<video><title>An Uncommonly Fine Life: Chapter 19 Employ your Favorite Model, Then Throw it away</title><description>A book about principles for living a happy and fulfilled life</description><transcript><transcript><line from="00:00:00,000" to="00:00:03,800">It's important to find an employee a system that works for you.</line><line from="00:00:03,800" to="00:00:08,800">The various systems of thought and action which are oriented towards the conservation of energy</line><line from="00:00:08,800" to="00:00:14,000">are useful because they help us to reduce confusion and provide a model for understanding.</line><line from="00:00:14,000" to="00:00:20,560">At the same time it's important to remember that a model is just that a model and not actually</line><line from="00:00:20,560" to="00:00:21,560">reality.</line><line from="00:00:21,560" to="00:00:25,520">We need to learn to let go of old models that no longer work so that we can make room for</line><line from="00:00:25,520" to="00:00:26,520">new ones.</line><line from="00:00:26,520" to="00:00:28,720">Life is a progression.</line><line from="00:00:28,720" to="00:00:30,520">Life is a journey.</line><line from="00:00:30,520" to="00:00:35,720">What was once right and true and good for you once might not be so today be willing to</line><line from="00:00:35,720" to="00:00:44,520">let go of old models that no longer work for you life is dynamic.</line><line from="00:00:44,520" to="00:00:45,520">You are dynamic.</line><line from="00:00:45,520" to="00:00:50,320">Therefore the practices you take on and the beliefs you have are all subject to change.</line><line from="00:00:50,320" to="00:00:54,200">This is good and appropriate even if it is sometimes scary.</line><line from="00:00:54,200" to="00:00:57,840">Learn to trust your instincts and your intuition.</line><line from="00:00:57,840" to="00:01:02,640">Be willing to try new ways of thinking most importantly don't feel guilty about discarding</line><line from="00:01:02,640" to="00:01:03,640">old models.</line><line from="00:01:03,640" to="00:01:09,440">They're meant to be thrown away along with everything else we think about ourselves.</line><line from="00:01:09,440" to="00:01:12,240">The only thing that matters is your relationship with truth.</line></transcript></transcript></video>