Success is not having to ask, or care, what success is.





Or, maybe not. Hell I don't know or care.

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Originally posted by dj_alfi change your avatar for fucks sake.

getting laid with 2 women = success

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Originally posted by orTofønChiLd getting laid with 2 women = success

2 is for wimps, 3 is where it's at.

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Originally posted by Richard Butler 2 is for wimps, 3 is where it's at.

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Originally posted by Richard Butler 2 is for wimps, 3 is where it's at.

Unfortunately only the privileged few have access to 3 dirt box divas at one time

Here's a rather intriguing article to add some fuel to the fire...

Study shows teenagers subconscious knows whether a song will be a hit

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the results were the same whatever the subjects' personal preferences were. The brains of both those who like the tunes, and those who didn't, reacted in the same subconscious way. the research subjects' personal preferences, rated on a scale of one to five, did not correlate with future sales of the songs - or the strength of their brain activity.

EMI's focus groups will never be the same again

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Originally posted by CalvP Unfortunately only the privileged few have access to 3 dirt box divas at one time Here's a rather intriguing article to add some fuel to the fire... Study shows teenagers subconscious knows whether a song will be a hit EMI's focus groups will never be the same again

I figured that there's a deeper psychological response despite what people's preferences really are. If people's preferences were accurate, there would be some movies that repulse people just based off of the music alone, but that's clearly not the case.

There are genre breaker tracks, that draw in fans that claim to only listen to genre x.

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Originally posted by dj_alfi change your avatar for fucks sake.

When my life draws to a close hopefully 100 long ones from present I might contemplate how successful I've been, but right now I just wanna live without evaluating myself in that way. Speaking of success though...

I gotta agree with Rich. My thoughts on this are what I imagine to be fairly mundane thinking: to associate success with happiness, measured relatively of things like managing your expectations, taking ownership and securing choices, experiences, correlations with other human beings, travels, leaps of faith etc., etc. Life has many attributes worth investing time in, many of which involve no need for human interrelation: chilling on a beach, in the forest, on a mountain, painting, writing, music and its counterpart, silence, which distorts my perception of time, allowing me to unload in temporary haven... I think every human ought to swiftly retreat from modern living when the chance to relax presents itself.

Yet I've noticed how dismissive of these aspects some people seem to be. Living a rigid, recycled lifestyle would eventually kill me. For me, success is relative to happiness, and happiness means having broad ambitions that will present lots of opportunities.

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Originally posted by Owsey Life has many attributes worth investing time in, many of which involve no need for human interrelation

Can i ask how you balance your life in this area Owsey ? i'm currently re-building my social life after illness, so this is particularly pertinent for me right now!

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Originally posted by Owsey silence, which distorts my perception of time, allowing me to unload in temporary haven... I think every human ought to swiftly retreat from modern living when the chance to relax presents itself.

It's funny, i have only just started realising this very fact myself & it all came through practicing mindfulness. I was amazed at just how slow a single minute can seem if you sit perfectly still in complete silence! it's even stranger when you break the spell & continue with your day, you find 30 minutes seems to go by in an absolute flash i find myself craving it more & more now, i turn my radio off in the car now for example...it's a shame silence is such a hard thing to achieve in our busy society, but not everyone wants to stop & think & i do appreciate that

Defying pessimistic outlooks.

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I'm hoping I can look back on my life and not feel too much regret. So far I'm not doing all that well in that regard but I'm getting better at seeing opportunities when they present themselves and learning to trust my instincts. On a shallower note I would like a nice cabin in the woods with a screened-in porch.

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Originally posted by CalvP Great post i turn my radio off in the car now for example...

A source of huge joy for me was discovering Radio 4. Don't laugh. Stephen Fry and others say it's the greatest thing there is.

Just put it on and leave it on, don't turn off when you think a show will be dull, go with it. You end up in all sorts of miraculous places and learning a shed load. You also get an incredible inner calm from it - listen how uncompressed and quite and equisitely recorded everything is.

Wierd, I go from pounding up to the minute techno to a Radio 4 show about seagulls or weaving.

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