Stop To Think

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about what is and what isn't a reasonable expectation for a relationship. The core, two most important expectations seem to be an expectation for loyalty and an expectation for honesty. Once you get past those two, there seems to be some wiggle room.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how you're going to want to pair up with someone who won't make you miserable. In other words, when looking for a relationship, it's often helpful to look for things that you don't want and avoid them over looking for things that you do want and trying to find them.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how high expectations can result in unhappiness in both life and your relationships. In many cases, it seems like a good idea to make sure your expectations align with reality.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about what in life gets you the biggest bang for your buck. This is essentially the application of the diminishing returns principle from last episode to a few different areas of life.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about diminishing returns. One should really understand the concept and make sure they're balancing their effort to return ration in their various endeavors in life.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about intuition. The sense you get in your gut about things. The general rule seems to be that you should listen to your gut unless you have hard evidence to do otherwise.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how nature might be bad. Specifically, nature is very violent, bloody, and filled with death. Moreover, human nature is to be violent, steal, eat, be lazy, and a whole host of other bad things. So maybe remember that the next time you tell someone to act natural.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how the hard path is usually the right path.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about skills that pay off. Specifically, useful skills are dependent on the era of history that you live in. In the present era and the future, the most useful skills will be the ones that are related to the fundamental human needs of food, water, air, shelter, clothing, entertainment, transportation, etc.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how thinking is a bit hard. Despite the effort required, it is still usually a good idea to think things through because you'll likely get a better outcome compared to taking the thoughtless approach.