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Brave new world for photographers and crypto:

  1. The Philosophy of Crypto
  2. BITCOIN SHALL BE THE LAST CRYPTO STANDING.
  3. Bitcoin Price Prediction
  4. Trust chainlink for the most accurate prices for bitcoin or any other crypto
  5. BITCOIN
  6. There is No Web 3.0
  7. 2 cents to 2 dollars?
  8. Crypto.com?
  9. Speculation vs Investing
  10. Building with Bitcoin
  11. DYNAMICS VS STATICS.
  12. How Do You Know if the Timing Is Right?
  13. BITCOIN IN THE NEWS
  14. BITCOIN & UNCERTAINTY
  15. Fake Money
  16. Why I Bought More Bitcoin (Again)
  17. How I Made Money with Crypto
  18. Better to buy Dogecoin then buy a Tesla
  19. NO LIMITS.
  20. ALL DIGITAL FUTURE.
  21. Digital over Physical Possessions
  22. DIGIBYTE.
  23. CHAINLINK.
  24. The Excitement of Starting from Zero
  25. HAPTIC INDUSTRIES NOW ACCEPTING CRYPTO AND BITCOIN
  26. In Praise of Crypto
  27. JUST BUY IT.
  28. Why I’m So Bullish on Bitcoin
  29. Bitcoin as the Simplest Cryptocurrency
  30. Why I bought (more) bitcoin
  31. Once You Become a Crypto Billionaire, Then What?
  32. Why Crypto is Under-Hyped
  33. The Joy of Speculation
  34. BITCOIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCY FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
  35. Why I Bought Bitcoin
  36. Crypto Photography
  37. Crypto Thoughts
  38. On Making Money from Nothing

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BECOME A PHOTOGRAPHY ENTREPRENEUR

