There is a podcast called #IGDLCC – Informații Gratis despre Lucruri care Costă (free information about things that cost money/are worth something).

I had this thought for a while, and kept wanting to write about it, but Madam Historian Georgeta Filitti made me finally write about it: it doesn’t matter if you have a form of power (money, fame, professional success) if you aren’t able to make the right decisions.

In the podcast with Mr. George Buhnici, above, she gives a few examples, like (approximate affirmation) – it matters more how you decorate your mind with knowledge and beauty, rather than how you look outside (1), an old piece of furniture or an old plate, with nice decorations can bring joy, even if you can buy a standard modern piece of furniture or a white plate – they can bring you joy (2), even at an older age you should keep learning and be curious (3).

I look around me and see people with power. I think some of their decisions are not according to my values. Enormous power, little care about how you spend that power.

In the podcast, they discussed a word I like a lot: MEDIOCRE! (Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) https://youtu.be/4Fbry0X7OmM)

How to avoid mediocrity, succeed in life? Not an easy solution, but you should keep aiming to get it.

In the end, it matters more, in my opinion, to be rich in the things in which you need to be rich.

What’s the solution? Should you ban very expensive cars? Should you forbid luxury and unhealthy things, and things that seem like a waste of time?

The fact that you can choose, and the ability to choose wisely, gives it importance. If you know the right things (at least according to your values), it’s more important than owning a fancy car.

There’s an old saying that you should build a house, plant a tree, and make a child. But knowing what is right for you, according to your values, might be even more important.

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„Președintele Nicușor Dan a fost întrebat într-un interviu pentru Observator cum au fost primele 100 de zile de mandat și a răspuns, printre altele, că au fost „intense”.

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Întrebat ce notă și-ar da, Nicușor Dan: a răspuns: «7-8 așa, sunt o persoană exigentă».”

Pentru primele 100 de zile de mandat, Nicușor Dan își dă nota 7-8 | EurActiv.

I think there are some specific things to note about this:

• If you grade based on how you view yourself, you should give yourself a 10. You likely did a 10 based on what you thought was right at the moment. So, according to the information you had at a specific point, you did things in a certain way. But, if you had a good intention, you deserve a 10 out of 10, not a 7 out of 10. You did your best, based on the given information.
• If you grade based on how others look at you, things get complicated. Yes, you can give a certain grade from a person’s point of view, but what matters is the average. Yet, 7-8 out of 10 could be a grade of many people, but it can’t reflect the grade given by everybody. Some will give a 4, some will give a 10. But how would you know what 20M people would grade you after 100 days?

In conclusion, if you grade yourself, give it a 10, as long as you had a good intention.

If others grade you, it’s complicated, yes, it can be an average, but generally it’s a rough estimate, and individual persons’ grades can vary a lot.

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