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Visakan Veerasamy

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
576 total appearances

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Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

immediately people are like, oh, aren't you afraid you're never going to match up to that success? And she's like, what the fuck, man? So, yeah. And so she looked up the history of how people thought about these things. And I think in the Roman times or antiquity, people were like, okay, people get possessed by genius from time to time. So if you do good work, you don't get full credit.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

And if you do bad work, you don't get full blame. It's like the creative... Sometimes just creativity happens and we are vessels for that. But yeah, with regards to the scarcity sprite, it's really... I don't know. I think maybe I indoctrinated myself a little bit with video games, motivational stuff. But I feel it to be true. I really just want to have my own back.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

And if you do bad work, you don't get full blame. It's like the creative... Sometimes just creativity happens and we are vessels for that. But yeah, with regards to the scarcity sprite, it's really... I don't know. I think maybe I indoctrinated myself a little bit with video games, motivational stuff. But I feel it to be true. I really just want to have my own back.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

And if you do bad work, you don't get full blame. It's like the creative... Sometimes just creativity happens and we are vessels for that. But yeah, with regards to the scarcity sprite, it's really... I don't know. I think maybe I indoctrinated myself a little bit with video games, motivational stuff. But I feel it to be true. I really just want to have my own back.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

I think there's a quote from Montaigne where he says, you can try to be clever and fancy with all your words and stuff, but on your deathbed, you're going to really confront the barest... like, barest truths about yourself. Like, did you live up to what you wanted? Do you forgive yourself for whatever? Do you... And, like, those very basal things. And I think about that a lot.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

I think there's a quote from Montaigne where he says, you can try to be clever and fancy with all your words and stuff, but on your deathbed, you're going to really confront the barest... like, barest truths about yourself. Like, did you live up to what you wanted? Do you forgive yourself for whatever? Do you... And, like, those very basal things. And I think about that a lot.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

I think there's a quote from Montaigne where he says, you can try to be clever and fancy with all your words and stuff, but on your deathbed, you're going to really confront the barest... like, barest truths about yourself. Like, did you live up to what you wanted? Do you forgive yourself for whatever? Do you... And, like, those very basal things. And I think about that a lot.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

I'm like, how can I be a better friend to myself so that I can be a better friend to other people? And actually, it's funny. It's funny that I'm so quick to go from that first sentence to the next. It's like, you know, like, self-love or self-care...

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

I'm like, how can I be a better friend to myself so that I can be a better friend to other people? And actually, it's funny. It's funny that I'm so quick to go from that first sentence to the next. It's like, you know, like, self-love or self-care...

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

I'm like, how can I be a better friend to myself so that I can be a better friend to other people? And actually, it's funny. It's funny that I'm so quick to go from that first sentence to the next. It's like, you know, like, self-love or self-care...

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

Yeah, so you know what's funny? I spent like years reading everything I could about it, analyzing it, psychoanalyzing myself and everything. And these days, I don't even use the term anymore. I don't, you know, it's... I think one of the most major things I've learned is that you really have to focus on the outcomes that you want and not the outcomes that you don't want.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

Yeah, so you know what's funny? I spent like years reading everything I could about it, analyzing it, psychoanalyzing myself and everything. And these days, I don't even use the term anymore. I don't, you know, it's... I think one of the most major things I've learned is that you really have to focus on the outcomes that you want and not the outcomes that you don't want.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

Yeah, so you know what's funny? I spent like years reading everything I could about it, analyzing it, psychoanalyzing myself and everything. And these days, I don't even use the term anymore. I don't, you know, it's... I think one of the most major things I've learned is that you really have to focus on the outcomes that you want and not the outcomes that you don't want.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

And even describing things in terms of procrastination, somehow I feel it tends to like... reinforce the procrastination. I don't know if this is a slightly radical view. I can try and answer the question directly, but my meta view is that you don't even need to use that term. Think about what you want. Ask yourself what's in the way of getting to what you want.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

And even describing things in terms of procrastination, somehow I feel it tends to like... reinforce the procrastination. I don't know if this is a slightly radical view. I can try and answer the question directly, but my meta view is that you don't even need to use that term. Think about what you want. Ask yourself what's in the way of getting to what you want.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

And even describing things in terms of procrastination, somehow I feel it tends to like... reinforce the procrastination. I don't know if this is a slightly radical view. I can try and answer the question directly, but my meta view is that you don't even need to use that term. Think about what you want. Ask yourself what's in the way of getting to what you want.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

And the problem is, very often, procrastination is trying to protect you. It's trying to protect you from doing something that you don't actually want. You know, like my wife and I have been procrastinating on renovating our house for years and years. And I eventually realized, oh, I don't want to live in this neighborhood. And I have not been honest with myself about that.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

And the problem is, very often, procrastination is trying to protect you. It's trying to protect you from doing something that you don't actually want. You know, like my wife and I have been procrastinating on renovating our house for years and years. And I eventually realized, oh, I don't want to live in this neighborhood. And I have not been honest with myself about that.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

And the problem is, very often, procrastination is trying to protect you. It's trying to protect you from doing something that you don't actually want. You know, like my wife and I have been procrastinating on renovating our house for years and years. And I eventually realized, oh, I don't want to live in this neighborhood. And I have not been honest with myself about that.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

And like, but my subconscious protects me from making a costly financial decision like a very costly financial decision, by just putting it off. Like, no, no, let's just keep looking, let's whatever.