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Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher,
poet and cultural critic of the 19th century.

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He is considered to be one of the most daring
and greatest thinkers of all time.

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His work is revolutionary, aiming for a “re-evaluation
of all values”.

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He was one of the biggest precursors of existentialism,
which emphasizes the existence of the individual

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person as a free and responsible agent, determining
their own development through acts of will.

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By his famous words “God is dead!”, Nietzsche
moved the focus of philosophy from metaphysics

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to the material world and to the individual
as a responsible person for his own life.

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Nietzsche wrote several books, and his teachings
have shaped the lives of many people; from

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psychologists to poets, dancers to social
revolutionaries.

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So with that in mind, here ARE 10 IMPORTANT
LESSONS THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE:

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1) Be a harmonious totality
Nietzsche says “One must still have chaos

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in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing
star”.

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According to Nietzsche, each of us have two
main sides to our personality: a rational

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one, the consciousness, the responsible, the
Apollonian side and an instinctual one, the

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subconscious, emotional, Dionysian side.

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In Nietzsche’s view, the way to achieve
greatness, the way to achieve a harmonious

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totality is to balance the two parts of yourself:
the Apollonian side, Apollo being the Greek

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god of Sun, of knowledge, and the Dionysian
side, Dionysus being the complete opposite,

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the god of wine, fertility, and madness.

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There is a strong analogy between the duality
Dionysus & Apollo and the duality of Yin & Yang,

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Dionysus being similar to “Yin” and Apollo
being similar to “Yang”.

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To have a balanced life, you have to be organized,
responsible, logical, but at the same time,

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leave room for the more artistic part of yourself,
your creative side, your emotional side.

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To really shine like a dancing star like Apollo,
the god of Sun, you have to embrace your inner

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chaos, learn to explore it, listen to your
feelings and intuition, and listen to your

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Dionysian side.

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Sometimes, we use one side of our personality
to excess, at the expense of the other.

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For example, perhaps sometimes we can be too
organized, we don’t leave enough room for

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any creative moments, or moments of inspiration.

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Other times we might be too chaotic, lacking
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While both are essential, we need to know
when best to use them.

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Life requires us to be organized, for example,
to make sure our house is tidy, our children

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are fed, and our finances are in order and
so on.

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Other times, we might want to shake up our
routine, go on wild adventures or to get in

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touch with our artistic or more sensitive
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Even in our jobs, we need both sides too.

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For example, an engineer must use the Apollonian
side to execute the work, but he also needs

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the Dionysian side to discover great insights
and invent innovative solutions.

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We have to take care of all sides of our nature,
to nurture them.

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Do not fight against your duality - instead
learn to use it to your benefit.

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2) Avoid having a reactive life
Nietzsche said “Most humans distract their

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thoughts; to cease to be aware of life.”

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According to Nietzsche, we are too passive,
too reactive.

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We don’t act as ourselves, we are not honest
enough, and we are not ‘noble’ enough.

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For Nietzsche, to be passive is not the same
as inactive, but rather it means to have a

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reactive life.

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You can be active, indulge yourself in entertainment
activities or in a meaningless job, but, in

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essence, you are empty inside, you have no
goals, you move without purpose.

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Nietzsche invites you to be more honest with
yourself, more reflective about your goals

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in life, to be brave enough to face reality
and fight the obstacles which are blocking

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your path from getting what you want from
life.

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Nowadays, with so much technology and amazing
ways to indulge ourselves in aimless entertainment,

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we can easily lose ourselves but according
to Nietzsche, the worst thing you can do is

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to wait for life to happen to you as you distract
yourself with these meaningless activities

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which don’t benefit you in the long run.

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We are all afraid of reaching the heights
we are capable of, and to justify that, we

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keep lying to ourselves by saying things like
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“I wasn’t really interested in that person”
or “I didn’t really want to visit that

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place”.

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Nietzsche advises us to stop being a passive
spectator and take our lives in our own hands.

