Thread by @diogojoma

Getting started is the most difficult part.

Our minds find all the excuses to delay action.

It's codified in our genes.

Our cavemen ancestors needed it to save energy

To critical moments like hunting or breeding.

We are moved by dopamine releasing activities.

https://twitter.com/tellquint/status/1329110765127815169

Modernity created a mismatch between the environment where we live and our genetic heritage.

What worked for survival in ancient times is deterring us from taking action now.

But knowing how our body is codified allow us to trick ourselves into action.

What differentiate those who take action from others

Is the ability TO TRICK THEMSELVES into action.

Everybody goes to school and then go get a job.

Because everybody is obligated to do so.

But very few are capable of taking proactive action.

That's the reason most adults are obese and out of shape.

Incapable of overcoming their inherited codified laziness.

The good news is that anybody has the potential to overcome it.

Once they understand how to trick themselves.

There are many little tactics that anyone can implement to start to change themselves.

I know how it works because I failed a lot of times.

I failed in school many times.

I skipped most of classes and lost some years.

I failed trying to get in shape.

Failed with being consistent in the gym.

Failed with diet.

Failed with reaching my reading goals.

Failed with many many projects.

I learnt a lot about failure.

It took me years to understand the whys but I figured it out.

I overcame all those failures. One by one.

I'm 100% sure anyone can succeed because I did it.

I didn't it with any extraordinary feat.

Just applied some simple and small steps.

I got my computer science degree with success.

I managed to get consistent with the gym.

I added +15kg of muscle to my body.

Successfully dieting to lose body fat.

Built a reading habit that allows me to read 20-30 books per year.

Allowed me to work daily for more than 1 year till the lunch of my first company.

Created an investment discipline that yielded my best returns during a global pandemics.

If you want to change your life, we reached the point where I could guide you but...

I have no online course to sell you or a 60 page pdf with tactics to change your life.

I'm just stating you could be a better version of yourself.

But you are wasting your life with social networks instead of going deadlift.

You are a fat ass and the fault is entirely yours.

Sincerely,

Your impolitic counsellor,

Diogo