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I personally don't give a shit about it being seen low socially. I care about the pay. If being a garbage collector, did pay me great, I'd do that. But because my mind is essentially split among different interests (even though I didn't nail down into one thing, I do have a life purpose direction...), I'd probably not want to waste my time being a garbage collector due to it leaving me too tired at the end of the day, concern with getting diseases from the trash (cutting myself, etc). Nothing at all about how others would perceive. I don't even think that women give a shit, I bet if I said I was a garbage collector for some kind of special industry (Nuclear industry, going to nuclear sites and doing containment of materials, etc), but it pays extraordinarily well, they wouldn't think that bad of it... Maybe it could have a disgust factor to it at best. But even then, the point is, even the ideal of social prestige is bullshit, people care about the pay (Ergg.. gold digger women at a first instance), they just infer the pay with the profession's name. lol And even the pay, I just matter to ourselves, and even there we can be misguided in how much we really need.

Brazilian here. My parents couldn't care less about me having a degree or not (it matters is that I do anything at all that pays). They just want me to pay the bills, LMAO. However, obviously, I'm aiming to make internationally reasonable amounts of money, which for bystanders reading this, I can make more than the average doctor in Brazil by doing a couple of web design freelancing jobs online per month or whatever.... Which I don't yet because I'm disconnected from my top values and keep shooting myself in the feet, like the OP.

I'm a self-taught English speaker. My native language is Portuguese. I'm currently also learning French. I like the classic Glossika Fluency course to get up-to-speed with verbal comprehension and production (3000 sentences, starts from easy and increases difficulty). It provides audio as well, obviously. But I think they don't sell it anymore, you should find similar. - See also: Frequency Dictionary https://www.amazon.com/Frequency-Dictionary-Persian-vocabulary-Dictionaries-ebook/dp/B0BZTKKJBX (It can be used, but it's better the other way around) When it comes to becoming a better speaker, you must simply practice speaking more on your own as if you were speaking with somebody without any kind of script, and you record and listen to it as you please to recognize points to improve. - See also: the "Shadowing" technique to improve pronunciation, intonation, etc. - Record yourself speaking a text like "Comma Gets A Cure" https://www.dialectsarchive.com/comma-gets-a-cure (it's a great text given by linguists to test someone's accent, phonetics, etc). Use it as a benchmark to test yourself over time. Look up on YouTube people of different accents speaking the same text. When it comes to being an effective learner, it's about massive exposure to comprehensible input. The role of a GREAT TEACHER is to, first, counsel your students and get them acquainted with the highest yield self-learning techniques (because after all, everyone is self-taught after a certain threshold/critical mass), because the role of a great teacher is to make their students not need them, but they'll need them regardless as beginners. You want to get them up to speed with the crucial basics of effective learning as soon as possible, and lead them into creating habits of exposure to comprehensible input. I don't think going into endless grammar sessions is effective for a very beginner, it can be derived more effectively from example sentences. And on the classes, I think the best teacher for me would be somebody that already starts speaking as much as possible of the target language from day 1, and does classes in a way that maximizes comprehensibility. Just watch Stephen Krashen below. I guess for many students because they will be lazy, most of what they will hear of the English language in a comprehensible way will be just through your classes. But also, this idea that people must speak from day 1 is not necessary for mastery, but at some point they must start shadowing as closely as possible the language, and then producing their spoken own sentences. It does help get some people motivated, but what actually makes them acquire the language is massive comprehensible input. It's a mix between different methods at different stages.

hahahahahaaahahahahah he looks like he would have said that. Looks like a stoned stoner.

