7 Trojan Horses To Avoid
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Trojan horses can be worse than obvious harmful behaviours because you’re under the illusion it’s positive.
It’s degenerate behaviour but with great branding.
7 Trojan Horses To Avoid
The Horse - Keep up to date on the news to feel like an informed citizen.
The Outcome - Spiked cortisol levels. End up less informed by consuming opinion pieces that turn out to be wrong 12 months from now.
The Horse - Keep up to date on the latest business trends.
The Outcome - Shiny object syndrome. Envy of Entrepreneurs presented reality vs hidden reality.
The Horse - 50% increase in salary to join competitor.
The Outcome - Traded earning for learning. Loss aversion to go back down the ladder is now greater.
The Horse - Healthy glass of orange juice full of vitamin C.
The Reality - 50g of pure sugar in your blood stream.
The Horse - Lift weight too heavy because YouTube guru says you're lazy.
The Reality - Incorrect form that causes serious injury and motnhs to recover.
The Horse - Date the best-looking person purely to show off on your Instagram.
The Reality - People view your Instagram for 2 seconds of their day. You spend 10 hours per day with someone you have nothing in common with.
The Horse - Try to think your way out of overthinking.
The Reality - You make the problem 10x worse. Trying to think your way out of overthinking is like trying to snort your cocaine addiction away.
The great irony of Trojan Horses: In your desire to move things forward, you actually moved things backward.
You would've been better off doing nothing at all.
Sometimes it's actually better to the degenerate alternative to the trojan horse -- at least you're not under any false assumptions.
Trojan horses can be worse than obvious harmful behaviours because you’re under the illusion it’s positive.
It’s degenerate behaviour but with great branding.
7 Trojan Horses To Avoid
The Horse - Keep up to date on the news to feel like an informed citizen.
The Outcome - Spiked cortisol levels. End up less informed by consuming opinion pieces that turn out to be wrong 12 months from now.
The Horse - Keep up to date on the latest business trends.
The Outcome - Shiny object syndrome. Envy of Entrepreneurs presented reality vs hidden reality.
The Horse - 50% increase in salary to join competitor.
The Outcome - Traded earning for learning. Loss aversion to go back down the ladder is now greater.
The Horse - Healthy glass of orange juice full of vitamin C.
The Reality - 50g of pure sugar in your blood stream.
The Horse - Lift weight too heavy because YouTube guru says you're lazy.
The Reality - Incorrect form that causes serious injury and motnhs to recover.
The Horse - Date the best-looking person purely to show off on your Instagram.
The Reality - People view your Instagram for 2 seconds of their day. You spend 10 hours per day with someone you have nothing in common with.
The Horse - Try to think your way out of overthinking.
The Reality - You make the problem 10x worse. Trying to think your way out of overthinking is like trying to snort your cocaine addiction away.
The great irony of Trojan Horses: In your desire to move things forward, you actually moved things backward.
You would've been better off doing nothing at all.
Sometimes it's actually better to the degenerate alternative to the trojan horse -- at least you're not under any false assumptions.