165. This and That
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Investing and Spending
Education and Academics
Good Food and Junk Food
Whole Food and Refined Food
Sleep and Stimulation
Meaningful Breaks and Constant engagement
Totally disengaged and Residual engagement
Lifting Weights and Lounging
Yoga and Gym
Strengthening and Stretching
Reading books and Listening to books (audible)
Taking notes while reading and just Reading books
Writing notes while reading and Writing notes after reading
Real world relationships and virtual world relationships
Structural and Cyclical
Studying and Reading
Starting and Planning
Doing and Thinking
Spending time with family and Giving gifts to family
Acquiring experiences and collecting possessions
Attaining and Amassing
Narrative and Data
Cause and Symptom
Complex and Complicated
Complicated and Simple
Simple and Easy
Eating and Fasting
Faith and Fear
Protein and Fat
Fat and Carbohydrates
Ideal and Real
Wealthy and Rich
Quality and Quantity
Creativity and Constraints
Intuition and Analysis
Data and Information
Information and Knowledge
Knowledge and Understanding
Understanding and Wisdom
Cooperation and Competition
Bottom-up and Top-down
Components and System
React and Respond
Forest and Woods
War and Battle
Absolute and Relative
Whole and the Sum of Parts
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