Quotes on The Right Way To Desire

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"Weird as it may seem, we often learn about ourselves by observing our own  behaviors, so if all of our behaviors suggest to us that money, for example, is the highest good, we very well may start to believe it."

"If you find yourself unable to endure basic economy flights, enjoy camping trips, or are unhappy whenever the thermostat is not set to the perfect temperature, you have become overly reliant on comfort. This dependency will limit your ability to be content in all but the rare perfect scenario."

"You teach yourself what is important to you through your behaviors, so behave wisely."

"Our desires are emotional investments, and many of the principles of good financial investing apply to good desire allocation. Diversification."

 

"Which of these structures would you rather be inside of in a tornado? The structure on the left is incredibly vulnerable. A small breeze would be enough to destroy it. In our case, the small breeze would be that everyday occurrence of a situation not going according to plan. As soon as one link in the chain fails, the entire structure topples, which results in emotional self-destruction. However, the structure on the right is highly robust, and a person with a goal structure like this will be far more emotionally robust. As soon as one goal fails, you can both pivot to another, and the more quickly this can be done, the less time has to be spent suffering, and the sooner he can get back to pursuing his end."

 

"Thus, his goal in playing tennis will not be to win a match (something external, over which he has only partial control) but to play to the best of his ability in the match (something internal, over which he has complete control). By choosing this goal, he will spare himself frustration or disappointment should he lose the match. Since it was not his goal to win the match, he will not have failed to attain his goal, as long as he played his best. His tranquility will not be disrupted."

------ William Irvine, A Guide to the Good Life.

Quotation from the book Designing The Mind, Principles of Psychitecture