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Here's a collection of resources that have shaped my worldview and aspirationsβ€”if they resonate with you, we'll likely get along! (last updated: 2023)

πŸ€” Thinkers

Highly recommend going through all their work, content, interviews…etc:

Derek Sivers

Derek had a range of unique experiences as a musician, entrepreneur, author, circus performer…etc. He writes in a simple yet thought-provoking way. He challenges conventional beliefs and represents a way to live a life driven by curiosity and active exploration. A lot of my big mindset shifts in life came from him.

I was lucky to meet up with him in New Zealand last year! People say you shouldn't meet your hero because they'd disappoint, but it didn't at all!

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Mark Manson

I first read Mark's book in high school and it blew my mind and got me started my nonfiction journey. Mark writes in a playful yet practical way, it's so good.

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David Perell

David inspires me in so many ways, especially his path. His ideas got me started with writing in public and completely reframed the way I approach my learning and career. I took his writing course Write of Passage twice, and out of all the cohort-based courses I've taken, WoP has the highest quality, community, and long term effect! (there's a scholarship you can apply)

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Naval Ravikant

Naval completed changed the way I look at happiness and how I'd approach my career. So good.

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Shane Parrish

Shane's blog Farnam Street is one of my fav blogs of all time. It got me into the rabbit hole of mental models, decision makings, learning how to learn… meta skills. His podcast The Knowledge Project is also gold. One of the few podcasts I consistently tune in.

☺️ on meaningful life

πŸšΆπŸ»β€β™‚οΈon the human condition, feelings, self-image, purpose

πŸ«‚ on meaningful relationships

See full list 🎍Friendships

🎨 Creativity & Craft

πŸ’Ό On Meaningful Career

✍🏻 On Writing

πŸ’‘ Ideas

Zoom out, zoom out, zoom out, and you can see the insignificance of your problem. We are a tiny little dot in the vast, vast universe.

We are a bunch of atoms and cells interacting randomly with each other. Everything is just human concepts in our mind. Reminder to not take things too seriously.

The most important relationship you have is the one with yourself. Period. You are the only person, quite literally, that accompanies you from the day you are born till the day you die.

Who we are is the average of 5 people we spend most time with. 5 ideas we most think about. 5 pieces of media you consume the most.

🎀 Quotes

See the full list at πŸ’¬ Great Quotes

Whatever will be, will be.

When the going gets tough, tough gets going.

Whether you think you can or you can't, you are right.

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

"Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong." ― Lao Tzu

"Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

"Build me a son whose wishes will not take the place of deeds; a son who will know Theeβ€”and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge.

"Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge. Here let him learn to stand up in the storm; here let him learn compassion for those who fail.

"Build me a son whose heart will be clear, whose goal will be high, a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men, one who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past.

"And after all these things are his, add, I pray, enough of a sense of humor, so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself too seriously. Give him humility, so that he may always remember the simplicity or true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, and the meekness of true strength.

"Then I, his father, will dare to whisper, 'I have not lived in vain.'"
β€” General Douglas MacArthur

πŸ’« Spirituality

🧘🏻 Mindfulness

Here are things I've tried, explored, and want to try. If anything resonates, let me know!

Mental Health

  • Journaling
  • Therapy
  • Working out

Meditation

  • Breathwork (check out Othership)
  • Guided meditation: body scan
  • Guided meditation apps (The Honest Guys, Headspace, Waking Up)
  • Silent meditation
  • Metta (love & kindness) meditation
  • Sound bath
  • Mindful walking
  • Chanting
  • Kirtan

Yoga

To Try:

  • Movement
  • Somatic therapy
  • Hypnotherapy
  • Calisthenics
  • Psychedelics
  • Vipassana
  • Transcendental Meditation

🎬 Movies

Everything Everywhere All at Once β†’ On the absurdity of life
About Time β†’ A heart-warming movie on romantic and family love
500 Days of Summer β†’ Watch this after your first relationship
Inception
Interstellar
Good Will Hunting
Soul
Inside Out
Your Name

πŸ“š Books

See πŸ“š Books Garden for full list

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