Get Ahead Of 99% Of People With Deep Work & Monk Mode
Dan Koe2024-03-21
self improvement#mindset#personal development#online marketing#online business#make money online#spirituality#entrepreneurship#motivation#personal growth#social media growth#self mastery#actualization
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💫 Short Summary
The video discusses the importance of setting goals, creating order, and embracing trial and error for personal development. It highlights the concept of treating life as a game to break free from societal norms and pursue individual goals. The importance of continuous learning, skill development, and creating systems for productivity and efficiency is emphasized. The video also touches on the significance of balancing challenges with skill level, aligning actions with goals, and focusing on personal growth for success and fulfillment in life. Ultimately, it encourages individuals to prioritize tasks, build habits, and invest in their ideal future for long-term success and passion.
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Creating an 'antivision' to motivate success.
02:43Identify what you don't want in life and where you'll end up if you continue the same path.
Utilize negative energy as motivation to achieve your goals.
Plan your future with specific goals and create order to prevent chaos.
Embrace trial and error, focusing on mastering one stage at a time to progress towards success.
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Treating life as a game to gain control over attention and create a more enjoyable life.
09:55Emphasizes the importance of molding your mind to create your own reality and game, rather than following societal norms.
Recognizing life as a game with preset paths to success can help individuals break free from the system and pursue their own goals.
The changing times and rise of remote work highlight the flaws in the traditional system, urging individuals to take control of their own destinies.
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Importance of continuous learning and leveling up skills in improving banking and financial systems.
15:21Individuals are questioning the current system and offering alternative approaches for better solutions.
The analogy of leveling up in a video game is used to illustrate personal growth and creating order from chaos.
Setting hierarchy of goals, having clarity on reaching those goals, and aiming towards a vision for the future are key elements in personal development.
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Importance of creating vision and hierarchy of goals.
21:27Setting sub-goals is essential to prevent feeling overwhelmed.
Writing down goals serves as an anchor for focus and clarity.
Establishing rules and mechanics helps navigate challenges and improve performance.
Feedback is crucial for progress and success in games and real-life situations.
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Importance of balancing skill level and challenge in tasks.
32:45Emphasizes continuous learning and personal development for tackling bigger challenges in life.
Personal story of creating a character in World of Warcraft to succeed in the game.
Highlighting the thought process behind choosing attributes that align with personality and play style.
Key takeaway is to immerse attention in tasks, continuously progress, and evolve to become a more complex and capable individual.
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The importance of learning in shaping thoughts and behaviors.
34:58Character development through learning and self-reflection impacts decision-making and success.
Self-education and continuous learning are crucial for personal growth and skill development.
Direct experience and self-reflection aid in evaluating actions and making informed decisions.
Aligning values with actions and improving skills are essential for meeting life's challenges.
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Importance of systemizing workflow and evolving for productivity in business.
41:37Emphasize the need to delegate tasks, outsource, and focus on high-leverage activities to work smarter.
Discussion on the concept of a 4-hour workday and benefits of saving time for life priorities.
Explore balance between external focus for productivity and internal focus for creativity.
Highlight the necessity of evolving systems to prevent stagnation and continue progressing.
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Importance of systems for survival and better outcomes in life.
47:16Entropy is discussed as Nature's tax and the need for productivity systems.
Fueling systems with correct energy is crucial for optimal performance.
The 4-Hour philosophy is introduced to limit work hours and increase focus.
Vision and identity are highlighted as key for setting goals and achieving clarity in life.
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Importance of Prioritizing Tasks in Work Efficiency.
54:11Writing content is highlighted as the foundational task for work efficiency.
Generating traffic to attract potential customers is identified as the next important task.
Promoting products to generate income is emphasized as a key priority.
Scheduling work in 90-minute blocks with focused, distraction-free sessions is recommended for optimal productivity.
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Tips for achieving flow state and enhancing focus in work.
01:01:41Use of deadlines and time blocks to improve concentration and productivity.
Creating an environment conducive to uninterrupted work sessions.
Importance of prioritizing rest for mental energy renewal.
Efficient work practices, problem-solving, and systemization to streamline the work process for optimal results.
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Importance of breaks, inspiration, and productivity.
01:06:30Emphasizes using digital tools for automation and focusing on sustainable products.
Encourages leveraging systems and structures for time management and efficiency.
Outlines a 'hard reset' process involving self-reflection, prioritization, and restructuring.
The challenge is to create a personalized system for success.
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Importance of Prioritizing Tasks and Organization in Life
01:13:07Emphasizes the need to remove unnecessary elements and restructure obligations for clarity and organization.
Creating a weekly plan and gradually increasing task execution aligned with one's purpose leads to long-term success.
Start small, taper up, and consistently work towards an ideal future for personal growth and fulfillment.
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Investing in your ideal future leads to passion and fulfillment.
01:19:51Aligning daily actions with future goals helps shape identity and perspective.
Consistency in practicing this alignment builds momentum and sustains passion.
Conceptual survival involves investing energy in self-concept and aligning actions with that identity.
Creating a daily routine prioritizing creativity, productivity, and experimentation is essential for achieving goals.
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Importance of Deep Work and Prioritizing Tasks for Productivity.
01:25:59Emphasizes focusing on meaningful projects and blocking out distractions to work towards future goals.
Introduces priority ladder method, starting with high-priority tasks that align with personal vision.
Discusses progression from building social media brand to monetizing a product or service.
Stresses the value of creative work and maintaining momentum in tasks for success.
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Discussion of 'holons' and their interconnected nature.
01:37:11Holons are units that are both a part and a whole, defining existence through relationships.
Importance of questioning beliefs and exploring various perspectives.
Alan Watts' teachings on human creation of limits and distinctions through holons.
Emphasis on philosophical contemplation for deeper understanding of emotions and thoughts.
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Discussion on hierarchies in society and the challenges of climbing the ladder.
01:41:03Importance of creating one's own hierarchy or business to escape dominance hierarchies.
Attention is a key factor in sustaining societal structures and beliefs.
Power in the modern world is derived from attention, both externally and internally.
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The importance of creating one's hierarchy of goals to break free from societal conditioning.
01:47:47Solving problems and investing in personal growth to break free from the cycle of conformity.
The need to identify one's purpose by addressing pressing problems and challenges in life.
Emphasizing the pursuit of self-actualization rather than conforming to traditional societal expectations.
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Importance of identifying and focusing on one's main goal or purpose to align actions and decisions.
01:53:12Understanding how problems or pain in life spread into other areas is crucial for making progress.
Problems don't disappear but evolve into better challenges to solve.
Self-reflection, mindfulness, and asking quality questions are tools for uncovering purpose and making meaningful progress in life.
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Importance of defining ideal self and day, aligning actions with goals, and focusing on the process for success.
01:59:05Significance of repetitive practice in mastering skills and achieving goals.
Discussion on stages of beginner, intermediate, and advanced in skill acquisition, and the importance of adapting actions accordingly.
Emphasis on making decisions based on performance, aligning actions with purpose, and gaining a multi-perspectival understanding for better decision-making.
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Importance of focusing on what's truly important in life and not getting distracted by unimportant things.
02:07:09Having a clear purpose and hierarchy of goals can impact your future greatly, especially in your 20s.
Three steps to future-proof yourself: building your body through exercise, focusing on looks and presentation, and balancing peace and progress.
Emphasizing the significance of looks and presentation in attracting opportunities and respect.
Cautioning against becoming narcissistic despite striving for improvement.
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Importance of building body, mind, and business for overall quality of life.
02:12:25Prioritizing physical health leads to mental clarity and increased energy, impacting finances positively.
Studying various disciplines like philosophy and psychology aids in personal growth.
Entrepreneurship is highlighted as a path for contributing value to society and achieving fulfillment.
Solve personal problems through business ideas that can help others, emphasizing continuous learning and growth.
00:05here's how you get ahead of 99% of
00:07people in 6 to 12 months become brutally
00:11aware of two things the first is what
00:13you don't want the second is where you
00:16will end up if you keep doing the same
00:19things in life observe the masses and
00:21see where mindless action leads it's not
00:24pretty At All by any means when you do
00:26this when you observe the masses sit
00:29with your thoughts think them through
00:31don't just close your mind off and take
00:33what you see on the surface and accept
00:35it as reality that's not how this works
00:38that closed-minded surface level living
00:40is what got you into this situation in
00:42the first place you need to think deeper
00:44it's easier to know what you don't want
00:47from experience and observation than it
00:49is to know what you want from
00:52imagination and just thinking and having
00:54all of these Grand ideas for your future
00:57and don't get me wrong here I'm not
00:59writing those things off those things
01:00are good they are not bad do not label
01:02any of what I'm saying as good or bad
01:04test it through your direct experience
01:07many of you know that I'm very big on
01:08creating a vision for your future but
01:10the best way to do that is by also
01:12creating an antiv Vision having a
01:15negative thing something that you
01:17despise something that will get you
01:18angry because negative energy is very
01:22very potent it can be used and
01:24transmuted to actually achieve what you
01:26want in life it's like when you're going
01:28to the gym I'll be walking on the
01:30treadmill as a warm-up and I'll just
01:32think of what my life would be without
01:34the gym where could I end up if I don't
01:36put my all into that workout and somehow
01:41I just get very very pissed and I can
01:43feel that energy and not being pissed
01:46isn't bad negative emotions aren't bad
01:49they exist they are what they are and
01:51they should be used not suppressed but
01:54used for good so to create your antiv
01:57vision sit down with a notebook become a
02:00mad scientist draw out everything sit
02:03with a notebook for 30 minutes and just
02:04draw out everything your entire future
02:07but start with the anti Vision write
02:08down every single thing that you do not
02:11want in this life what do you not want
02:13to look like what do you not want your
02:15future to be what do you not want your
02:17day to look like on an everyday basis
02:20and from that it will be much clearer to
02:22you what your vision will actually be
02:25because it's just the opposite of those
02:27things and so when you look at your
02:29antiv vision after creating it or as
02:31you're writing it you should feel
02:33uncomfortable you should feel very
02:34uncomfortable with the possibility of
02:37where you could end up in life if you do
02:39not take control of your life and so
02:43with that discomfort you should laser in
02:45on one big goal laser in on your vision
02:48for the future and this should be
02:50meaningful because your antiv vision is
02:53usually meaningless it comes from
02:55mindless action it comes from not doing
02:57anything and letting entropy take hold
02:59in and just drag your life into chaos
03:01that's what entropy does that is the
03:03supreme law of the universe if you do
03:06not create order for your life you will
03:08decline into chaos so in that same
03:11notebook with that vision for your
03:13future and your antiv vision plan out be
03:16the mad scientist that is going to work
03:19on the project of your life create a
03:21plan create a strategy for exactly what
03:24you are going to do on a day-to-day
03:26basis week by week every single thing
03:28you're going to do for the next week and
03:30write it out get extremely specific
03:33create the order so you do not be a
03:36victim of entropy next disappear and
03:39whenever I say disappear like disappear
03:42for 6 months people take it literally
03:44almost every much of what I say is
03:47metaphorical and exaggerated to get the
03:49essence of the message across I'm not
03:51saying disappear like your physical body
03:54is just going to disappear I'm saying
03:55disappear from the things that don't
03:57belong in your life cut them out is can
03:59be people games apps or even bad habits
04:03just become aware of the things that are
04:06holding you back and there are multiple
04:07ways to do this but with the process
04:09that we've discussed and what's worked
04:11best for me is to just rip the Band-Aid
04:13off get rid of them all you don't need
04:15to explain yourself here to other people
04:17that are going to be messing you hey bro
04:19where'd you go just disappear in other
04:21words break your addiction with feeling
04:23like [Â __Â ] because that feeling feeling
04:26like [Â __Â ] has one cause and that is well
04:29it has multiple causes but we're talking
04:31about mental here not physical which
04:33would be attributed to something like
04:35nutrition or food but mental mental
04:37energy that you are expending on people
04:39and things that don't give a [Â __Â ] about
04:41you and direct that mental energy that
04:44you now have into your vision for the
04:47future because you have created a system
04:50that will prevent entropy in your life
04:52the thing that will take you from anti
04:54Vision to Vision the system there and to
04:57maintain a system to prevent entropy you
05:00need energy in this case mental energy
05:02to actualize or manifest that Vision if
05:05you want to call it that last make a
05:09habit of the boring fundamentals But
05:11realize that the boring fundamentals are
05:15not boring because most successful
05:17people they take the same repetitive
05:20actions on a day-to-day basis in a game
05:22in like a game that mimics the real
05:24world you are logging on and you are
05:27repeating the same thing over and over
05:28to slowly level up over time right
05:31you're you're killing monsters you're
05:33going through dungeons you're doing the
05:35same thing to stack experience so you
05:38need to transfer that into the real
05:39world and move the levers that will
05:42actually take you towards your goals
05:44these are fundamentals these are
05:45principles these aren't tactics and so
05:48understand that these are not boring
05:50they seem boring on the surface when you
05:52look at someone else doing it day and
05:53day out like oh this guy Dan he writes
05:55for 30 minutes every morning oh that's
05:57that seems so boring but it's Mastery
06:00over misery it's like how Sushi chefs
06:03they take years to perfect the
06:05preparation of rice and it comes in
06:08stages like a tennis player you first
06:11learn how to hold the Racket and there
06:13is a very specific way to do that well
06:15and then you move up to the next stage
06:17which is how do you angle the racket how
06:18do you hit the ball and you have to
06:20practice these things over and over and
06:22over again like how you were learning to
06:24walk until it becomes effortless or
06:26unconscious so you open up more mental
06:28energy to move on to the next thing that
06:31will take you ahead of the people that
06:33are trying to just get a result that
06:36would usually take 10 years to get in 2
06:39weeks that's just not going to happen
06:40and so the question that everyone asks
06:42like when you start something new is
06:44okay when will I see this result like a
06:46tennis player when will I be able to
06:47compete and stop asking that question
06:50because you're going to get an answer
06:51that you don't want to hear and it's
06:52going to throw you off track it takes
06:54years it takes an entire lifetime of
06:57trial and error to create a project as I
06:59said become a mad scientist the essence
07:02of science is trial and error so to
07:04perfect a project your life that you are
07:07building out it is going to take a
07:10lifetime get comfortable with that
07:12thought so this entire process that we
07:15just went over of realizing what you
07:16don't want creating a strategy and
07:18launching yourself into the opposite
07:19direction and prioritizing long-term
07:22success in Mastery is the origin story
07:25you will hear this in every origin story
07:27of a successful person so flip the
07:30switch inside of you new year is coming
07:32up flip the switch inside of you and
07:34build a foundation that will carry you
07:36into the life you
07:41want have you ever had a taste of the
07:44optimal Human Experience you know that
07:47feeling when nothing really matters you
07:49feel extra confident you feel like you
07:52could take on the world and you feel
07:54like you were immersed you are at one
07:57with the task that you are compl pleting
08:00whether it be a sport a game or just
08:02writing at your computer some people
08:04call this state the Flow State and that
08:07is a state of consciousness where
08:09nothing else matters except for what is
08:12right in front of you what your
08:14attention is immersed in you lose the
08:16sense of self-consciousness and
08:19self-centeredness that leads to anxiety
08:22or boredom or just suffering in general
08:24as many of the spiritual teachers and
08:26ancient Masters would say so when you
08:28tap into this state you you cease to
08:30care what other people think become one
08:32with the task you are engaged in and
08:34know exactly what to do next how well
08:36you are doing and gain a deep sense of
08:38satisfaction from it so as we'll talk
08:40about later pertaining to
08:43self-consciousness and self-centeredness
08:45leading to anxiety and boredom the way
08:47that you end this kind of suffering is
08:51by learning to control your attention
08:53which is heavily influenced by the ego
08:56or the self so when you become
08:58self-conscious through attention you
09:01notice something and you become
09:02self-conscious because you're comparing
09:03it to something you tend to highlight
09:05the differences between yourself and the
09:08thing that you are comparing it to and
09:10so this split in attention causes you to
09:13use precious mental energy which could
09:15be focused directly on the task at hand
09:18or whatever you were trying to
09:19accomplish like when you see a pimple on
09:22your skin in the mirror and then an idea
09:24you don't even have to be in direct
09:26contact with someone who has clear skin
09:29to have an idea of what clear skin is
09:31and the perception of clear skin and
09:34then the desire popping up to want clear
09:37skin but you not being able to have it
09:39because of the pimple on your face so
09:41you start to compare ideas of what
09:44should be rather than accepting things
09:46as they are and refocusing your
09:49attention so the question is how do we
09:52gain control of our attention and the
09:55answer is by treating life like the game
09:58it is so my generation and other
10:00Generations but mostly my generation
10:03from what I've noticed is notorious for