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You can start by avoiding too much TV time,
internet time, spending time with toxic people

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or staying in a job which isn’t beneficial
for you in the long run but instead ask yourself

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the hard questions and focus on what you want
to get out of life.

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3) Avoid holding resentment towards others
Nietzsche tells us “To be incapable of taking

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one's enemies, one's accidents, even one's
misdeeds seriously for very long—that is

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the sign of strong, full natures in whom there
is an excess of the power to form, to mold,

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to recuperate and to forget.

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Such a man shakes off with a single shrug
many vermin that eat deep into others”.

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Resentment is poison and it can consume us
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According to Nietzsche, resentment is a trademark
of a slave mentality and a sign of weakness

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and it harms no one more than the weak person
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In contrast to a weak person, a noble person
has an excess of life in himself, he is strong

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enough to forget and recuperate, however his
revenge can be strong and fast though, and

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he doesn’t hold on to the memory of a painful
episode for too long.

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If you are weak, it might be too difficult
to avoid resentment.

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The secret is to replenish your soul with
positive things, to live your life to the

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fullest and to not mind the small people having
a negative impact on us from time to time.

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This does not mean you will not keep the others
accountable for their mistakes and you will

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not act against them if justified, it just
means that you won’t let this affect your

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inner nature.

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If somebody close to you hurts you badly,
you should see the reality as it is first,

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accept the person as they are, take the immediate
and necessary steps against that person and,

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afterwards, move on, forget and don’t hold
on to any resentment.

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Also, on a more mundane level, do not complain
about the bad things you encounter every day,

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do not complain about the idiots, the government,
crooks, bankers, malicious people.

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Instead, build yourself up, face them from
your superior ground, be the better person,

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be the noble person.

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Avoid arguing for your limitations and keep
going towards your goals.

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4) Don’t blindly follow the Masters
In the words of Nietzsche “Don’t just

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swallow the wisdom of the past masters of
philosophy.

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Rather, strive to build your own path.

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Appreciate the masters from the past, but
don’t just follow them blindly.”

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Nietzsche was an avid reader of past philosophies,
starting from the ancient Greeks to more modern

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philosophers, like Arthur Schopenhauer.

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However, at one point in his life, he denounced
the past philosophies or reformulated the

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past philosophies into his own philosophy
of life.

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He believed that finding his own path, his
own philosophy, his own style of writing was

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crucially important.

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Sometimes, in life, we have to make major
decisions, like denouncing some old ways of

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thinking or working, even at the cost of losing
our status in society.

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To follow our own path often requires sacrifices,
putting us in conflict with the authorities

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of present or of the past - the “masters”,
but, according to Nietzsche, in order to live

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an authentic life, we have to give up the
comfort of following the safe path, blindly

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- break away from the “Masters”, and work
on our own philosophical principles of life

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and work.

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Of course, we still have to gain knowledge
from the old philosophies, appreciate the

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wisdom of past philosophers, but, in the end,
we have to build our own philosophy for our

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own lives, our own wisdom.

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We should use the wisdom of the “Masters”
only as a source of inspiration for our own

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philosophy.

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Sometimes, in life, you find yourself at a
crossroads and you have to choose between

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three paths: The first is a safe path with
a guide telling you everything you need to

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do.

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The second is a dangerous path that you have
to walk alone, going from potential failure

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to potential failure, and the third is the
most effective path, the one where you think

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for yourself, analyze what “the masters”
or “the experts” are really telling you,

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you take into account their credibility and
you take from them only what is important

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and useful to your life.

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Nietzsche urges you to take the last path,
because it is the path that will lead to the

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greatest rewards in the future.

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5) Find your WHY
Nietzsche says “He who has a ‘WHY?’

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in life can tolerate almost any HOW?”

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For Nietzsche, the measure of success and
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mirror and be proud of yourself, not ashamed.

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The only authority you should really fear
is your own consciousness which screams at

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you to be always true to yourself and to always
follow your North Star, your “why”.