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Entrepreneurship Ideas

  1. InstaSlaves
  2. How to Become a Vlogger
  3. How to Build Your Own Self Brand
  4. SOLO MEDIA EMPIRE
  5. TIME LEVERAGE.
  6. How to Market Yourself in Photography
  7. How to Become More Ambitious
  8. Crypto Photography
  9. In Praise of Email Newsletters
  10. Propagate.
  11. Make Your Own Street Photography Blog
  12. Create the Information You Seek.
  13. Content over Technology
  14. How to Advertise Yourself as a Photographer
  15. CREATIVE WAYS TO USE YOUTUBE
  16. Photography Branding 101
  17. BUILD YOURSELF.
  18. Bet on Your Own Coin.
  19. The Photographer Should Also Make His/Her Own Music?
  20. Mix Your Photos and Videos
  21. JUST PUBLISH IT.
  22. EMPOWER OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS.
  23. BECOME OUTSIDE THE BOX
  24. MOVE PEOPLE, MOVE PRODUCTS.
  25. SOCIAL MEDIA IS FRAGILE.
  26. Why Start a Photography Blog?
  27. Once You FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early), Then What?
  28. THE FUTURE IS PDF
  29. In Praise of Solo Photography Business Entrepreneurship
  30. LONGEVITY, DURABILITY AND SUCCESS
  31. Street Photography Philosophy Entrepreneurship
  32. YOU ARE THE PLATFORM
  33. JUST RISK IT.
  34. DON’T OPTIMIZE FOR THE ALGORITHM
  35. Scaleable Photography
  36. What Does it Mean to Become a Successful Photographer?
  37. 20 Photography Marketing, Branding, and Entrepreneurship Tips
  38. Create Your Own Social Media
  39. Individual Entrepreneurship
  40. YOU ARE THE ICON.
  41. BUILD!
  42. What is Success in Photography?
  43. EXTREME VISION
  44. Publish Fearlessly
  45. MAKE DOPE THINGS AND SHARE THEM WITH THE WORLD!
  46. THE AMBITIOUS PHOTOGRAPHER.
  47. PhotoLink
  48. Real World Applications
  49. You Are Your Own Ideal User
  50. What is Your Creative Vision?
  51. A More Dope, Prosperous Future for All Photographers
  52. CREATION & DISTRIBUTION.
  53. THE VALUE OF PHOTOS.
  54. How to Maximize Your Impact as a Photographer
  55. Why the World Needs More Bloggers
  56. DOMAIN EXPERTISE.
  57. The Joy of Speculation
  58. MAKE A NAME FOR YOURSELF.
  59. Propogate
  60. Meaningful Advantage or Not?
  61. PHOTO CREATOR.
  62. NOW IS YOUR DECISIVE MOMENT.
  63. I CANNOT BE IGNORED
  64. Photography Blogs are Highly *UNDERRATED*
  65. What is Your Competitive Advantage?
  66. Why 4K?
  67. Indirect Monetization
  68. The Future of Innovation in Photography
  69. Photography Innovation and Image Selection Idea: Let Google (YouTube) Suggested Thumbnail Pick Your Best Photo? 
  70. How to Identify Your Competitive Advantage
  71. In Praise of Insanely Fast Wifi
  72. DIGITAL PUBLISHING IS KING.
  73. The Stoic-Entrepreneurship Mindset
  74. Marketing Tips for Photographers
  75. STARK DIFFERENTIATION
  76. MAXIMALIST
  77. Visual Entrepreneurship
  78. On Becoming a Full-Stack Visual Entrepreneur
  79. Real Photographers Don’t Use Instagram
  80. Brave New World of Blogging
  81. Don’t Go to Photography School
  82. Mass Success is a Failure?
  83. How to Maximize Your Archimedes Lever in Life
  84. Maximize Your Archimedes Lever
  85. How to Create Value Out of Nothing
  86. The Best Brand is No Brand
  87. What Do We Entrepreneurs *Really* Want?
  88. You Were Destined to Do Great Things
  89. Just Share Your Photos on Your Own Blog
  90. Your Blog is the Ultimate Form of Social Media
  91. The Future of Websites and Blogs
  92. Create a Company
  93. Money Photography Project
  94. WHY IT IS GOOD TO CHARGE MONEY FOR YOUR SERVICES AND PRODUCTS
  95. Google and YouTube SEO (Search Engine Optimization) 101: How Would You Type It?
  96. WHY RIGHT NOW IS THE BEST TIME FOR YOU TO START YOUR SIDE HUSTLE
  97. Digital Photography is the Future
  98. NEVER STOP EXPERIMENTING!
  99. WHAT IS INNOVATION?
  100. A Non-Ownership Future
  101. CONTROL OVER MONEY
  102. Economic Constraints Are Creative Constraints
  103. Become a Sole-Proprietor
  104. Entrepreneurship is a Mindset
  105. How to Master Mac
  106. The Future of Lifestyle
  107. Necessity is the Mother of Innovation
  108. Once We Have an Easy Life, Then What?
  109. Why I Don’t Read Comments
  110. YouTube SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for Photographers
  111. How to Become a Self-Employed Photographer
  112. How to Live Big With Little Money
  113. Why Blogging, Vlogging and Internet Media is More Important than Ever
  114. No Marketing, No Future
  115. Photography Marketing 101
  116. Google and YouTube are King
  117. Why I’m So Suspicious of Everyone Online and on the Internet
  118. How to Become More Notorious
  119. Kaizen Approach to Blogging
  120. How to Master Marketing
  121. CREATE WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE SEE MANIFESTED IN THE WORLD!
  122. Anti Silicon-Valley Thinking
  123. Your Name
  124. In Praise of WordPress
  125. NEVER STOP POSTING
  126. Your Future Portfolio is a Website
  127. Infinite Runway
  128. ERIC KIM ATTITUDE
  129. Financial Independence as a Road to Freedom of Speech?
  130. WHY OPEN SOURCE IS THE FUTURE
  131. Just Post It.
  132. Posts Are Products
  133. Photography Entrepreneurship Ideas
  134. YOU ARE KING.
  135. You’re Always in BETA MODE
  136. Build Your Own Media Empire
  137. WHY I DON’T MONETIZE MY YOUTUBE VIDEOS
  138. Why I Became an Entrepreneur
  139. The Uber-Photographer
  140. Create What You Would Like to See Manifested in the World
  141. Create the Future
  142. Entrepreneurship is Best During Uncertain Times
  143. Photography Entrepreneurship 101 Presentation by ERIC KIM
  144. Your Body is the Brand
  145. Your Name is Your Brand
  146. Create Your Own Social Media Platform
  147. BUILD IT OR BUY IT?
  148. Sell Yourself
  149. Create New
  150. Insta-Slaves
  151. YOU CANNOT FAKE ENTHUSIASM
  152. Why Hybrid is the Future
  153. Don’t Censor Yourself
  154. HOW I MASTERED MARKETING
  155. ERIC KIM BLOGS
  156. If Someone Offers You Help, You’re Stupid to *NOT* Take It.
  157. SEEK GREAT, NOT PERFECT.
  158. How I Became So Famous
  159. Let Reality Mould Itself to You
  160. ANTI ENTITLEMENT MENTALITY
  161. Live Your Life as If You Were a Billionaire
  162. HOW I THINK DIFFERENT
  163. Impact, Influence, Reach: The Three Pillars of Marketing
  164. ERIC KIM SCHOOL
  165. Classicism.
  166. MY PHILOSOPHY OF MONEY
  167. Money is Movement
  168. Elitism 2.0
  169. Mass Market or Luxury Market?
  170. Why You Must Market Yourself
  171. Why You Must Start an Email Newsletter
  172. How Laptops Can Change the World
  173. What Do You Want to Become?
  174. What is Really Holding You Back in Life?
  175. Why I Write: Writing as Meta-Thinking
  176. ADVERTISE YOURSELF
  177. Use Your First and Last Name
  178. How Blogging Can Change the World
  179. In Praise of Liberty
  180. How I Write in Markdown
  181. How I Became So Influential on YouTube
  182. REVERSE FLEX
  183. What a Time to Be Alive in Today’s Brave New World of Photography
  184. HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF FROM OTHERS
  185. YOU CHOOSE YOU
  186. My Life Photography Entrepreneurship Story
  187. WHY I DON’T BELIEVE IN COLLABORATION
  188. My Entrepreneurship Mindset
  189. YOU’RE THE HERO IN THIS GAME OF LIFE
  190. My Money Philosophy
  191. Why Brand and Market Yourself?
  192. PROFESSIONALISM IS FOR SUCKERS
  193. Just Share What Works for You
  194. How to Create Your Own Platform
  195. Living in a Post Monetary Society
  196. In Praise of Blogging
  197. The Entrepreneurial Lifestyle is the Best Lifestyle
  198. Algorithm Slavery
  199. ANTI VIEWS
  200. Entrepreneurship is The Goal
  201. The Art of Blogging
  202. IN PRAISE OF PURSUING YOUR PASSION
  203. How to Make Great Titles
  204. Sole Proprietorship
  205. Just Build It.
  206. VIA NEGATIVA
  207. PROMOTE YOURSELF
  208. Become a Full-Stack Entrepreneur
  209. How to Entertain Others
  210. My Experience Teaching My First Online Photography Creativity Workshop on Zoom
  211. Humans Aren’t Lazy
  212. One Shot.
  213. THE BRAVE SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH
  214. The Brave New COVID Lifestyle
  215. Start Your Own Business
  216. Minimum Viable Income ( MVI)
  217. TRAINING.
  218. WHY VIDEO?
  219. How to Become Bolder
  220. You’ve Always Already Been a Photography Entrepreneur!
  221. The Future is All Digital Everything
  222. Digital Sharecropping
  223. DO IT FOR YOUR PAST AND FUTURE SELF
  224. In Praise of Buffer and Redundancy
  225. ASKING FOR PERMISSION IS FOR SUCKERS.
  226. POST-MONETARY SOCIETY.
  227. Advertise Your Own Stuff
  228. THE FUTURE IS DIGITAL.
  229. Simulated Universal Basic Income
  230. Is Losing Followers a Good Thing?
  231. How to Add to Economic Activity
  232. DIGITAL CAPITALISM
  233. MONEY IS MOVEMENT
  234. Anything is Possible
  235. BRAVE NEW WORLD OF DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  236. GENERATE
  237. How to Profit from Calamity
  238. Capitalism 2.0
  239. WHY I’M SO PASSIONATE ABOUT INFORMATION
  240. SOCIETY 2.0
  241. PHOENIX ENTREPENEURSHIP
  242. How to Make Art from Home
  243. BUY YOURSELF
  244. JUST BLOG IT.
  245. MARKET YOURSELF
  246. EXPENSIVE TALK
  247. SOCIAL MEDIA SLAVERY
  248. Who Are Your Ideal Followers?
  249. Why I Blog, Vlog, and Log
  250. Your Perspective is Irrefutable
  251. What are Your Hidden Powers?
  252. IMPACT MAXIMIZATION, not Profit Maximization
  253. Our Desire to Maximize Impact and Change
  254. 10 Rich Tips How to Make Money from Photography
  255. Create What You Would Love to Consume
  256. Publish is Pleasure
  257. Retire Now
  258. Do You Desire to Become the Best?
  259. Solo Entrepreneurship
  260. My Vision of Photography Entrepreneurship
  261. PUT YOUR NAME ON IT
  262. The Desire to Transcend Ourselves
  263. MONEY THOUGHTS
  264. How to Retire
  265. Via Negativa Productivity
  266. Why You Must Make Your Own Website
  267. Individuals over Companies
  268. Build Yourself
  269. Success is Survival
  270. Why You Shouldn’t Go to Photography or Art School
  271. How to Differentiate Yourself as a Photographer
  272. Surpass Yourself
  273. Can You Handle Extreme Freedom?
  274. Boutique or Mass Market?
  275. Proof of Concept
  276. Unified Field Theory for Photography
  277. Build a Company You’d Never Sell
  278. Play the Long Game
  279. Entrepreneurship and Art
  280. What is the Source of our Strength?
  281. What’s the Future for Photography?
  282. Full-Stack Visual Artist
  283. Why Scale?
  284. What is Your Unfair Advantage?
  285. Substance Marketing
  286. Share Your Dopeness with Others
  287. Frugality is Freedom
  288. Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for Entrepreneurship
  289. Don’t Follow or Predict Trends, Start Your Own Trend!
  290. If You’re Not Busy Growing, You’re Busy Dying
  291. Entrepreneurship born from Superabundance, not Need/Necessity
  292. Photography Entrepreneurship Philosophy
  293. How to Master Marketing in Photography
  294. Photography Entrepreneurship Tips and Ideas
  295. Is Hustle Sufficient Unto Success?
  296. Don’t do it for the money
  297. DIGITAL MARXISM
  298. Zen Entrepreneurship
  299. BOLDER IS BETTER.
  300. Streamers Shall Inherit the Earth

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MONEY 101

  1. Just Follow the Money
  2. My Money Philosophy
  3. Eternal fame and glory over money
  4. The Trillion Dollar Question: How to Make Money on the Internet Without Advertising?
  5. Entrepreneurship that Doesn’t Involve Money-Making?
  6. Money Ain’t Real
  7. Making Money for Fun, Not to Get Rich
  8. Why Money?

