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Beliefs are not black and white. Unlike the common mistake of nowadays judging positions as either being based on certain evidence or rendered down to baseless beliefs and blind faith, beliefs actually exist on a spectrum or rather a two dimensional space with one dimension representing the strength of belief, and the other the probability of it. On this space, a strong belief based on high probability is considered a rational belief. A strong belief based on no evidence is considered blind faith. And, a strong belief based on negative probability is considered delusional.

You can do the greatest things, yet be the biggest failure. It is not enough to do the right things, you have to do them for the right reasons.

Avoid or delay activities of a consuming nature even if they are of a beneficial nature, such as learning, Instead focus on doing, building, and creating This way you can become more productive and breakout the habit of being solely a consumer.

Rather than a foe, fear can often be a good friend concerned for your wellbeing. Acknowledge its concern, rationalize whether you should take it’s advise, embrace it and take the best decision forwards.

To be more productive in life, become a project oriented person, aim high, and take steps to stay focused.

• Become project oriented. Think up and research ideas that can make a positive difference in the world.
• Aim high. Prioritize what you could work on according to the value it can bring and do not undersell yourself on the kind and size of projects you can work on.
• Focus. Take steps to help you stay focused (see Thoughts on Focus)

To become more focused and goal-oriented, it is better to work on setting up a work conducive atmosphere, rather than rely on pure discipline. To that end, following are some practical steps:

• Declutter. Do away with distractions in your living space and on your computing devices. Maintain an environment that is minimal, beautiful and clean.
• Map. Create and maintain a list of all your goals, plans, wants and desires, etc. Visit this whenever you start your day to affirm what you want to do for the day.
• Entertain Make the mundane parts of your activities less so. For example, have something of interest to you play in the background like a long format podcast, an interview, a cooking show or whatever else. It should be something that could keep you entertained, but not require your constant attention.

One more thing. Be very mindful of your goals and the impact they have. Not everything that is success in the eyes of others is true success.

In order for an education model to cultivate geniuses it should primarily aim to inspire, facilitate and guide.

• Inspire students to see the beauty and utility in any given subject.
• Facilitate access to the best quality resources. (Reading material, audiovisual material, equipment, facilities, etc.)
• Guide students towards independent exploration and support them in that journey.

The model has a focus on nurturing the two most important qualities of curiosity and self-capacity to learn.