Project Armannd

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One of the biggest enemies of a healthy mind is uniformity (lacking diversity or variation in its interactions). That is, having a homogenous interaction with the world and filtering out everything that does not fit one’s interests.

Imagine a John Doe who only watches horror movies, listens only to country music, eats only chicken, [...]

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People with brilliant minds and extraordinary capacities think little of admitting or exposing their weaknesses and faults. For them, they represent something for which they have paid, something that they deserve to have. They might even feel that their errors do them honor and help define them better.

On the other hand there [...]

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When someone’s life isn’t exactly perfect, friends and family usually advise that person to look at the bright side of things, at what is positive.

When businesses fail, the managers who took them to the ground do the same thing; they look at the positive aspects of their failing businesses.

The two examples above share [...]

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How wise is it to call something good and wonderful without looking into the future and asking, “where could it lead me?”

Not too wise. And yet we do it all the time.

When someone earns more, he feels that it’s a good thing. When someone enjoys life more, he feels that it’s a good [...]

“Know thyself,” the English translation for the Greek “gnothi seauton,” is the famous inscription in the pronaos of the Delhi temple. An inscription that stands to remind generations of the importance of self-awareness and understanding of the human behavior, morals and thought.

We probably all know how important that is, but do we actually do something [...]