Steven
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On that point, I remember law, I think it was law 18, I'm just having a look.
Do not build fortresses to protect yourself. Isolation is dangerous. Solitude is not a defence because it cuts you off from valuable information, allies and opportunities. There's a difference, isn't there, between being lonely and being alone. Because being alone is one thing, but the state of loneliness... feels like it's a slightly different proposition.
Do not build fortresses to protect yourself. Isolation is dangerous. Solitude is not a defence because it cuts you off from valuable information, allies and opportunities. There's a difference, isn't there, between being lonely and being alone. Because being alone is one thing, but the state of loneliness... feels like it's a slightly different proposition.
To listen to that voice inside, to turn inwards. It is hard to turn inwards when you never have moments of solitude, I guess. When you said you were suicidal in your earlier years, what lifted you out of that state?
To listen to that voice inside, to turn inwards. It is hard to turn inwards when you never have moments of solitude, I guess. When you said you were suicidal in your earlier years, what lifted you out of that state?
Purpose.
Purpose.
It's crazy how it can lift you out of darkness. It can turn the lights on.
It's crazy how it can lift you out of darkness. It can turn the lights on.
It's just so unbelievably hard to find for so many people. I mean, you're not going to find it in your bedroom necessarily, sat there thinking.
It's just so unbelievably hard to find for so many people. I mean, you're not going to find it in your bedroom necessarily, sat there thinking.
There's so many studies, and there was one on TV by, I think it was Darren Brown, the illusionist, that show certain types of people are pessimistic towards opportunity. And when you do studies where you, and there's one particular study where they have a newspaper, and they give it to one group of people who I think are pessimists and one group of people that are optimists.
There's so many studies, and there was one on TV by, I think it was Darren Brown, the illusionist, that show certain types of people are pessimistic towards opportunity. And when you do studies where you, and there's one particular study where they have a newspaper, and they give it to one group of people who I think are pessimists and one group of people that are optimists.
And the researchers say, when you find the ยฃ100 voucher or $100 voucher, just come back to us. And what happens is they scroll through the newspaper and the pessimists never find it. But on the first page of the newspaper, it says, stop, go to the researchers now, you've won $100. The optimists find it.
And the researchers say, when you find the ยฃ100 voucher or $100 voucher, just come back to us. And what happens is they scroll through the newspaper and the pessimists never find it. But on the first page of the newspaper, it says, stop, go to the researchers now, you've won $100. The optimists find it.
And Darren Brown did a similar thing, The Illusionist, in the street where he put, I think it was like a ยฃ50 or $100 note in the middle of the street. as they were walking down the street. And the optimists find it, they see it. But the pessimists just walk right past it. I think it was a winning scratch card potentially.
And Darren Brown did a similar thing, The Illusionist, in the street where he put, I think it was like a ยฃ50 or $100 note in the middle of the street. as they were walking down the street. And the optimists find it, they see it. But the pessimists just walk right past it. I think it was a winning scratch card potentially.
And that really opened my mind to like my state, my mental state, my psychology is determining whether I see these opportunities or totally miss them. And then it's almost a downward spiral because then I'll think, God, I'm such an unlucky person.
And that really opened my mind to like my state, my mental state, my psychology is determining whether I see these opportunities or totally miss them. And then it's almost a downward spiral because then I'll think, God, I'm such an unlucky person.
Without realizing that I'm playing a really important role in creating my own fortune or misfortune.