Mastering Habits for Long-Term Success
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Chapter 1: The Surprising Power of Tiny Habits
- “Success is the product of daily habits—not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
- You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
- Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits. Your net worth is a lagging measure of your financial habits. Your weight is a lagging measure of your eating habits. Your knowledge is a lagging measure of your learning habits. Your clutter is a lagging
Ethical Principles in Professions
Bayles–
Necessary conditions for a profession
Account of professional behavior
ULTIMATE VALUE = happiness
The Role of Education and Religion in Society
Education
When some people consciously teach, while others adopt the role of learner in socialization.
Secularization
Religion becomes private while other social institutions maintain sets of norms, independent of religious guidance.
In the past few decades, increasing proportions of people obtained high school diplomas, college degrees, and advanced professional degrees. Education has become a vast and complex social institution that prepares citizens for the roles demanded by other social institutions,
Read MoreThe Sophists, Socrates, and Theoretical Philosophy
The Sophists (Protagoras of Abdera, Gorgias)
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1. INTRO: ECONOMICS:Comes from the Greek Word oikonomos that means one who manage a household. In fact, is the study of the society resources as they are scarce in order to allocate them among its members taking into account each member abilities, effort and desires. PRINCIPLES:1. People face trade-offs: To get one thing we have to give up another one. TV or study. 2. The cost of something is what we give up to get it: we have to compare costs. 3. Rational people think at the margin: a decision
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