How to Live a MISERABLE Life · Business Leaders Network

Mar '25 (edited) • COMMUNITY CHAT

How to Live a MISERABLE Life

"All I want to know is where I’m going to die, so I’ll never go there." - Charlie Munger

Inversion is a mental model that flips the script on traditional problem-solving. Rather than look at a problem in a linear, forward, logical manner, you think about it in reverse. It forces you to think differently about the problem—to see it from a new angle, from a fresh perspective. It provides a unique lens to simplify the complex.

Well, there is one complex, foundational problem that is truly universal:

How do you live a good life?

Let's harness the power of inversion to address it. Here are 20 ways to live a miserable life:

You chase every short-term pleasure
You lack the courage to act
You only show up when you feel like it
You allow idleness to dominate your life
You fear uncertainty
You get your dopamine from information gathering
You allow optimal to get in the way of beneficial
You make your happiness conditional
You worry about the opinions of the crowd
You chase novelty
You wait for the perfect moment
You wait for permission to live your life
You avoid hard conversations
You complain about things outside your control
You treat your "house" like crap
You allow negative people to drain your energy
You compare yourself to others
You obsess over speed
You expect someone to come save you
You ignore the precious nature of time

This was another page of wisdom from Sahil Bloom's newsletter. There is a wealth of wisdom in the details of each of the above and you can find in his full article. Here's the link:

https://www.sahilbloom.com/newsletter/how-to-live-a-miserable-life

For me it's Read, Learn, Do, Learn, Grow and then I do it all over again.

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