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You can give people all the steps

You can give people all the tools

You can give people all the resources

But until you address the mind, none of these amount to anything

This has been most most powerful lesson this year

Every difficult problem people contact me to help them solve

ALL have the same root issue

Your way of thinking (or lack thereof)

That’s where your all problems and issues are birthed

Remedy and Remove the mind as obstacle

Action and momentum are EASY

The concept of growing an "organic" following is so stupidly overcomplicated its hard to express

Its the simplest thing

-Post content where your target audience is likely to find you, CONSISTENTLY

Problem is that no one knows who they are after

2nd problem, the content SUCKS

The content better be REAL shit (which is where 99% of companies and individuals fail)

Disposable click baity crap doesnt build an audience

Nor does talking like a robot

3rd, your business idea is probably terrible

which means you're producing crappy content for an ill defined audience and you wonder why you struggle

Classical Education

Trivium- Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric

Quadrivium- Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, Astronomy

Trivium

-Goal being to learn how to think and reason and speak and persuade clearly and effectively

Quadrivium

-Goal being to understand the reality and the underlying and formative principles of the Universe

This led to studying to Philosophy and Theology

-If you started out of order, your thinking and knowledge would be faulty, incomplete, inaccurate, and of poor quality, you would never grasp truth nor come close to it

The Four Principles of BUILDING

1-What is Important? The MISSION

2-The Actions

3-The Victories

4-The Discipline-

1-The Mission

Real talk, fucking CHOOSE SOMETHING, and then you run with it
It’s going to evolve anyways

Motivation is motivation, you can mature later on when you fail and learn more

Above all else, DO NOT WAVER

2-The Actions

What Moves You FORWARD??

Leveraged Moves, Fail Forward, Do what gets you better

Process of Addition

-Pieces need to come together, are they coming together/

You figure out actions from prioritIes, reverse-engineer the goals

Florida is a weird state

A strange concoction of Americana tradition, Deep South sentiment, multi cultural mixing, endemic corruption, anything goes attitude

And it’s flat as hell and feels like a Swamp

Correction: IS a swamp

I love Florida, really I do

But it’s a damned strange place

I see doctors on Twitter who absolutely HATE those who promote Low-carb and carnivore diets

Yet these same doctors, many whom “specialize” in treating obesity

They cannot produce the same results, not even remotely

And these doctors claim to be scientists

Yet they ignore the overwhelming anecdotal evidence from thousands of people that these approaches work

-They also take on a holier than thou “I’m all about science and evidence”

Yet they are hypocrites

They have abundant evidence staring them in the face

& they refuse to give it any merit, because it undermines their beliefs/credibility

-Consequently, they default to this “only I can talk about this, I’m a DOCTOR” argument

Ivory tower protectionism

FYI-

Altitude masks don’t increase VO2 max and don’t mimic training at altitude at all

They make it harder to breathe and do strengthen the pulmonary muscles

but This reduces performance

The “benefits” come from the increase in pulmonary muscle strength basically

And obviously when you take it off it’s easier to breathe

Which then allows you to perform as normal

Attempting to train with it “high intensity” is more a mental challenge than anything else

If you really wanted to improve your cardiorespiratory efficiency

Get an O2 trainer

It trains the respiratory system far more effectively

Depressed people commonly display biomarkers that indicate their depression is bodily, not purely "in their head" cognitive

-Elevated Cortisol levels (stress hormone)

-Increased cytokine levels (high levels of bodily inflammation)

-Low Vitamin B levels (its estimated up to 1/3 of people are vitamin B deficient)

-Low Vitamin D levels (around 60% of the US population is Vitamin D deficient)

-insulin resistance (which comes from being overly fat. Insulin is inflammatory)

-Increased bodyfat levels (obese people are 25% more likely to be depressed), bodyfat is inflammatory

-estrogen dominance (an issue both in men and women, increases emotionality markedly)

Depression isn't cognitive in its origins, its bodily

Delegating is the "life hack" you're never taught growing up if you have blue-collar parents and family

The mindset of "I can do it all" is what people follow

The wealthy and prosperous delegate the non essential to other people, frees time for priorities

Figure out what actions are leveraged and not leveraged

Delegate non-leveraged actions

Focus on those things that give highest return

Vast majority of people work "hourly" even when they are not at work

How do "successful" people get more done and manage so many more responsibilities?

