One form of discomfort I’ve found to be very beneficial, that avg ppl generally want no part of:
Move across the country or world for an extended period of time.
No safety nets. No support base. Limited knowledge of the situation ahead.
Find out what you can do on your own.
When you go off on your own, truly on your own, it’s almost impossible to make it through that and not come out of it a better man.
As of a few years ago, more than 80% of the population lived within a few hours of their parents.
We used to have rituals of men becoming men by going off and surviving on their own. It’s quite difficult to recreate that in modern society.
We all have an innate need to explore and it’s harder to find that in today’s world.
And to clarify, this doesn’t mean some random long “vacation” to “find yourself”.
It’s legit building a life from the ground up. In a foreign environment, without the comfort of the safety nets we’re all so accustomed to (friends, family, known environment, etc)
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Lotta you out there are looking to improve your social & cold reading skills. Analyzing strangers on the spot.
Using the Barnum Effect is IMO the easiest way to instantly improve your cold reading.
I’ll dive into how to use it below
I’ve been fascinated with the human mind for as long as I can remember. Maybe this stemmed from being extremely introverted. Maybe from just the fascination of how things worked.
But I’ve been studying how people think of themselves & how to apply that to interactions for years
I had been considering writing a thread on this for a bit.
And brother @YousXP brought this up the other day which inspired me to put some info out there.
He was talking about astrology and the Barnum effect, which is a phenomenal example.
Sure, many of you know what “The Hero’s Journey” is. Entertained by countless stories of that nature.
But you can take the principles from it to create an extraordinary life for yourself. Face your demons. Become your own hero. Conquer.
What is The Hero’s Journey?
For the unaware, it’s a common narrative template used across many stories thruout humanity. It uses relatively similar aspects across different story arcs.
Normally falling into 3 distinct phases:
- Departure
- Initiation/Revelation
- Return
There’s many specific steps to The Hero’s Journey, but they generally fall into one of those 3 phases.
This’s meant to be applicable, not a lecture on literary structure.
If you want you can google Joesph Campbell’s 17 stages, but my goal is for you to focus on applicability
Well I opened up Facebook for 25 seconds and stumbled across this gem....
And cuz I’m fascinated by how ridiculous the average person’s thought process is, I read the whole thing
My thoughts below....
I honestly expected this to be satire. Thinking there’s no way someone’s gonna sell people on “eating chips and whipped cream on the couch” is good for you.
Sadly, the title was not clickbait & reflects exactly what it says
Now we have, what the nerds like to call these days, a “Medical Expert”, telling us that we should pay JUST AS MUCH attention to hedonism as our self-control....
Further reason to shun most mainstream “experts” (if you needed any more after these past months)