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20220524 - Part One At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. p18 It's not fate, but our habits. When we are so used to our habits, we stopped explorering, reflecting and review, we don't change our habits anymore. We just repeat the daily activities again and again, not matter it's good, bad, or boring. "The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon." p34 How could this be possible? Observe and enjoy all details of life, and keep going forward to success? As he mused about these things, he realized that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure. "I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure," he said to himself. p44 We need food, clothing, shelter and transportation. Then we can work hard to implement our dream. The boy said nothing...

20220517 - Introduction Good habits can fullfil our potential. External stimulus is important to impact our behavior, internal thoughts (consciouness), feelings (subconsciouness), and beliefs (perception, identity) are also important. The Fundamentals - Why Tiny Changes Make a Big Difference 20220517 - 1. The surprising power of Atomic Habits Most of the huge achievement are done through daily tiny improvements. The compound effect is the major reason behind the changes. It's hard to get good habit, because there is no noticable benefit in the near term; it's easy to get bad habit, because there is no noticable harm in the near term. This is the reason that I need one month to read a book . - correction: not true. There are too many cues of bad habits. You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results. p18 This explains that "Your position is not important, the important thing is your action.". Your outcomes are a lagging mea...

20220407 - Prologue : at the airport Why study traditional societies?; States; Types of traditional societies; Approaches, causes, and sources; A small book about a big subject Unification vs Diversity. Unification means higher productivity, but more fragile. However, the modern societies are getting more and more similar. Hospital, school, government, supermarket, cinema.......are almost same around the world. Is this good? Or inevitable? Globlization of manufacturing is a bad idea, as it make human civilization fragile. Then how about the other parts, such as polictical structure? Maybe the ideal society is highly unified, but offers abundant oppotunities to explore changes. The analysis of human behavior in bands and tribes helps us to understand our gene. We need to understand oursleve to push civilization forward. part. 1. Setting the stage by dividing space 20220411 - chapter 1. Friends, enemies, strangers, and traders Mutually exclusive territories; Non-exclusive land use; F...