Its not by doing busy work, I can tell you that

17 Habits of Effective Assholes Who Are Happier Than You

1. Saying No to people
If you say yes to everything, you will become one of the crowd. What you say No to defines the borders/boundaries of your lives

No is mandatory for doing what you want

2. Not pretending to like anyone that they don't like

Theres nothing more soul draining than having to wear face for people whom you cant stand

So don't be friends with people you don't like

This makes life VASTLY more enjoyable, and less stressful

3. You got hate in your heart let it out

If you don't like to do something, anything, DON'T DO IT

Does not matter whether it activities, social gatherings, food, films, music, entertainment, people

don't fuck with what you don't enjoy

Human beings are very bad at making predictions past 5-10 year

Not because it’s “hard” to predict

But because people generally can’t think beyond the future being a slightly improved copy present

It takes a creative and unconstrained mind to NOT be held back by the idea of the future being a replication of the present

And to also be able to think beyond reactionary ideas to current events

Making predictions requires understanding human nature while also seeing the “impossible” 3rd and 4th order effects

One of the biggest subjects I have changed my mind on recently has been boredom

I used to critique the idea of being bored

But now I see it as a refuge against the consumerism and excess stimulation of modern society

We need to be bored sometimes

We need to give the mind a break from consuming

We need to give ourselves a break from constant stimulation

How could you be bored?

That is what people say

-but what is wrong with being board with consuming?

It’s interesting how many messages I get from teenagers and early 20 somethings, all with same concerns

-feel unprepared for life
-school/college wasn’t a useful education
-don’t have any role models to follow

There is a sentiment among many of Gen Z that college is often useless

Their disillusionment and loss of faith in their parents and institutions cannot be understated

Millennials look at life and are resentful that their useless degrees aren’t worth anything

Gen Z look at college and question why it’s valued in the first place

My Top 10 Anti Habits I Live by

1-Do not engage in anything that you cannot take seriously

2-Don't do business/relationships with anyone that you cannot respect

3-Do not compromise sleep

4-Do not let anything chronically disrupt your schedule

5-Do not commute

6-Do not allow uncertainty to persist for too long in any relationship you have

7-Do not deal with Borderline Personalities, at any cost

8-Do not avoid sacrifice ever

9-Do not exchange short term comfort for long term prosperity

10-Do not do whatever "they" say you should do

Boomers have become increasingly ineffective since 2007-2008,

The world they created has gotten ahead of them

and the consequences they created, they've been ill prepared to deal with or understand

Its been strange to me to witness a generation of adults who lacked any foresight into the consequences of their actions,

And have made policy decisions purely based on short term reaction

Boomers are consumers, first and foremost

I am unsure as to what can be pointed to as their generational achievement

Aside from massive debt and constant fiscal screwups

Strategies for For Dealing with Anger

1. Accept that you can only control yourself, not other people

2. Recognize the space between someones actions and your reaction

3. Realize you can choose how to react

4. Change your social circle

6. Change your attitude

7. Handle your traumas

8. Repair your relationship with your mother

9. Repair your relationship with your father

10. Get over and past your Ex

11. Let go of your resentment of your Past

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The 5 Major Issues with 5 Rep Training

1-People assume it’s the “Ultimate” program

-It’s not. What happens in 90% of cases, is that raw beginners discover 5x5, people who have never really followed a plan, and they do it, and they get stronger

Sometimes significantly so. And because they get results, they then have a confirmation bias that THIS is the way to train, and all programs get compared to it

REALITY CHECK-Any program you follow that’s based on progressive overload will WORK

5x5 just happens to be simple, and for beginners, it elicits a training effect because ANYTHING elicits a training effect in beginners. 3x5, 4x5, 5x5, 3x10, high volume, low volume, etc.