10:05transferring Obsession from video games
10:08to real life or just business success
10:11because games business or just
10:13constructions of the external World in
10:16other words The Matrix they present a
10:18desirable hierarchy of goals they have a
10:21structure that frames your attention
10:22they introduce a challenge to narrow
10:24your attention further and they require
10:28a player to have the skill skill that
10:29meets the requirements to play the game
10:32so what few people understand is that
10:33you can create a game out of any
10:36situation in life as long as you can
10:37mold your mind to create the certain
10:41aspects that a game entails and if that
10:44game is fun to you then life becomes
10:47more enjoyable because you start playing
10:49rather than being played and so the
10:51importance behind this is that we're in
10:54a world where it's create or be created
10:56so if you can't mold your mind to create
10:59your own reality or create your own game
11:01that you play and you have fun playing
11:03in life then your mind will be molded
11:06and it already has been molded to play
11:09external status games that Society has
11:12created for you and these are things
11:14like going to college getting a job or
11:16just taking another structured approach
11:18to life that someone else has laid out
11:21for you but that may not be the best fit
11:23for you and it just leads to unnecessary
11:26suffering and pain and just not not
11:29enjoying your life because you're living
11:32you're following the steps that someone
11:33else has presented to you and that may
11:35not align with the goals that you
11:38personally have in this lifetime because
11:40that's just the thing Sovereign living
11:42or autonomous living or just being
11:44independent in building your own thing
11:46your own way of survival is difficult
11:49it's uncertain right and the mind craves
11:51order it craves certainty so if there is
11:54a path that is easier or more certain or
11:58more secure for someone to take that's
12:01where the masses flock that's where 99%
12:05of people flock and so the purpose of
12:07this video is for awareness I know a lot
12:10of you have similar values and goals as
12:13mine and that is to build your own thing
12:15be independent and break free of the
12:17Matrix if you want to frame it that way
12:19but to just live an enjoyable life on
12:21your own terms so let's Dive In by
12:23talking about the macro game of life so
12:26when you're playing an open world
12:28strategy game like World of Warcraft
12:30there's a few patterns that we can
12:32recognize the main ones being stacking
12:34gold choosing a profession leveling up
12:36your character and the progression that
12:38goes along with those things but those
12:40are just the common ones that's everyone
12:42kind of knows that you've heard the
12:43metaphor of life being a video game
12:46before so let's take it a bit deeper and
12:48let's really paint a picture here of
12:50what's going on the system is rigged you
12:52can't change it but you can learn it
12:54that is how you rig yourself in the
12:56system's favor so the conventional path
12:58to success has already been programmed
13:00into the collective psyche before we
13:03know it due to the curse of knowledge
13:05humans wanting to know more and learn
13:08more and learning being the foundation
13:10of the human experience that what we
13:12that's what we do as we age is we just
13:14learn new things over and over again and
13:17we don't question those things so before
13:18we even know it we're already in pursuit
13:20of winning the game that other people
13:23have laid out for us and that is usually
13:25in favor of maintaining the game itself
13:28right being trained into the game to
13:32keep it going and 90% of the time it
13:34just doesn't work out that way you think
13:36that the the secure path is secure but
13:3890% of people or however many percent of
13:41people just end up with way too much
13:44anxiety way too much stress way too much
13:46overwhelm and and they get trapped in
13:49this jail or prison of their own doing
13:53and so why is this or this video
13:55important because times are changing
13:58they're clearly changing more people are
13:59going remote more people are choosing to
14:02do their own thing the the flaws in the
14:05system itself are revealing itself and
14:07the programmers can't patch the game
14:09fast enough who are the programmers I
14:11have no idea but the just School
14:14curriculums in general can't keep up
14:15with the Creator economy who are giving
14:17out they're educating people on how to
14:20do their own thing and not get trained
14:21into the conventional employment system
14:23that the school is directly tied with
14:25and other things like banking like
14:27whatever your beliefs are about Bitcoin
14:29or crypto or decentralized currency
14:31there's a problem in the system and
14:33somebody saw that and so now they are
14:36individuals and small teams are Building
14:38Solutions to create a better banking
14:41system for people or just a better
14:43Financial monetary system and then the
14:44same thing with like huge agencies where
14:47Freelancers who have a great skill set
14:50and understand digital tools and skills
14:53they're coming in as Freelancers or
14:54contract workers and big companies and
14:57just random people in in general are
14:59hiring them to do those jobs rather than
15:01just hiring them as an employee so
15:03there's those the people that are
15:05actively trying to solve the problem of
15:07this faulty system and then there are
15:09those that in a video game would be
15:11classified as an NPC or a non-player
15:15character they're the people that just
15:16do what they're told they go along with
15:18the system they never question it and
15:20they kind of just are there right so in
15:23a video game it's the town's folk it's
15:25even like the the environment people so
15:27the bosses in a battle and just others
15:29that keep the game interesting for
15:31players it allows it allows the game to
15:34maintain its structure and keep on going
15:36and then the people that question the
15:37system and understand it from a big
15:40picture can actually play the game and
15:42navigate the game and have their own
15:44success within that game so that was one
15:46thing where the game is already there
15:49the game is already out there and
15:51programmed onto the collective psyche or
15:53the hard drive right but the next thing
15:54is that there are infinite paths that
15:56you can take in an open world strategy
15:58game like World of Warcraft so here's a
16:01graphic and I thought it was pretty
16:03clever creating this where on the left
16:05you have birth on the right you have
16:07death in the middle line you have now
16:09and so you can see the path that you've
16:11taken up until now and that is your
16:14experience and then the slightly darker
16:17circles that have all the different
16:19paths on the right those are the paths
16:21that you can take to hit that green
16:23Little Dot that I've labeled as success
16:26or winning the external game winning the
16:29game of the external world because in
16:32World of Warcraft you have a series of
16:34choices that you get to make what your
16:36character looks like what kind of player
16:38they are like a warrior Mage Rogue Etc
16:42what profession they want to specialize
16:44in the quest path that they want to take
16:47to level up whether they play solo or
16:49with a group what Guild they join to
16:51help them level up faster and a series
16:53of other personal choices that allow
16:54them to play the game in an interesting
16:57way right it's like people choos what
16:59sport they play when they are growing up
17:02or uh people that are trying to start a
17:04business what skill they learn or what
17:06business model they choose they're all
17:07viable but they take a different skill
17:10set and they lead people down a
17:11different path it's like I always say
17:13with the onep person business model is
17:15that your brand is your goal in life
17:17right so if my goal is just the good
17:19life or Financial Freedom or something
17:22big and Broad like that my unique path
17:25is what makes my brand unique right how
17:27I'm going to achieve that goal is going
17:29to be vastly different vastly unique my
17:32story is going to be my brand it's going
17:35to be What Separates Me from everyone
17:37else and it allows me to create my own
17:40personal Monopoly or mental Monopoly as
17:42we'll te talk about in the next video so
17:44it's like if five people were standing
17:46at the bottom of a mountain and life
17:49being infinite mountains so five people
17:52standing at the bottom they reach the
17:53first Peak well first they look up and
17:55they all draw different paths on how
17:57they're going to reach that first Peak
17:59and then there's just infinite mountains
18:01to climb but once you reach that Peak
18:03you can look down and you can help
18:05people navigate that path up in a better
18:08way right that's what business is is
18:10helping people solve their problems or
18:12climb the mountain in a faster way to
18:15achieve their desired outcome which is
18:17reaching that Peak that you've reached
18:19so the next thing that was there you can
18:21take infinite paths to achieve success
18:24but the next one is that leveling up
18:26increases the complexity of the self so
18:29in the real world the the main spiritual
18:31problem is that people never change they
18:34identify with their beliefs their jobs
18:35or just another finite aspect of the
18:38external constructed world and then once
18:41they've reached that point of just like
18:44static not wanting to change they don't
18:46learn anymore they don't stack more
18:48skills they don't level up to the point
18:51of more opportunities being available to
18:53them so by improving your skill set by
18:55learning and executing and taking on
18:57challenges it allows you to take on
18:59higher level challenges and by taking on
19:02higher level challenges you give you
19:05open up room to take on a lot more or
19:08have a lot more opportunities because
19:10that knowledge and experience expands
19:12your awareness of what is actually
19:14possible so in a video game it's you
19:15level up to a point eventually let's say
19:17you reach the max level you can navigate
19:20the world freely stress free you can do
19:23whatever you want you can fly across the
19:25map you can teleport you can do all this
19:26crazy stuff now this is all metaphoric
19:28IAL pertaining to the real world but
19:31just by Inc consistently learning and
19:33increasing your skill level and taking
19:34on challenges in like going up the
19:37ladder of challenges then you're able to
19:40take on you're able to do so much more
19:42in this world and pick your battles from
19:45then on so as you develop yourself you
19:49gain more ability to create order from
19:51chaos you have the power to create a
19:54game out of more situations in life and
19:56so that overall structure that we just
19:58talked about all of those things talking
20:01about it in terms of like World of
20:02Warcraft or an open world strategy game
20:05that represents the macro game of life
20:07but it goes a bit deeper and we can talk
20:09about the micro games of Life on like a
20:12situation to situation basis so the
20:14first thing we need to do is set a
20:16hierarchy of goals so games present the
20:19big goal of winning but then they also
20:21have Clarity on how to reach that goal
20:24with sub goals like quests because if
20:26there was only the one goal of winning
20:28and you had no idea how to get there
20:30then the game wouldn't be fun because as
20:32humans we have the ability to aim with
20:35our minds into the future like monkeys
20:37they can they can throw their poop but
20:39it's usually hurled just like straight
20:41at the ground they usually don't hit
20:43something that is straight in front of
20:44them but humans on the other hand with
20:46skill and practice and time someone can
20:49throw a football 50 yards out and hit a
20:51bullseye on a Target now the same is
20:54very similar with the mind and creating
20:56a vision for your future and then slowly
20:59leveling up until you are able to create
21:01that Vision so we don't want to be poop
21:04hurled at the ground like how monkeys do
21:06we want to have a vision that we can
21:08build towards but if we don't want to
21:10get overwhelmed by this Grand Vision for
21:12our future then we have to create sub
21:15goals in order to get there so I would
21:17recommend that you sit down with a pen
21:19and paper or you can use my power
21:21planner which is free Link in the
21:23description to create the first
21:25iteration of your vision understand it's
21:27an iteration it doesn't have to be
21:28perfect then create a 10-year one-year
21:31and monthly goals again these don't have
21:34to be perfect just get the first
21:35iteration out and you can come back to
21:37it have a place for weekly Direction and
21:39reflection and then align your daily
21:42priority tasks with those and now with
21:44these written down this is important and
21:47most people don't understand why because
21:48they've never done it but it's important
21:51because writing these things down it's
21:52like an anchor we talked about two
21:54videos ago how I remember everything I
21:55learned that you should learn and build
21:57in unison need something to build so
22:00that you have something to apply your
22:01learnings to and then your awareness
22:03starts to register more opportunities
22:05for what you're building right because
22:07humans compared to animals that survive
22:10on a physical level we survive on a
22:13conceptual level right we try to survive
22:15our beliefs and other things that we've
22:17identified and attached with so it only
22:19makes sense that we would try to survive
22:22a project or we would try to survive our
22:26vision for the future and because of
22:28that since that is at the top of our
22:29mind we are going to notice things that
22:32we can apply to that vision and then
22:34clarify it further and continue striving
22:36towards it so that was setting a
22:38hierarchy of goals but next we need to
22:41understand the frame of the game so your
22:43perspective or your worldview is the
22:45frame in which you view reality it's
22:48like a camera so the field of view even
22:51if the background is blurred constrains
22:54what registers in the frame itself so by
22:57molding your perspective itive in any
22:59situation you allow yourself to perceive
23:01what used to be a huge problem as a
23:04minor Road bump because if I'm so dead
23:06set on the hierarchy of goals that I've
23:08created my vision for my future and the
23:10goals related to that and my attention
23:12is narrowed in on that then it's going
23:14to be difficult for uh a distraction to
23:17register in the camera itself right or
23:20in the perspective itself so in a video
23:22game there are two things that help
23:25create order or order Consciousness or
23:27create this Frame of the game something
23:29that you need to focus on and narrow in
23:30your attention on so the first thing is
23:32rules every single video game has a set
23:35of rules that you must follow and when
23:37we play the game this allows us to use
23:39our limited conscious attention or Focus
23:42to remain focused on the here and now
23:44while keeping our vision or the end goal
23:47of winning in the back of our head this
23:49is important because in Psychology when
23:52you are kind of projecting into the
23:55future or you have a a desire something
23:58that that you do not have that is when
24:00dopamine spurts into your brain but when
24:02you are focused on the here and now
24:05that's when the Here and Now chemicals
24:07like oxytocin serotonin and other
24:10neurochemicals like that that's when
24:12those spur into your brain and so if you
24:14read the book The Art of Impossible by
24:15Steven Cotler it doesn't say this
24:17directly but it it mentions that flow
24:21the flow state is kind of a
24:23neurochemical cocktail of all of these
24:26different neurotransmitters going to
24:27your brain and this can be accomplished
24:30by exactly this so in the real world
24:33your rules are your values right that's
24:36on the macro scale on the micro scale
24:38you can create different rules like when
24:40you're going on a walk and you just you
24:43set rules to never step on a crack right
24:46or to walk 2500 steps or something like
24:49that and so in terms of values when you
24:51act in alignment with those values and
24:53you constrain your attention to the
24:55things that are in alignment with those
24:58life becomes a bit more enjoyable and so
25:00on the micro scale of everyday
25:02situations Clarity comes from
25:04eliminating environmental distractions
25:06right and that pretty much means
25:07creating a frame so like when you're
25:09trying to do deep work and the common
25:11advice is to close your browser tabs set
25:14a timer like Pomodoro have clear steps
25:16for your work and use things like noise
25:18cancelling headphones and so like how I
25:20mentioned with creating rules for going
25:23on something like a walk because I used
25:24to hate going on walks even though even
25:26though I knew how healthy it was for me
25:28to do so you can create little rules for
25:31that to either turn what used to be
25:33mundane situations into enjoyable or to
25:36just gain perspective and start enjoying
25:38situations that you would normally hate
25:40because let's say you hate watching
25:42sports I don't like watching sports
25:44right I just don't like football I don't
25:46understand it and that is the exact
25:48point I don't understand the game if I
25:50knew the game and was able to manipulate
25:52my attention to follow what's going on
25:54in the game then I may be able to enjoy
25:56it or if
25:58uh your spouse or your wife or your
26:01girlfriend she likes going out and
26:03looking at antiques uh just on like a
26:06Saturday afternoon and you don't want to
26:08do that and you're just dragging your
26:09feet the entire time and you're like oh
26:11I don't want to be here I don't like
26:12doing this but she creates a game out of
26:15it she's like oh I like the price on
26:16this one I like the look of this one and
26:17she's in there having a very enjoyable
26:20time in some degree of a flow State and
26:22you can do the same thing if you just
26:24zoom out gain some perspective and
26:26create your own game out of it whatever
26:28that may be even if it's as simple as
26:30like finding the stupidest rock you can
26:33find or finding the stupidest antique
26:35right and then you both have your own
26:36fun playing your own game so that was
26:38rules the second thing is mechanics so
26:41if you haven't played a game before it's
26:43it's not going to be that fun your aim
26:45is going to suck you'll have to practice
26:47on lowlevel challenges and you're going
26:50to look at top level players and you're
26:52going to be a struck about how good they
26:53are at playing the game so every game
26:55has a specific way for you to change
26:58Channel more of your senses thoughts and
27:00prior experience to play it better so in
27:02a video game it's pressing a series of
27:04keys buttons or Mouse Clicks in board
27:06games it's the effectiveness creativity
27:08or forward thinking that goes into your
27:10strategy in sports it's the conditioning
27:13of your body and how you move it in
27:14accordance with the goal and in all of
27:16the above it's your perception of the
27:18situation or your frame of the game that
27:21allows you to choose in a way that moves
27:24you towards winning and so another form
27:26of information is feed back feedback is
27:29important here to know how well you're
27:31doing in the game because all of this
27:33Games Etc it's ordering our
27:36Consciousness it's giving us structured
27:38information to pay attention to and our
27:41mind likes that and so if you do
27:44something and you know that it was the
27:45wrong move or you made a mistake then
27:48your perspective or your frame widens to
27:50the point of allowing distractions to
27:52penetrate that field and then if you
27:54give attention to that distraction then
27:57you're going to be off the game and
27:59you're not going to enjoy it as much and
28:00so how do we improve our mechanics or
28:03just our skill relating to the game and
28:05it's practice of course right when
28:07you're playing a video game like World
28:09of Warcraft people log in every single
28:11day to perform a repetitive series of
28:13tasks they go and farm for gold they
28:16create their armor or they mine for ore
28:19or they Farm XP by going through
28:21dungeons over and over again so you have
28:23to program the specific mechanic in your
28:26brain to the point of where you're
28:28getting results with less effort in
28:30other words habit formation so if you
28:32can automate to an extent the decisions
28:35that you make on a daily basis that are
28:38conducive with your hierarchy of goals
28:40and achieving your end Vision then
28:42success kind of becomes inevitable so
28:44we've talked about setting a hierarchy
28:46of goals and creating a frame for the
28:49game that you're playing now this is
28:51arguably the most important part is the
28:54delicate balance between anxiety and
28:57boredom so here's another graphic this
28:59one is adapted from mihi chickp mihi
29:01with his books flow and the evolving
29:04self highly highly recommend you check
29:06those out but you can see here that in
29:09the top quadrant there's anxiety or
29:11self-consciousness in the middle there's
29:13flow or selflessness and then at the
29:15bottom there's boredom or
29:17self-centeredness and on the right Axis
29:20there's skill level and on the top I
