That's What I Mean By

So I Learned That The People Who Make The Most Of The Process Of Encountering Reality, Especially The Painful Obstacles, Learn The Most And Get What They Want Faster Than People Who Do Not. ... In Short, I Learned That Being Totally Truthful, Especially About Mistakes And Weaknesses, Led To A Rapid Rate Of Improvement And Movement Toward What I Wanted.

Sometimes We Forge Our Own Principles And Sometimes We Accept Others' Principles, Or Holistic Packages Of Principles, Such As Religion And Legal Systems. While It Isn't Necessarily A Bad Thing To Use Others' Principles - It's Difficult To Come Up With Your Own, And Often Much Wisdom Has Gone Into Those Already Created - Adopting Pre-packaged Principles Without Much Thought Exposes You To The Risk Of Inconsistency With Your True Values.

If You Can Stare Hard At Your Problems, They Almost Always Shrink Or Disappear, Because You Almost Always Find A Better Way Of Dealing With Them Than If You Don't Face Them Head On. The More Difficult The Problem, The More Important It Is That You Stare At It And Deal With It.

The Best Advice I Can Give You Is To Ask Yourself What Do You Want, Then Ask 'what Is True' - And Then Ask Yourself 'what Should Be Done About It.' I Believe That If You Do This You Will Move Much Faster Towards What You Want To Get Out Of Life Than If You Don't!

It's More Important To Do Big Things Well Than To Do Small Things Perfectly.