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People often appreciate different music, dance, and food, but not different ideologies. I did not leave Iran to come to Iran. As civilized people, we solve our differences by trying to understand each other, not bombs, like Pete Hegseth. To solve our differences, we need to think logically and calmly, not let emotions control take over.

I believe a country should be run more like a company. In a company, the CEO is chosen by a board of directors who understand the job, know the candidates, and have a process for evaluating them. A leader's most important quality should be the ability to lead. If they have some minor flaws, that's normal—they are human beings. We do not need to treat political leaders as if they are perf...

The pilot flying your plane is not chosen by a vote from the passengers. So why should the leader of a country be chosen by everyone living in it? Would you rather have a small number of well-informed votes or a large number of uninformed ones? Is quality more important than quantity? I believe democracy is the best form of government, but sometimes we misunderstand what it means. Anyone is free t...

Entertainment is when you're fully focused on what's happening right now. You're not thinking about the past, the future, or everything going on around you. This is often called being in a state of flow. Excitement is a form of entertainment that boosts your energy and stirs your emotions. Happy people tend to experience both entertainment and excitement more often—and they stay in...

If you just go through life “going with the flow,” you might end up somewhere you never even wanted to be. It’s better to live intentionally — make your own big decisions, and save the “go with the flow” mindset for smaller things. What matters most is not how much other people like you, but how much you genuinely like yourself. Don’t confuse looking happy online with actually being happy in real...

We all make mistakes. The real question is what we choose to do afterward. Will we use those mistakes as opportunities to grow, or will we try to defend our wrongdoing? To judge a process, look at the outcome. Don’t let people distract or confuse you with the details of the process itself.

If you don't choose your path, someone else will. Change happens gradually, outcomes are exponential 

"Is it that we 'act' like different people depending on where we are, or is it just different sides of our personality coming out?"

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Small changes that we make in our value system now, may not look like that much to begin with, can have exponential effect in the long run. Q: What do you value? saving money or spending it, do you wanna look scary or friendly, what is more important function or fashion, Do you prefer to be famous or helpful, Do you value approval or being challenged?

Although the saying, "if it's not broken, why should you fix it?" can be correct often, reviewing it is not such a bad thing.  Often we are OK with the poor results of our habits but question the better results of a change. Q: What do you value more, healthy food or tasty food? Do you think healthy food is expensive? Do you exercise to be healthy or other reasons? Do you want someth...

In order to have a good life we should have our values in the right order.  For me the most important thing is to be happy and have a good life in general. The chain that makes a happy life has different links to it, e.g. health, money, circle of friends, helping others, fame, power, daylight, satisfying job and so on. At different times of my life different links have been the weakest where I put...

One becomes famous because they are liked by the public, its not always because they are correct, smart, helpful, reasonable and so on. This is why I say you can judge the value system of a society by seeing who is on top. A country becomes democratic, dictatorship, good or bad and so on because of the people not the government, after all the government is selected or stays in power because of the...

People have different standards, let them decide what they need help with and how. After all, try to help people the way they want to be helped not the way you want to help.  Often is better to take other's request/comments at face value, not base on the previous experiences, otherwise its like eating in a dish that hasn't been cleaned up, you get the previous food flavor in the new one....

We teach our children stranger danger,  Bad idea. Strangers are only strangers until you get to know them. When we say we like someone, it does not equate to us trusting them, and vice versa disliking someone does not equate to not trusting them. People being trustworthy or not does not rely on liking them or not. You can change your feelings and get to like someone e.g. by getting to know them bu...

You can get some attention/look when you look different than the norm in the society. And that will be fixed as people get used to it by seeing more of it Don't trust the first impression,  Don't trust your intuition, be objective Solution to lessen discrimination: 1. Be curious, not judgemental 2. Stranger is not danger, stranger is just a stranger, TILL you get to know them. Studies sh...

It is important to know if it is discrimination, vetting, or that there has been no discrimination at all and instead it was our own perception that made this judgement. Sometimes we make wrong conclusions and try to fix a problem that doesn't exist. We then neglect to pay attention to the things that need it. This said, we can get discriminated against based on multiple reasons. Discriminati...

It is not a bad idea to question any basic principle as what and why we do something time to time. After all circumstances change. And sometime we are simply living the life we were taught and the life we want. When asking a genuine question, almost any answer is good, but when we ask a question, expecting a certain answer, we can easily get offended or disappointed. Often based on what we do we c...

When starting a relationship, it is important to be as honest as possible with yourself and the other party regarding your expectations of the relationship. Even if this is the case, over time we genuinely change our expectations. Since over years as we develop our own identity, we normally but not always, grow apart more than we grow closer to one another. We get in a relationship for different r...

We all need friends, so it is very important to know how to pick good friends and how to be one. The following are a few of the red flags to watch out for when looking for a good friend: Wishing others ill, jealousy, negativity, not been able to show your vulnerability, and not respecting one's privacy. We have to remember that everyone has flaws, so we don't want to write off people who...

There are times which we give a good connotation to a  bad behaviour or alternatively, a bad connotation to a  good behaviour.  So when somebody makes a comment, you have to ask them, "is this a good thing or a bad thing?" Richer societies can afford more independent life, independence leads to being alone which could lead to loneliness. That is why in richer societies anxiety and depres...

Mo claims that loneliness or, having no friends, is the major cause of death, more than smoking, alcoholism, poor diet and so on. To battle loneliness, one needs friends. Friends are those who are not your enemy, they celebrate your successes and get sad when you feel down. Secondly you have something in common with them. Some friends are good companions, while not being able to help in every way,...

Failure is not falling down/making mistakes, failure is not getting back up afterwards. We all make mistakes, the difference is how we handle them. Once you make a mistake, first realize the extent of it, then move on and focus on solving it. Do not settle down on the mistake, since you can't undo what is done. There is good in any bad and bad in any good, focus on what you learnt from the ba...

First we should learn from others, then add to it. We do not need to experience someone else's experience in order to learn. You should ask first and then built on it. Schooling teaches you how to fish it does not give you the fish. Q: In your opinion, what is the better way, asking how or figuring it out on own?

Failing to plan equates to planning to fail. Knowing the difference between happiness and pleasure will help us plan accordingly, as to which one is missing in our lives and which deserves more attention. At times, we envy the life of others since they have more pleasure in their life, while in fact, that doesn't represent their level of happiness.  While pleasure can increase your level of h...