#104: choose your hard
👋 Welcome to the 104th issue of Out of Curiosity, a weekly newsletter promoting ideas to help get 1% better everyday.
My name is Reza, and every week, I go through nearly 100 pieces of content (from books and podcasts to newsletters and tweets), and bring you the best in this newsletter.
Before you can radiate, you need to absorb. It’s a good reminder that before you undertake any creative act, you need to have undergone a number of challenges, have had interesting relationships, and have found people endlessly fascinating.
You do a lot of meaningless, purposeless, stupid things. You get obsessed. You spend years focused on it. And literally, no one cares but you. But you persevere anyway and you keep running. Because when you add up all those stupid, meaningless obsessions, what they add up to is your life.
Really enjoyed listening to this episode on
’s recommendation.Joe Hudson emphasizes personal growth as a natural evolutionary process, encouraging individuals to embrace change without self-judgment. He advocates for enjoying the journey of development rather than fixating on end goals, highlighting the importance of present-moment engagement for fulfillment. Other topics that stood out for me:
concept of cognitive superposition to reconcile multiple states of being,
redefining efficiency as energy gained rather than speed
the interconnection between self-care and compassion for others.
👋 Until next week,
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