29:22mean on the left axis there is the
29:24challenge level so the skill challenge
29:27match is extremely important here so
29:29when you start playing a game especially
29:31when you haven't read the rule book or
29:33you've never played before is it going
29:34to be fun no of course not and even if
29:36you knew the rules it's still going to
29:38take time for you to grasp what's going
29:40on in the game so this is why I always
29:43recommend just starting right just start
29:45something if you don't know how you just
29:48start with what you know and then you
29:50learn on the go and get real world
29:52experience do not get trapped in
29:53tutorial hell I this is one of my less
29:57popular videos but it is the most
29:59important is how I remember everything I
30:01learned because if you were a level one
30:03in World of Warcraft and you were
30:05fighting a level 50 would it be fun no
30:08you'd lose immediately but the thing
30:10here as we know is that you can create a
30:12better frame for that game right if you
30:15just have to if you're level one and you
30:17have to play against the level 50 how
30:19can you mold your perspective to create
30:21a better frame for that game like if you
30:24instead of beating the level 50 as your
30:28goal what if the goal was to see how
30:30fast you could lose against the level 50
30:32then it'd be kind of fun and you'd be
30:34interested in playing the game and it's
30:35the same thing with something like chess
30:37right if if you are just starting out
30:39playing chess and you're going against
30:41like your friend who's been playing for
30:42years or like you decide to enter a
30:45competition for some reason without
30:46having ample experience and years of
30:49practice under your belt it's just not
30:50going to be a good time so the lesson is
30:53if your skill is high and the challenge
30:55is low you're going to get bored and if
30:57your skill is low and the challenge is
30:59high you're going to get anxious and the
31:01boredom stems from self-centeredness
31:03your focus breaks from the task at hand
31:06and something else comes to mind that
31:08you'd rather be doing another desire
31:10right so if you're bored at work it's
31:12usually because you're not immersed in
31:14the task that your work presents and
31:16you're sitting there bored thinking
31:19self-centered about the better things
31:21you could be doing with your time and
31:23the anxiety comes from
31:25self-consciousness so if the challenge
31:26is too high and your skill is is too low
31:28your attention is going to turn towards
31:30the concept of self and again you're
31:32going to allow distractions or problems
31:34to penetrate your awareness or your
31:37conscious field and then your attention
31:39just starts going downhill from there so
31:41as an example it's like if if your skill
31:44is too low you're going to start
31:46thinking these thoughts where it's like
31:47wow I'm not as good as I thought or wow
31:50I really need to work on my back swing
31:52or in a more practical situation it's
31:54like that girl is way out of my league
31:56do you see how this is more self
31:57conscious here where you are paying
31:59attention to your current skill level in
32:01relation to the skill that is required
32:04to play the game so how do we prevent
32:06this it's like the very start of the
32:08video video where I mentioned that
32:10people don't change they don't evolve
32:12they aren't constantly learning and
32:14constantly building it has to happen if
32:17you want an enjoyable life you need
32:19something to immerse your attention in
32:21and continuously progress at that
32:23throughout life and develop yourself
32:25into a complex being that can take on
32:28bigger broader and bigger and broader
32:31challenges and just have more
32:32opportunity in the world that you can
32:34pick and choose and play games at this
32:37point in our history it should be
32:38possible for an individual to build a
32:40self that is not simply the outcome of
32:42biological drives and cultural habits
32:45but a conscious personal creation mihi
32:48chiet mihi so I remember the first time
32:50I downloaded World of Warcraft when I
32:53was a young kid probably like 15 years
32:56old and I spent spent a straight 2 hours
32:59just creating my character and playing
33:01around with how I wanted him to look
33:03while also considering the game itself
33:06so I think about the Minor Details of
33:08what race I can be we don't really have
33:10that choice but metaphorically paint a
33:12picture for yourself uh what race I
33:15would be what class I would have was I
33:17going to be a warrior a mage uh a priest
33:19did I want to be a tank a damage
33:21character A Healer how did I want my
33:24hair to look how did I did I want to be
33:26a human did I want to be an orc did I
33:29want to be something like that and then
33:31also while I was paying attention to
33:33that I was also paying attention to how
33:35it was going to favor my personality or
33:37my play style in order to actually win
33:40the game and the challenges associated
33:42with winning the game and it's the same
33:44thing like when you hit Level 15 or
33:46something and you can start like riding
33:48a horse or you can choose your
33:50profession right what was I going to
33:51beat was I going to be a blacksmith was
33:53I going to be an armor Creator I forget
33:56what they're called but like you create
33:57armor was I going to be a leather worker
33:59a cloth worker forget a tailor or was I
34:02going to be like those people that like
34:04put gems together and make other cool
34:06weapon powerups and so once I made that
34:08choice it opened up a series of talents
34:11and traits that I was able to choose
34:12after that and then once I had leveled
34:15those talents or traits to a specific
34:17point I was given more choices that
34:19weren't originally available to me right
34:20I I was able to do more dungeons I was
34:22able to raid with my friends I was
34:24accepted into certain guilds because
34:26they had certain requirements for what
34:27they needed did they need a Healer did
34:29they need more damage did they did they
34:31need a tank what level or experience
34:33were those people and what were they
34:35accepting and so touching on this again
34:37of how learning is the foundation of the
34:39Human Experience when we are young we
34:42don't know any better and we learn these
34:44things just through repetition they are
34:47conditioned into our psyche and a self a
34:49concept of the self is created that we
34:51didn't really have much control over so
34:53learning through any medium influences
34:56our thoughts and our thoughts influence
34:58our Behavior meaning that anything you
35:00learn or consume is going to impact
35:03either directly or indirectly how you
35:05act and move within this world and what
35:07opportunities you perceive as available
35:09to you so winning the game of Life
35:12business or any present moment situation
35:14you are in is dependent on how your
35:15character perceives and acts within that
35:18specific situation so if we want to
35:21achieve or create the life of our dreams
35:22then we have to create the character or
35:25the player that will lead to that
35:27outcome so how do we create our
35:28character first it's by integrating
35:31everything that we've talked about in
35:32this video you need an intrinsic
35:34hierarchy of goals you need to
35:35understand how to frame not only your
35:37life on the macro scale and the micro
35:39scale in everyday situations and
35:41creating rules for you to narrow your
35:44attention and and focus on that and then
35:47you need to consistently learn practice
35:50learn practice or learn build learn
35:51build in order to increase your skill
35:54set and take on higher challenges and
35:56then the second thing is through
35:58self-education and self-reflection
36:00because thankfully we live in an age
36:01where all information is at the tip of
36:04our fingers if you have a problem you
36:06can usually find some form of a solution
36:08to it on the Internet or just in a book
36:11or something like that and so you find
36:13these ideas as you're creating a better
36:15life for yourself and encountering
36:17problems on the way by just consuming
36:19valuable information and not getting
36:20distracted and sometimes you have to SI
36:22sift through dirt to find gold you have
36:24to read things that you weren't
36:27necessarily interested in and those that
36:29get bored doing those things will
36:31normally just distract themselves
36:33instead because they aren't interested
36:35and so with that self-education or just
36:37consistently learning self-reflection is
36:40how you guide future decision making
36:42because it is impossible to have 100%
36:45certainty in the actions you take now
36:48and how they're going to impact your
36:49future right cause and effect you don't
36:51immediately have the effect of your
36:53actions you just have to take them and
36:55then when you do to take those actions
36:57the only way you can know if they were
36:59good or bad you you can know if they're
37:00good or bad by taking advice from
37:03someone else or kind of comparing it to
37:05someone else's results but the only way
37:07you're truly going to know for certain
37:10whether they were good or bad actions is
37:12through self-reflection and then
37:14pivoting from there because even if you
37:16took advice from someone else or you
37:18know what your actions are going to
37:20leave lead to you're operating from a
37:22completely different worldview in a
37:23completely different environment from
37:25whoever gave you that advice or wherever
37:27you learned it from right if you're
37:28taking advice from uh Socrates from
37:32hundreds of years ago for right now in
37:34this environment where money rules the
37:36world it may not be as practical as you
37:38think and you still need to filter
37:40through direct experience so let's do a
37:42quick recap on what we talked about
37:44games are a way of ordering
37:45Consciousness to the point of obsession
37:48when you're obsessed you stop caring
37:49what people think and play to win
37:51according to your values games are
37:53enjoyable and every situation in life
37:55can be mentally molded into a game if
37:57you want to avoid mental turmoil your
37:59skill needs to match the challenge that
38:01any situation presents your perspective
38:04will determine the information available
38:05to you and if it's not structured you
38:07will misperceive it yourself a concept
38:10is the player with time you want to
38:12create the character that can win the
38:14games that it is best at so I hope you
38:17all enjoyed this video I had a lot of
38:19fun with this one
38:21and yeah let me know what you think
38:24about life being a game and if anything
38:26resonated with you in the comments
38:27be sure while you're down there to like
38:29And subscribe and with that I hope you
38:31enjoyed this video again and have an
38:34absolutely incredible rest of your day
38:41peace when I was in college trying to
38:43become a fitness YouTuber of all things
38:46I came across a popular book title by
38:49Tim Ferris the 4our work week I'm sure
38:53every single one of you know that I've
38:54never read the book but when I first saw
38:56the title I interpreted it as the 4-Hour
38:59Work Day and so ever since that the idea
39:02of a 4-Hour Work Day stuck in the back
39:05of my head throughout my life college
39:07experience uh business failures and
39:09everything leading up until this point
39:11so along the way my subconscious mind
39:14was kind of munching on Creative
39:16problems because I perceived anything
39:19more than 4 hours of work a day as a
39:21problem and this alone changed the
39:23direction of my life and really
39:25everything I do and all of the decisions
39:27that I made now when I say that 4 hours
39:31of work a day or anything more than that
39:34was seen as a problem I don't mean like
39:36it was the end of the world I just mean
39:38that I knew that I was able to achieve
39:41some form of success with only 4 hours
39:44or less worth of work per day and so my
39:46mind naturally wanted to come up with
39:49Solutions relating to that whenever my
39:51work extended Beyond 4 hours of work a
39:54day so in business as I've talked about
39:56many times four it's like when you just
39:58start out and you're getting into
40:00freelancing or you start an agency or
40:02you learn a skill it's very wise to
40:05start a service-based business first
40:07something where you are in direct
40:09control of the Outreach right you aren't
40:11riant on an audience or paid ads or
40:14something like that to drive traffic to
40:16a product and instead you have a skill
40:19and you create a valuable offer and you
40:21iterate on that with time until you can
40:23charge more and more and more and
40:24eventually you reach out to people you
40:26start Landing clients maybe you're
40:28building an audience along the way and
40:30then that is able to fuel your client
40:32acquisition but it gets to a point where
40:35you have an audience that's large enough
40:37to productize right and systemize so
40:40that you can still maintain a 4-Hour
40:41workday but if you continue Landing
40:44clients without doing that you can see
40:46where the problem starts to arise right
40:48because then you've built yourself into
40:50some form of a new 9 to-5 where you have
40:53a bunch of clients you're making a good
40:55amount of money but there's still a cap
40:56there's still a limited amount that you
40:58can make without just working 16 hours a
41:02day and so this is what I mean by
41:03perceiving it as a problem and
41:04consistantly working to evolve which
41:07we'll talk about soon and systemize that
41:09so when I got to a certain point where I
41:11realized okay it's time to start moving
41:14in a New Direction because if I keep
41:17like I can't just take on unlimited
41:19amounts of clients I have to be able to
41:21deliver and do other things so that's
41:22what I did is once I reached a certain
41:25point I took on less CL I productized my
41:28service and I had built an audience to
41:30the point where I could sell that
41:31product and that required much less work
41:34on my hands so in business it comes from
41:37systemization of your workflow so that
41:40you can work faster and more efficiently
41:42and it comes from eliminating things
41:44that just don't make too much sense to
41:46do or delegating or Outsourcing
41:49low-leverage tasks and working on the
41:51things that you actually want to work on
41:53right you can Outsource the things that
41:55you hate and so for the past 3 years I
41:56would argue that 90% of my days were
41:59under 4 hours of work a day uh I'm not
42:02saying that this is absolutely foolproof
42:04and that you're not going to go over
42:05four hours of work you're going to be
42:07able to like you can work as long as you
42:09want right I like to like right now I'm
42:12probably working six hours a day maybe
42:15but I do see that as a problem it's not
42:17affecting me in a negative way but I
42:18know that at some point I'm going to
42:20have to systemize in order to maintain a
42:23specific Baseline while working 4 hours
42:25a day so as an example of that is if I'm
42:27making $20,000 a month or let's say
42:29$10,000 a month and then I hit a new
42:32high of $20,000 a month because I saw an
42:34opportunity and I started adding on more
42:36work let's say 6 hours of work a day in
42:39order to reach that then I have to
42:41systemize and come back down a little
42:43bit so then you keep moving your
42:46Baseline up so your 4 hours of work are
42:48going a longer way and making more money
42:51or whatever the end goal is whether it's
42:53money or not to the point of you being
42:56able to make a lot more money while only
43:00working 4 hours of work a day it's like
43:01bulking and cutting when you bulk and
43:03you're eating in a caloric Surplus and
43:05you're in a state of growth and in this
43:07case business growth you're going to
43:10tack on a bit of fat in your business
43:12the things that kind of bog you down and
43:14make you have to work more and so when
43:16the cutting season comes and you want to
43:18cut back to let's say 15% body fat in
43:21business and be able to sit there
43:23comfortably while working 4 hours a day
43:25that is necessary you don't just get
43:27stuck at one single part of the journey
43:30you evolve and so to preface before we
43:33dive into some evolutionary psychology
43:35and philosophy before we get into the
43:37Ten Commandments of the 4-Hour workday I
43:39want to preface that if you have a job
43:42this is mainly for people that are
43:44creators right and they have more time
43:45on their hands but if you have a job
43:48this is going to have to be limited to
43:49like 1 hour a day and maybe 4 hours on
43:52the weekend if you have that time and if
43:54you just don't give a [Â __Â ] about
43:55starting a business right now you can
43:56use this for your work as well when I
43:59was working a job at a web design agency
44:02I would usually knock out my work in
44:03like 2 to 3 hours and then I would just
44:05screw around or work on my business for
44:07the rest of the time so all of this is
44:09about saving time on the things that
44:11you're working on to free up more time
44:13for the more priorities in your life so
44:16why is this important there are a few
44:19things and the one being that there are
44:21a few qualities that separate humans
44:23from other beings like one of them that
44:26has fascinated me is how humans survive
44:29more so on a conceptual level while
44:31animals survive on a physical level like
44:33you wouldn't see a giraffe getting
44:36offended because it doesn't have the
44:37same beliefs as you and so if you are
44:40trying to survive the idea or belief of
44:43the 4-Hour workday that is going to be
44:46much more powerful for actually making
44:48it happen right you kind of have to
44:50identify with it in a good way right
44:52this is what spiritual teachers tell you
44:54not to do where it's do not attach your
44:56ident identity to something because that
44:58becomes a part of yourself and you're
44:59going to work to survive it and if that
45:01is static then it is going to cause some
45:04form of unnecessary suffering in your
45:06life but this can be spun for good and
45:08you can create a positive identity that
45:11is going to lead to a better future and
45:13the struggles and pain that you face are
45:15going to be learning experiences for
45:17creating a system that is better for uh
45:19better and more conducive for reaching
45:22your desired lifestyle and so that's the
45:24first thing the second thing that
45:25fascinates me about humans versus other
45:28beings is their depth of focus our depth
45:30of focus is crazy and it goes a lot
45:33deeper than I can go into in this video
45:35but so in Psychology there is the task
45:38positive network of the brain which
45:39happens when you are focused on an
45:41external string of tasks this is good
45:43for productivity there's also the
45:44default mode Network which happens when
45:46you take your focus off of the external
45:48so something like work and you focus you
45:50bring your focus to the internal and
45:52this opens your awareness and allows
45:54better ideas to fill your brain or
45:55negative ideas but this is good for
45:58creativity and so this balance between
46:01narrow external focus and more internal
46:04open Focus we can look at a graphic that
46:07I've made before called the focus Matrix
46:10because there are negative aspects to
46:12focus right it's not all productivity
46:14and creativity there's unconscious
46:16narrow or open focus on the left which
46:19you can see leads to stress anxiety
46:21reactivity annoyance feeling lost
46:23feeling uncertain feeling overwhelmed
46:25and then on the right there's conscious
46:28narrow and open Focus which is more
46:30efficient task oriented uh associated
46:32with the flow State present creative
46:34relaxed and joyful so keep this in mind
46:38as you're going about all of this
46:40because it's a helpful guide when you
46:42become aware or conscious of your
46:44current state so if you feel lost or you
46:47feel stressed or you feel anxious
46:48there's a reason behind that and you can
46:51uh work towards moving your focus in the
46:54other direction towards something
46:55positive usually by eliminating
46:57distractions and focusing on the task at
46:59hand evolution is forced on us by the
47:02fact that systems fall apart with time
47:04unless they become more efficient We
47:06Can't Stop and remain in the same place
47:08even to remain still we must advance so
47:11this is another reason why this
47:13productivity system is important is that
47:16humans we have a natural desire to know
47:19more the curse of knowledge we have an
47:21endless thirst to learn things that will
47:23Aid in our survival and so with our
47:25unique minds and with this knowledge we
47:27build systems to solve problems that
47:30lead to better outcomes in all domains
47:33of life Society culture personal life
47:35whatever it may be as an example it took
47:37a lot of energy physical energy to carry
47:40water and plow Fields so we used our
47:42creative ability and our minds to create
47:45a solution like a tractor and a system
47:48for being able to use that energy more
47:50efficiently so let me introduce you to
47:52the supreme law of the universe which is
47:55entropy some call this Nature's tax and
47:58in brief entropy is the measure of
48:00disorder in a system so you have to
48:02understand that the productivity system
48:04that we're going to be creating here is
48:06important for the survival and evolution
48:09of our work because we create systems to
48:12Aid in evolution so a system it has an