When The Truth Makes You Feel Ashamed, USE IT

You will have critical moments in life when you will be embarrassed by the truth

Not in context of someone is trying to make you feel "bad"

But the shame that you experience when you have to accept REALITY

When the truth is what you shames you, thats your opportunity to reconcile with your mistakes, with your deficiencies, with your faults

Shame is the moment that you cannot deny the consequences

Shame gives you direction

The question of "where do I start?" is answered, you KNOW what you need to do

That moment in time that causes a gulf of negative emotions and realization, it can change your whole life.

Lessons on dealing with SJW mobs

1-NEVER apologize, ever. Do not even entertain the thought

2-Don't be angry. Never respond in anger. Double down and use Sarcastic agreement

3-Laugh. Its impossible to attack someone who doesnt take you seriously

4. Don't be cruel-They already think you're a monster, and while you'll have opportunities to be absolutely malicious vicious, abstain. Take the high road on this one

5. Realize these people are miserable-this is literally the best use of their time, SAD AF

6. When they realize you're not backing down-They give up. There's not much you can do when you realize you cannot make a person feel anything and get them to your level

Environment creates emotions

Choose to live in a beautiful place where the environment is conducive to enrichment

You’ll never be happy being at war with your surroundings

Cities can be beautiful

Cities can be dreadful

Don’t willingly live in a place that feels like a cage to you

It will affect your thinking on every level

This might not be possible now

But it is a goal to work towards

Live where you feel most FREE

There's this special hour in Venice Beach, in the early morning

Its a magical time, when the early riser addicts all try to shoot up and get high

its quiet, with only the occasional sound of someone ODing and falling face first on the grass or the sand

I had a conversation with one women

She's topless, wrapped in a blanket, hands and face are covered in as,

We start talking because she's looking for a spot to "take her shot" as some of them call it

She tells me she can never get it right

She's referring to when they inject (most of them are opiod and smack addicts)

Ideally, you insert a vein, and its a smooth operation of pressing down and then the Rush hits you

But she tends to get nervous and can't find a vein

Here’s some real relationship advice gentlemen

-Don’t date women who are picky eaters

You see; food is sensory experience, you’re literally TASTING the unknown

Women who are picky eaters, thy are of a closed mind

Women who want to TASTE everything

That’s an adventurous being

And they’ll be up for all kinds of experiences

How you do one thing is how you do everything

Women I’ve known who loved new foods

Fun, adventurous, always curious

Picky eaters, hesitant, not curious, fixed mindsets

The former is far more fun than the latter

I’m at Tasting Kitchen in Venice, CA.

The meal was phenomenal

A thread

Here you can sausages and carrots, olives, and fresh bread

I was most impressed the with how satiating the flavors were

The bread was doughy and butters

The olives fresh and peppery

The sausages perfectly smoky and with an apple butter finish

What is impressive here is that the chefs have very clearly tasted and selectively chosen the ingredients and experimented with the preparation

They’ve sourced and vetted everything they use.

An okay restaurant doesn’t do things to this level

Paul Carters Million Dollar Nutrition Advice.

1. Eat a quality protein at every meal - chicken, fish, lean cuts of steak, eggs, egg whites, turkey

2. Eat all the fruits and veggies you want

3. Eliminate hyper-palatable foods that fire up the reward circuitry in the brain. Don't act like you don't know what they are. Oreo's, potato chips, pizza.

4. Eliminate sugary drinks that pack a ton of calories with virtually no nutrient value.

5. Push the majority of your carbs into the the peri-workout and post training meal

6. Massage carb and fat intake accordingly for fat loss or mass gain.