Lessons With A King

Lesson 301: Live Your Philosophy         

We all have things we believe in and live our lives by, or at least say that we live our lives by. The thing that we usually find out is that this isn't always the whole truth or true at all. There are people that show a version of their lives on social media but if you spend time with them, you realise they are different in person. We should always know that our actions define us. We are what we do so if you claim to have a philosophy, let your life, the way you live it prove that you do have that philosophy. 

PROMPT: What is your philosophy? 

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Lesson 300: Design Crushes Willpower

Willpower will fail but design will stand. When you expect willpower to help you through a rough patch or making good decisions, there's a possibility of things going south. However, once you put the design in place to build the life you want, you fall back to that design and things go as you want and you make good decisions.

PROMPT: How do you design your life?

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Lesson 299: Live For Your Future Self

I remember the first time I had a discussion about living for my future self. It was a bit warped but when I could wrap my mind around it, I realised how important it is. For example, if my future self is a successful writer, what would I do now for that future self? Would I be lying down watching another show or would I be buckling up and writing something? If my future self is lifting 250lbs, would I currently be slacking off or going to the gym? When you live for your future self, it makes decisions a lot easier.

PROMPT: What is your future self like?

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Lesson 298: Live Your Life

At times, parents design their children's life. That isn't wrong. However, once the child feels they might prefer going on a different path, I believe the parents should let the child do that. Sure things might turn out bad but it happened on their own terms. We should live the life we want and whatever comes out of it, we should face it head-on because it is what we wanted to do.

PROMPT: Are you living life on your terms?

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Lesson 297: Do That Thing You Want

If you want to do something, go ahead and do it. Understand this: not everyone will care for it and that's fine. As long as you want to do it and feel comfortable doing it, go ahead and do it. It's for you and that one person that will get it.

PROMPT: What is your current project?

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Lesson 296: It's Ok To Have Critics

If you create something, you should be comfortable with getting them critiqued. In fact, if you don't have that, maybe, just maybe no one saw it and that isn't what you want, right?

PROMPT: Do you have critics?

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Lesson 295: Listen To Critiques

When we put our effort into working on a project, we almost always expect accolades. However, there are times were things just don't go the way we want and all we get are not-so-nice critiques. We need to pay attention to them because we might learn how to make our work better.

PROMPT: What was the last critique you were given? How useful was it?

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Lesson 294: Don't Be An Asshole

The South Park guys made an amazing film "Team America World Police" and there's a scene where a character talks about people as dicks, pussies, and assholes. Go check it out on YouTube. Well, don't be an asshole. Don't be someone that people just can't stand. Don't be the person that people don't want to have anything to do with. Remember, the world is super tiny and it's a lot easier to do good than to be an asshole.

PROMPT: How do you handle assholes?

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Lesson 293: Google Yourself

From time to time, do yourself a favour and google yourself. The things you find out might even be a shock to you but even if they are not, it is important to check out what is out there about you.

PROMPT: What did you find out when you googled yourself?

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Lesson 292: More Inquiry

We should be like kids that ask "why" and "why" and "why" over and over. That is one of the best ways to learn and to grow. When you are less certain, you tend to ask a lot more questions. There's nothing wrong with asking questions. It just might be you are asking the wrong person but there's nothing wrong in asking questions.

PROMPT: What was the last question you asked? Did you get a satisfying answer?

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