Mastodawn

Be a #generalist! Having #multipleinterests is a #superpower in today’s world, contrary to societal norms that favour #specialisation.

The key to turning these interests into a lucrative career lies in #selfeducation, #selfinterest, and #selfsufficiency.

By pursuing multiple interests, individuals can develop a unique perspective and create value that cannot be easily replicated.

👉 https://letters.thedankoe.com/p/if-you-have-multiple-interests-do?RemoteLead.in #RemoteFirst #RemoteLead #RemoteWork #HybridWork #Homeoffice

If you have multiple interests, do not waste the next 2-3 years

They want to put you in a box, don't let them. This is your last advantage.

future/proof

Tony Parkin Jan 15

Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Jonathan Gullis, Malcolm Offord, Nadhim Zahawi, Andrea Jenkyns & now Robert Jenrick!
I've finally understood why it's called the Reform Party - it's just the Conservative Party that's being Re-formed.
#Rebranding #RatsAndSinkingShips #SelfInterest

WIST Quotations Jan 14

A quotation from John Adams

Every Man must seriously set himself to root out his Passions, Prejudices and Attachments, and to get the better of his private Interest. The only reputable Principle and Doctrine must be that all Things must give Way to the public.

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1776-04-16) to Mercy Otis Warren

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/81374/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #commongood #commoninterest #community #democracy #mutuality #privateinterest #publicgood #publicservice #republic #selfcontrol #selfdenial #selfinterest #selfmastery #selfpolicing #selfrespect #selfsacrifice #society

Adams, John - Letter (1776-04-16) to Mercy Otis Warren | WIST Quotations

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WIST Quotations Jan 9

A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

Virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

[Les vertus se perdent dans l’intérêt, comme les fleuves se perdent dans la mer.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶171 (1665-1678) [tr. Whichello (2016)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #selfcenteredness #selfinterest #selfsatisfaction #selfishness #virtue

La Rochefoucauld, Francois - Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶171 (1665-1678) [tr. Whichello (2016)] | WIST Quotations

Virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea. [Les vertus se perdent dans l’intérêt, comme les fleuves se perdent dans la mer.] Present in the 1st (1665) edition, which began the maxim with "Toutes les vertus se perdent [All virtues are lost] ...." (Source (French)). Other…

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BellingenNSW Nov 21

Extreme individualism and the entrepreneurial self of neoliberalism are 'clogging up courts' of Western democracy
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-21/growing-number-sovereign-citizens-clogging-australias-courts/106035790
#individualism #HyperIndividualism #neoliberalism #Liberalism #libertarians #SelfInterest #extremism #citizens #judicature #state #law #constitution #legitimacy #interdependency #TheCommons #society #governance

Australia's legal system grappling with growing number of sovereign citizens clogging up courts

A growing number of sovereign citizens are clogging up Australian courts, after the global financial crisis and COVID-19 spurred a surge in the group's numbers in Australia.

ABC News

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Oct 29

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 2, ch. 10 “Is Happiness Still Possible?” (1930)

More info about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/800…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #dissatisfaction #happiness #perspective #selfcenteredness #selfinterest #selfishness

Conquest of Happiness, Part 2, ch. 10 "Is Happiness Still Possible?" (1930) - Russell, Bertrand | WIST Quotations

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.

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Higgs Oct 23

Pattern to the pardons??? #SelfInterest not sure drumpf could be more obvious
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/23/binance-trump-pardon-changpeng-zhao?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Trump pardons founder of Binance, world’s largest crypto exchange

Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to failing to stop money laundering in 2023 and was sentenced to four months

The Guardian

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Oct 16

A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Speech (1937-01-20), Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C.

More info about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #fdr #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #avarice #capitalism #economics #greed #morality #policy #power #profit #prosperity #selfinterest #selfishness

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Sep 27

A quotation from Samuel Johnson

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1775), “Taxation No Tyranny”

More info about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/19474…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #SamuelJohnson #community #freerider #greed #neighbor #selfcenteredness #selfinterest #selfishness #society

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Sep 26

#Wallace anticipated a “new vision of the #U.S.A. as an atomized mass of watchers and appearers.” Instead of participating in a “community of #relationships” we become locked into “ #networks of strangers connected by #self-interest and #technology.” www.honest-broker.com/p/david-fost...

David Foster Wallace Tried to ...

David Foster Wallace Tried to Warn Us About these Eight Things

This author, who committed suicide in 2008, is more timely now than ever before—for the worst possible reasons.

The Honest Broker