PHILOSOPHY BY KIM

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  1. How to Become a Philosopher
  2. Deep Vanity
  3. Time Will Tell
  4. What is Wisdom?
  5. LOOK *BEYOND*
  6. BECOMING MORE IMMORAL?
  7. ‘LUCK’ VS COURAGE
  8. ‘SKILL’ VS MERIT?
  9. Becoming Antifragile
  10. How to “Improve” Men
  11. The Art of Virtue
  12. How to Dominate
  13. JUST SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES AND WISDOM WITH OTHERS.
  14. How to Get More Done in a Single Day – MEMENTO MORI PHILOSOPHY
  15. THINK FOR YOURSELF
  16. Cruel?
  17. GO DEMIGOD.
  18. How to Be Happy: Challenge and Danger Philosophy
  19. To Become Greater, You Must Become *LESS* Productive!
  20. Imperfect Beauty
  21. The Philosophy of Pleasure
  22. What Interests You?
  23. Anti Theory of Everything
  24. Become?
  25. STRONGER OR NOT?
  26. Carte Blanche Ideals
  27. CHOOSE JOY
  28. Don’t Judge Your Impulses
  29. On Becoming Less Human
  30. COWARDICE.
  31. The Philosophy of Futurism
  32. PHILOSOPHY IS VALUE-SETTING
  33. PHILOSOPHY IS NOT LIFESTYLE
  34. WHY STANDARDIZATION IS BAD.
  35. YOUR OWN TABLE OF VALUES.
  36. RETRO IS BAD.
  37. INSANELY LOFTY THOUGHTS.
  38. Strive to *Lose* Weight, Not *Gain* Weight
  39. DIABLO II ANALOGIES FOR REAL LIFE.
  40. If You Know Your *WHY* You Can Discover Any *HOW*
  41. Life is Too Short to Be Miserable
  42. What Consumption Takes Skill?
  43. OFF THE GRID.
  44. REALITY IS CRUEL.
  45. Pain is Information
  46. WHY REMOVE VULGARITY AND DISORDER FROM OUR EYES?
  47. AUTOTELIC.
  48. UNPLUG.
  49. How to Become a Philosopher
  50. SUBOPTIMAL IS OPTIMAL
  51. THE LUST FOR MORE.
  52. TO DO IS TO BECOME.
  53. IN PRAISE OF AGGRESSIVE.
  54. THE PHILOSOPHY OF OPTIMISM
  55. OUR PHILOSOPHICAL WILL TO EXISTENCE
  56. Is Hope a Vice?
  57. MOVE MEAN
  58. Carte Blanche Ideals
  59. One Interesting Thought
  60. What Lasts? What Doesn’t Last?
  61. A WOUND STIMULATES THE RECUPERATIVE POWERS
  62. Children & Purpose
  63. Thoughts on Becoming a Parent
  64. Where Does Our Desire to Upgrade Come From?
  65. WE ALWAYS NEED SOMETHING FURTHER TO ASPIRE TO.
  66. Self-Task Yourself an Awesome Mission in Life
  67. Differentiation vs Equalization
  68. My Passion to *Become* Something More
  69. No Aesthetic or Ethos is Forever
  70. What is Your Higher Purpose in Life?
  71. IT WILL NEVER SATISFY YOU.
  72. How to Decide
  73. Things You *Want* to Do vs Things You *MUST* Do
  74. Towards a More Beautiful Mode of Existence and Future
  75. EXTREME GRATITUDE.
  76. AMAP (As Much as Possible) or None.
  77. Why or How Does it Matter?
  78. The Philosophy of Time and Events
  79. How *Not* to Resent
  80. FORWARD LOOKING
  81. DOMAIN FLEXIBILITY.
  82. The Miracle of Human Growth
  83. EXTREME ADAPTATION.
  84. Why Plan?
  85. You Don’t Need to Justify Yourself
  86. The Philosophy of Ego
  87. True vs False Passions
  88. How to Achieve Tranquility
  89. On Making Your Own Philosophy
  90. The Purpose of Life is to Create New Life
  91. Think On!
  92. The Wisdom of Doing Nothing
  93. Congruency
  94. My Thoughts on Meditation
  95. The Philosophy of Purpose
  96. Emulate Yourself
  97. Good Fear, Bad Fear
  98. For the Betterment of Humanity or Just Yourself?
  99. What you *really* believe in and care for is manifested through your actions (or non-actions)
  100. Why Culture is Your Enemy
  101. YOUR EXPERIENCES ARE KING.
  102. LIFE IS INHERENTLY GOOD.
  103. Artistic, Physical, and Philosophical Muscles
  104. All New Experiences are Good Experiences
  105. What is the Purpose of X?
  106. UTILITY.
  107. Philosophy is a Luxury
  108. The Attempt is More Interesting than the Result
  109. Joyfulness vs “Happiness”
  110. Effectiveness Over Happiness
  111. Self Actualization
  112. MAXIMAL ENGAGEMENT
  113. Life & Pain
  114. On Living Every Day with No Regret
  115. Learn as if you’re going to live forever, live as if you’re going to die tomorrow
  116. Live Every Day Like it Were the Last Day of Your Life
  117. Self-Determination
  118. FALSE GRATITUDE vs REAL GRATITUDE
  119. HOW TO LIVE MORE
  120. THE UPSIDE OF TRAGEDY
  121. Satisfaction is a Sucker’s Game
  122. Supreme Repose
  123. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE? According to ERIC KIM
  124. STUBBORN, FLEXIBLE
  125. EVERYTHING HAPPENS AS IT *SHOULD* HAVE HAD HAPPENED
  126. Good Addiction, Bad Addiction?
  127. What is the Best Life?
  128. The Philosophy of Thinking
  129. The Philosophy of Conspiracies
  130. Conspiracies
  131. Growth
  132. Skepticism.
  133. What Do You Really Want Out of Life?
  134. Seem or Be?
  135. Learn Through Pain
  136. Respect Yourself
  137. In Praise of Elitism
  138. Why Independent Thinking?
  139. I Will Never Die
  140. Bitter is Better
  141. The Genesis of Nihilism and Existential Dread
  142. The Ethics of Personal Enrichment
  143. Good vs Not Good
  144. Punished by Privilege
  145. Abstinence Over Moderation
  146. Just Leave Others Alone
  147. You Can Only Critique that Which You Truly Understand and Love
  148. ERIC KIM Critique of Metaphysics
  149. Only Trust Philosophers Who Deadlift
  150. Heuristic: If Someone Talks Shit About Others Behind Their Back, Most Likely They’re Also Talking Shit About You Behind Your Back
  151. Virtue is a Privilege
  152. What Are Your Life Goals?
  153. Honesty
  154. Why I’m Anti Moderation
  155. No Spite, No Malice.
  156. Ascending Life or Descending Life?
  157. Double Edged Sword
  158. Ignorance.
  159. Why I Don’t Trust “Nice Guys”
  160. Why You Must Share Your Opinion
  161. Selfish Isn’t Evil
  162. Wisdom is the Goal
  163. YOU ARE KING.
  164. MASTER YOURSELF
  165. What is “Good” for You is Often what is Bad for You
  166. Care.
  167. BITTERSWEET
  168. ONE REP MAX
  169. Morality and Ethics is the Snare
  170. BY HELPING YOURSELF, YOU BEST HELP OTHERS
  171. Insanity is Good.
  172. Think Deep.
  173. PHILOSOPHY IS THE FUTURE.
  174. Open Mind vs Closed Mind
  175. ENTHUSIASM IS GENIUS
  176. Towards a More Critical and Rigorous Line of Thinking
  177. How to Encourage and a Foster Independent and Free Thinking
  178. What is the Purpose of Life?
  179. WHY PHILOSOPHY IS SUPREME.
  180. Elitism.
  181. I Cannot Form an Opinion About Somebody Until I’ve Met Them in the Flesh
  182. ALL GENETICS ARE GOOD GENETICS.
  183. Happiness vs Freedom
  184. The Birth of a Hater
  185. My Way Isn’t the Right Way
  186. Walking as an Existential Thing
  187. Why I’m So Tolerant
  188. Mortal Gods
  189. THE HUMAN SPECIES
  190. Why I’m So Skeptical
  191. Just Follow the Money
  192. Why Selfish?
  193. WHY WE CANNOT BLAME OTHERS
  194. Why Are We So Anti Elitism?
  195. What Actually Interests You?
  196. How to Become Yourself
  197. SELF HATE
  198. Optimistic Fatalism
  199. Death is the Ultimate Creative Constraint
  200. FLUX.
  201. How to Think for Yourself
  202. FLESH
