{"id":508497,"date":"2023-05-23T22:10:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T02:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=508497"},"modified":"2023-05-23T22:13:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T02:13:47","slug":"becoming-antifragile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/23\/becoming-antifragile\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming Antifragile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Probably the best modern-day book I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve read in the last 10 years is Antifragile by Nassim Taleb<\/a>. The basic gist is this;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When things threaten to destroy you, how can it be used as fuel to make you stronger?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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In case you missed it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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No fear.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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What does it mean?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Essentially the basic idea is that in life, painful, bad, even violent aggressions from others are not to be avoided, but rather, maybe even desired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, if somebody ask for interacts with you in an aggressive, negative way, consider it as a good thing; after the incident, you have become more robust, stronger, and more impervious to outside aggressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me give you example. About a week or two ago at the gym, I was doing my typical atlas lift<\/a> and a random guy asked me, how much longer I was going to be. Realistically it might\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been 20 minutes, but I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to rush myself so I added some buffer. I told him, around 40 minutes. As a result, he started cussing and cursing and saying that what I was doing was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fucking ridiculous.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Fortunately because I was having a good adrenaline rush from doing my lifts, about five minutes later I calmly approached him and asked if he wanted to working with me. He shook his head, and said he wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t interested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moral of the story: that incident in which somebody acted bad manners towards me, I actually responded with very good manners. As a consequence, I no longer fear any negative interactions at the gym. If anything, I am quite proud of how magnanimously I was able to respond to such a petty encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stoicism is the way<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Stoicism isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a perfect technique, but it is certainly useful. I think in the context of manliness<\/a>, and becoming a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153real man<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, I think stoicism<\/a> is one of the best ways to become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are lots of different stoic<\/a> techniques and stoic tips<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essentially, the basic gist:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When in doubt, delay reaction.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Becoming more invincible to fate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The new topics and directions is combining stoicism, street photography, and entrepreneurship to life:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. June 17th, Saturday, 2023: DOWNTOWN LA CONQUER YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY AND LIFE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. July 15-16th: ERIC KIM SAIGON VIETNAM TRAVEL STREET PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE 2023<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Oct 14th (Saturday) PHILLY CONQUER STREET PHOTOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Essentially, I believe that street photography<\/a> is the supreme form of photography, as it requires the most courage and guts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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