48:14end goal or an outcome and then it has a
48:17process or steps in order to reach that
48:19outcome and systems unless fueled with a
48:23specific energy or the energy has to
48:26have specific qualities to it so in your
48:28body you can fuel your body the system
48:31of your body with junk food but that
48:33energy isn't very quality it doesn't
48:35really meet the demands that your
48:37individual body needs and so when you
48:39fill it with clean Foods or or whatever
48:43uh healthy diet that you can fill it
48:45with and give it the proper nutrients
48:47through that energy helps upkeep your
48:50body so in something like prod
48:51productivity is when you're trying to
48:53reach the outcome of a stable and
48:55revenue generating business then you are
48:57going to have to fuel that system with
49:00the correct energy in the forms of
49:02focused prioritized action and so
49:05another fun fact is that these systems
49:07lay over each other they're just layers
49:09upon layers right like a paragraph is a
49:12goal to the system of sentences and
49:14words are a system that create sentences
49:17so we'll dive into this more in a future
49:19episode but just start thinking of
49:20everything as a system notice the goal
49:22notice the steps on how they're going to
49:24get there and then notice the energy
49:25required to maintain that system without
49:27it falling apart so an example would be
49:29a librarian right you have a library
49:31they have a system for organizing books
49:33and making them easy to find and then
49:35they have steps for themselves or the
49:36employees to continuously uh rent out
49:39take back in and organize the books in a
49:42way that makes sense and reduces that
49:44system from tending toward disorder or
49:46chaos but if you have a home bookshelf
49:48and you take out one book and then
49:50another and they end up scattered around
49:52the house and you never put the energy
49:53or effort necessary to maintain order in
49:56that system or if you don't have a
49:58system for organizing it at all then the
50:00attention the mental energy as well
50:03necessary to maintain that system in the
50:05order in your mind is going to fail so
50:08this isn't only the system that is
50:10external but it is how your mind
50:12interacts with that system because
50:14that's how you order Consciousness
50:15that's how you bring Clarity to your
50:17mind and allow yourself to act all right
50:19so let's dive into the 4-Hour philosophy
50:22or my Ten Commandments for focused work
50:25okay so let's talk about the 4-Hour
50:27philosophy in short we already mentioned
50:29this but humans survive on a conceptual
50:31level so if you identify or you hold the
50:34idea of a 4-Hour workday in the back of
50:38your mind somewhere and Associate
50:40yourself with being able to work 4 hours
50:43a day then you're going to try to
50:45survive that identity you're going to
50:47feel threatened when something threatens
50:49that belief or that system of yours and
50:52you are going to work to try and survive
50:54it and be able to make better decisions
50:56in a way that allows you to productize
50:58systemize or just maintain 4 hours of
51:00focused work a day so why 4 hours one
51:03these conceptual systems or beliefs or
51:06ideas that we're trying to survive with
51:08our mind they require mental energy they
51:11require attention and at the start this
51:13is going to be very draining right you
51:15aren't going to have a way of organizing
51:18your mind to the point of being able to
51:20act on this consistently you have to
51:22test and refine and iterate and from
51:25personal experience and anecdotes from
51:27friends and just scientific studies it
51:29seems like 3 four five 3 to 5 hours of
51:34focused work a day is what humans can
51:37have before they need to just give their
51:38focus a break because as with everything
51:41literally everything you need to train
51:42it it's like a muscle focus is a muscle
51:45you're not going to be able to do it
51:46very well at the start you're going to
51:48be able to focus for like 20 minutes and
51:50then you're going to have to take a
51:51break and come back and train that with
51:53time until all of this becomes habit
51:55because one thing that forgot to mention
51:57earlier about systems is that once they
52:00are refined once they have been repeated
52:02or conditioned into your head and formed
52:04those grooves in the neural networks of
52:06your brain they become automatic they
52:08become routine and normal to you and
52:10that's kind of how you automate the path
52:12to the good life is just by continuously
52:15layering system over system in your life
52:17that is going to lead to a better future
52:20and so another thing is that when you
52:21limit yourself to only 4 hours a day
52:23that kind of acts as a pseudo deadline
52:25right it's not as power powerful as
52:27having like a real world deadline that
52:29you actually have to meet but just
52:32limiting yourself to 4 hours and knowing
52:34that you don't have to work more than 4
52:35hours it will shrink time and according
52:38to Parkinson's law where work matches
52:41the time or whatever it is you're going
52:42to try and fit your work within those 4
52:44hours so that was why 4 hours the second
52:47thing is vision and identity so this is
52:49for a future video entirely because it's
52:51such an important topic but you need a
52:53vision for your future and the way that
52:55I like to paint this is that you need a
52:57minimum viable Vision like a minimum
52:59viable product in business you just need
53:01to get it out so that you can make
53:03connections when you have certain
53:04experiences and are able to associate
53:06ideas with that and make it better with
53:09time you can do the same for your vision
53:11for the future so write out the
53:13following and be as specific and
53:14detailed as you can who you want to be
53:17what you want to do for work where you
53:19want to live what your ideal day looks
53:21like how you will contribute to humanity
53:23what people you will surround yourself
53:25with network and Social Circle and feel
53:28free to let the stream of Consciousness
53:29keep going with this and so the point
53:31here is to set a foundation for the
53:35goals that you're going to try to be
53:37achieving on a daily basis with your
53:39productivity system what you're going to
53:41be working towards because that's a huge
53:43problem is that people just don't have
53:45an intrinsic goal that they're trying to
53:47achieve they go and they adopt the goal
53:50of someone else because it's Clarity
53:51that someone else has created like a job
53:53or something else and then they give
53:55their mental energy to that and align
53:58their work with that and then eventually
54:00they're so deep in this meta system
54:04called society that their attention is
54:06just enslaved in that and they don't
54:08have any time to go and create something
54:10for themselves so it's going to take a
54:11lot longer so commandment number three
54:14is to Outline Three priority tasks so
54:17this is situation dependent I can't tell
54:19you what your lever moving tasks are
54:20going to be but what you need to do is
54:22you need to understand what you are
54:24trying to achieve from a very big
54:25picture not not technical details so if
54:27you want to start a Creator business or
54:29a oneperson business like I've talked
54:31about multiple times you could go and
54:33watch my videos because they are big
54:35picture rundowns and then you can start
54:37testing from there and so in terms of my
54:39levers for my stage in business again
54:41this is contact dependent and situation
54:43dependent based on what's going to move
54:46you to move you towards your goals
54:47dependent on what stage you're in stage
54:49of development you're in in business so
54:52my first priority task is always writing
54:54content I wake up and I write my
54:56newsletter and tweets and threads for 45
55:00minute blocks each so about two 45
55:02minute blocks 90 minutes total 45 being
55:05my newsletter and then 45 being like
55:07tweets threads posting to other
55:09platforms Etc because writing forms the
55:11foundation of literally everything I do
55:13if you want to learn how I create
55:15content and how I script things how I
55:17write tweets how I grow other things
55:19like that check out the 2-hour writer
55:20Link in the description the second
55:22priority task is generating traffic
55:24because with content what I'm doing is
55:25I'm creating content I'm attracting
55:27people I'm putting media on the internet
55:30that will hopefully bring people to
55:32follow me and then potentially buy my
55:34products and just dive deeper into the
55:36free content that I give out but
55:38generating traffic because this is true
55:40with any social media platform that you
55:42start on you're not going to have much
55:45traffic at the start nobody's going to
55:47see your content so you need to focus
55:49most of your effort on just generating
55:51traffic to your content whether that be
55:53networking in the DMS or making friends
55:56with people that will potentially share
55:58your uh posts or just replying to Big
56:00accounts like if I went and replied I I
56:03set Bell notifications for every single
56:05YouTuber that has a high subscriber
56:08count and I went and commented on those
56:10every single morning and I blocked out
56:12time to do that in my focused work then
56:16I'm going to be moving a lever because
56:18I'm bringing traffic to my profile and
56:20my content over time and so right now
56:22I'm doing this on LinkedIn and sometimes
56:25other platforms like sometimes Instagram
56:27mostly LinkedIn because that's my the
56:29platform that is lagging the most for me
56:31and so I'm putting more effort into
56:34growth rather than just monotonous
56:36content creation there so number three
56:38is promoting my products because I have
56:41to make an income if I want to do this
56:42full-time and so with consistent traffic
56:44being generated from the content and my
56:47efforts into growing those actual
56:49platforms then I can start to lead that
56:51traffic into either free products to
56:53build Authority more and just give out
56:54free value or I can lead them into
56:57something like the tour writer or
56:59digital economics or modern Mastery for
57:01those that want those things in specific
57:03and my products are good and I put a lot
57:05of time into them so it only makes sense
57:07that I promote them so more people get
57:09results from them so at my phase in
57:11business those are the three things that
57:12are most important to me and of course
57:14there are auxiliary tasks that I have to
57:18complete but those are usually towards
57:19the end when I have like a an hour to
57:22spare before my 4 hours of focused work
57:24are up so commandment number four is to
57:26gain Clarity on those lever moving tasks
57:30most people think they need motivation
57:32when in reality they need Clarity and so
57:35every weekend let's say Saturday Sunday
57:37I usually swap a few of my lever moving
57:40tasks for clarity generating tasks so uh
57:43on Sundays I outline my newsletters I'll
57:46plan my week I'll do things like that
57:49I'll write down ideas for tweets ideas
57:52for Threads ideas for Content what I
57:54need to do to keep things moving with my
57:56products like modern Mastery what's the
57:58content going to be in there and a bunch
57:59of things like that and then outside of
58:02those that are hard scheduled I usually
58:04go on multiple walks a day which I use
58:06for clarity so in the afternoon at like
58:0811: I'll go on a 30 to 45 minute walk
58:11and I'll just listen to lectures and
58:13I'll generate ideas for content and
58:15sometimes I'll even write on my phone
58:17right if I'm not in a busy area I can
58:19just go on a walk and like outline stuff
58:22on my phone and so I talk about this
58:24balance a lot in my Phil empty use video
58:27which I'll link here that's about my
58:29whole daily routine rather than just
58:31focus work routine and so the main
58:33question to ask here is how can you use
58:351 to two hours of your week to set
58:37yourself up for seamless work sessions
58:40so commandment number five is time
58:41blocks and breaks so the Pomodoro
58:44Technique is very popular because it's
58:46it's very good but I found something
58:49different that works well for me so at
58:51the start before any of this becomes
58:53habit you should very heavily consider
58:55writing this on your calendar you need
58:57to make it real you need to take it out
58:59of your mind and you need to put it
59:01somewhere physical whether that be on
59:03your calendar in a notebook on a sticky
59:05note on your uh computer you just need
59:07to make it known because you're forming
59:09a new habit here it's going to take some
59:11work and so what I like to do is I
59:12usually like to schedule things in
59:1490-minute blocks and so what I'll do is
59:16I'll sit down with my priority task
59:18let's say it's writing content and I'll
59:20set a timer I have one back there it's
59:23like a little kitchen timer I'll put 45
59:25minutes on it and I'll Press Start and
59:26then I'll write without any distraction
59:29that timer when that timer is on there's
59:31no tabs open it's it's just like what I
59:33need only to get the writing done and
59:37then once that timer goes off I'll
59:38re-evaluate okay did I complete this
59:40what's next and I'll set the timer for
59:42another 45 minutes and then once those
59:4490 minutes are done I'll go I'll get up
59:46I'll go walk outside either a 30 minute
59:48walk or if I'm not feeling like doing 30
59:50minutes then I'll go for 10 minutes the
59:52main thing is to just get up and realign
59:54and bring your intention and attention
59:57to a new priority tasks so commandment
01:00:00number six is to manipulate deadlines
01:00:02deadlines narrow your attention and the
01:00:05more narrow your attention is the less
01:00:07likely distractions are going to
01:00:08register in your awareness and it's the
01:00:11same thing with the negative side of the
01:00:12spectrum we saw the focus Matrix graphic
01:00:14earlier where on the left unconscious
01:00:16focus when it's narrow when you're
01:00:18narrowed in on a problem nothing else is
01:00:20going to distract you from that problem
01:00:22no other problems are going to pop into
01:00:23your head unless you like see one
01:00:25problem then that leads to the next and
01:00:27you're like oh no and your focus starts
01:00:29to open up and you're drowning in all of
01:00:31these problems but on the positive side
01:00:33of things when you have Clarity on what
01:00:34you're trying to do and you are narrowed
01:00:37in on one specific task and no
01:00:40distractions can penetrate just because
01:00:42you're so immersed in it that's when you
01:00:43start to kick into flow so you can see
01:00:45the deadline as a challenge as well and
01:00:48so 4 hours of Total work and then
01:00:5090minut time blocks with those 45 minute
01:00:53timers those are kind of like pseudo
01:00:54deadlines those also narrow your
01:00:56attention you can also put something
01:00:58tangible on the line when you really
01:00:59need to get something done so one thing
01:01:01that I've done that just works miracles
01:01:04is public deadlines another reason to
01:01:06build an audience whenever I launch a
01:01:07product I'll usually do it pre-sale and
01:01:10then what I'll do is I'll have it all
01:01:11mapped out of course but I'll put a
01:01:14promotion out and when I get the first
01:01:16sale that means like okay it's [Â __Â ]
01:01:19go time and if that deadline is like a
01:01:22month out then I have a month to get
01:01:24everything done and usually close closer
01:01:26to when that month comes that's when I'm
01:01:28spending like 12 hours a day just
01:01:30unbroken Focus for my computer getting
01:01:32[Â __Â ] done and so get creative with this
01:01:34it's going to take a bit of uh thinking
01:01:36and creativity but how can you add a
01:01:39deadline to your important work so
01:01:41commandment number seven is to
01:01:42manipulate your environment so your
01:01:45environment and everything leading up to
01:01:47your focus work sessions need to come
01:01:49into play here or at least you just need
01:01:51to be conscious of them so if you're
01:01:53doing Focus work in the morning which I
01:01:54recommend which we'll get into to are
01:01:56you setting yourself up to be
01:01:58undistracted by the time that you get to
01:02:00your desk do you have a routine of okay
01:02:02I'm going to do this brush my teeth take
01:02:05out the dog make coffee and get straight
01:02:07into work cuz when you have that that
01:02:09allows you to get out of bed so much
01:02:10easier because you're not sitting there
01:02:12wondering okay what should I do I have
01:02:1430 minutes to spare until I start
01:02:16working I'm just going to sit here and
01:02:17then I'm going to waste time and then
01:02:18I'm going to be over on my work time etc
01:02:21etc and so that helps reduce decision
01:02:23fatigue going into the work itself but
01:02:25but then when the work itself comes up
01:02:28you have to make sure and prepare for
01:02:31potential distractions so if it helps to
01:02:33put your phone on the other side of the
01:02:35room do that if it helps to wear a hat
01:02:37to narrow your attention which actually
01:02:39does help wear a hat if it helps to wear
01:02:41noise cancelling headphones try it out
01:02:43test it none of this is set in stone and
01:02:46it's life is a process of iteration and
01:02:48growth and evolution and so as long as
01:02:50you're working to make this process
01:02:52better for yourself you're going to be
01:02:53in a good spot as long as you're
01:02:54becoming aware of the problems that that
01:02:55are preventing you from working in
01:02:58efficient 4 hours and working to change
01:03:01and improve those problems then you're
01:03:04doing fine so the question is how can
01:03:06you manipulate your environment to
01:03:08conserve mental energy for your priority
01:03:10tasks and now commandment number eight
01:03:12which is my favorite is wake up before
01:03:15distractions because there seems to be
01:03:17uh two main perspectives when it comes
01:03:19to like the hustle and grind culture
01:03:22just waking up early is that uh some
01:03:25people are very Pro waking up at like
01:03:274:00 or 5: a.m. and then some people are
01:03:29very Pro I get up whenever I want and
01:03:31then I start working and then it gets
01:03:33done and you can do whichever you want
01:03:34try it out but unless you try waking up
01:03:37early I wouldn't talk smack about it or
01:03:39just like write it off entirely the
01:03:41hours of like 5: to 7: in the morning
01:03:44are sacred there is nothing that can
01:03:47distract you it's very peaceful even if
01:03:49you're a night owl and your brain is in
01:03:51more of that default mode Network open
01:03:53Focus State because you're very sleepy
01:03:55you you can set priority tasks related
01:03:57to creativity rather than just being
01:03:59hyperproductive during that time because
01:04:01in those sacred hours no one's going to
01:04:03be calling you no one's going to be
01:04:04texting you even if they are it's so
01:04:06early that you don't feel obligated to
01:04:08respond uh the day isn't going to be
01:04:10started you're not going to be getting
01:04:11invites to lunch you're not going to be
01:04:13really uh pressured to eat because
01:04:16you're like oh I haven't eaten breakfast
01:04:17yet or I haven't eaten lunch I need to
01:04:19get that done and then I'll come back to
01:04:20work so wake up before the distractions
01:04:23commandment number nine is to prioritize
01:04:26rest quality work does not exist without
01:04:28quality rest it's that simple but as
01:04:31we've discussed previously rest is not
01:04:35the modern notion of self-care the thing
01:04:37that is perpetuated by mediocre people
01:04:40online so rest does not mean Netflix
01:04:44wine and bubble bass those have their
01:04:46place of course but rest equals
01:04:48regenerating mental energy through non-w
01:04:50work related activities an example of
01:04:52some of these are going to the gym going
01:04:55on a walk socializing with friends
01:04:57writing in your Journal reading a good
01:05:00book or just trying out a new hobby
01:05:02whatever takes your focus off of work
01:05:04and allows you to bring it more
01:05:05intrinsic to the things that you want to
01:05:07do so in reality anything that doesn't
01:05:10support your work or mediocrity or a
01:05:13cheap dopamine addiction and so another
01:05:15important thing here is that when the 4
01:05:17hours are up you stop working dead stop
01:05:20you do not work any longer unless the
01:05:22priority tasks uh move over or spill
01:05:26over and then you're working to
01:05:27systemize that back into four hours of
01:05:29work but if it's just busy work and you
01:05:31going on your computer to accomplish
01:05:32little tasks here and there that that
01:05:34can wait you need to get into the habit
01:05:36of stopping work and not focusing on
01:05:38work this is so much more important than
01:05:40I can make it seem in this video because
01:05:42if you're constantly focused on work and
01:05:44in that stressed survival State you are
01:05:47not going to open up your mind for
01:05:48Creative problem solving or any of the
01:05:50spiritual things in life that make life
01:05:52good and enjoyable and living in the
01:05:54present moment if you're con constantly
01:05:55focused on work by definition you are
01:05:57not present so if you have to work more
01:06:00than 4 hours or else your business will
01:06:02explode and fall to the ground then
01:06:05that's a problem fix it with systems and
01:06:08commandment number 10 is to make your