  203. How to Live the Best Life
  204. Why Live a Life Without Regrets?
  205. Why Plato Ruined Art and Aesthetics for Us
  206. Self Respect
  207. Hypocrite vs Contradict
  208. Ideals vs Reality
  209. Spaceship Philosophy
  210. What is Your Ideal Life?
  211. MY EXTREME GRATITUDE TOWARDS LIFE AND BEING ALIVE!
  212. Critique of Utilitarianism
  213. Don’t Treat Others the Way You Want to Be Treated
  214. The Eternal Recurrence of Tragedy and Joy in Life
  215. Elite Asceticism
  216. Why I Don’t Like Numbers
  217. Action and Reaction, Cause and Effect
  218. The Antidote to Nihilism: The Philosophy of Nothingness
  219. ERIC KIM Notes on Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
  220. EXPLOIT CHAOS.
  221. WHY I DON’T BELIEVE IN GENETICS
  222. Self-Wisdom
  223. The Future Belongs to the Fearless
  224. INDIVIDUALISM
  225. Why Live Forever?
  226. THIS TOO WILL PASS.
  227. Why Education?
  228. How to Become Yourself
  229. Things Shouldn’t Go Back to the Way They Used to Be
  230. Why Am I So Cruel?
  231. The Great Joy of Existence
  232. Virtue for the Sake of Virtue
  233. NO DISDAIN.
  234. INTELLIGENT IGNORANCE
  235. A LIFE WITHOUT PAIN, DIFFICULTY OR TRAGEDY ISN’T A LIFE WORTH LIVING
  236. BITTER IS BETTER.
  237. EXPLOIT THE BEST FROM TRAGEDY AND LIFE 
  238. DISREGARD FOR SELF-PRESERVATION
  239. PAIN.
  240. WHAT IF EVERYTHING IS NOT GONNA BE ALRIGHT?
  241. Tomorrow is Never
  242. Life is the Ultimate Creative Constraint
  243. EMBODIED REALITY
  244. BLACK SWAN
  245. THINGS WILL NEVER GO BACK TO THE WAY THEY USED TO BE
  246. What are you *really* afraid of?
  247. HAPPINESS ISN’T THE GOAL
  248. Philosophy is King
  249. Why is Selfish Evil?
  250. YOU’RE CONSTANTLY IN A STATE OF BECOMING
  251. ENTITLEMENT A SIN?
  252. NARCISSISM
  253. BE BRUTALLY HONEST WITH YOURSELF
  254. WHY FREE WILL?
  255. OBEY YOUR OPINION
  256. EGO IS GOOD.
  257. WHY IT IS GOOD TO BE INTO YOURSELF
  258. Seek the Good Pain
  259. Anti-Perfection in Photography, Art, and Life
  260. Can You Become an End into Yourself?
  261. WHY I LIVE
  262. Why I Hate Decline
  263. Why I Eat
  264. Why am I So Positive and Optimistic?
  265. EFFORT IS ENJOYMENT
  266. Never Stop Gaining
  267. TRUST YOURSELF
  268. A Life of Maximal Personal Independence
  269. What Do You Desire to Become?
  270. What Do I Want from Technology?
  271. Stratified Society
  272. Do You Love or Hate Reality?
  273. On the Brian, Body and Mind
  274. I’m Maximally Happy, Now What?
  275. Care over Fame
  276. ACTIVE NIHILISM
  277. Never Stop Subtracting
  278. How to Live a Happier and More Epic Life
  279. A Risker Life is a Better Life
  280. Only Work on Things You Can Imagine Doing for Eternity
  281. How to Maximize Your Happiness
  282. Influence
  283. The Gladiator Makes His Plans once He Enters the Ring
  284. Meditations on Meaning in Life
  285. There is Nothing More Interesting than Human Beings
  286. Is Hope a Vice?
  287. EGO
  288. Why Be Unique?
  289. Happiness is Metabolism Health and Strength
  290. You’re the Hero
  291. Is Productivity a Virtue or Vice?
  292. Why Do We Prize the Rare?
  293. The Joy of Uncertainty
  294. How Should I Best Use My Time and Life?
  295. A Life Without Pain or Suffering Isn’t a Life Worth Living
  296. Free or Unfree?
  297. What Do You Really Care For in Life?
  298. Anti-Satisfaction in Life
  299. Why Think?
  300. The Eternal Return
  301. Only Do What is Best for You!
  302. Truthiness
  303. Why Be Happy?
  304. Permissionless Living
  305. In Praise of Unconventional Wisdom
  306. Become the Change Which You Wish to See in the World
  307. Happiness
  308. Beyond Freedom
  309. Idolize People, Not Stuff
  310. What Makes You Stronger? What Makes You Weaker?
  311. Why Hate?
  312. The Secret of Happiness
  313. You’re Constantly in a State of Becoming
  314. Life is about Choices, Not Obligations
  315. Anti-Nihilism
  316. First, Do What is Best for You.
  317. Live Dynamic
  318. How to Prosper
  319. Is the Point of Life to Be Satisfied?
  320. SUPREME EFFORT OF WILL.
  321. How to Become more Idealistic
  322. Thrivival 101
  323. Create Yourself
  324. Non-Small
  325. Inspiration
  326. How to Live a Heroic Life: Dare the Heights!
  327. Human Augmentation
  328. Prune
  329. Happiness: Do What You Want to Do (And Don’t Do What You Don’t Want to Do)
  330. Avoid Vain (Empty) Pursuits in Life
  331. Modern Slavery
  332. Kill the Leeches
  333. Wisdom Augmentation
  334. Why We Need Friction in Life
  335. Straight Line Philosophy
  336. What’s Your End-Game in Life?
  337. Create Your Own Happiness Today
  338. Desire Both Pain and Pleasure in Life
  339. Try the Impossible
  340. SELF-RESPECT
  341. Anti-Social Extrovert
  342. Never Blame Anybody But Yourself
  343. Human Flourishing
  344. Simpler, Not Better.
  345. How to be Free
  346. Embrace the Extremes
  347. Cultivate Your Own Culture
  348. COURAGE.
  349. Thrivival
  350. Inner Power
  351. How to Live a Purposeful Life
  352. My Definition of Happiness
  353. Why Change is Good
  354. Why Work?
  355. How to Live the Happiest Possible Life
  356. The Two-Pronged Approach to Maximize Joy in Your Life
  357. You Always Have Another Option!
  358. INFINITISM
  359. Never Stop!
  360. What is Your Self-Directed Purpose in Life?
  361. Live Today Like it Were Your Last
  362. Do You Photograph to Live, or Live to Photograph?
  363. ARTIST-PHILOSOPHER
  364. Live Life to the Fullest!
  365. In Praise of Selfishness
  366. Why You Must Be a YAY-SAYER to Succeed in Entrepreneurship and Life
  367. Why I Love Walking
  368. Live Life Like a Video Game!
  369. Simple Luxuries in Life
  370. Treat Your Life Like a Fun Experiment!
  371. Only Prove it to Yourself
  372. You Don’t Always Need to Feel Joyful to Live a Fulfilling and Meaningful Life
  373. Life is Too Short to Be Bored!
  374. Money Cannot Destroy Boredom
  375. How to Find Inspiration in Life
  376. Why You Must Ignore Haters to Succeed and Win in Life
  377. An Active Life is a Happy Life
  378. My Simple Joys in Life
  379. Never Stop Striving
  380. How to Motivate Yourself in Life
  381. How to Be Optimistic in Life
  382. How to Dictate Your Purpose in Life
  383. In Praise of a Dynamic Life
  384. PURPOSE.
  385. How to Enjoy Life
  386. Photography Therapy
  387. How to Conquer Regret
  388. Take Your Play Very Seriously.
  389. How to Prosper
  390. Memento Vivere
  391. Destroy in Order to CREATE
  392. Trust Your Body More Than Your Mind
  393. Make Photos to Make Meaning in Your Life
  394. Seek Knowledge, Not Information
  395. The Purpose of Human Life
  396. How to Overcome Impedence
  397. Why I Love Death
  398. How to Be Centered in the Eternal Now
  399. How to Be Happy
  400. Why Do You Care What Others Think of You?
  401. Why I’m Happy
  402. Why?
  403. Why I’m So Prolific
  404. How to Reduce LAG in Life

