Liking comprises fair, kind and loyal. Liking declines at 3% a year and lust declines at 8% a year. Lust declines so don’t focus on it Idea: you have 3 wishes after which you mathematically don’t find a person lke that who exists....
Attached: The Science of Adult Attachment by Amir Levine “Most people are only as needy as their unmet needs”. You are dependent on each other, biologically Date secure people. I am secure. Roof claims avoidance. Phool is avoidant. Mother is anxious. Father is avoidant. I had anxious tendencies. I don’t anymore, and I attribute that to Vihaan. If youre dating anxious: respond to their calls and cries for help, reassure them, calm them down , tell them you’ll be back in some time....
The Magic Of Thinking Big by David Schwartz By David Schwartz “Why be only half alive?” Clasp hand. “I’m glad to know you.” Wear you best clothes - spend twice as much and buy half as much. Introduce yourself to everyone. Smile. Stand up straight. Think progressively - eat more good mind food (mind food is media consumption) Ask yourself “what can I do to improve?” Answers will come to you....
#Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely Don’t fall for the decoy effect. Don’t fall for the anchoring effect - ifyou do, anchor yoursekf un a way that rationally benefits you. Dn’t fall for the self-herding or arbitrary coherence effect - think each decision through. Don’t substitute a difficlt problem for an easy one. Use your appearance and body language to anchor your social value
How To Not Die Alone by Logan Ury Romanticizer: 8 Maximizer: 17 Hesitater: 9 I am a maximizer. Experential > checklist Don’t ghost Be explicit - avoid false consensus effect decide, don’t slide To be rewritten.
Do Epic Shit by Ankur Warikoo Plan out day ahead Share calendar with loved one Work clothes only when working, even if remote. Mental model for tough decisions: What is the worst outcome in this scenario? Will I be okay? How do I bounce back I have > I could have - risk > regret. “What would most people do”. Look at alternatives. “What would Adonis/Micheal Jordan/ best me do?”...
Homo Deus - A Brief History Of Tomorrow Author: Yuval Noah Harari Fiction?: Non-Fiction Format: Paperback Genres: Sci-Fi, Technology Chapter 1: The New Human Agenda China is now free from famine 90% of American natives died as a result of diseases brought by the Europeans Previously, pandemics were impossible due to the small human populations, only epidemics existed. “Between action and reaction, there is space. In that space lies freedom....
Sapiens - A Brief History Of Humankind Author: Yuval Noah Harari Fiction?: Non-Fiction Format: Paperback Genres: History Home sapiens - Man Wise Multiple species of humans inhabited earth contemporaneously at different locations. The singularity of Homo Sapiens is peculiar. Neanderthals had bigger brains than us, why are they extinct now? A culture is a collection of behavior patter caused by (regional) imagined realities. Replacement theory - Sapiens replaced all other human populations....