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Just my thoughts #0653

Some people are poor but live with a rich mind, while others are rich yet live with a poor mindset. Poverty compounded costs, and wealth compounded profits. All of them operate on the principle of compound interest. Poverty costs a lot. So, what’s the difference between a rich mind and a poor mind? Their attitude toward time varies significantly. Not everyone, but when a poor person suddenly becomes rich, they still pay the cost of poverty. The most common form is installments. Thus, even if people are rich, they often live with a poor mindset, sometimes thinking of it as savings. Even if you are poor, you can live with a rich mind, which increases your chances of getting wealthy. Debt pulls the future into the present. Drawing the future ahead of time makes people slaves. They say they are slaves of money, but in reality, they are slaves of time. If you gradually change the habit of bringing future time into the present, your attitude will shift, and your behavior will change. We want...

Just my thoughts #0536

To concentrate, you must first give up. The choice lies in setting priorities, and to overcome the limits of concentration , you must boldly let go of things of low importance according to those priorities. Greed hinders the act of giving up. Not giving up is not merely about intelligence; it involves morality , values , and a person’s character. This is also why human beings do not succeed based on knowledge alone. Even if you decide to give up, concentration exists in another dimension. Choosing something means also giving up or rejecting something else. At this juncture, a value exchange occurs between what is chosen and what is discarded. Thus, our greed is linked to comparative values . The next choice and abandonment depend on the values I already possess. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”

Just my thoughts #0420

The advice to concentrate on one thing instead of trying to excel at many is valid, as it’s also challenging to master a single skill. If you neglect the other essential background abilities necessary to enhance that one skill, you will be unable to overcome your limitations. For a top-level skill to thrive, the supporting average abilities for that skill must also develop concurrently. Concentration should not be an excuse to avoid or ignore what’s important. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”

Just my thoughts #0274

The low-grade players try to show everything they have at once. Gurus try to deliver only the essentials, tailored to the other person’s habits and patterns. It’s not the uniqueness that makes it attractive; it’s the right concentration. If you eat too much sugar, you spit it out. Sugar is delicious when it dissolves in the right amount of water. Yes, concentration! - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”