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STOICISM 101

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Become invincible:

  1. Introduction to Stoicism
  2. STOIC FLEX.
  3. Becoming Spartan
  4. MAKE IT ENTERTAINING FOR YOURSELF!
  5. Stoic Aesthetics?
  6. The Philosophy of Ugliness
  7. Bad Stoicism
  8. Stoicism 2.0
  9. Becoming Stoic
  10. LEMONADE.
  11. Why Arguments and Confrontations Are Good
  12. “I’m Over It”
  13. How to Deal With Miserable People
  14. How to Become a Stoic
  15. How to Ignore
  16. Pretend like you didn’t hear them
  17. Bad Stoic Strategies
  18. The Stoic Way of Dealing With Unpleasant or Miserable People
  19. HOW TO BECOME A STOIC
  20. Stoicism Stunts Our Power?
  21. Stoicism is Mental Resistance Training
  22. STOIC STRATEGIES.
  23. How to Become Fearless
  24. Extreme Stoicism
  25. Ethics are Aesthetic
  26. Indifference to Pain or Suffering
  27. When is Stoicism Good? When is Stoicism Bad?
  28. Why Others Criticize or Insult You
  29. True Difficulty
  30. What if Covid Never Goes Away?
  31. SUPER STOIC
  32. Anti-Hedonism
  33. HOW TO CONQUER FEAR
  34. ANTI FEAR
  35. It is the Duty of the Strong to Help the Weak
  36. The Goal is to Become Stronger
  37. HYPER STOICISM
  38. HYPER HERO
  39. TRANSFORM EVERY DOWNSIDE INTO AN UPSIDE
  40. STOICISM x Child’s Mind
  41. The Art of Manly Virtue
  42. Resistance Makes Us Stronger!
  43. DON’T LIVE IN FEAR
  44. Emotions are Good
  45. Conquer Your Anger
  46. BLACK EAGLE
  47. DIFFICULTY AWAKENS YOUR INNER-GENIUS.
  48. STOICISM IS ARMOR FOR THE MIND
  49. The Spartan-Stoic Lifestyle
  50. How I Conquered Fear
  51. HOW TO CURE FEAR.
  52. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.
  53. The Upside of Poverty
  54. How I Became Me
  55. THE WILL TO POWER, OR THE WILL TO FEAR?
  56. ATTACK REALITY
  57. Living *THROUGH* History
  58. How to Fear Less
  59. Fear is the Ultimate Contagious Disease
  60. STOICISM FOR DUMMIES
  61. Don’t Be Scared!
  62. WHAT CAN YOU CONTROL, WHAT CAN YOU NOT CONTROL?
  63. HOW YOU CAN CONQUER FEAR
  64. YOU’RE STRONGER THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE.
  65. EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
  66. WHY AREN’T THINGS WORSE?
  67. My Philosophy on Masculinity
  68. A Riskier Life is a Better Life #philosophy #stoicism
  69. How to Creatively Flourish in Life
  70. Introduction to Stoicism
  71. How to Become Stronger
  72. How to Conquer Depression With Photography
  73. What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger
  74. How to Respect Yourself
  75. How to Believe in Yourself
  76. How to Steer Fear
  77. How to Conquer Pessimism
  78. How to Conquer Anxiety
  79. How to Overcome Your Fear of People
  80. How to Be Optimistic
  81. Why I Don’t Take My Anger Seriously
  82. HOW TO BECOME MORE POWERFUL
  83. POSITIVITY.
  84. HOW TO BECOME SUPERHUMAN
  85. How to Give a Fuck Less
  86. ALL IN.
  87. Why I Cut My Dad Out of My Life.
  88. Your iPhone Only Has 5% Battery Left.
  89. How not to give a FUCK about your REPUTATION
  90. WHAT IS A HUMAN?
  91. HAPPINESS.
  92. The Regret Minimization Framework in Photography and Life
  93. How to Be a HERO
  94. Conquer Your Fears by Making Fear Your Slave
  95. Rule Circumstances; Don’t Let Your Circumstances Rule You
  96. How to Love Yourself
  97. How to Turn Shit into Gold
  98. Your Parents Fuck You Up
  99. Immortality
  100. What Kills You Makes You Stronger
  101. How to Be Patient
  102. How to Conquer Anger
  103. How to Bounce Back in Life
  104. How to Overcome Resistance
  105. Nothing Unlimited is Good; Nothing Good is Unlimited
  106. You Have No Limits
  107. Can 1’s and 0’s Hurt You?
  108. The Envious Moment is Flying Now
  109. Tomorrow We’ll Sail the Wide Seas Again
  110. How to Forgive Others
  111. Focus on Your Actions, Not the Results
  112. Everything Will Be Alright
  113. How to Be a Stoic Street Photographer
  114. How to Be a Spartan Photographer
  115. How to Overcome Your Fears in Life
  116. How to Stop Worrying in Life
  117. How to Use Photography as Self-Therapy
  118. How to Free Your Soul From Disturbance
  119. 3 Stoic Techniques that Can Help You Gain Tranquility
  120. Can People Weaker than You Hurt You?
  121. Does a Doctor Get Angry at a Crazy Patient?
  122. Own Nothing

