Reference: Friedrich Nietzsche: "My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be other than it is, not in the future, not in the past, not in all eternity. Not merely to endure that which happens of necessity... but to love it."
Insight: There is not much in life we can control.
Insight: Everything happens for a reason, it is up to us to glean the lesson.
Insight: A love of fate does not eliminate pain and failure, but the mindset can make it quicker to convert these into learning experiences and emerge stronger.
Principle: Accept and embrace pain, and failure. Learn and grow from these moments.
Definition: We look for evidence that confirms what we want to believe.
Example: Consultants - most people just want to hear their own ideas and preferences confirmed by "expert opinion". Many people that hire consultants will dismiss findings that are counter to already existing views.
Insight: When we hold a view, we aim to convince ourselves that we are rational to hold it, and look only for evidence that confirms this view.
Principle: Do not accept the validity of people's ideas just because they have supplied their own evidence.
Principle: Specifically look for evidence that disconfirms your most tightly held views.
Insight: We feel increasingly bored, then we need to find new and stronger forms of entertainment, travel, hobbies.
Insight:The pursuit of pleasure leads to diminishing returns.
Definition: When we observe positive or negative qualities in a person, we assume other positive or negative things about them.
Example: Good looking people are trusted more, particularly politicians.
Insight: We see people not as they are, but how they appear to us. And appearances are usually misleading.
Insight: People are trained to present the best or most appropriate side of themselves.
