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Introduction

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Table of Contents 3

Chapter 1: How to Become Indifferent to Criticism 4

Chapter 2: How to Free Yourself from External Validation 8

Chapter 3: Nobody gives a shit about your photos

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Chapter 4: How Many “Favorites” or “Likes” is Enough? 16

Chapter 5: My Top 10 Sources of Discontentment in Street Photography 25

Chapter 6: How to Be Grateful For What You Have 35

Chapter 7: On Jealousy and Street Photography

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Chapter 8: On Failure and Street Photography 45

Chapter 9: In Praise of Slowness in Street Photography 49

Chapter 10: How to Be Mindful in Street Photography 55

Chapter 11: Zen in the Art of Street Photography

57Chapter 12: Lessons Taoism Has Taught Me About Street Photography 65

Chapter 13: Lessons Life Has Taught Me About Street Photography 97

Chapter 14: How to Prevent Regrets in Life 113

Chapter 15: Shoot Every Day As If It Were Your Last 119

Chapter 16: On Legacy and Street Photography 122

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Chapter 1: How to Become Indifferent to Criticism

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Resisting being addicted to praise on social media

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4. Avoid looking at feedback until a week later

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Chapter 2: How to Free Yourself from External Validation

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The “Flickr” mind-set

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Are there any “rules” in street photography?

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Chapter 3: Nobody gives a shit about your photos

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Chapter 4: How Many “Favorites” or “Likes” is Enough?

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How many favorites or likes are enough?

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Taking a break from uploading my photos to social media

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1. The majority of the people on the internet don’t know what a goodphotograph is

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3. Social comparison

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Chapter 5: My Top 10 Sources of Discontentment in

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7. Not being able to travel

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Chapter 6: How to Be Grateful For What You Have

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1. Desire what you already own

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Chapter 7: On Jealousy and Street Photography

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Cutting jealousy by the throat

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Chapter 8: On Failure and Street Photography

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3. Failing to be liked by everybody

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Chapter 9: In Praise of Slowness in Street Photography

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1. Slow down publishing

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3. Slow down in the streets

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Conclusion

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Chapter 10: How to Be Mindful in Street Photography

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Takeaway point

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