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The Philosophy of Happiness

Happiness thoughts:

  1. What Will Make You Happier?
    BOLD LIVING.
  2. HAPPINESS IS ALWAYS ASPIRING FOR MORE.
  3. How to Boost Your Mood
  4. How to Maximize Your Happiness
  5. Life Without Photography is Not a Life Worth Living
  6. 10 Tips to Be Happier and More Loving in Life
  7. How to Find Happiness in Your Photography
  8. How to Find Satisfaction in Your Photography
  9. 30 Tips to Conquer G.A.S. (Gear Acquisition Syndrome)
  10. 55 Tips to Be Happier in Life
  11. On the Shortness of Life
  12. Small is Beautiful
  13. Photography (and Life) is About Subtraction, Not Addition
  14. Why Envy Any Other Photographer?
  15. How to Be Happy in All Circumstances
  16. Desire the Life You Already Have
  17. Should You Shoot if You Don’t Want To?
  18. Live a Life of Leisure
  19. Good Enough
  20. 28 Lessons I’ve Learned From Life
  21. 27 Lessons I’ve Learned About Photography and Life
  22. 26 Lessons Life Has Taught Me About Street Photography
  23. Desire
  24. Good Enough
  25. Things I Am Grateful For
  26. How to Die Without Regrets
  27. 12 Scientifically Proven Ways to Have More Happiness in Street Photography
  28. Having No Choices is the Ultimate Freedom
  29. How to Be Grateful For What You Have

ETHICS by KIM

Your own personal code of ethics:

  1. Stubborn Geniuses
  2. Avoid Misery
  3. What We Hate
  4. HOW I DEAL WITH RACISM
  5. How to Become a Great Man
  6. BETTER TO FOLLOW YOUR GUT AND BE WRONG THAN DISOBEY YOUR GUT AND BE RIGHT
  7. “I CAN’T BE FUCKED.”
  8. Carte Blanche Ethics
  9. Toxic People
  10. Why Are We So Into Other People
  11. Just focus on yourself and your own life
  12. Perfect morals and ethics is following your own gut
    WHY ETIQUETTE?
  13. NO BLAME, JUST CAUSE AND EFFECT.
  14. Ignorance Takes Courage
  15. TREAT OTHERS CARTE BLANCHE
  16. Don’t give people what they want or what you *think* they want, give them what you think they *should* have.
  17. Anti Small
  18. Disdain or Admiration?
  19. Beware Those With Good Intentions
  20. STUBBORN x FLEXIBLE
  21. ETHICS ARE VIA NEGATIVA
  22. OBEDIENCE & DISCIPLINE
  23. The Motive of Criticism
  24. Ethics are Social
  25. Anti Role Models
  26. What is Greed?
  27. On Having the Courage to Make Your Own Decisions
  28. How *NOT* to Get Duped or Suckered
  29. Why Help Others?
  30. The Duty of the Strong
  31. Why I’m So Intolerant Towards Intolerance
  32. The Ethics of Criticizing Others
  33. Consult Your Own Conscience
  34. The Ethics of Shit Talking
  35. The Ethics of Personal Enrichment
  36. I’m Easily Distracted
  37. On Forming Your Own Opinion
  38. ERIC KIM Philosophy of Tolerance
  39. Tolerance
  40. Aesthetics are Ethics
  41. Morality and Ethics

DESIGN THOUGHTS

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  1. INSANELY LIGHTWEIGHT
  2. MORE AGGRESSIVE DESIGN
  3. COMPROMISE DESIGN.
  4. ‘WASTEFUL’?
  5. Tight vs Loose
  6. Thick vs Thin
  7. Why Lamborghini is No Longer Interesting to Me
  8. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY IS AN ETHOS.
  9. LESS SURFACE AREA.
  10. ANTI IN-BETWEEN
  11. CLASSIC/TIMELESS IS BORING.
  12. Photographers are Designers
  13. Why Perfect?
  14. Beautiful but Boring
  15. AGGRESSIVE DESIGN.
  16. DESIGN IS KING.
  17. WHY DESIGN?
  18. THE RAGING BULL.
  19. BARE BONES.
  20. The Best Car for Thinking
  21. Zen Aesthetics
  22. Why Minimalism?
  23. SPARTAN DESIGN.
  24. Generic Design
  25. An Elite Aesthetic
  26. Not Hateful Design
  27. New Forward Facing Design vs Retrospective and Nostalgic Design
  28. Depressing Design vs Uplifting Design
  29. The Best Design Towards What Ends?
  30. Exciting or Boring Design?
  31. On Design & Photography
  32. A Designer Desires to Design and Create Things!
  33. Delightful Technology and Design
  34. Dynamic Aesthetics
  35. Design vs Brand Prestige
  36. Classic Proportions, Modern Design
  37. Why Does Design Matter?
  38. The Best Design
  39. MUSCULAR DESIGN.
  40. Camera Design
  41. Watch Design

SOCIOLOGY by KIM

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  1. Sociology vs Philosophy?
  2. SOCIAL DOMINANCE THEORY
  3. FLAT SOCIETY
  4. National vs Individual Pride
  5. Dystopia is a Utopia
  6. A NEW SOCIETY.
  7. THE DEEP INDIVIDUAL.
  8. Why is It So Hard for Us To Follow Our Gut and Instinct?
  9. Sociology of Comparison
  10. Mimetic Desires
  11. Interest in Humans or Objects?
  12. Social Stochastic Resonance
  13. How to Live Bravely in Today’s Brave New World and Society
  14. Arousal
  15. Is Humanity on the Decline?
  16. Social Innovations
  17. Society *Shouldn’t* Be Fair
  18. Why Society Doesn’t Want Free Thinkers and Free Livers
  19. Our New Soft Society
  20. HARD SOCIETY

