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No he's not manipulating us. He is inspiring us. He has no control on us whatsoever, as you have no control over yourself. He is extremely strategic on how to impact the world in the most significantly, and I think he's doing a great job. It's a business because he needs to pay rent too. But he could earn 100x he does now if he wants too. He gives away a very great deal for free, because he knows that's the way to reach many more people. At least that's my perception.

Meditate every day, watch all of Leo's videos, try to be mindful all the time, always try to improve yourself (your own mind, not your possessions / environment) and the epiphanies (genius flashes of insight) will come.

Check out Leo's latest video, to see if you already want what you should want, and then figure what you really want, and then strategize how to get that, perhaps asking here how to strategize what you want when you know what it is you want

Currently I work 5 days a week. 40 hours. I have done this for 10 years now, and I combine working for a boss and doing projects for myself. Im also trying to build some new kind of product, which may or may not earn me money in the future, but it's more like a hobby and I really like to work on that. However, it's the same type of work i'm doing for my job: programming. I feel like when I spend an evening working on that project, I perform worse the next day at work. I have tried to put more time in the project in the past but I always wind up not getting much progress. I feel like im scared to work on the project because i'm afraid it will impact me on other areas in my life like getting more stressed or overworked or anything bad. I always seem to restrict myself to do nothing more than 40-45 hours of work (including the project) a week. Now my question is, are those 40 hours a week a magic barrier of how much (productive) programming work a human can possibly do? Or is it my own psychological barrier that prevents me from working more on my project? Should I embrace this barrier and just allow myself to relax when I did 40 hours of work in a week? Or should I push myself more and try to get more work done on my project?

@Leo Gura Yeah I've been doing some research on this and most of the time i find that 40 is the magic number. I think i'm gonna stick to that. At least with programming. But what about doing two very different kinds of work? Like 40 hours of programming. And 40 hours of working in a restaurant or something. Does anyone has any experience with that?

@JevinR 8 hours of sleep a week sounds ridiculous. Unless his job meditating all day what kind of work does he do? And is he doing this for years?

@Falk Thanks yeah that's what I thought too. But I never experienced working >80 hours a week before. Somehow I always watch myself to keep my sanity and stay mentally healthy and maybe that's just a good thing

This will probably raise more questions then it will answer anything, but I'm going to say it anyway: I believe death does not exist. But I also believe being alive does not exist. Consciousness is an illusion. Hear me out: Let's just assume that there would be no such thing as consciousness. That all human beings are just like animals just doing what they are programmed to do. In that very program, there is programmed that these human beings can identify themselves as a being. If somehow we could teleport human beings, by building them up exactly the same molecule by molecule in another place, the body would be a completely new body, but the mind would think he's the same as the old, or at least his 'consciousness' thinks so. You might think, well, the old body is dead and you created new life that thinks it's the same as the old. But imagine this: What if this is the case every day you wake up? Your old body dies and a new one wakes up, you would never know, but it doesn't make any difference. Anyway, I believe death is not something you must fear, you are already dead, or immortal, however you want to see it. Fear of death is all it says it is: 'fear of death'. You should fear that fear itself, because it's a waste of energy to think about it. Just be.

Name: Kaz van Wel Age: 30 Gender: Male Location: Alkmaar, The Netherlands Occupation: Web developer Marital Status: Married Kids: A boy is in the making Hobbies: Webdevelopment, Books, Bodyweight fitness, Hiking, Meditating, Improving my own life I'm just (like everybody else on this planet) trying to find happiness. I always think hard on how I can improve my life. I always think long term. This has led me into personal development quite naturally. But it really went to another level around the age of 25, short after when I met my now wife. Before I met her I was addicted to porn and sex. My whole life revolved around that. It affected my personality very heavily and my wife really struggled with it and almost left me. I started working on myself and quit watching porn cold turkey. I changed a lot and became a much better person to be around with, and it kickstarted my desire to improve myself in other areas of my life. Quitting porn made me less craving dopamine hitting my brain and I started eating healthier and spend less time on the computer and more with my wife. I'm still not fully free from porn but it's way less than before and I can be honest about it now to my wife. Personal challenges I've overcome: Porn addiction Sex obsession Social anxiety Obsessive gaming Switched jobs, which really scared the shit out of me Started a business What I'm working on now: Working towards financial independence Growing my own business so I can eventually quit my job Minimalism Enlightenment Preparing myself to be an awesome dad

I've had a few experiences, but i'm not sure if it's enlightenment. In several occasions, which I could quite easily replicate, I just become the observer. I see my own thoughts and I see myself moving and doing things on autopilot. It's almost like i'm inside my own head and my body is a giant self operating robot. In a few occasions, when I meditate, I get into a very deep state. In that state I'm completely free of thoughts and I feel like everything in the real world is really far away. I am truly at peace at that moment. I think i've experienced this like 5 times in my life. I also experienced this when I was a kid, but I never understood what it was and it scared me so I got out of it very quickly. Now I really embrace it. Another experience I had as a kid was when I thought heavily about "why do I and the universe exist? Why is there anything?" then I would really experience some not of this world experience. Again, I didn't understand it, it scared me, and I got out of it quickly. Recently I tried to bring this experience back again, but I couldn't do it. I think maturity has separated me from this too much.