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When you follow your “Why”, the “How”
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No matter the amount of pain which comes with
“How”, you will be able to endure it,

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because you would be living an authentic life
- a life in line with your core values, your

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inner self.

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Nietzsche demands you to leave conventionality
aside, ignore the other people who keep you

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down, because there is a path only you can
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Your life purpose cannot be found unless you
find yourself first and, and after you find

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the reason to live, you can tolerate any hardship
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To find your why, your path, start by looking
at yourself in the mirror and see if you are

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ashamed or proud of yourself.

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Did you betray the one on the other side of
that mirror or did you honour it?

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Have you always been true to yourself?

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Did you really cultivate the talents life
gifted you with?

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What things must you do in order for you to
be proud of yourself and make you feel more

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powerful?

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What do you have to accomplish, what milestones
and what would be the most exciting goal you

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can think of for yourself?

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This most likely would be your North Star
for you to follow.

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You might not reach it during your lifetime,
but at least you will know at the end of your

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life that you did everything in your power
to come closer to it and you won’t mind

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the hardship you’ve been through.

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6) Suffering can make you stronger
Nietzsche says “What does not destroy me,

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makes me stronger.”

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Nietzsche advises us to be like the Phoenix,
always ready to rise up from our ashes.

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To evolve, we sometimes must destroy ourselves
in some way, to rise anew and stronger.

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Suffering makes us stronger, it transcends
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Life is a journey and each stage is a level
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In Nietzsche’s view, a real thinker sees
life as a knowledge quest, each event being

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an opportunity to learn something new.

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The outcomes, no matter how painful, are lessons
to learn from and the process of learning

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is transformative.

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Nietzsche believes that we must keep ourselves
apart from the outcomes, it is not relevant

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if it’s a success or a failure, what really
matters is what we learned from it, how we

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evolved from it.

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The biggest lessons we can get are from our
biggest tragedies because they present us

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with our biggest vulnerabilities, our biggest
fears and our biggest desires.

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We have to dive into suffering and let ourselves
rise again from the abyss just like the Phoenix.

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As an exercise, try to think of the most painful
episodes you’ve lived, make a list of them,

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think of what vulnerabilities these episodes
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Why have you suffered?

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What illusions about life or about people
have you lost?

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Accept the loss, no matter how painful, and
try to see the episodes as an observer.

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What knowledge about life or about people
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In case you lost illusions, what knowledge
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now?

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How can you make this knowledge useful?

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How can this knowledge prepare you for similar
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Those tragic events have not killed you and,
as long as you remain alive and capable of

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learning, you will grow stronger after each
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7) Avoid being just “busy”
To quote Nietzsche “Men fall into two groups:

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slaves and free men.

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Whomever doesn’t have 2/3rds of his day
for himself, is a slave, whatever he may be:

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a statesman, a businessman, an official, or
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According to Nietzsche, people are either
slaves or free.

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The free people or the “Masters” are strong,
creative, they can do whatever they want,

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at least 2/3rds of their days.

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The slaves cannot do whatever they want, they
work for others more than 2/3rds of the day,

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they follow other people and society’s rules
blindly, having little control of their lives.

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One should earn his bread and to work 8 hours
per day is oftentimes inevitable, but this

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should be the limit somebody should accept
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Anymore than this and you are at the mercy
of other people or you are the slave of your

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own money, you cease to own your own life.

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The anxious feelings people might feel when
they think they don’t work enough, or they

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don’t push hard enough or work more than
8 hours is more a consequence of the slave

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mentality.

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You have to make the distinction between working
for others and working for yourself and you

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shouldn’t work more than 8 hours of the
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If you do, no matter who you are, a president,
a businessman, a scholar, an official, you

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are still a slave.

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Even if you are a businessman and you claim
that you work for yourself, you have to ask

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yourself: am I working for making more money
or am I really working for myself?

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If you work for your money, you are still
a slave.

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If you really work for yourself, this means
that the work you do nurtures you, makes you

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happy and gives you energy.

