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skills

• fast

• wait

• think

treasures

• simplicity - in actions and thoughts

• patience - with both friends and enemies

• compassion - towards yourself

way

• creating without possessing

• acting without expecting

• guiding without interfering

actions

• love

• serve

• remember

doings

• effortless

• easy

• enjoyable

dharma

• love

• serve

• believe

character

• deportment

• countenance

• speech

attainment

• wealth

• health

• peace

mental

• resilience

• creativity

• focus

being

• goodwill

• forgiveness

• lovingness

soul-encasing

• causal

• astral

• physical

imagination

• conceive

• believe

• achieve

meaning

• creativity

• connection

• contribution

self-realization

• sankhya

• yoga

• vedanta

gunas

• darkening - tamo

• activating - rajo

• elevating - sattwa

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beneficial friendship

• those who are upright

• those whom you can trust

• those of broad learning

harmful friendship

• those with practiced manners

• an affected sweetness

• a glib tongue

beneficial pleasure

• hitting the right measure in your practice of rites and music

• of celebrating the goodness of others

• of having many worthy friends

harmful pleasure

• being self-important

• of being a slacker and a loafer

• of drinking and feasting to excess

mistakes when attending a gentleman

• to speak when it is not one's turn to speak - impetuous

• not to speak when it is one's turn to speak - evasive

• to speak without taking notice of other person's expression - being blind

guard against

• young - sensuous temptations

• prime - being combative

• waned - being grasping

in awe of

• Heaven's mandate

• great men

• the words of sages

no's

• do not raise the important of anything - nothing is as important as it looks

• do not create idols - in fact they are much more earthly than they present themselves

• do not beautify reality - everything is much more prosaic

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career

• don't sell anything you wouldn't buy yourself

• don't work for anyone you don't respect and admire

• work only with people you enjoy

motivation

• desire to be useful

• desire to tell stories

• desire to collect stuff

work

• excellent

• necessary

• trustworthy

success

• circle of competence

• focus

• patience

learning

• imitate

• assimilate

• innovate

great delusions

• sex

• wine

• money

keys to success

• knowledge

• intuition

• energy

game theory

• be nice

• be forgiving

• don't be a push-over

hero's journey

• separation

• initiation

• return

aspects of reality

• pain

• uncertainty

• constant work

equipment

• wool

• titanium

• carbon fiber