Bro. I hope you are doing better now 😇 What is the main take-away from what I said about myself? It is, that, for you, you also got caught up with some sorts of fights you picked up (i.e.: Need to get specific degree, monetize a specific way, get a degree in this institution, during this timeframe imposed by them), but in your case, you have the formal education system stealing from you the ability to change organically, it gave you an artificial deadline of when you must finish pursuing this path. I felt like that before when I got mentally caught up about some long distance relationship, and she imposed some weird deadlines on me. It fucked up with my mental health and self-steam badly. I did things in a rushed kind of way, only envisioning the deadline. Took risks in the crypto market. Didn't learn anything that would go beyond that 1-year time horizon. But when it comes to general mental health, I'm doing okay, my most pressing issue is to literally just have enough money to move out of my parent's home and have some social life at the same time I have time to keep pursuing whatever I want to pursue next. When it comes to actually making the most money possible, unless you have horrible self-organization skills, it's entrepreneurship. Although, the kind of risk it carries is that somebody just won't figure out how to put the pieces together (Leads/Traffic, Sales/Copywriting, Product/Service), and it's less "risky" to just plug into an existing company. The problem is that going the formal route of working for a company or being in the formal education system, is that, at least the way I see it, is that it will give you less creative freedom, and the less freedom of how you can spend your time, it just solidifies you further into their system with their own arbitrary rules that are meant for the good of their institution/business. I mean, just think how it did lead you to consider suicide their arbitrary rule of not repeating more than 3 times. That's very dehumanizing, being under the control of those systems, although, if we play it right, we will get presumably a certain path ahead to financial success. But fundamentally, that certainty mostly comes because someone is able to simply develop discipline to develop valuable skills, and the employers scoop them up, and re-deliver on those skills back to the market where they already hold a position. I guess, we have to come to acceptance of the level of discipline and kind of cognitive footprint/personality we have right now and scale accordingly, and not lose momentum, otherwise, like it happened to you, it can lead us, towards terrible mental states (to say the least). Don't let it drag you down, keep looking for the next goal-post. You will figure out the monetization. You can figure out even another profession altogether that will pay EVEN better and FASTER, but is less mentally taxing/requires less precise symbolic manipulation. Remember that keeping a Purpose is mostly about keeping being like Sisyphus, pushing that rock up the mountain. It's there to keep his character in order. It's not so much about the rock, but... Sisyphus... just LOVES pushing it up there. Look at him go. The monetization part: You just didn't do enough research. In actuality, the potential of making money through the default path is capped, and the career development is slow as hell. The maximum possible overall is not through there. It just matters that you guarantee some income enough to keep researching and trying alternatives, at the same time it gives you a dating life.

I was also wrestling with a similar question for years. In my case, it was obvious to me that I didn't want to go into the formal educational system beyond high school, and that I wanted to be an entrepreneur of some kind. Now, those are just the methods. The practice, was that I'm still struggling what will be my ultimate life purpose position. I'm trying to FIGHT HARD AGAINST becoming a personal development coach, I've been fighting against that idea for at least 4 years. And I always had this idea that I had to provide with TANGIBLE skills to the market in some way. Currently (As in, literally this month), what I'm doing to keep myself afloat in terms of having any purpose at all at something difficult is to just programming a language learning app, because I also have a passion for language learning (I'm a self-taught non-native English speaker, I fell in love for the process). I had an on-off relationship with learning programming for the past 10 years. I never really made anything, just stupid toy programs for the sake of learning the fundamentals. In other words, I'm teared apart constantly by wanting to go towards big picture abstract conceptual kind of work, and what my ego sees as being harder things. It's sort of what I call "revenge learning" where I see those unfinished pursuits, and I keep coming back to them. My major issue is that this on-off and DELIBERATELY leaving myself without a purpose for the (possibly misguided) idea of exploring out, left me with absolutely terrible work ethics, terrible lack of consistency with anything but consumption of large amounts of content (books, audios, etc) and writing about them in my personal notes for the sake of my own understanding. And obviously, I do that inconsistently. I still see being "a coach" as something lowly, because I'd literally be charging people money to do something that doesn't feel mentally challenging enough to me, although the discipline to actually deliver on quality coaching is beyond what I have right now, but I know I'd be able to build it if I was able to fully align myself with that goal, it would streamline by an of magnitude my mind and instrumental goals. I still would have to do proper online business (get leads, make sales, do copywriting, create content) regardless, and I'm fine with that idea. It's kind of a shadow that I'm trying to come in terms with. I actually wanted to also get super deep in applied computer science/machine learning mathematics for the sake of building great innovative unique products, but that's so beyond my pay grade of my work ethics, and my personality leaning over and over again towards abstract big picture thinking as opposed to linear precise symbolic manipulation, I don't consider that right now, also, from a business perspective, I CANNOT be a great engineer at the same time I'm a GREAT MARKETER. Let alone be a great self-taught mathematician using my own skills for innovative work that is aligned with market needs. The only approach I'm taking right now is to develop work ethics regardless, and use whatever I'm doing right (language learning app, and only god knows the marketing aspect, it will become just a toy project lying around on GitHub) now as a temporary goal, so I'm not left with nothing, as I explore and think. I'm simply going deeper at whatever I feel like exploring.

