How To Join The Top 1% Of Intelligence (Full Guide)
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Even more, many “smart” people are lonely, broke, unhealthy, and angry at the world. They can think through complex problems but they can’t solve the bigger, more holistic problem of living a rich life. (via) ^rwhi880499658
Cybernetics comes from the Greek word kybernetikos which means “to steer” or “good at steering.” It’s also known as “the art of getting what you want.” So, if Naval’s definition of intelligence is getting what you want out of life, understanding cybernetics helps you do that much, much faster. (via) ^rwhi880499756
Cybernetics comes from the Greek word kybernetikos which means “to steer” or “good at steering.” It’s also known as “the art of getting what you want.” So, if Naval’s definition of intelligence is getting what you want out of life, understanding cybernetics helps you do that much, much faster. Cybernetics illustrates the properties of intelligent systems (hint: your mind is a system, a meta-system). To have a goal. (via) ^rwhi880762628
You can judge intelligence based on the system’s ability to iterate and persist with trial and error. (via) ^rwhi880762646
High intelligence is the ability to iterate, persist, and understand the big picture. The mark of low intelligence is the inability to learn from your mistakes. (via) ^rwhi880762666
High intelligence is realizing any problem can be solved on a large enough timescale. The reality is that you can achieve any goal you set your mind to. (via) ^rwhi880762689
The goal and destination are vastly more important than the system or journey, because they create it. (via) ^rwhi880499785
Goals are what determine the system. The destination is what determines the journey. (via) ^rwhi880762702
the journey and the destination are inseparable.
Man is by nature a goal-striving being. And because man is “built that way,” he is not happy unless he is functioning as he was made to function – as a goal striver. Thus true success and true happiness not only go together but each enhances the other. – Maxwell Maltz (via) ^rwhi880499802
To become more intelligent, you must: • Reject the known path • Dive into the unknown • Set new, higher goals to expand your mind • Embrace the chaos and allow for growth • Study the generalized principles of nature • Become a deep generalist (via) ^rwhi880499894
known path that doesn’t work. To become more intelligent, you must: • Reject the known path • Dive into the unknown • Set new, higher goals to expand your mind • Embrace the chaos and allow for growth • Study the generalized principles of nature • Become a deep generalist (via) ^rwhi880762794
The mind has two key purposes for survival:
- Achieving known goals
- Discovering unknown goals (via) ^rwhi880499971
The mind is an information processing and pattern recognition machine that we have a certain amount of control over based on our level of development. The mind is a system – containing a complex set of systems – that accepts, rejects, and uses information to aid in the goals you feed it. If you’re always focused on negative outcomes, they will become reality, and you’ll blame everyone but yourself for the misfortune in your life. (via) ^rwhi880763096
The mind is a system – containing a complex set of systems – that accepts, rejects, and uses information to aid in the goals you feed it. If you’re always focused on negative outcomes, they will become reality, and you’ll blame everyone but yourself for the misfortune in your life.
The man who conceives himself to be a “failure-type person” will find some way to fail, in spite of all his good intentions, even if opportunity is dumped in his lap. The person who conceives himself to be a victim of injustice, one who “was meant to suffer,” will invariably find circumstances to verify his opinions. – Maxwell Waltz (via) ^rwhi880500126
At the root of your mind, like a puppet master, is your identity or ego. Your ego is a system of ideas, beliefs, values, and standards that shape your perspective. Contrary to popular belief, the ego is not the enemy. It’s the storyteller. The interpreter. Your job isn’t to get rid of it, your job is to develop it. To expand it. To remove the conditioned limits keeping you in a narrow-minded perspective that makes life reactive and negative. (via) ^rwhi880500130
Your ego is a system of ideas, beliefs, values, and standards that shape your perspective. Contrary to popular belief, the ego is not the enemy. It’s the storyteller. The interpreter. Your job isn’t to get rid of it, your job is to develop it. To expand it. To remove the conditioned limits keeping you in a narrow-minded perspective that makes life reactive and negative. (via) ^rwhi880763118
Society is a behavior system. And there are 3 big goals that they injected into your mind right when you learned to comprehend the language you speak.
- School
- Job
- Retire (via) ^rwhi880763174
80% of living the life you want boils down to creating your own goals while most people are mindless slaves to society’s goals. (via) ^rwhi880763246
Most people don’t have goals. Most people are afraid to make mistakes. Most people don’t give themselves a chance to improve any aspect of their life. (via) ^rwhi880763321
The point is that problems aren’t problems unless you have a corresponding goal. If you don’t have any worthwhile goal, you aren’t able to see the plethora of problems that, once solved, lead to a better life. (via) ^rwhi880763648
ease. If you want a successful business, relationship, or anything that is out of the norm, you must fundamentally change the goals your mind operates on by changing who you are. (via) ^rwhi880763745
Intelligence is questioning your beliefs, realizing deep generalized patterns, and understanding the contradiction of truth – that the only absolute truth is that there is no absolute truth. (via) ^rwhi880764475