01:06:10process more efficient so if you have a
01:06:13problem whether while you're working or
01:06:15if you're working over 4 hours then
01:06:17those problems should try to be solved
01:06:19with creativity and systemization this
01:06:21is another important thing why it's so
01:06:23so so so important to not focus on work
01:06:26when you're not working because then you
01:06:27open your mind to the ability of
01:06:29creative problem solving that's when
01:06:30your subconscious mind sends the Insight
01:06:32or idea to your conscious mind and you
01:06:34have that aha moment it's like in the
01:06:36shower when you're having a shower
01:06:38thoughts and you have the best idea in
01:06:39the world it's because you're not
01:06:41focused on work so let's take for
01:06:43example when I had a lot of client work
01:06:45and I couldn't my my work was spilling
01:06:47over 4 hours in that case I had to build
01:06:49a larger audience so have more traffic
01:06:51create a product that doesn't require my
01:06:53time promote and improve that product
01:06:55until it's sustainable and take on less
01:06:58clients with my new free time and you
01:06:59would be correct in assuming that this
01:07:01isn't instant nothing that I talk about
01:07:04is instant life isn't instant you have
01:07:05to be patient with this and you have to
01:07:07be on this path for life so a bonus
01:07:09number 11 is to leverage digital tools
01:07:12we live in a world where we're so
01:07:15blessed we're Extremely Blessed because
01:07:18once you have the the money to invest in
01:07:20automation software or just a software
01:07:22that will make your business a lot
01:07:23easier I highly recommend doing so it's
01:07:26like instead of sending manual DMS in
01:07:29order to reach out to people you can
01:07:31build an audience fuel your email list
01:07:33and then buy a software that allows you
01:07:35to create email sequences that mimics
01:07:38what sales Outreach would look like in
01:07:40the DMS and then you can focus so much
01:07:42more of your attention on building
01:07:44actual leverage through content and then
01:07:46fueling that newsletter and email
01:07:47sequence to the point where you don't
01:07:50have to send in DMS to get clients or
01:07:52make sales and then when it comes to
01:07:54systemizing scheduling content content
01:07:55you can use something like tweet Hunter
01:07:57which I use to schedule my tweets and
01:07:59then those get turned into other content
01:08:01so that's a way of scheduling and me
01:08:03just being able to go into my phone type
01:08:05in a tweet and schedule it immediately
01:08:06and then forget about it I don't have to
01:08:08go back and post or even get on Twitter
01:08:10and one thing I do highly recommend is
01:08:12to write all of this out in notion if
01:08:14you aren't using notion you should just
01:08:16start now because it's going to take a
01:08:18long time to learn or just get used to
01:08:20uh the structure of it and you're going
01:08:22to have to go back and refine things
01:08:23here and there but just create a new
01:08:24page right create a new page and write
01:08:27down what you're going to do tomorrow
01:08:28for those 4 hours of work that is going
01:08:31to be your first system right steps and
01:08:33then the next day come back refine it
01:08:35what didn't work what do I have to do
01:08:37differently today do that for a week and
01:08:39then note common patterns and you can
01:08:40turn it into a weekly system and then
01:08:42abide by that and refine it with time so
01:08:45my challenge for you to end this video
01:08:47is to actually apply this information
01:08:49you may be watching this YouTube video
01:08:50to learn something or just for
01:08:52entertainment or whatever it may be but
01:08:55for hour work dayss are more than
01:08:56possible I've proven that and there's
01:08:58many people that Leverage The Power of
01:09:00the internet to do that and you'll be
01:09:02you'll only be able to discover whether
01:09:04you can or not through direct experience
01:09:06it doesn't matter what you think is
01:09:08possible about 4our workday or not you
01:09:10if you think it's impossible you don't
01:09:12have the awareness or experience that
01:09:14allows you to believe that it's possible
01:09:16and make it a reality for yourself so
01:09:17that's the main thing go back through
01:09:19this you can find the actual written
01:09:21version of this video uh in the
01:09:23description under the coet you can take
01:09:26note of all 10 of these Commandments you
01:09:27can write them down in notion with your
01:09:29systems and just start tinkering what
01:09:31are you going to do for the next day
01:09:33week whatever it may be gain Clarity on
01:09:35it and start
01:09:41acting here's how to do a hard reset on
01:09:44your life in 30 minutes this is a
01:09:47process that I run through when my life
01:09:49gets a bit too messy it's those times
01:09:51when I start to think back of when life
01:09:55was better like when things just get
01:09:57bogged down and you don't feel like
01:09:59you're living the same life that you
01:10:01were or when you aren't making as much
01:10:04progress as you previously were and
01:10:06you're thinking like what am I doing
01:10:07different like what's going on uh why do
01:10:09I feel this way and your routines start
01:10:12to fall apart and little tasks work
01:10:15their way in unconsciously and you're
01:10:18you just feel like you don't have any
01:10:19time or are unable to do the work that
01:10:22you used to do really well so the first
01:10:24thing we're going to do is take note of
01:10:26how we feel throughout the day and for
01:10:29all of this you're going to have to pull
01:10:31out a piece of paper or a notebook I
01:10:34recommend buying a journal just having
01:10:36one on hand to write things down is so
01:10:38so so important uh you can download my
01:10:40free Power planner and uh print that out
01:10:42if you want to use that to help do this
01:10:45and plan your weeks but you're going to
01:10:46note two things down the first thing is
01:10:49exactly what you are doing on a daily
01:10:51basis every single thing just write it
01:10:54down as you're going about the day what
01:10:55are you doing what are you thinking
01:10:56about uh what do you feel like you have
01:10:58to do etc etc and then the second thing
01:11:00that you're going to write down is
01:11:02exactly how you feel during these times
01:11:05right and you're get very specific with
01:11:07this because you're putting your mind on
01:11:08paper your mind is very complex and if
01:11:11you don't have accurate data on your
01:11:13paper you're not going to be able to
01:11:15move on to the next step in a way that
01:11:16allows you to do it very well and
01:11:19effectively so the next step is to
01:11:21prioritize remove and restructure
01:11:24because the reason you aren't getting
01:11:25results or the reason you feel like life
01:11:27isn't as good as it once was is because
01:11:30you either feel too pressed for time
01:11:32which is usually the cause of stress
01:11:34right you're in this very narrow State
01:11:36and you just feel like you don't have
01:11:37any time but in reality you're just
01:11:39sitting there thinking you don't have
01:11:41any time when you could actually be
01:11:42doing the thing that you're putting off
01:11:44second thing is that you just don't have
01:11:46the energy to get results living in that
01:11:48stressed out State takes a lot of mental
01:11:50energy to actually like narrow your
01:11:52focus in whether you're paying attention
01:11:53to just random thoughts or other things
01:11:55that takes a lot of uh precious mental
01:11:57energy that you don't you weren't
01:11:59structuring in a way that is conducive
01:12:01to getting more results and then the
01:12:03last thing is that maybe you've just
01:12:05stopped doing the things that get
01:12:07results I see this all the time in
01:12:08business it's like hey I'm not reaching
01:12:11out to get clients why am I not getting
01:12:13clients and it's like you kind of are
01:12:15answering your own question there you're
01:12:16just not doing the thing that actually
01:12:18gets results and so look over what you
01:12:20wrote down in Step One what can you
01:12:22change so with this you're going to kind
01:12:24of just create your own structure here
01:12:26and you're going to like Circle things
01:12:28that will get you results or you're
01:12:29going to write down the things that get
01:12:30you results and you're going to
01:12:32prioritize those and then you're going
01:12:33to remove the things that snuck in there
01:12:36or the things that snuck into your day
01:12:37and don't deserve to be there and could
01:12:39be draining mental monetary or even
01:12:43physical energy and then you're going to
01:12:45restructure specific tasks and
01:12:47obligations so get the chaotic structure
01:12:50of your mind onto paper and reorganize
01:12:52it and then step number three is to
01:12:54create a weekl long plan because as we
01:12:56talk about in many videos this is the
01:12:58supreme law of the universe is entropy
01:13:01it comes into play in almost every
01:13:02situation in your life and that is why
01:13:05you are in this state of chaos is
01:13:07because of entropy the organization of
01:13:09your life and therefore your mind the
01:13:12thing that you have to keep organized
01:13:13and use to move throughout life tends
01:13:15towards disorder if you aren't
01:13:17performing this whole mental
01:13:18housekeeping thing of writing down
01:13:21everything that's on your mind
01:13:22restructuring reorganizing it literally
01:13:24taking your mind mind putting it on
01:13:26paper and ordering it in a way that
01:13:28makes sense and allows you gives you
01:13:30Clarity to execute and so by not doing
01:13:32this it's dangerous because you can pick
01:13:34up bad habits along the way and so bad
01:13:37habits are difficult to break and that's
01:13:38for another video or buy a book on habit
01:13:40formation but you can make the process
01:13:43of eliminating these bad habits a lot
01:13:45easier with Clarity just prioritizing
01:13:49Clarity in your life so take 10 minutes
01:13:51and on a new page you're going to write
01:13:53down every single thing that you're
01:13:57going to do over the next week and this
01:13:59shouldn't sound crazy or difficult it
01:14:00takes 10 minutes and it will help you so
01:14:03so so much but just doing this alone
01:14:05reduces the friction that allows you to
01:14:07make better decisions so write out
01:14:10exactly what you're going to do for your
01:14:12morning routine uh what tasks you're
01:14:14going to complete during your focused
01:14:15work routine what you other specific
01:14:18tasks and obligations that you have to
01:14:20get done like meetings and how those are
01:14:22going to lay out in your day and then
01:14:24write out exactly what you're going to
01:14:25do in between that time and your nightly
01:14:28routine and with this as with almost
01:14:31everything we talk about like this isn't
01:14:32a quick fix this isn't an instant thing
01:14:35like you're not going to be some people
01:14:36will write this down and they'll have a
01:14:37great time and it'll work really well
01:14:39other people you're you're going to have
01:14:41to experiment you're going to write
01:14:43things down and then as you're trying to
01:14:44execute on it you're going to hit a
01:14:46problem and then you're going to have to
01:14:47deal with that mentally and you're going
01:14:49to have to go back to what you wrote
01:14:50down change it for the next day to
01:14:53something that you think will work
01:14:54better better trial and error and then
01:14:57over time throughout the week you just
01:14:59get into this Flow by solving the
01:15:02problems that come up along the way and
01:15:04then you have a system that over the
01:15:06next month you can just do every single
01:15:09day and it becomes that much easier and
01:15:11then eventually that becomes habit and
01:15:14preferably you are doing the things that
01:15:16move you towards your purpose or your
01:15:19vision or the highest version of
01:15:20yourself and so that's really it for
01:15:22this one I thought this would be helpful
01:15:24uh come with the start of the New Year
01:15:26I'm not a huge fan of New Year's
01:15:28resolutions but I do think that now is
01:15:31as better time as any to actually start
01:15:33doing this but uh setting a new year's
01:15:36resolution or a goal or just anything
01:15:39when you decide to make a change it
01:15:41isn't going to be sustainable unless you
01:15:43have absolute Clarity to on how to reach
01:15:45that goal unless you have a system that
01:15:48you can repeat daily and make it a part
01:15:50of your life and base your identity
01:15:52around it in alignment with the higher
01:15:54version of yourself so you're working to
01:15:56try and survive or actualize that
01:15:59highest version because humans survive
01:16:01on a conceptual level and we try to
01:16:03survive the things that we identify with
01:16:05so if you identify with the highest
01:16:07version of yourself or your purpose and
01:16:09create a system that allows you to act
01:16:11in alignment with that then eventually
01:16:14that you become
01:16:20that if you can spend 8 hours building
01:16:22someone else's dreams you can spend 1
01:16:25hour building your own one of the most
01:16:28powerful ideas I've been thinking about
01:16:29recently is bringing your ideal future
01:16:32into the now and what I mean by that is
01:16:35performing the same actions that you
01:16:37would in your ideal lifestyle but on a
01:16:40much smaller scale so let's say I want
01:16:43to write for 2 hours every morning for
01:16:46the rest of my life then what I'm going
01:16:48to do I already do that right now but
01:16:50what I did in the past is I am going to
01:16:52start writing for 5 minutes day 15
01:16:55minutes a day 30 minutes a day 1 hour a
01:16:58day and slowly increasing over the years
01:17:01until I can sustain the 2hour A Day
01:17:05writing lifestyle because frankly it
01:17:07doesn't make sense to wait and put off
01:17:10what you're already going to be doing
01:17:11because I'm assuming what you're going
01:17:12to be doing is going to be directly
01:17:14attributing to the work you are going to
01:17:16do or your life's work and so if you're
01:17:19not already doing those things then you
01:17:22it's going to be much more difficult
01:17:23when you decide to find start doing them
01:17:26and already you're already going to have
01:17:27to start small and taper up so if you
01:17:30don't have the time right now to write
01:17:33for 15 minutes every day you're not
01:17:35going to have the time in the future if
01:17:36writing is going to be what you're doing
01:17:38for work and so the way that you dissect
01:17:41what actions you should be taking is
01:17:43what we're going to talk about soon this
01:17:45whole video is dedicated to deep work
01:17:47and actually executing on the tasks that
01:17:49you're going to be doing but slowly
01:17:51tapering up until you can do them longer
01:17:53and so the reason I want to write for
01:17:56the rest of my life is just that right I
01:17:59realized my ideal future and I realized
01:18:01that I'm going to have to be writing
01:18:03anyways if I want to continue writing
01:18:05into the future um I also realized that
01:18:09writing was not the first thing right
01:18:11you have to try things and start to
01:18:14execute on fundamental tasks in order to
01:18:17understand what it is that you want
01:18:18right because at first my desires were
01:18:21selfish they still kind of are but I
01:18:23knew that I had to make money somehow in
01:18:26order to sustain or or build a future
01:18:28lifestyle for myself and so with that I
01:18:31started on social media before that I
01:18:33did freelancing and other things and
01:18:36through that trial and error and
01:18:37realizing okay I don't like client work
01:18:39I don't really care for web design
01:18:40anymore I did at the time but I outgrew
01:18:43it and now I'm getting into this writing
01:18:46thing and I'm learning all about it and
01:18:47I love it right and I would have never
01:18:49stumbled on that unless I had already
01:18:51been working towards my ideal future so
01:18:53whether it be you start writing for 15
01:18:56minutes every single morning or you just
01:18:58start working on the things that will
01:19:01bring you closer to your ideal future
01:19:03that way you can figure out what you
01:19:05don't want and allow that to act as a
01:19:07self-corrective compass into figuring
01:19:10out what you actually do want and then
01:19:12once you find that that's the best place
01:19:14to be right then you can just execute
01:19:16execute execute until you can make it
01:19:18further AP part of your day because it
01:19:20becomes seamless at that point right
01:19:21when I came across writing and
01:19:22understood that it is the foundation of
01:19:24all media and it is how I get my
01:19:26products and services in front of people
01:19:28and build a name for myself I also
01:19:30realize that it helps me clear my mind
01:19:32it helps me harness my creative ability
01:19:34I started stacking wise behind this one
01:19:37action so that when I woke up it was
01:19:40almost automatic that I just got
01:19:41straight into writing so the next thing
01:19:43is that when you bring your actions from
01:19:45your ideal future or the things that are
01:19:47going to actualize your ideal future
01:19:49into the now and start executing on them
01:19:51you begin to invest mental energy in a
01:19:54goal through focus on that goal so you
01:19:57are investing energy in that ideal
01:19:59lifestyle that you are trying to create
01:20:01and the more you do this whether it be
01:20:0315 minutes a day or an hour in a day or
01:20:064 hours a day you're investing energy or
01:20:09currency in a metaphorical sense here
01:20:12and so the more you do it the more you
01:20:14feel obligated to do it that's how you
01:20:16build momentum and that's how you find
01:20:18passion you don't just find an action
01:20:20that you are super passionate about
01:20:22instead you start investing mental
01:20:23energy into a goal you do the actions
01:20:26that are required to get to that goal
01:20:28and then you cultivate passion along the
01:20:30way because you discover things that you
01:20:32wouldn't have discovered without that
01:20:34direct experience and so when you don't
01:20:37work on this goal you will feel as if
01:20:40you are wasting that currency you're
01:20:42wasting that investment and so then
01:20:45again your body and your mind are going
01:20:47to tell you hey I need to get back to
01:20:49doing this goal I can't get distracted
01:20:51or else I'm not going to feel the
01:20:52progress the momentum the passion that I
01:20:54felt before and that's how you sustain a
01:20:57passionate fulfilling and momentum full
01:21:00life and so another thing that comes
01:21:02into play here is my law of conceptual
01:21:04survival conceptual survival is the
01:21:06human phenomenon where our survival
01:21:08instincts have transcended the Physical
01:21:10Realm and are included in the mental we
01:21:12work to survive ideas Concepts and
01:21:14beliefs that form our sense of self so
01:21:17if you identify or you create this goal
01:21:19that starts to form your perspective and
01:21:21how you view the world and start acting
01:21:23in alignment with it and in investing
01:21:24mental energy into that goal or your
01:21:27future identity you start to slowly
01:21:30build that identity right and by
01:21:32conceptual survival we are trying to
01:21:34survive our concept of self and so our
01:21:36actions are going to align with that the
01:21:38more that we do these things the more
01:21:41that you are consistent with the Deep
01:21:43work that are we are going to talk about
01:21:45here and so with this when you view your
01:21:48daily situations from the lens of your
01:21:50future self or from the lens of the goal
01:21:52that you were working towards you are
01:21:54going to see life in a completely
01:21:56different light right you're going to be
01:21:58scrolling on social media and a post
01:22:01that you normally wouldn't have stopped
01:22:03and looked at is going to stop your
01:22:05scroll and it is going to help you in
01:22:07the actualization of that goal like a
01:22:08Fitness Post is going to grab your
01:22:10attention more than some mindless cheap
01:22:12entertainment post and the same goes
01:22:14with conversations you're going to
01:22:15listen from the lens of your goal and be
01:22:18able to filter what they say from that
01:22:20so you can spot the things that actually
01:22:22help you move towards that goal so the
01:22:24the main lesson here to end this little
01:22:26section of the video is that if you
01:22:28aren't working towards your ideal future
01:22:31you working towards someone else's
01:22:32because either way we are goal oriented
01:22:34creatures and if you do not create your
01:22:36own goal and start to invest energy in
01:22:37that identity you're going to invest
01:22:40energy into the identity that is
01:22:42assigned to you like being a college
01:22:44student or having a corporate job title
01:22:47or being a retired at 65 years old dude
01:22:50and your actions are going to follow to
01:22:52survive that belief whether you
01:22:54conscious or want to frame it as this
01:22:56whole conceptual survival thing or not
01:22:58and so next we're going to talk about
01:23:00the holistic daily routine fill your
01:23:03brain in the afternoons with books
01:23:05learning and socialization empty your
01:23:07brain before bed with journaling
01:23:09planning and meditation use your brain
01:23:12in the morning with creation output and
