This entry is part 7 of 11 in the series Mediocre Excellence“if you’re reading a book that’s killing you, put it down and read something else, just as you would reach for the remote if you weren’t enjoying a television programme” “if you don’t read the classics…nothing bad will happen to you; more importantly, nothing…
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Method Over Morality: Don’t Improve Yourself. Stop Trying to Become a Better Person.
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 8 of 11 in the series Mediocre Excellence“Much mischief results from our taking a moral position on matters which are not basically moral matters at all.” ~ Maxwell Maltz “More defeats and failures are due to mental blindness than to moral deviations.” ~ Raymond Holliwell 「不管白貓黑貓，能抓到老鼠就是好貓」 “It doesn’t matter whether it’s…
Just Do One: Lowering Your Standards and Using Patterns from Addictions to Achieve Success
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 9 of 11 in the series Mediocre ExcellenceThis entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Wide StandardsI’m not the first guy to ever write about this kind of thing, not the best, and not the last. But, let’s give it a shot. I don’t know if that comes out…
Too Much Technique, Too Little Volume: それ以前の問題
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 10 of 11 in the series Mediocre Excellence“…beautiful things grow out of s##t” ~Brian Eno, Composer Adults focus too much on technique and too little on volume. Too much on technique and too little on frequency. Too much on technique, too little on consistency. Too much technique, too little exposure. There’s…
Always Underdo. Perfection Is Death.
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 11 of 11 in the series Mediocre ExcellenceAlways underdo. Conserve your energy. Save your strength. Hard left swipe on the advice of people (most often women — yes, this is blatant gender stereotyping, but this isn’t a “Family Guy” moment either; we’re not doing this for laughs: we’re fighting a worthy…