This article was inspired by an Aeon.co article against cheerfulness as a virtue
cheerfulness: noticeably happy and optimistic.
causing happiness by its nature or appearance.
I am taking that concept to its conclusion… So here we go…
The mantra of the world-class thinker is: “I am responsible.”
That quote is from Mentally Tough leader, Steve Siebold…
I get his one-sentence emails, and I read them. They are all wakeup calls, and they are all telling me the many ways your TLB, Twitchy Little Bastard score manifests.
I teach that the most valuable ability, capacity, aspiration, maybe even virtue is to interact with reality.
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