Use cryptocurrency to accept payments, then pass it through Monero (or just accept monero directly), and you've anonymized even your monetary transactions. Good tip for whoever lives in a dictatorship or something. Setting up paper work? That's optional. As long as you can pay your taxes and your government accepts it.

That's because you're getting better at being in the edge-of-chaos (the edge between chaos and order), Jordan Peterson quote I found today:

It seems like those types of creators are regurgitating the same basic Personal Development stuff over and over again, and simply milking traffic at that point, like another person said here, basically mirroring exactly what people want to hear. This is exactly what is taught in copywriting/marketing courses. It makes me remember of what Leo Gura said several times, that he got at a pivotal point once that he could have decided to milk actualized.org for money (in other words, going after the most 'feel good' stuff people want to hear), or to dedicate effort into the depth of the content. Maybe there is a reasonable in-between? Very """inspiring""", he couldn't decide between which car to manifest out of 3 options, and he manifested the 3 of them 🙏. It personally sounds to me like money glitch tutorials for GTA 5.: "Infinite money glitch: NO precise timing required, NO risk of ban, NO cool down... Look at all the cool gear I already got, fully maxxed up" Seriously, though, technically it seems like he's succeeding at manifesting. But it's nothing more than Tai Lopez packaged with pseudo-spiritual language.\ It's the YouTube's phenomem of mixing and matching different niches. Like how we obviously have for children's content: "Finger song + [LIST_OF_CHILDREN_STUFF.CSV]" lol.

Comfort & Safety vs Fulfillment & Peace? I think there is a difference between the comfort and safety we get from certain material/immaterial things that we strive for: Relationships, Money, Health, Skills, Knowledge, etc. And that kind of fulfillment that paradoxically comes from working towards something, basically, almost anything (i.e. We get joy from pursuing goals in computer games, or silly projects which will never get us anything other than experience with work ethics, that only develops skills that will never be used professionally ultimately) Although, obviously, it's wise to work towards things that will eventually help get all the other material/immaterial things we NEED & DESIRE the most. I got inspired by his talk. Also another great resource, I hope you guys all watched it already. GOT. Great video I just found today, most of it is pure gold. It doesn't hurt to repeat those concepts he outlines.

Just don't think about it. That's textbook black pill mental poison. Even if we get into the stats/data. There are much more attractive women than there are extremely high status men, statistically. And yes about the social media... I know that's a technique taught, if you have a extremely well crafted high status instagram profile, it's essentially a way of showing high status. And it can also be used by regular guys in conjunction with cold approach/social circle, etc. That's why I prefer DM platforms like WhatsApp, I don't want to fill in my mind with poison by looking around who is with whom, and drooling over well crafted Instagram profiles. Platforms like Instagram were shown specially mentally damaging to young teenagers (by the makers behind Instagram/Facebook itself), it destroys with their self-steem. Don't let it destroy with yours. See it as a tool at best.