01:23:14focus you need dedicated time every
01:23:17single day for creativity productivity
01:23:20and experimentation that is what's going
01:23:22to help you achieve your goals because
01:23:24you need the mixture it can't only be
01:23:26productivity without experimentation and
01:23:28being able to refine along the way or
01:23:30you're just executing on tasks that have
01:23:32been laid in front of you and so the
01:23:33first objection that comes to mind here
01:23:35is that you don't have enough time Dan I
01:23:37don't have enough time and that's fine
01:23:40I'm not asking you to spend 4 hours a
01:23:42day on this or 6 hours a day or 8 hours
01:23:43a day I'm asking you to spend the
01:23:45minimum amount of time you can because
01:23:48if you don't then you aren't creating
01:23:50your future life like if you aren't
01:23:52dedicating time and actually blocking
01:23:55out and focusing for that time in order
01:23:57to move levers towards your ideal future
01:24:00then you're not going to create it it's
01:24:02that simple and you don't you shouldn't
01:24:03feel like you need 2 3 hours at the very
01:24:07start of your journey like a young dude
01:24:09who has no responsibilities if you have
01:24:11a wife and kids then yeah you're going
01:24:13to have to start with 15 to 30 minutes
01:24:15and work up from there and it's going to
01:24:17take a bit longer because that's the
01:24:18thing a lot of people don't realize this
01:24:20or notice this is that your psyche isn't
01:24:22wired for Modern Life right it's not
01:24:24wired for being under fluorescent lights
01:24:27going and sitting in a cubicle right
01:24:30think of it like a monkey in a cubicle I
01:24:32know you're not a monkey but a monkey
01:24:34would suffer in a cubicle because its
01:24:37psyche is not wired for that we need to
01:24:39hunt and in this age what I mean by
01:24:42hunting is novel dopamine sources or
01:24:45meaningful dopamine sources or
01:24:47importance something new in your life
01:24:50discoveries creativity that's what
01:24:52hunting is is being able to find
01:24:53something new
01:24:55take it create something with it and
01:24:57that feels so good and so many people
01:25:00don't have that benefit in their life so
01:25:03if Modern Life has become normal to you
01:25:06the repetitive NPC automaton lifestyle
01:25:09do you know what an automaton is like a
01:25:11little robotic uh doll thing that's what
01:25:14most people are if this modern life
01:25:16becomes normal to you you are by
01:25:17definition trapped in The Matrix which
01:25:20is a metaphorical term for you are just
01:25:22enslaved and a slave to routine and many
01:25:26of you are familiar with how I structure
01:25:27my days so I will keep this brief you
01:25:29need three activities to pursue your
01:25:32goals full force one that fills your
01:25:34mind you need education ideas and novel
01:25:37resources you can apply towards your
01:25:39goals this will lead to intrinsic
01:25:41motivation one that empties your mind
01:25:44you don't want to be trapped in a
01:25:45chaotic bubble of thoughts and useful
01:25:47ideas that's exactly how you make zero
01:25:49progress write things down and one that
01:25:52uses your mind you need a vestel to
01:25:54focus your efforts with your ideas and
01:25:56the clarity to execute build your future
01:25:59so this video is going to be focused on
01:26:01that last Point using your mind with
01:26:03deep work now I've talked about that
01:26:05entire process before in my previous
01:26:08video the three-step productivity
01:26:09framework it's about the fill empty use
01:26:11framework so check that out if you're
01:26:13interested who you are what you think
01:26:15feel and do what you love is the some of
01:26:18what you focus on Cal Newport so now
01:26:22we're going to talk about the need for
01:26:23deep work Cal Newport is the author of
01:26:26the book deep work I have it somewhere
01:26:29out in my living room I've never read it
01:26:31but I have been doing my own version of
01:26:34Deep work for the past 10 years really
01:26:38I'd say probably six years actually
01:26:39productivity is about getting the most
01:26:42effective work done in the least amount
01:26:44of time possible productivity is not
01:26:47about seeing who can work the longest
01:26:49and then wear that as a badge of honor
01:26:51that they can show their friends
01:26:53co-workers and peers that's just a
01:26:55status game in a world of notifications
01:26:58ample options and overwhelm deep work is
01:27:01frankly no longer an option it is a
01:27:04necessity you have to block out time to
01:27:06work on your future or to work on your
01:27:09business or just to avoid conversation
01:27:12notifications or distractions as a whole
01:27:14you need to sit back you need to channel
01:27:17the creative Firepower that you've
01:27:19gained through your consumption or your
01:27:21education or your skill acquisition and
01:27:23you need to focus Focus that into a
01:27:25vessel AKA a business to act to reap the
01:27:30benefits from that business in the form
01:27:31of money connections and just resources
01:27:34in general and then be able to have that
01:27:36as currency that you can trade up
01:27:38towards a better life for yourself deep
01:27:40work is how you build out your dreams in
01:27:43record time so now we're going to talk
01:27:45about the priority ladder and with this
01:27:48with the priority ladder you can
01:27:49drastically change your life in 6 months
01:27:51with 1 hour a day of focus focused work
01:27:551 hour that's it do not think that you
01:27:58need anything more than 1 hour one
01:28:01meaningful project one day at a time so
01:28:03with the priority ladder it it's pretty
01:28:05it's just that it's a priority ladder
01:28:07where there's priority 1 2 3 and four
01:28:10and they are all not only decreasing in
01:28:14challenge but also increasing in the
01:28:19amount of distraction potential that
01:28:21there is right so Priority One is just
01:28:23absolute laser focused on building out
01:28:25your vision with through a project and
01:28:27then priority four is something like
01:28:29maintenance task where you are
01:28:32responding to emails uh responding to
01:28:34messages and doing other things like
01:28:35that where you are more open to actually
01:28:39potentially being distracted because
01:28:40there's nothing after that right there's
01:28:42no creative work that you have to do so
01:28:44we will start with Priority One now
01:28:46Priority One this is this pretty much
01:28:48built my entire life right for as long
01:28:51as I can remember even into my younger
01:28:53years I always always had one project
01:28:55that I was working on pretty close to
01:28:58first thing in the morning now it's
01:29:00always first thing in the morning like
01:29:01right now I'm writing my book because
01:29:03that is a new project right is it is not
01:29:06something that I have to consistently
01:29:08work on right now like it's not
01:29:10something that I have to maintain or
01:29:11update always it's something new and so
01:29:14that's what the first priority should be
01:29:16right so if you have not built anything
01:29:18and you only have 1 hour a day to spare
01:29:21this is the 1 hour time block that you
01:29:23use this is where you're focusing your
01:29:25efforts on the levers that are going to
01:29:27lead to creating your vision for the
01:29:29future and then once that is done so for
01:29:32beginners it's probably going to be
01:29:34something like starting a social media
01:29:36brand learning how to write with my
01:29:39two-hour writer or digital economics
01:29:40course and then as you break through the
01:29:44perception threshold that we talked
01:29:45about in a previous video where it's
01:29:48very difficult at the beginning but
01:29:49slowly becomes more pleasurable with
01:29:51time where it's going to be difficult
01:29:53and your mind is going to perceive it as
01:29:55more difficult than it's going to be and
01:29:57that perceived difficulty is going to
01:29:59increase and you until you hit that
01:30:00breakthrough right and then you're able
01:30:03to systemize things and then it just
01:30:04flows a lot smoother and then you can
01:30:06fit so much more into that hour right
01:30:09your first hour of focused work isn't
01:30:11going to be that focused you have to
01:30:12stick it out and refine your system with
01:30:14time and then once you start seeing
01:30:16results from that first hour of work
01:30:18then you move that into the second
01:30:20priority time block so you can start
01:30:22working on something new right so then
01:30:24when we move into priority 2 that's
01:30:26where your lever moving tasks go so in
01:30:30this case for me it's like uh replying
01:30:33on social media or creating content
01:30:36mostly creating content because that's
01:30:38like how I feed my system right and it's
01:30:40creative work it's something that I do
01:30:42not want to Outsource and then what
01:30:45people before when you move that up to
01:30:47the second priority you're going to
01:30:48start something new in Priority One
01:30:51because that is what's going to keep
01:30:52meaningful dopamine flowing and that is
01:30:54what's going to maintain momentum along
01:30:56this path until you systemize that and
01:30:58then you bump it up another priority
01:31:00right so for the the next thing that
01:31:03most people should do after starting a
01:31:05social media brand and once they start
01:31:06seeing results with that and it becomes
01:31:09a lot more efficient for them to keep up
01:31:11with that then you're going to start
01:31:12building a service or a product so that
01:31:14you can monetize and then once that's
01:31:16done you move that up and start reaching
01:31:20out to people but then you can start
01:31:21building out a funnel or something else
01:31:23and then all of these things slowly like
01:31:26build on each other over time the third
01:31:28time block is also for Lever moving
01:31:30tasks or creative tasks or meaningful
01:31:33tasks right so the things that you don't
01:31:35want to Outsource I will never Outsource
01:31:37my writing at least I hope I won't maybe
01:31:39I will um but in terms of like just
01:31:42writing in my date I'm not going to
01:31:44Outsource it as a whole the third time
01:31:46block is just to continue keeping the
01:31:48momentum going on whatever you're
01:31:49building and all of this can also apply
01:31:51to like a corporate job or just any work
01:31:54that you have you have to structure your
01:31:57days with this method and so the fourth
01:32:00time block or the priority 4 is for
01:32:04maintenance tasks and for me that's like
01:32:06checking messages responding to messages
01:32:09checking emails responding to emails um
01:32:13checking the modern Mastery community
01:32:15and interacting there this is where I
01:32:17expose myself to people right it sounds
01:32:21kind of weird to say it that way but it
01:32:23if you expose yourself to messages or
01:32:25your phone or notifications way too
01:32:27early in the morning that one Rogue
01:32:29thought that you get from it that you
01:32:33think isn't of importance when you first
01:32:35see it like oh I can touch my phone in
01:32:36the morning and work just fine no you
01:32:38can't it's going to pop up and then that
01:32:40alone is going to split your focus and
01:32:42then that opens up room for entropy
01:32:44where your mind starts going to all of
01:32:46these different thoughts without you
01:32:47knowing it that's the thing you probably
01:32:50think it's normal right now for you to
01:32:52do that and you think that you're doing
01:32:54the best most efficient work you are but
01:32:57you're not so you push back all of the
01:33:00conversational and maintenance task to
01:33:02the fourth priority and now with all of
01:33:05these I like to structure these anywhere
01:33:07from 45 to 90 minutes long time blocks
01:33:10for priority 1 2 3 and four each and
01:33:13then in between I'll take a break I'll
01:33:14make breakfast I'll make lunch I'll go
01:33:16on uh a 30 to 40 minute walk and listen
01:33:20to something in my ears usually closer
01:33:22to the last ones but in a nutshell
01:33:25that's really it there's no reason for
01:33:27me to go over exactly like all every
01:33:30little hack that I do because the the
01:33:33entire Joy of all of this comes through
01:33:35experimentation creating a way that you
01:33:38like doing and just testing different
01:33:41techniques so that's a technique that
01:33:42I'm giving you that you can test and
01:33:44then you can pull some of the good
01:33:45things from it put it into your own day
01:33:47and slowly refine that over time until
01:33:50you live a completely self-made
01:33:53lifestyle if you will so if you enjoyed
01:33:56this process first I encourage you to
01:33:58implement it second I encourage you to
01:34:00like And subscribe and comment um
01:34:03comment if anything stuck out to you or
01:34:06what you're going to implement uh cuz
01:34:08I'm curious to hear which parts stuck
01:34:09out the most
01:34:15there early last year I came across an
01:34:17American philosopher that was touted to
01:34:20be the most conscious man alive this
01:34:22guy's name is is Ken Wilbur and since
01:34:26then I picked up a few books from him
01:34:28including a brief history of everything
01:34:30and Cosmic Consciousness and a few
01:34:33others I've skimmed through them and I
01:34:34was instantly hooked he his teachings on
01:34:37holism Consciousness in general and just
01:34:40his integral Theory really made a lot of
01:34:42philosophical Concepts click for me and
01:34:45as I researched more I found uh
01:34:47something interesting many of you know
01:34:49David data the author of The Way of the
01:34:51superior man and Mark mans who is the
01:34:54author of The subtle art of not giving a
01:34:56[Â __Â ] so both of them were former
01:34:58students of Ken Wilbur and David daa
01:35:01clearly went on to use what he learned
01:35:04to help explain uh modern sexuality and
01:35:08masculinity in his books and Mark Manson
01:35:11had a more interesting story where he
01:35:14saw the rise and fall of Ken Wilbur I
01:35:17read on uh his blog you can probably
01:35:19find it somewhere it's called the rise
01:35:20and fall of Ken Wilbur but uh mark
01:35:23Manson was an adamant student of his he
01:35:25was really loving what he was learning
01:35:27he was supposed to go to some seminar or
01:35:29workshop and out of nowhere Ken Wilbur
01:35:32kind of turned on his audience he said
01:35:34some weird questionable things and then
01:35:37he kind of just disappeared from the
01:35:39scene and the long long story short of
01:35:42Mark Manson's article on this is that
01:35:44even the most conscious beings are still
01:35:47human we still have egos and so Ken is
01:35:50now back in Action he's showing up up on
01:35:52some Niche podcast I would recommend you
01:35:54go and give some of them a listen
01:35:56because they are very intriguing and I
01:35:58feel like if you like my content you'll
01:36:00like theirs quite a bit it's a lot more
01:36:02stimulating than mine is just because I
01:36:04haven't reached that level of thought or
01:36:07articulation yet and even though Ken
01:36:09Wilber did make some questionable
01:36:11remarks and he turned on his audience
01:36:12there's still a lot that we can learn
01:36:15from him it's the same thing with Alan
01:36:16Watts where uh like Alan Watts many of
01:36:19you know of him but some of you don't
01:36:21know that he died or he was the victim
01:36:24of alcoholism right so he drank alcohol
01:36:27and a lot of people have uh different
01:36:30perceptions and perspectives around
01:36:32alcohol but the the point is is that the
01:36:35medium and the message are separate and
01:36:38that even spiritual people are human too
01:36:41and they have their vices and they're
01:36:42battling with them and in my opinion
01:36:45Alan Watts's alcohol problem still
01:36:48aligned with his philosophy and so
01:36:49without going too deep into this I would
01:36:51encourage you to uh research these
01:36:53things for yourself follow your
01:36:54curiosity and question things don't form
01:36:56hards set beliefs on these things that
01:36:59most people would label as bad because
01:37:01we live in a world of Relativity and
01:37:04there are no absolutes except for the
01:37:06absolute and so the purpose of me
01:37:07framing this entire video this way is
01:37:09that I want to introduce you to a
01:37:11concept of Ken Wilbur and what he calls
01:37:14a hon h o l n a hoon is the unit of
01:37:19everything it is both a part and it is a
01:37:22whole like how an atom is a ho in itself
01:37:25but it is also a part of a molecule or
01:37:28how the molecule is a whole but it also
01:37:30a part of a cell and then going all the
01:37:32way up about humans and how they are
01:37:35holes in themselves but they are also a
01:37:37part of society Society a whole part of
01:37:39a culture culture a whole part of a
01:37:42Nation Nation world world galaxy galaxy
01:37:47Cosmos Cosmos God and so they span in
01:37:50infinite directions and this really
01:37:52helps paint a picture of
01:37:54um what some people call relativism or
01:37:56relativity where everything is connected
01:37:58right everything the thing that joins
01:38:00these Hons together is relationship so
01:38:03as Alan Watts would say existence is
01:38:05relationship and you're a smack in the
01:38:07middle of it because humans are not only
01:38:09a part of society but I'm a part of this
01:38:11room I'm a part of a family I'm a part
01:38:13of friendships Uh Wood is not only a
01:38:16part of a tree it is part of a chair it
01:38:18is used to build houses and so we can
01:38:20start to paint a picture here that
01:38:22holons or really anything ideas figments
01:38:25of Consciousness units of thought is
01:38:27what Alan Watts would call them these
01:38:29are the building blocks of creative
01:38:31problem solving and this is not only
01:38:33limited to things that are material or
01:38:35tangible ideas are also holons thoughts
01:38:39emotions they are holons they are part
01:38:41of a whole and a ho in themselves and
01:38:44this is how humans make sense of the
01:38:45world we create limits or distinctions
01:38:49in this case they're called holons and
01:38:51how these distinctions work together and
01:38:52how they're very context dependent or
01:38:54goal dependent and they're very useful
01:38:56when you start to actually notice these
01:38:58distinctions or Hons like with an
01:39:00emotion how can you follow that
01:39:02relationship to its source and
01:39:04understand it on a deeper level so that
01:39:05you can overcome that emotion if it's
01:39:07like a negative one and so this is best
01:39:09understood through philosophical
01:39:11contemplation just letting thoughts
01:39:13trigger thoughts and going down a rabbit
01:39:16hole of curiosity and Discovery so this
01:39:18is a practice that you can do on your
01:39:19own but we can do one right now let's
01:39:21say the ho on that I want to choose is
01:39:24honey so if I want to dissect that or
01:39:26just understand it on a deeper bigger
01:39:29picture level I can use my mind to
01:39:31follow it so there's the process of
01:39:33making honey the bees associated with
01:39:35pollination the beekeepers and if
01:39:37they're making a living wage whether any
01:39:39harm is being done to the bees the
01:39:41manufacturing and distribution process
01:39:43of the honey how the honey impacts human
01:39:46health when consumed and onward toward
01:39:48Infinity you can take any single one of
01:39:50those words in that list even the bullet
01:39:52points themselves
01:39:53and just start connecting dots and so in
01:39:56business as an example the one person
01:39:58business that we talk about you are a
01:40:00whole that includes your interests your
01:40:02interests are part and a whole of you
01:40:04but they are also a part and a whole of
01:40:07your Niche and then your Niche is a part
01:40:09and whole of the market and then markets
01:40:11are kind of parts and holes of social
01:40:14media and so if you're struggling in any
01:40:16domain of life that usually means
01:40:18there's a problem right that you're
01:40:19struggling through and you can usually
01:40:21pinpoint that problem and you can start
01:40:23to to zoom out and see the bigger
01:40:24picture of how it connects with other
01:40:26things and so this is why
01:40:28multi-perspectival understanding and
01:40:29open-mindedness is so important is
01:40:32because it allows you to solve creative
01:40:34Problems by connecting the dots this is
01:40:36something we're going to go a lot more
01:40:38in depth into in the next video which is
01:40:40going to be called like the greatest
01:40:41trap of the 21st century which is
01:40:43closed-mindedness cheap dopamine
01:40:45distraction Etc so now let's get into
01:40:47the interesting stuff which is modern
01:40:50enslavement or society as a pyramid
01:40:53scheme nobody I want to be trained into
01:40:55a job I hate work for 40 years and get
01:40:57angry at a TV until I die 90% of the
01:41:00population does exactly that wake up
01:41:03it's not too late so notice how holons
01:41:06are hierarchical they transcend and
01:41:09include one another like how humans or
01:41:12the emergence and and they emerge as
01:41:14well right so something emerges and then
01:41:16it transcends and includes what is under
01:41:18it so a human for example transcended
01:41:21and includes animals right we include
01:41:23the physicality and survival nature kind
01:41:26of in a metaphorical sense the
01:41:28physicality yes but the the survival is
01:41:30conceptual in our case of course we have
01:41:32physical survival but we also uh include