Sociological Theory

Photography and Sociology

MOTIVATION BY KIM

Become more:

  1. PHOTOGRAPHY INSPIRATION IDEAS
  2. Setbacks are a motivator, a turbocharger
  3. THERE IS SO MUCH OF THE WORLD TO PHOTOGRAPH!
  4. The Philosophy of Optimism
  5. What Slows You Down?
  6. Meta Editing
  7. Move Mass
  8. What’s “Cool”?
  9. No In-Between
  10. Independent Aspirations
  11. COMPULSION.
  12. *BEYOND* PERFECT.
  13. BUY BOOKS WHEN YOU WANT TO BUY GEAR.
  14. How to Make More Photos
  15. JUST MAKE MORE PHOTOS.
  16. MY DESIRE TO CAPTURE IT ALL.
  17. VISUAL DETOX.
  18. Photography is Our Addiction
  19. A BILLION PHOTOS
  20. THE MOTIVATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER.
  21. CURIOUS.
  22. PROVOKE.
  23. How to Do More Photography
  24. PRACTICE.
  25. TURBOCHARGE YOURSELF, TURBOCHARGE OTHERS.
  26. LIFE IS ALL UPSIDE, NO DOWNSIDE.
  27. PHOTO TURBO THOUGHTS
  28. No Such Thing as Good or Bad; Simply Stimulating or Not Stimulating
  29. The Best Genre is No Genre
  30. The Key to Photographic Motivation
  31. Pacifying Media, Motivational Media
  32. Our Hunger for New Experiences
  33. Mental Motivation
  34. ALL ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY.
  35. The Photographer as Creator
  36. Create *BEYOND* Yourself
  37. Let Your Curiosity Drive Your Photography
  38. LOVE YOUR PHOTOS.
  39. Abstract Monochrome Photography
  40. SHOOT WITHOUT THINKING.
  41. Just Have Fun With Photography
  42. Wu-Wei Effortless Motivation
  43. CONSISTENCY x NOVELTY
  44. Easily Bored?
  45. Face Photography
  46. How to Become More Self-Motivated in Your Photography
  47. YOUR OWN PHOTOS ARE THE BEST PHOTOS.
  48. On Sharing Your Favorite Photos
  49. UBERABUNDANCE.
  50. Peak Photographic Productivity
  51. When to Review Your Photos
  52. Serotonin and Photos
  53. The Photos You Have Yet Shot are Your Most Important Photos
  54. 3 Tips How to Master Photography
  55. Do You Like Your Own Photos?
  56. The Beauty of Mundane, Everyday Moments
  57. Reasons Why to Be Optimistic About the Future
  58. A Photography-Full Future
  59. The More You Shoot, the Better
  60. How Many Photos Should You Shoot Everyday?
  61. Why Do We Love Motion?
  62. Now is Your Chance to Shoot History in the Making
  63. Photo by Photo
  64. How and Why Photography Remains So Interesting to Me
  65. How to Conquer Your Inner Photographic Critic
  66. Thoughts on HDR Photography
  67. New Year, New Photos
  68. Why Exhibit Your Photos?
  69. Photography is Visual Poetry
  70. What’s the Purpose of Art?
  71. Why Do We Photographers Have Such a Hard Time Staying Inspired and Motivated?
  72. On Becoming a More Optimistic Photographer
  73. Philosophy of Weather
  74. How to Become a More Optimistic Photographer and Human
  75. You Are a Creative Photographer
  76. JUST SHARE YOUR ARTISTIC PROCESS WITH OTHERS.
  77. What Motivates Me to Shoot?
  78. How to Maximize Yourself to the Fullest
  79. HOW TO MOVE AND MOTIVATE PEOPLE
  80. Autotelic Photography
  81. The more I go out and photograph the world, the more interesting and beautiful the world becomes
  82. Why Photographers Have Such Low Self-Esteem
  83. ERIC KIM MOTIVATION
  84. Why Am I So Unmotivated?
  85. EVERY DAY IS A NEW DAY
  86. WHY ARE YOU SO UNMOTIVATED?
  87. Movement is Motivation
  88. How to Motivate Myself to Make New Photos
  89. Never Stop Optimizing
  90. How to Help and Motivate Others
  91. Feed On Your Own Photos; Let Them Nourish You!
  92. Competition is for Suckers
  93. A Future Without Travel
  94. How Google Can Improve Your Photography
  95. DEVELOP YOURSELF.
  96. NEVER STOP MOVING!
  97. How I Self-Motivate Myself
  98. Every Day the Sun is Birthed Anew
  99. A Life Without Photography Isn’t a Life Worth Living
  100. WIN.
  101. 8 Practical Photography Assignments for You
  102. Tabula Rasa, Blank Slate, Carte Blanche
  103. RELENTLESS
  104. LIFE IS THE ULTIMATE RPG
  105. HYPER VIGOR
  106. FRESH AIR PHOTOS
  107. WHO IS GONNA THRIVE IN TODAY’S BRAVE NEW WORLD?
  108. ARTISTIC OPTIMISM
  109. PASSION, not Discipline
  110. Better Bad Photos than No Photos
  111. The Empowering Feeling of Failure
  112. To Be Human is to Move
  113. Enjoy the Process
  114. Better Bad Photos than No Photos
  115. Why Keep Making New Art and Photos, Indefinitely?
  116. Photography Motivation: What if There is Nothing Interesting to Photograph?
  117. Move First, Motivation Later
  118. Motivation Follows the Action
  119. In Praise of Heroes
  120. 5 Tips How to Boost Your Creativity
  121. How to Have Inspiration to Take Photos in the Suburbs
  122. Anything that Motivates You to Move is Good!
  123. The Productive Photographer is the Happiest Photographer!
  124. Make Today Count!
  125. How to Break Through Photographer’s Block
  126. The Joyful Photographer
  127. The Dancing Photographer
  128. The Kaizen Process of Gradual Self-Improvement in Photography
  129. It is Your Duty to Make Beautiful Pictures!
  130. Making Pictures IS Happiness!
  131. NO EXCUSES.
  132. The Pomodoro Photography Technique
  133. The ABC of Photography
  134. Just Shoot It.
  135. How to Change the World With Photography
  136. How to Find Inspiration in Photography and Life
  137. How to Overcome Resistance
  138. Create Against the Past
  139. How I Motivate Myself to Make Photos
  140. Wear Your Camera Like a Necklace or Bracelet
  141. Have Your Photos Come to You
  142. How to Level Up in Your Photography
  143. How Not to Give a Fuck of What Others Think of You
  144. How to Overcome Procrastination in Your Photography
  145. How to Reinspire Your Photography
  146. What is Your Mission in Photography and Life?
  147. How to Overcome Photographer’s Block
  148. Be a Photographer Now
  149. How to Overcome Boredom with Photography
  150. Never Stop Growing as a Photographer
  151. Why Do You Need “Inspiration” to Shoot?
  152. Just Shoot.
  153. 5 Things to Do If You’ve Lost Your Passion for Photography
  154. How to Have Unshakeable Confidence in Yourself
  155. Don’t Give Up On Your Dream
  156. Don’t Waste Your Potential
  157. Unlock Your Potential
  158. Empower Others With Your Photography
  159. Why You Shouldn’t Follow Your Passion in Photography

