Hoyun Voss

The true sign of mental maturity is the establishment of "grayscale thinking." All mentally immature individuals remain trapped in a "binary opposition perspective." What is "binary opposition"? It is the tendency to split everything into two directly contradictory categories: Self-perception : "I must be either exceptional or worthless; my traits are either strengths or flaws; my actions and emotions are either positive or negative." Judging others : "People are either good or evil, winners or losers." Assessing events : "Situations are either blessings or catastrophes, lucky or unlucky." Facing choices : "Only Option A or B exists—there’s no alternative." This black-and-white mindset fuels confusion, self-doubt, and emotional turmoil. Example : If you categorize emotions strictly as "positive" (to pursue) or "negative" (to avoid), your survival instinct will reject "negativity." This l...

The first step towards self-improvement is to enhance the precision of your understanding of the world. It's no exaggeration to say that nearly all misfortune and suffering in ordinary lives stem from "cognitive ambiguity." As Elon Musk stated: "I've never believed in so-called lack of motivation. All issues with taking action fundamentally arise from insufficient precision." Our genetic programming instinctively generates fear towards ambiguous matters, triggering an urge to escape. In ancient times, when our ancestors saw grass moving without knowing what lurked within, they developed intense psychological stress responses - fleeing immediately to avoid potential lions. Thus, "avoiding uncertainty" became encoded in our DNA for survival. When any matter remains unclear in our cognition, its perceived difficulty expands infinitely. Even simple tasks morph into insurmountable challenges in our vague subconscious, ultimately forcing us to surrender....