01:41:35conceptual survival and spirit emerged
01:41:38right that is the main difference is is
01:41:40Spirit emerged and humans have the
01:41:42ability to uh sense it which is pretty
01:41:45much the connection of Minds through the
01:41:47intangible like how a sports team has
01:41:49team spirit and they share that Spirit
01:41:51or energy uh going into a game and it
01:41:54allows them to win like if they have low
01:41:56Spirit low team spirit and another team
01:41:58has high team spirit you'd be surprised
01:42:00in how much the game can be swayed in
01:42:03any direction of winning or losing so
01:42:06everything is structured as a hierarchy
01:42:08and there are two types the first are
01:42:11Dominator hierarchies which is what
01:42:13gives the word hierarchy a bad
01:42:15reputation so these consist of pyramid
01:42:18scheme esque structures then the second
01:42:20are natural hierarchies or act ual
01:42:23iation hierarchies which is an order of
01:42:25increasing wholeness such as particles
01:42:28to atoms to cells to organisms or
01:42:30letters to words to sentences to
01:42:32paragraphs the hole on one level becomes
01:42:34a part of the whole of the next so you
01:42:37can see the wisdom in how Society kind
01:42:41of mimics this hierarchical structure
01:42:44but society would fall under the
01:42:46definition of uh a dominator hierarchy
01:42:49and of course this is context dependent
01:42:51but in like when we think of society
01:42:53this is what we think about and so
01:42:54societal entities like public schools or
01:42:57or the parts that make up the whole of
01:42:59society like public schools government
01:43:02corporate jobs and even some religious
01:43:04institutions which is more culture but
01:43:06still part and a whole those are also
01:43:08structured in this way so it's
01:43:10hierarchies within hierarchies and the
01:43:12main thing with this is that there are
01:43:14more people with less power at the
01:43:16bottom and then there are less people
01:43:18with more power at the top and so in a
01:43:20true pyramid scheme there are investors
01:43:22at the bottom bottom that enable this
01:43:24power distribution so you climb this
01:43:27ladder in any given situation if you're
01:43:29trying to climb the ladder like some
01:43:31people aren't trying to climb like the
01:43:33religious ladder right A lot of people
01:43:34aren't trying to become pastors but in
01:43:36in the sake of like a corporate job or
01:43:38going to school you're you're taught to
01:43:40climb the ladder through hard work and
01:43:43usually manual labor just hard hard work
01:43:46but it's going to be close to impossible
01:43:49to reach the actual top of the pyramid
01:43:52if you go about it this way you're
01:43:54usually going to get stuck in one level
01:43:56because if there's 10 people at the top
01:43:57and a million people at the
01:43:59bottom how are you those are just bad
01:44:02odds and so the people that want to
01:44:04break out of this pyramid scheme as
01:44:06structure have to create their own right
01:44:09they have to start their own business
01:44:10they have to start their own
01:44:12actualization hierarchy or create their
01:44:14own actualization hierarchy to escape a
01:44:17dominance hierarchy because the thing
01:44:19with this is that these are created
01:44:21every single day right they they trans
01:44:23send and include after creative
01:44:25emergence and so in in these pyramid
01:44:27schemes yeah money plays a role but
01:44:28money isn't the biggest problem the
01:44:30people at the bottom of these societal
01:44:32pyramid schemes are not investing money
01:44:34some of them are but they're investing
01:44:36attention so since humans survive on a
01:44:39conceptual level and if you identify or
01:44:43you like all that you know and all that
01:44:45you believe is let's say the job title
01:44:48that you adopt you're going to work to
01:44:50survive that identity with your
01:44:52attention right like for example it
01:44:54doesn't exist unless there is enough
01:44:56attention to give it life so in the case
01:44:59of like religious ideology or a business
01:45:01model like there could be a business
01:45:03model out there that we have no clue
01:45:06about because no one has actually done
01:45:08it or spread the word so that there is
01:45:10attention given to that business model
01:45:12to make it seem like it exists and it is
01:45:14something tangible that other people can
01:45:16go into but when people identify with
01:45:18their job title or their religion or
01:45:20something else it is upheld through
01:45:22attention and if that attention is
01:45:24threatened like if if if the attention
01:45:27is threatened then the existence of that
01:45:28thing is threatened and you are going to
01:45:30feel threatened like if someone says oh
01:45:32I don't like your sports team and you
01:45:34get threatened like you actually have a
01:45:36physical survival response is what I'm
01:45:39saying here that is what I mean and you
01:45:41are going to defend that belief over and
01:45:42over and hardwire it into your brain
01:45:44when in reality if you just zoom out
01:45:46gain a bigger picture you're those
01:45:48problems mean absolutely [Â __Â ] all so
01:45:51it's safe to say that power in our
01:45:53modern world comes from attention and
01:45:54we're talking about external power but
01:45:56we're also talking about internal power
01:45:58so being able to actually control your
01:46:00own attention and so another pattern to
01:46:02note here that we've talked about before
01:46:04is that these hierarchical structures
01:46:06also present a hierarchy of goals that
01:46:09help frame our attention or focus our
01:46:11attention or order our mind and with
01:46:14just a world of overwhelm uncertainty
01:46:16and like insecurity the masses flock to
01:46:20the thing that is going to be most
01:46:22likely to heal that uncertainty or order
01:46:25their mind which is usually one of these
01:46:27external hierarchy of goals like
01:46:29climbing the corporate ladder because
01:46:31they don't have Clarity on anything else
01:46:33they can do they haven't been exposed to
01:46:35another potential path that makes sense
01:46:37and have been given Clarity on how to
01:46:40actually reach that goal and take action
01:46:41on it so they either believe it's
01:46:43impossible or it's just not a
01:46:45possibility for them and so they go to
01:46:47the thing that has just been ingrained
01:46:49in our minds of what we should do and
01:46:51focus our attention on
01:46:53throughout the entirety of our lives and
01:46:56so this is the definition of modern
01:46:58enslavement I don't believe that like
01:47:00someone at the top is just planning
01:47:02being a puppet master I just it's it's
01:47:04just human nature and how nature is
01:47:08structured in this hierarchical manner
01:47:10and how we plan to focus our attention
01:47:12and over time these things becoming more
01:47:15and more normalized or conditioned into
01:47:17our brains to the point where we are
01:47:19born as slaves unless we take it on our
01:47:23eles to free or break those chains
01:47:26because social conditioning since the
01:47:28day you were born Narrows your mind to
01:47:31see the world the same as everyone else
01:47:33people have to be on the same page and
01:47:35so it becomes automatic for us to invest
01:47:37our psychic or mental energy into these
01:47:40hierarchy of goals not only to help
01:47:42maintain them because oh no if Society
01:47:45collapses then we all collapse it's not
01:47:47just going to collapse out of nowhere
01:47:48but you see what I mean is that it's
01:47:50like well someone has to do this job so
01:47:52someone has to do this and it's like
01:47:54that this is what creative problem
01:47:56solving is for if people actually woke
01:47:58up and wanted to create a better future
01:48:00for themselves and they decide not to go
01:48:04the traditional route then they're going
01:48:05to have to solve a problem and if enough
01:48:07people do this then the universe will
01:48:10correct itself we may go through some
01:48:11bad times but from a universal
01:48:13perspective when you look down it
01:48:15doesn't really matter it's just a part
01:48:17of the process of Life birth and death
01:48:20the collective societal vision for your
01:48:22future is to get good grades maybe get a
01:48:24high-paying job watch TV to ease your
01:48:27mind and maybe retire happily at 65 both
01:48:30with the unconscious seeking of status
01:48:31survival and approval and So eventually
01:48:34with the social conditioning or just
01:48:36conditioning in general all of this
01:48:37stuff becomes habit and we go on to
01:48:39mimic others right we become a product
01:48:42of others and we Chase these status
01:48:44games we spend our money on the fancy
01:48:45cars we invest our attention all day to
01:48:47make that money back and we never think
01:48:49to consult or create and then consult
01:48:52our own values Vision wants needs and
01:48:55potential impact on the world so we
01:48:57escape this modern enslavement one by
01:48:59becoming aware which I'm making you
01:49:01aware of right now and then the second
01:49:03thing is by creating your own
01:49:04actualization hierarchy to order your
01:49:06mind and create a better future for
01:49:09yourself and those around you because
01:49:10the actualization hierarchy will present
01:49:13a series of goals which are problems and
01:49:15increasing in creativity along the way
01:49:19and fulfillment and impact along the way
01:49:22that will will potentially spread to
01:49:24other people throughout the world so you
01:49:26have to work your way up and those the
01:49:28goals imply problems solve the problems
01:49:30over and over again and that is what you
01:49:33invest your attention in to help not
01:49:35only change your own life but then let
01:49:37that go on to impact other people as a
01:49:39whole and so you can opt for doing
01:49:41nothing you really can you can be a
01:49:43sheep you can be an NPC whatever however
01:49:46people label it you can opt for doing
01:49:48nothing but you have to understand that
01:49:50you are a human and that you are not
01:49:51going to escape survival if you opt for
01:49:54doing nothing you are automatically a
01:49:56slave you don't have to tie a negative
01:49:58connotation with slave right that's not
01:50:01necessarily a bad thing in certain cases
01:50:03it can be it can't be just don't take
01:50:05what I'm saying as absolutely literal in
01:50:08the the same interpretation that
01:50:10everyone is going to have like a slave
01:50:12from a thousand years ago we're talking
01:50:14metaphorically here in terms of the mind
01:50:17not physicality so I've been working on
01:50:19this for a long time this is going to be
01:50:22called the focus formula and it is how
01:50:24you take back control of your life so
01:50:26let's look at the graphic I made for
01:50:27this one I'm proud of this one but we'll
01:50:29dive into all of these steps right now
01:50:32just screenshot this if you want to have
01:50:35a way of remembering what we're going to
01:50:37talk about right now if you don't know
01:50:39what you want you will be told what you
01:50:40want and you will believe it so unless
01:50:42you have dissolved your ego completely
01:50:45entirely it doesn't exist and you plan
01:50:47to live out in the woods like a monk
01:50:49with no human connection whatsoever then
01:50:52you're going to to need a purpose and
01:50:54even then humans still have a purpose
01:50:57your purpose then is peace and you are
01:51:00just doing that so since success is
01:51:03relative and dependent on a hierarchy of
01:51:05goals you need to create your own so
01:51:08let's create the structure to order our
01:51:10minds and create a good life for
01:51:12ourselves so the first thing we have to
01:51:13talk about is purpose and the reason uh
01:51:16I'm creating this mainly and a lot of
01:51:18why I do what I do is because Mo what
01:51:20most people say in books and stuff it
01:51:22just doesn't really make sense right it
01:51:24doesn't make too much sense when people
01:51:25say oh you need a purpose there's no
01:51:28like how how do I find my purpose or
01:51:31something like that or uh you like you
01:51:33understand what a purpose is but you
01:51:35don't really understand what it is you
01:51:37know what I'm saying so for the sake of
01:51:39Simplicity purpose one there is not only
01:51:42one purpose you don't have one purpose
01:51:44right so there are lesser and greater
01:51:46purposes and you have to you have to
01:51:49achieve one purpose in order to unlock
01:51:51the next so to make this as simple as
01:51:53possible a purpose is a goal and a goal
01:51:57introduces a problem and so your purpose
01:52:01is the most pressing problem in your
01:52:03life right now if you have done
01:52:06absolutely nothing with your life your
01:52:08purpose is not to spread love and be
01:52:10selfless and good to the other to the
01:52:12world that it just doesn't work that way
01:52:14if you haven't self-developed and
01:52:16self-transcendent then it's impossible
01:52:18to be truly absolutely selfless so sit
01:52:23back and think what is your purpose
01:52:25right now what is the problem or the
01:52:28pain that you have been avoiding
01:52:30confronting if you're overweight and you
01:52:33need more energy and that's really
01:52:35dampening your life right like you can't
01:52:37walk downstairs you can't walk and keep
01:52:39up with your friends uh you can't even
01:52:41work a job like specific jobs in order
01:52:44to make more money then that is your
01:52:47purpose and you need to laser all of
01:52:48your attention in on that and solve it
01:52:51with what we're going to talk next but
01:52:53that is the thing that is your main goal
01:52:55that is your North Star at the moment
01:52:57and all of your actions will be aligned
01:53:00with that whether it be the food you eat
01:53:02or just the choices you make whether you
01:53:04go on a walk or you sit on a couch and
01:53:06the thing with this is is that you
01:53:07really have to sit and understand how
01:53:09that problem or pain is spreading into
01:53:12the rest of your life you have to become
01:53:14conscious of that in order to get
01:53:16absolutely fed up with where you are and
01:53:19then that energy that purpose will be
01:53:21much easier to one it will fuel you in
01:53:24the morning and you want to get out of
01:53:26bed but you have to get to that point
01:53:28you have to sit with it and marinate in
01:53:29it and stop ignoring the pain in your
01:53:32life or just another example is like
01:53:35mine I don't know if this was my first
01:53:37purpose but I as a kid I feel like a lot
01:53:41of you can relate I was just tired of
01:53:43not being able to get girls even though
01:53:45I wasn't trying right that's like every
01:53:46young dude's thing is you want to get
01:53:49girls and so my first thought like when
01:53:51I went through my first breakup it's
01:53:53like okay I'm going to get back at her
01:53:55for ju and just go to the gym and get
01:53:56jacked right and so that's why I went to
01:53:59the gym is because the biggest pain in
01:54:00my life as a kid it's funny now thinking
01:54:04back on your past purposes but that was
01:54:06the thing is I went to the gym because
01:54:07there was a big pain in my life and I
01:54:09wanted to solve that and the thing with
01:54:10this is is that's a lesser purpose but
01:54:13once you start solving that and once you
01:54:14do eventually solve that just with time
01:54:17it's not even immediate you may not know
01:54:18if it's solved or not then the next
01:54:20purpose presents itself because you're
01:54:22just slowly and consistently solving
01:54:24better problems for yourself so remember
01:54:27this is that one problems don't ever go
01:54:30away they just get better and they get
01:54:32more fun to solve right that's all we're
01:54:34doing that's all we're doing here is
01:54:35we're just constantly solving problems
01:54:38or avoiding problems and that's the
01:54:40cause of pain so we're either leaning
01:54:42into the battle the conflict the problem
01:54:45or we're sitting back and we're
01:54:46marinating in it and we're just not
01:54:48moving or uh aside from those two we are
01:54:51in the Pres present moment or we are
01:54:54meditating and we are practicing and
01:54:56getting ready for that next round of
01:54:58heat which is problem solving life
01:55:00unfolds in chapters like a book and each
01:55:03chapter presents a purpose that the next
01:55:05chapter leads into and you will feel
01:55:08lost heading into new chapters of your
01:55:10life your purpose isn't just going to be
01:55:12re readily available during the next
01:55:15like after you solved the first one or
01:55:18after you completed the first purpose
01:55:19the next one isn't going to show up
01:55:21you're going to feel lost we've all all
01:55:22gone through this and it's normal you
01:55:24just have to sit with it and this is a
01:55:26time where you would practice presence
01:55:28mindfulness and other things in
01:55:30preparation for that next round of
01:55:33intensity so if you aren't making
01:55:35progress then you are preparing for the
01:55:37next round of making progress and you
01:55:39have to be okay with that and you have
01:55:41to sit with it and self-reflect to
01:55:43understand okay what like getting hints
01:55:45at your next purpose it's like pieces of
01:55:47the puzzle right because you only know
01:55:49you don't exactly like know what a
01:55:51problem is right away maybe bugging you
01:55:54for a bit and you don't know what it is
01:55:56unless you self-reflect on what went
01:55:58wrong and what went right in your life
01:56:00it's like I may not know where I want to
01:56:02move next but if I reflect on my past
01:56:05and think about the places that I've
01:56:07been on vacation to or I've gone and
01:56:10visited and I can get a little inkling
01:56:12of like okay I want to live in a place
01:56:14that's a big city I want to be able to
01:56:16walk in some places this is how you
01:56:18create a vision for your future as you
01:56:20reflect and you start to piece together
01:56:22other piece of the puzzle based on your
01:56:23past mistakes and based on what went
01:56:26well so from your mistakes you
01:56:28understand okay I don't want to make
01:56:29that mistake again you can move in a
01:56:31better Direction like if I blow a bunch
01:56:34of money on a compulsive purchase like a
01:56:36car and then I can't afford anything for
01:56:39like 3 months that was a mistake and
01:56:41then it also presents a problem that
01:56:44could potentially be your next purpose
01:56:46or something that you need to solve
01:56:48right so if I can't afford the lifestyle
01:56:50that I want to live then I need to make
01:56:52more money so I need to start a business
01:56:55right I need to do or I need to increase
01:56:57my skill set in order to get a better
01:56:59job right it it allows me to make
01:57:01progress on something that I want and
01:57:04can be enjoyable if I have Clarity on
01:57:06how to do it and so if I start a
01:57:08business or I and then those present
01:57:10subsequent problems and then you have to
01:57:12solve those you have to lean into them
01:57:14if I don't know how to build a business
01:57:15then I need to learn if I know and I
01:57:17haven't done anything then I need to act
01:57:19like all of this stuff is so simple if
01:57:21you just get out of your head and
01:57:23understand here's a problem I need to
01:57:24solve it I need to also learn how to
01:57:26solve it and then I'm going to solve it
01:57:27and so the next time around that like
01:57:29there are no right or wrong actions here
01:57:32right where if I want to do something so
01:57:35surface level so status based like
01:57:37starting a business making a lot of
01:57:38money and getting a good car then I'm
01:57:40going to do that but then I have to
01:57:42self-reflect and see if that was a
01:57:44mistake because I can always come back
01:57:46and correct it I can sell the car I can
01:57:48make a better decision I can restructure
01:57:50my business I can restructure my
01:57:51lifestyle I just need the control to do
01:57:53that and if you aren't able to do that
01:57:55then that's a problem solve it if you
01:57:57have a job and you don't have any time
01:57:58on your hands that's a problem start a
01:58:00business do what you have to do and so
01:58:02if you're absolutely lost you're just
01:58:04absolutely lost with this whole purpose
01:58:06stuff then you need to ask better
01:58:08questions to yourself because questions
01:58:11dictate the quality of answers quality
01:58:13of answers dictate the quality of your
01:58:14life and so use these questions below as
01:58:17attention anchors right hold them in the
01:58:19back of your awareness because these
01:58:20answer these questions aren't answered
01:58:22answered with time I don't think any
01:58:23questions are answered almost
01:58:25immediately at least meaningful ones
01:58:26where you actually gain knowledge
01:58:28because you have to make mistakes and
01:58:30let struggle and pain lead to answers so
01:58:33ask the questions to yourself as we go
01:58:35about them and then experience life
01:58:38self-reflect and see okay in alignment
01:58:40with these questions what answers are
01:58:42starting to piece together from what I
01:58:45just experienced in life what do I
01:58:47really want out of life what is
01:58:49important to me what is the highest
01:58:51version of myself what does my ideal day
01:58:54look like what do I have to accomplish
01:58:57in order to get there does that solve a
01:58:59problem in the world and what product or
01:59:02service aligns with both what is the
01:59:05next phase of my purpose write these
