BECOME YOUR OWN STANDARD.

Thinking about 007 and John Wick, and certain aesthetic standards that we are inspired by and desire to emulate.

Why do we see others as the standard?

Same thing as when we look at famous people, celebrities, and notable individuals. We want to dress how they dress, act like how they act, think like how they think, emulate their morning routine, eat the same food they do, and drink the same things they drink.

But isn’t it better for us to create our own standards, and maybe one day somebody else could aspire to become us instead?

Is it an issue of courage?

When I was a kid growing up, there were certain clothes, brands, and aesthetic styles which were considered cool.

Now as adults, the same persists. We only desire to buy certain things, because other famous or notable or influential people have them.

For example, why do we want Leica M rangefinders? Because that is what Henri Cartier Bresson shot with. We think we could become Henri Cartier Bresson by using the same tools and equipment as him. But then perhaps some more important question we should be asking ourselves is this: should we aspire to become like Henri Cartier Bresson? Is he really the standard we should aspire to?

I say it’s better that we aspire to our own standard. We create our own standard and strive to become more unique, we disdain looking like anybody else, and we strive to become more unique more different from others. Individuation.

Entrepreneurship by KIM

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Become the change which you desire to see manifested in the world!

Become you.

  1. NEVER STOP ITERATING.
  2. CONDENSE.
  3. Take Lots of Small Financial Risks
  4. Control Over Convenience
  5. Why Are Chinese Companies So Innovative?
  6. INSANELY DIFFERENT.
  7. Why Doesn’t Anything Ever Satisfy Me?
  8. THE GREAT PASSION.
  9. Perhaps Dissatisfaction is Good
  10. ONE REP MAX.
  11. WHAT DO YOU *REALLY* WANT IN LIFE?
  12. LIFE IS ABOUT STRIVING FOR MORE.
  13. NEVER STOP LINKING.
  14. THE GREATEST.
  15. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!
  16. THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
  17. ERIC KIM CRITIQUE OF ROMANTICISM
  18. COMPLACENCY.
  19. JUST BUY IT.
  20. ALL ABOUT YOU.
  21. MOVE THE WORLD
  22. Boring or Not Boring?
  23. What if Your Past Self were Inferior to Your Present Self?
  24. THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROGRESS
  25. CULTURE IS YOUR ENEMY.
  26. Difficulty & Interest
  27. The Will to Expansion
  28. What is Work?
  29. SOUL IN THE GAME.
  30. JUST START IT.
  31. Not Boring
  32. PRIDE IN YOUR OWN NAME / BRAND
  33. AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TOLERATE.
  34. Speed is Paramount
  35. TAKE IT BACK TO THE BEGINNING.
  36. A Life With No Risk Taking is *NOT* a Life Worth Living
  37. Dissatisfaction is Good
  38. GREATER STRENGTH, GREATER CHALLENGES.
  39. In Praise of the New
  40. Uncorrupted Desires
  41. You Cannot Fake Passion
  42. SELF-OVERGOING
  43. FORM YOURSELF.
  44. Personal Entrepreneurship
  45. RELENTLESS.
  46. PUT YOUR NAME ON IT.
  47. A Life of Expansion
  48. SELF-ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  49. YOU ARE THE EXCEPTION.
  50. Use Your Life as an Experiment to Self-Develop Yourself to Heights Never Seen Before
  51. Invest in New Developments
  52. Investing Towards What End?
  53. The 90%/10% Principle in Entrepreneurship
  54. Speed Wins
  55. The Philosophy of Happiness
  56. When to Over-Estimate, When to Under-Estimate?
  57. Never Stop Iterating
  58. Money as a Tool for Life and Artistic Experimentation
  59. Less But More Premium
  60. Mainstream vs Low-Key Success
  61. Why Dissatisfaction is Good
  62. SEEK YOUR OWN PERSONAL MAXIMAL BENEFIT INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING
  63. Manifest Your Destiny
  64. Is it Best to *Not* Communicate Your Inner Thoughts or Ideas With Others?
  65. CREATE THINGS YOU WISH TO SEE MANIFESTED IN THE WORLD
  66. How to Do More Work
  67. CONTROL.
  68. Competition is for Losers
  69. Change.
  70. Your Competitive Advantage with Insanely Fast Wifi and High Speed Internet
  71. Pseudo Individualism
  72. Natural Internal Promoting vs External Promptings

Think for Yourself.