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  1. How to Become More Stealth in Street Photography
  2. HOW TO BECOME A BETTER STREET PHOTOGRAPHER
  3. Street Photography Mastery
  4. How I Became the Greatest Street Photographer Alive
  5. Antifragile Photography
  6. How to Conquer Your Fears in Street Photography
  7. INSANELY AUDACIOUS AND BOLD
  8. 5 Simple Street Photography Techniques
  9. STREET PHOTOGRAPHER.
  10. The Street Photographer Ideal
  11. 50 Street Photography Tips, Techniques and Ideas
  12. Street Photography Values
  13. STREET PHOTOGRAPHY DOESN’T NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE IN IT.
  14. Why Street Photography is So Great
  15. WHY BECOME A STREET PHOTOGRAPHER?
  16. Society Photography, Not “Street” Photography
  17. How to Street Photography
  18. STREET PHOTOGRAPHY OPTIONALITY.
  19. 10 Street Photography Tips
  20. The Street Photographer as the Apex Photographer
  21. Street Photography & Adrenaline
  22. STREETTOGS STARTING GUIDE
  23. 50 Street Photography Tips by ERIC KIM
  24. What I Wish I Knew If I Started Street Photography All Over Again
  25. Photograph like it’s not a big deal
  26. Suburb Street Photography
  27. What is Our Personal Motivation Behind Street Photography?
  28. WHY I’M SO PASSIONATE ABOUT STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
  29. Personal Street Photography
  30. STREET PHOTOGRAPHY AS A PRACTICE.
  31. Pandemic Street Photography
  32. AIRPORT STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
  33. How to Shoot Street Photography Right Now
  34. Towards a More Independent Street Photography Approach
  35. How Street Photography Improves Your Life
  36. How to Tell Stories in Your Street Photos
  37. Face Street Photography
  38. How to Start Shooting Street Photography
  39. How to Shoot Street Photography During a Pandemic
  40. 7 Street Photography Assignment Ideas

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  3. Use Quarantine as an Opportunity to Pick up Film Photography
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Entrepreneurship by KIM

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

Become you.

  1. Why Doesn’t Anything Satisfy Me?
  2. ZERO FINANCIAL CONCERNS
  3. How to Gain Ascendancy
  4. Business vs Entrepreneurship?
  5. TAKE REAL CHANCES
  6. Making Money as a Hobby
  7. The Best Exercises for Entrepreneurs
  8. INCOME VS EXPENSES MONEY LIFESTYLE PHILOSOPHY
  9. Entrepreneurship is the privilege of being able to attempt something new
  10. How to Become More Influential
  11. The Point of Life is Entrepreneurship?
  12. How to Think Like an Entrepreneur
  13. Become the Outlier
  14. Self Reliance
  15. How to Extend Your Reach
  16. NEWS: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur
  17. PVP (Player vs Player)
  18. How I became so influential
  19. WE LOVE THE *SENSATION* OF RISK-TAKING
  20. WHY HIGH PROFIT MARGINS?
  21. INNOVATION THOUGHTS
  22. OVERCONFIDENCE IS GOOD.
  23. GARAGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  24. PERHAPS IT IS GOOD TO BE “DELUSIONAL”
  25. USE YOUR WEALTH TO BUY STUFF, OR TO BUILD AND INNOVATE STUFF?
  26. HOW TO THRIVE
  27. Target Demographic
  28. Ambition Over Happiness
  29. Anti Collaboration
  30. The Will to Economy
  31. Why New?
  32. CHOOSE ADRENALINE.
  33. No Looking Back.
  34. 1000x Different
  35. BECOME SPENDTHRIFT
  36. THE BENEFIT OF JUST ONE.
  37. EXTREME INNOVATION.
  38. Practicality is Boring
  39. BECOME YOUR OWN STANDARD.
  40. NEVER STOP ITERATING.
  41. CONDENSE.
  42. Take Lots of Small Financial Risks
  43. Control Over Convenience
  44. Why Are Chinese Companies So Innovative?
  45. INSANELY DIFFERENT.
  46. Why Doesn’t Anything Ever Satisfy Me?
  47. THE GREAT PASSION.
  48. Perhaps Dissatisfaction is Good
  49. ONE REP MAX.
  50. WHAT DO YOU *REALLY* WANT IN LIFE?
  51. LIFE IS ABOUT STRIVING FOR MORE.
  52. NEVER STOP LINKING.
  53. THE GREATEST.
  54. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!
  55. THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
  56. ERIC KIM CRITIQUE OF ROMANTICISM
  57. COMPLACENCY.
  58. JUST BUY IT.
  59. ALL ABOUT YOU.
  60. MOVE THE WORLD
  61. Boring or Not Boring?
  62. What if Your Past Self were Inferior to Your Present Self?
  63. THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROGRESS
  64. CULTURE IS YOUR ENEMY.
  65. Difficulty & Interest
  66. The Will to Expansion
  67. What is Work?
  68. SOUL IN THE GAME.
  69. JUST START IT.
  70. Not Boring
  71. PRIDE IN YOUR OWN NAME / BRAND
  72. AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TOLERATE.
  73. Speed is Paramount
  74. TAKE IT BACK TO THE BEGINNING.
  75. A Life With No Risk Taking is *NOT* a Life Worth Living
  76. Dissatisfaction is Good
  77. GREATER STRENGTH, GREATER CHALLENGES.
  78. In Praise of the New
  79. Uncorrupted Desires
  80. You Cannot Fake Passion
  81. SELF-OVERGOING
  82. FORM YOURSELF.
  83. Personal Entrepreneurship
  84. RELENTLESS.
  85. PUT YOUR NAME ON IT.
  86. A Life of Expansion
  87. SELF-ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  88. YOU ARE THE EXCEPTION.
  89. Use Your Life as an Experiment to Self-Develop Yourself to Heights Never Seen Before
  90. Invest in New Developments
  91. Investing Towards What End?
  92. The 90%/10% Principle in Entrepreneurship
  93. Speed Wins
  94. The Philosophy of Happiness
  95. When to Over-Estimate, When to Under-Estimate?
  96. Never Stop Iterating
  97. Money as a Tool for Life and Artistic Experimentation
  98. Less But More Premium
  99. Mainstream vs Low-Key Success
  100. Why Dissatisfaction is Good
  101. SEEK YOUR OWN PERSONAL MAXIMAL BENEFIT INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING
  102. Manifest Your Destiny
  103. Is it Best to *Not* Communicate Your Inner Thoughts or Ideas With Others?
  104. CREATE THINGS YOU WISH TO SEE MANIFESTED IN THE WORLD
  105. How to Do More Work
  106. CONTROL.
  107. Competition is for Losers
  108. Change.
  109. Your Competitive Advantage with Insanely Fast Wifi and High Speed Internet
  110. Pseudo Individualism
  111. 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

Never stop innovating.

Entrepreneurship Mindset

Put a Dent in the Universe.