01:59:08down so after purpose we have process we
01:59:11need to gain Clarity and understand how
01:59:13to achieve whatever purpose we have
01:59:15repeat the boring fundamentals that's
01:59:17how you get results but realize they
01:59:19aren't boring a sushi chef spends years
01:59:22is perfecting the preparation of rice a
01:59:24tennis player obsesses over the angle of
01:59:26their serve Mastery sets you apart in a
01:59:29world that can't see beyond the surface
01:59:31so what is the process that is going to
01:59:33allow you to achieve your goal so every
01:59:36goal is you if it's not like immediate
01:59:38like me saying this next word as a goal
01:59:41if it's further away from you then you
01:59:42need to gain Clarity by attaching a
01:59:44string of goals to it like a quest in a
01:59:46video game that helps narrow your
01:59:48attention block distractions and gets
01:59:50you obsessed with solving it it gives
01:59:51you Clarity it orders your mind and so
01:59:54from those deconstructed goals from your
01:59:56purpose let's say my purpose is I need
01:59:58to just get fit in the gym then what's
02:00:01the process goal number one is I need to
02:00:02learn how to go to the gym goal number
02:00:04two is I need to understand uh what I
02:00:06actually need to do what food do I need
02:00:09to eat what equipment do I need to buy
02:00:11and if my goal is specific right which
02:00:14we'll talk about in a bit like gaining
02:00:1620 lbs of muscle in my first year right
02:00:19I have to learn in order to understand
02:00:21and gain clarity on that goal and
02:00:22understand what's actually possible and
02:00:24then align all of my actions with that
02:00:27goal and execute as a process repeating
02:00:30the boring fundamentals so you need to
02:00:31study the principles of these things in
02:00:33order to actualize or achieve your goals
02:00:36and so you also have to understand that
02:00:38this process is going to change with
02:00:40time and as you learn and experience
02:00:42more because the process of Mastery or
02:00:44just anything like a acquiring a skill
02:00:47it comes in stages of beginner
02:00:49intermediate Advanced and possibly even
02:00:52more in between that like a beginner in
02:00:54the gym is not going to be doing the
02:00:55same workouts as an intermediate or an
02:00:58advanced lifter in the gym same as with
02:01:00business you're not going to be hiring
02:01:02employees as a beginner you're going to
02:01:04be acquiring skills learning direct
02:01:06Outreach learning direct response
02:01:07marketing understanding how to grow on
02:01:09social media understanding what you want
02:01:11to talk about creating your Niche etc
02:01:13etc and then intermediate is more so
02:01:14like maintaining that we talked about
02:01:17stage 1 through three creators in the
02:01:19onep person business road map so that's
02:01:20an example but but you see what I'm
02:01:22saying here and so every stage will have
02:01:24its own lever moving actions that you
02:01:25need to take on a daily basis in order
02:01:28to bust through your purpose and if you
02:01:31need help with this use my power planner
02:01:33it's free download in the description
02:01:35it'll help you take your vision for the
02:01:37future break it down into yearly monthly
02:01:40weekly and daily goals with priority
02:01:42tasks and that's what we're talking
02:01:44about next is priority making better
02:01:46decisions so the best way to frame your
02:01:50actions whether it be on a daily or even
02:01:53like a higher goal like a monthly goal
02:01:55is performance versus vanity so we're
02:01:58favoring performance here so instead of
02:02:00trying to gain uh 50 followers a day
02:02:04which if you've been in the social media
02:02:05game you know that as a beginner that's
02:02:07kind of like iffy like it's it's not
02:02:09guaranteed right you don't have control
02:02:12over it so your mind is much more likely
02:02:14to become disordered and overwhelmed and
02:02:17anxious about actually taking action so
02:02:19what you can do instead of trying to
02:02:20gain 50 followers is writing 1,000 words
02:02:25a day and of course this has to be
02:02:26aligned with what you're actually doing
02:02:28or it can be write three highquality
02:02:30tweets a day or one Instagram post a day
02:02:34and 20 replies under an account to get
02:02:36more followers to your actual page and
02:02:38so this is such such such a big
02:02:40realization is that you at this moment
02:02:43in your life are manifestation of your
02:02:46past choices all of them have compounded
02:02:49into who you are today and your future
02:02:51self is going to be a manifestation of
02:02:53the choices you make from this moment on
02:02:55until then and so making better
02:02:57decisions comes much easier when you
02:02:59have a purpose and process to frame your
02:03:02attention into and make decisions in
02:03:04alignment with so the first thing you do
02:03:06to start making better decisions is to
02:03:09bring your purpose to the top of your
02:03:10mind this will help you filter signal
02:03:13importance from noise distraction so if
02:03:16it isn't conducive to achieving your
02:03:18purpose then it isn't important unless
02:03:21you've been convinced that it is by
02:03:23someone else so the next thing you can
02:03:25do for making better decisions is
02:03:27gaining
02:03:28multi-perspectival understanding so you
02:03:30can do this in many different ways and
02:03:32we've talked about this before and we'll
02:03:33talk about it more in the next video but
02:03:35for the sake of brevity because this
02:03:36video is already getting really long is
02:03:39uh to adopt the perspective of the
02:03:41highest version of yourself right what
02:03:43do they look like what do they want to
02:03:45do with their life you have to have a
02:03:46vision for your future and you have to
02:03:48adopt the perspective of that person you
02:03:50have to transfer your consciousness
02:03:52into that person and see what decision
02:03:54would they make like if I'm a
02:03:56bodybuilder I can pretty much understand
02:03:59why a bodybuilder would decide to eat
02:04:01chicken and rice aside from going out
02:04:03it's because they have a a goal to
02:04:04achieve a meaningful goal to achieve a
02:04:06purpose so how can you view the
02:04:08situation that allows you to perceive it
02:04:11in a way that is conducive to action and
02:04:13that's the thing is to perceive a
02:04:15situation in a way that allows you to
02:04:17act in alignment with your purpose
02:04:20problems are only problems if you
02:04:22interpret them as such from your narrow
02:04:25perspective if you don't feel like
02:04:27getting out of bed zoom out and see your
02:04:29problem for what it is there's some
02:04:31people that don't have legs they have to
02:04:33be let out of bed are like they don't
02:04:36give a [Â __Â ] if you don't feel like
02:04:38getting out of bed they can't even get
02:04:39out of bed there are people that don't
02:04:40even have a bed or food to cook and eat
02:04:43in the morning so you have a purpose to
02:04:46actualize and you need to perceive the
02:04:48situation and the way that allows you to
02:04:50act to act actually actualize it so do
02:04:54that so a note about this the the Focus
02:04:58Formula the little graphic there that we
02:05:01created is that this does not only apply
02:05:03to your life this applies to every
02:05:05single goal you plan to actualize if
02:05:07you're working on a project right or
02:05:09you're writing an article it's the same
02:05:10thing you need a purpose for that
02:05:12article you need a process for writing
02:05:13it and you need priority actions to take
02:05:16this is like a global framework for
02:05:18framing your attention and eliminating
02:05:21distraction
02:05:22and not having all of these problems
02:05:24that are unimportant their noise
02:05:26distract you from what's important in
02:05:28your life and actually impacting the
02:05:30world on a deeper level so this is that
02:05:34image is your reality okay you need to
02:05:37internalize that and you need to sit
02:05:39with it and marinate in it and
02:05:41understand the good and bad of not
02:05:42achieving it you have to understand what
02:05:44is going to happen if I do not achieve
02:05:46this purpose and it's not pretty at all
02:05:48observe just just sit and follow rabbit
02:05:51hole into the worst possible scenario of
02:05:54where your life could end up and then
02:05:56also do the opposite the flip side of
02:05:58the coin what is the best case scenario
02:06:00of if you actually actualize this
02:06:02purpose and then the next and then the
02:06:03next and then the next what will happen
02:06:06where will you be in life and then dance
02:06:08between those two as you're going about
02:06:10life and if something else pops up to
02:06:12try and distract you then you need to
02:06:14sit with it and you need to filter it
02:06:16through a purpose filter and understand
02:06:19okay is this important and how am I
02:06:21going to act
02:06:22according to this problem that just
02:06:23showed up and so typical distractions
02:06:26like social media the news and other
02:06:29things they don't [Â __Â ] matter in your
02:06:30life and the reason they matter to a lot
02:06:32of people and they base their identity
02:06:34around that is because they do not have
02:06:36a purpose to bring their attention back
02:06:38to they do not have a hierarchy of goals
02:06:41to frame and structure their attention
02:06:42to create a better life for
02:06:48themselves the harsh reality is that how
02:06:51you spend your 20s will make or break
02:06:54your future of course there are outliers
02:06:56but for the vast majority of people this
02:06:58holds true dopamine and modern Comforts
02:07:01have become so normal that 99% of the
02:07:04population is docile just way too
02:07:07comfortable and heavily risk averse the
02:07:09solution is simple so here are three
02:07:11steps to Future proofing Yourself by the
02:07:14time you turn 30 life hits you like a
02:07:17truck it is not hard to observe this
02:07:19fact in society your time dries up and
02:07:22your habits compound they are much
02:07:23harder to break if you didn't take care
02:07:25of your health it will catch up to you
02:07:27and you will lose more time if you
02:07:30didn't start a business you need more
02:07:32effort to get out of a job it will take
02:07:35longer to get out your mental Peak
02:07:37starts to decline in your 30s you don't
02:07:40have the knowledge and experience that
02:07:42comes from forging your own path people
02:07:44miss out on that one a lot I'm 26 I can
02:07:47only speak so much here right uh I'm not
02:07:5030 so why am I even talking about this
02:07:53but I can attest to the fact that people
02:07:55have told me that I am more wise than
02:07:5950-year-olds or other people that don't
02:08:01have the experience like how much can
02:08:03you actually learn and know if you just
02:08:06do the same thing every single day for
02:08:0850 years of your life and of course you
02:08:10have commitments so a house spouse work
02:08:14and possibly children and again this
02:08:16isn't the case for everyone and if you
02:08:17are in your 30s don't let this
02:08:19discourage you right face reality you
02:08:21will have to put in more effort for a
02:08:23longer period of time than a 20-year-old
02:08:26would have to it is what it is start
02:08:28doing it now but being young presents
02:08:31the most traps so there's social
02:08:33conditioning in other words you may not
02:08:35even realize the Trap that you've dug
02:08:37yourself into by the time you're 25 26
02:08:4027 you may not have watched a video like
02:08:43this or some other video of people
02:08:45trying to make you aware of the life you
02:08:48have not lived yet your life and another
02:08:51trap is of course the dopamine laddin
02:08:53entertainment the stuff that we
02:08:55naturally gravitate towards right when
02:08:57you're bored where does your attention
02:08:58go it goes to your phone you open up
02:09:00Instagram you don't even know it 5
02:09:02minutes later you're just scrolling and
02:09:04you're watching some random reel and
02:09:06then of course there is Comforts new
02:09:08modern Comforts like video games Netflix
02:09:10and just other things that cross over
02:09:12with the dopamine cheap entertainment
02:09:14that make people not want to Branch into
02:09:17the unknown and discover new things and
02:09:19find new opportunities for them eles and
02:09:22become aware of their potential so
02:09:23thankfully the solution is simple but
02:09:25not easy the first step is to build your
02:09:28body most successful people that I've
02:09:30talked to have always started with some
02:09:33form of exercise right I started in the
02:09:35gym that was my first Obsession I did it
02:09:38for vanity reasons I wanted to get
02:09:40jacked I wanted to look good so I could
02:09:42get women and that's what almost every
02:09:44single at least dude that I know started
02:09:47with that are now business people and
02:09:49vastly successful in more areas than
02:09:52just good looks because the gym
02:09:54specifically teaches you that you have
02:09:57to put effort into reality in order to
02:09:59get something out it teaches you that
02:10:01you are not entitled to [Â __Â ] anything
02:10:04the gym is literally the opposite of
02:10:06cheap dopamine it is Meaningful dopamine
02:10:08that you see through progress effort
02:10:11hard work and you get results because of
02:10:14it and so the other thing is that looks
02:10:16matter whether you think it's fair or
02:10:18not right I know there are people that
02:10:20are less fortunate uh they have there's
02:10:22genetic outliers there's other things
02:10:24like that do what you can but for people
02:10:26that are fortunate to be able to improve
02:10:29their looks to the absolute maximum why
02:10:32are you not doing that it's the same
02:10:34thing with business right attention
02:10:36grabbing attention is the first step to
02:10:38being able to display your value right
02:10:41so you have to catch attention with
02:10:42content in order to convert into money
02:10:45in the real world you have to catch
02:10:47attention with your looks your demeanor
02:10:50how you present yourself to the world
02:10:52and then that's when they discover who
02:10:54you are and your skill set and other
02:10:56things and if you don't look good you're
02:10:58taking a big chunk away from what can
02:11:01introduce you to new opportunities in
02:11:03the world people just respect you more
02:11:06when you look good and you've put effort
02:11:08into your body regardless of if you're
02:11:09still objectively ugly right if you
02:11:12don't look good but you've put effort
02:11:15into building yourself up people
02:11:17recognize that you attract more
02:11:19attention from highlevel people and of
02:11:21course there is a line where vanity can
02:11:23hurt your self-image right you can get
02:11:25trapped in that mental thought Loop but
02:11:27that's just an aspect of living with
02:11:30purpose and that can be learned and
02:11:32overcome through a mindfulness practice
02:11:35right when you're pursuing anything
02:11:37whether it be looks money whatever
02:11:39there's Al there's always something you
02:11:40can compare yourself to when you're
02:11:42moving forward and making progress in
02:11:43the world that is where suffering is
02:11:45born out of desire and so you need to
02:11:48learn to manage that it doesn't mean you
02:11:51just just avoid it completely and not
02:11:52expose yourself to experience through
02:11:55actually moving through the world and
02:11:57making progress you have to do both
02:11:59peace and progress practice both skills
02:12:02and lastly you can look good and not be
02:12:04a narcissistic [Â __Â ] and we start with
02:12:06building the body because you can start
02:12:09right now you don't have to wait until
02:12:11oh I have this certain skill set in
02:12:13order to make income from my business no
02:12:16you go to the gym right [Â __Â ] now and
02:12:17the benefits of it transfer over into
02:12:19clear thinking a strong mind mindset and
02:12:21just more physical energy when you
02:12:23prioritize your body your mind and
02:12:25finances follow because you're improving
02:12:28the vessel from which those things come
02:12:30so the second thing after building your
02:12:32body is to build your mind your level of
02:12:35Mind dictates your quality of life right
02:12:38your level of mind is pretty much your
02:12:40perspective how high and open of a
02:12:43perspective you have from which you
02:12:45interpret the problems in your life if
02:12:47you have a low level of mind and you are
02:12:49focused on a problem within that level
02:12:51of mind like paying the bills and Oh no
02:12:54you're trapped in this mental thought
02:12:55Loop and then you don't learn the skills
02:12:57and gain the experience necessary to
02:12:59increase above that to view the problem
02:13:02from a lens that does not bother you
02:13:05right because your problems don't go
02:13:06away you just get better at perceiving
02:13:08them and with this you don't need to
02:13:11understand every single part of a nice
02:13:13car in order to have a nice ride but
02:13:15with the mind it doesn't work like that
02:13:17you have to understand your mind in
02:13:20order to use it and in order to drive it
02:13:23and that alone will dictate the quality
02:13:25of your Human Experience in and of
02:13:27itself so schedule time to study
02:13:29philosophy study spirituality study
02:13:32metaphysics study psychology study
02:13:34epistemology study stages of ego
02:13:36development study spiral Dynamics study
02:13:39the mind this is a lifelong pursuit of
02:13:42Mastery you will become powerful so on
02:13:45top of that we need to use our mind to
02:13:48make progress in reality so we adapt to
02:13:50the modern landscape by creating a
02:13:52vision for your future deconstructing it
02:13:55into goals acquiring Knowledge and
02:13:57Skills and making small daily
02:13:59improvements focus on your health wealth
02:14:02and happiness I also have a video called
02:14:04society as a pyramid scheme how to take
02:14:06back control of your life something like
02:14:08that but that's a great video for
02:14:10breaking that process down more now step
02:14:12number three we built our body we're
02:14:14building our mind build your business
02:14:17that's step three entrepreneurship is
02:14:19for everyone I just went on an entire
02:14:2210-minute rant in the last video so go
02:14:24watch that and I can handle objections
02:14:25all day about this but entrepreneurship
02:14:28is for everyone you are an entrepreneur
02:14:29right now you have value to provide and
02:14:31you provide it to some people all you
02:14:33need to do is put that value on the
02:14:34Internet or in front of people with a
02:14:36price tag on it and boom you're an
02:14:38entrepreneur strip your mind of the
02:14:40limiting beliefs of what you think
02:14:42entrepreneurship is and just start
02:14:44contributing to humanity and getting
02:14:47paid for doing so that's
02:14:48entrepreneurship by helping other people
02:14:50so business business is how you Channel
02:14:53your interests skills and expertise to
02:14:56impact others at scale and as Alan Watts
02:14:59would say sensible people get paid for
02:15:02doing what they enjoy doing and if you
02:15:04want to live a fulfilling life you need
02:15:06to leverage all five intrinsic drivers
02:15:08curiosity purpose passion autonomy and
02:15:11Mastery you need to create and have full
02:15:13control over the lifestyle you wish to
02:15:15live business is how you get there and
02:15:18no you don't need to start a billion
02:15:20dollar company the internet has leveled
02:15:22the playing field for skill and
02:15:24knowledge acquisition and just being
02:15:25able to build a product and put it in
02:15:27front of someone Evolution has led to
02:15:29this point of Us coming full circle to
02:15:32how our ancestors were entrepreneurs and
02:15:34were just you just all work in your
02:15:37little community and it's like a little
02:15:39Utopia that you live in and now it's
02:15:40much more larger scale and Global so you
02:15:43don't need a$1 billion company you need
02:15:45a oneperson business you need a specific
02:15:47set of skills that you learn the ones
02:15:50that you want to learn learn you
02:15:51generate traffic on social media by
02:15:53putting yourself in public as a personal
02:15:55brand and it's as simple as this you
02:15:57create a product that would have helped
02:15:59your former self right or would have
02:16:03helped you get to where you are faster
02:16:05because personal development is about
02:16:06solving your own problems business is
02:16:08about solving other people's problems so
02:16:09if you solve your own problems and you
02:16:11create something to help you with that
02:16:13like a planner if I need mental Clarity
02:16:15I'm going to create a plan or a journal
02:16:16and then I'm just going to sell that to
02:16:18others set a goal find a problem learn
02:16:20learn how to solve it document how you
02:16:22solved it distill it into a replicable
02:16:24process give it to others that want to
02:16:26be helped do it offline and it's called
02:16:28growth do it online and it's called
02:16:31business that's it so in your 20s to
02:16:34make the most of them you realize your
02:16:36potential by becoming aware of the rut
02:16:38that you are digging yourself in just by
02:16:41the default state of humanity that's how
02:16:42you're born we're Consciousness is
02:16:45chaotic unless we order it don't waste
02:16:47your 20s build your body build your mind
02:16:49build your business and like comment
02:16:52subscribe peace
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