Non-practice

Modern people today tend not to care about tomorrow. It’s all settled – they have a shelter, some food to eat, and they have their basic (and more) needs met.

But there are many people who live in difficult conditions.

The problem of moderns seems great, but they fade in the face of the hunger of many.

On a human psychology part, sometimes life seems overwhelming.

Ecology, overcrowding, stress.

We live an easy life in a world of stress.

In fact, the studies find that anxiety has increased so much that typical schoolchildren during the 1980’s reported more anxiety than child psychiatric patients did during the 1950’s. (Source – Studies show normal children today report more anxiety than child psychiatric patients in the 1950’s)

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„When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.” – Eric Hoffer

There’s a book titled: „Nebunia de a gândi cu mintea ta” (on the madness of thinking with your own mind) by Gabriel Liiceanu.

It’s so hard not to imitate others!

Whenever faced with a choice, the usual solution is „What would another person from the society do?”.

Of course, each person is unique, and on a regular day, most likely people take their own choices, each of them has a unique set of values and acts accordingly.

But, all-in-all, I think it’s rather difficult, due to social pressure and conformity, to constantly try and think with your own mind, as opposed of copying others.

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I don’t like telling harsh truths.

It’s like this (I don’t know the source):

„I tried being optimistic. Once. I failed”.

Similarly, on the rare occasions when I tried telling the truth, I tend to upset people.

Yes, f you have dilemmas, express them, do not dwell on uncertainty.

But do expect burning some bridges and losing some close friends with this.

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I think that if you are a medical professional, a big part of the equation of „Should I work with this person?”, concerning a website, is related to the video part.

If you are bold, you should create a website that has a small video with you – 30 seconds to two minutes, at most.

At a minimum, put a photo of you, a LinkedIn/CV profile, and some words about you.

But a video can do so much more – people can see how you communicate, can understand you much better than in any other means of communication.

I can’t emphasize this enough – if you’re in the business of serving people, you need to convey trust. And video is a great way to do so.

It might even not matter what you are saying. What it surely matters is how you say things, how confident you are, how much charisma you send out.

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I meet sometimes people that are self-sufficient.

There’s nothing wrong with being happy at the place you currently are in your career, personal life, or other parts that make you a person.

But to constantly say, „it’s OK where I am”, to answer „I don’t have any issues” to any kind of feedback might be a way to just refuse to grow.

„It’s never like that!” Perhaps, you’re right. Still, give it a try. See how that image fits your personality.

On another hand, you should also be able to stay „Stop, I have enough, I don’t need to fight anymore, I can settle with the current level”.

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I like the Secretary problem:

The basic form of the problem is the following: imagine an administrator who wants to hire the best secretary out of n rankable applicants for a position. The applicants are interviewed one by one in random order. A decision about each particular applicant is to be made immediately after the interview. Once rejected, an applicant cannot be recalled. During the interview, the administrator gains information sufficient to rank the applicant among all applicants interviewed so far, but is unaware of the quality of yet unseen applicants. The question is about the optimal strategy (stopping rule) to maximize the probability of selecting the best applicant.

Have a look at these articles for details:

• Secretary problem – Wikipedia
• Math-Based Decision Making: The Secretary Problem | by Lorenzo Duso | Cantor’s Paradise
• Secretary Problem (A Optimal Stopping Problem) – GeeksforGeeks
• The Secretary Problem

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Let’s say you have to maximize your chances when betting for an endgame result at a match between two teams.

You should generally bet 1-0, if a team is slightly better than the other. 2-0 for a clear advantage. Rarely 3-0, just for when there’s a huge difference of value. You should only bet equal (0-0; rarer – 1-1) when the odds are rather equal.

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⁴³ “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. ⁴⁴ Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. ⁴⁵ Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.” (Matthew 12:43-46 NIV)

The devil learns from its mistakes, becomes better.

A fallen angel? Yes, but still interested in winning and becoming better. Seven times better.

Got to notice its perseverance.

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I liked the dialogue between Alex Michaelides and Nadine Vlădescu (Litera Anniversary Days, 2021 edition).

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