  1. Survival vs Thrivival
  2. Become Rich
  3. SECRETS.
  4. Why it is Better to Beg for Forgiveness than Ask for Permission
  5. Thinking About the Past Prevents You From Thinking About the Future
  6. How to Predict the Future
  7. Tools of Mass Distraction
  8. So What?

FREEDOM

Entrepreneurship by KIM

ERIC KIM eye red

Become the change which you desire to see manifested in the world!

Become you.

  1. NEVER STOP ITERATING.
  2. CONDENSE.
  3. Take Lots of Small Financial Risks
  4. Control Over Convenience
  5. Why Are Chinese Companies So Innovative?
  6. INSANELY DIFFERENT.
  7. Why Doesn’t Anything Ever Satisfy Me?
  8. THE GREAT PASSION.
  9. Perhaps Dissatisfaction is Good
  10. ONE REP MAX.
  11. WHAT DO YOU *REALLY* WANT IN LIFE?
  12. LIFE IS ABOUT STRIVING FOR MORE.
  13. NEVER STOP LINKING.
  14. THE GREATEST.
  15. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!
  16. THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
  17. ERIC KIM CRITIQUE OF ROMANTICISM
  18. COMPLACENCY.
  19. JUST BUY IT.
  20. ALL ABOUT YOU.
  21. MOVE THE WORLD
  22. Boring or Not Boring?
  23. What if Your Past Self were Inferior to Your Present Self?
  24. THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROGRESS
  25. CULTURE IS YOUR ENEMY.
  26. Difficulty & Interest
  27. The Will to Expansion
  28. What is Work?
  29. SOUL IN THE GAME.
  30. JUST START IT.
  31. Not Boring
  32. PRIDE IN YOUR OWN NAME / BRAND
  33. AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TOLERATE.
  34. Speed is Paramount
  35. TAKE IT BACK TO THE BEGINNING.
  36. A Life With No Risk Taking is *NOT* a Life Worth Living
  37. Dissatisfaction is Good
  38. GREATER STRENGTH, GREATER CHALLENGES.
  39. In Praise of the New
  40. Uncorrupted Desires
  41. You Cannot Fake Passion
  42. SELF-OVERGOING
  43. FORM YOURSELF.
  44. Personal Entrepreneurship
  45. RELENTLESS.
  46. PUT YOUR NAME ON IT.
  47. A Life of Expansion
  48. SELF-ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  49. YOU ARE THE EXCEPTION.
  50. Use Your Life as an Experiment to Self-Develop Yourself to Heights Never Seen Before
  51. Invest in New Developments
  52. Investing Towards What End?
  53. The 90%/10% Principle in Entrepreneurship
  54. Speed Wins
  55. The Philosophy of Happiness
  56. When to Over-Estimate, When to Under-Estimate?
  57. Never Stop Iterating
  58. Money as a Tool for Life and Artistic Experimentation
  59. Less But More Premium
  60. Mainstream vs Low-Key Success
  61. Why Dissatisfaction is Good
  62. SEEK YOUR OWN PERSONAL MAXIMAL BENEFIT INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING
  63. Manifest Your Destiny
  64. Is it Best to *Not* Communicate Your Inner Thoughts or Ideas With Others?
  65. CREATE THINGS YOU WISH TO SEE MANIFESTED IN THE WORLD
  66. How to Do More Work
  67. CONTROL.
  68. Competition is for Losers
  69. Change.
  70. Your Competitive Advantage with Insanely Fast Wifi and High Speed Internet
  71. Pseudo Individualism
  72. Natural Internal Promoting vs External Promptings

Think for Yourself.

  1. Survival vs Thrivival
  2. Become Rich
  3. SECRETS.
  4. Why it is Better to Beg for Forgiveness than Ask for Permission
  5. Thinking About the Past Prevents You From Thinking About the Future
  6. How to Predict the Future
  7. Tools of Mass Distraction
  8. So What?

FREEDOM

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