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Society is designed to make you envious, to
make you want more, to consume more and chase

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things you don’t really need, to keep you
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Nietzsche advises us to break this chain and
learn to live for ourselves for at least 2/3rd

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of our days.

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8) Live dangerously!

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Nietzsche says “The secret of harvesting
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is to LIVE DANGEROUSLY!”.

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We should all try to make from each day the
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Danger is the test bench of ourselves and
it makes us feel alive.

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We should test our limits in order to overcome
ourselves and we should learn to enjoy living

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out of our comfort zone.

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Nietzsche urges us to stop being prudent and
regular in life.

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Rather we should be overjoyed heroes, living
dangerously, expressing our individuality

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freely, masters of our own lives and we should
not listen to ordinary people, who are often

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feeling threatened by such a life lived dangerously.

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There is a huge number of people happy to
live in the comfort of their cocoon, not willing

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to take any risks in life, avoiding any danger.

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They always try to copy others, rather than
express themselves as they really are.

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Don’t be someone like that, because in this
way you would waste your life and you would

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miss a great opportunity to enjoy this life
to the fullest.

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In order to start really living your life,
try this test, ask yourself: ‘Would I be

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willing to relive this day a million times
forever?’

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Would I be happy or sad if I lived the same
life over and over again?

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The answer to this question would help you
to assess your current life.

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Make the appropriate changes until you will
be able to declare that you are willing to

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relive every minute of your new joyous and
adventurous life.

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9) Become a Superhuman
Nietzsche says: “Man is a rope stretched

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between the animal and the Superhuman--a rope
over an abyss.

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A dangerous crossing, a dangerous wayfaring,
a dangerous looking-back, a dangerous trembling

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and halting.

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What is great in man is that he is a bridge
and not a goal”.

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In Nietzsche’s view, the purpose of humanity
is to overcome itself, to create a superhuman,

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an “Übermensch” in German.

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We are a bridge to something greater.

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No matter who we are, no matter our social
status, our wealth, our physical appearance,

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our intelligence, our race, we all contribute
to this purpose of human species to overcome

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itself and to create something greater.

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Our struggles in life, our traumas, our successes,
they all are transmitted to our children.

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And beyond this, the things we create and
invent, the science, the technology, the arts,

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they all prepare the arrival of a new species
of humans, the superhuman species.

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Our real goals in life are not individual
goals, but rather they are collective goals,

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all pushing humanity forward.

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By being a parent, or a teacher, by developing
a product through your work, or a scientific

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theory, by creating a piece of art, of literature,
of philosophy, your contribution to the evolution

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of the human species can be extremely significant.

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Always see your individual goals as part of
the collective, harmonize them and your life

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will suddenly have much more meaning.

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10) Happiness is the way you approach your
goals

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Nietzsche invented his own formula for happiness:
“My formula for happiness: a Yes, a No,

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a straight line, a goal.”

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According to Nietzsche, happiness is not something
you find at a destination, it is a process

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and consists of four steps.

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The first step is to say “yes” to experiences
and people, to be able to take risks and to

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learn from the environment close to you.

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Then, at the second step, you examine the
value or the usefulness of these experiences

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and people, you learn to say “no” to the
useless or not valuable ones, you become selective.

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The third step is to draw the necessary conclusions
and principles for those particular events

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or people, to draw a straight line, then,
finally, at the fourth step, you will formulate

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your goals.

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We all think we work to become happy and by
happy we usually mean the great satisfaction

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we get from a big accomplishment, the great
moments with our family and friends, entertainment,

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travelling to our favourite locations.

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We often trap ourselves in an endless circle
of suffering and happiness in the form of

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work and rewards.

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But the real and long-lasting happiness is
not the reward at the end of a process, it

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is the process.

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You have to see happiness as a way to live
your life or approach your goals.

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The happy moments are the flowers you pick
up along the way on your endless journey to

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becoming a Superhuman.

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