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Being great only matters if you need external validation. I want a life I appreciate. If there’s anything to win it’s the game of having a good time.

All of the suffering people impose on themselves, on their children, on their society, to be great and envied is wasted. Be successful as a means to be happy and have excess to share with others.



>> I want a life I appreciate. If there’s anything to win it’s the game of having a good time.

Thank you for this, I'm currently getting stuck seeing many people here developing their kickass project and feel like if I am not doing this kind of thing in my free time, I am not a valid engineer, this kind of pressure slowly eats out my passion, perhaps it's okay that I don't feel like doing this at them moment, I still love my job and technology, I just want to do something else in my free time that's all.


> Being great only matters if you need external validation.

Humans are social creatures. Seeking external validation is, to a certain degree, normal and healthy.


Sure. It’s good to be approved of. But you can ease things for yourself by finding people that approve of the version of you that you enjoy being.


This idea doesn’t come early, you have to die few times to get it. I guess that’s how human works, hardwired.


Or read Siddhartha, I guess.


Eh, some (friendly) competition is fine. Some people enjoy competing and it's (part of) their idea of a good time.

If you don't want to compete, that's also fine.




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