Donc... Et les meufs françaises ? So... And the French chicks? 😂 You must be an authority on the topic, since you're French.

I personally realized how difficult it must be for a woman I might meet walking on the street to even give me basic trust, that I don't want to do her harm. That's what I hear a lot from women online, they are concerned for their safety, and a lot of them will just be with their guard up most of the time and only date through their circle of friends/classmates. But I'm suspicious that's because most cold approaches that happen to them are uncalibrated guys that are incapable of even displaying trustworthiness, being emotionally comforting and breaking off the stranger's frame, and trigger in her feelings of rapport/trust.

https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11783 (In case the link above goes down: https://web.archive.org/web/20240601103419/https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11783 Great 2011 article by Eric R. Weinstein that he mentioned on a podcast about Kamala Harris repeating multiple times a Karl Marx quote. Read more on

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He was ahead of his time, 7 years ago he was already telling us that our education system was essentially so outdated to quasi-medieval levels, because most people are unable to master complicated concepts because the education system leaves them with too many gaps. He was already mentioning the vision for the future that most of the people could be giving creative contribution to the world, as opposed to being essentially at beaurocracy and data processing factory work, and that AI is coming close low intelligence/low-creativity jobs to greater extent as the tech evolves.

"One has to love oneself in order to have a relationship" is one more of those saying that are a matter of degree. If you loved yourself to an ultimate degree, nobody knows what you would want, but it definitely wouldn't come from needing to fuck or needing to "feel loved" because you would already see all of it as a fabrication of your mind, those cycles of craving and the actions we take to satisfy those cravings. Tell me someone that ever said: "I feel at peace with my addictions". Cravings are supposed to be disturbances in the mind that moves you towards action (Well, hopefully) A relationship is that. BE WARNED: Do not spiritually bypass and try to "medicate yourself out of your league" sort of speaking. To be at a low level of development/self-love, and to believe that you can't be in a relationship or, to be somewhat developed, and think you don't need someone, like how Jordan Peterson will be talking about women pursuing their careers and stuff, and later realize they want a baby before their biological time runs out. Or for young guys in this forum to try to spiritually bypass the needs for satisfying our base needs. Regardless, it's somewhat of an empty saying if we stretch it too hard. IN PRACTICE: It does say people should come from a place of self-respect at least, and abundance, and not have our boundaries stepped on, or lower our standards too much because we are desperate. It leads to much more pain to be in a terrible relationship than to try to be on our own.

So you're supposed to be a social media manager, yet you can't build your own personal branding and sell yourself? I mean, the biggest purpose of any business being in social media is to make sales, and you're unable to sell yourself. This is very much a feedback loop. Build leverage. Don't just chase. Use your knowledge. Show up to those businesses, start creating some content on YouTube, networking, talking to businesses, being helpful. Look up online the kind of marketing social media managers do to get their clients. I mean, essentially your goal is to build a Social Media Marketing Agency (SMMA). Frame your job as helping businesses make money. In other words, your main job and profession is to MAKE SALES. Those job boards are the bottom of the barrel way of getting leads for interviews, you're running against the flow. Build your leverage.

Post-truth world hitting hard. I don't even know what is real anymore. 😬😆

Sorry buddy, but your argument becomes just a matter of degree of how much a thing responds to stimuli, by that logic, ChatGPT (Or another Large Language Model - LLM) is a more alive than a plant due to its emergent intelligence... But plants are more relatable when it comes to mortality and survival than an LLM could ever be (it's ephemeral, it's an immortal bag of bits and instructions)... It's interesting, but I guess we should move towards making EVEN MORE granular distinctions about what things actually are, than taking a step backwards and trying to revise some definition like that... It's like asking if Pluto is a planet or something else... Naming of things are very contextual, and what they mean is contextual. I think our current definition of a "Living Being" is already pretty good. We share a common ancestor with them, they literally have cells and dna just like we do, they literally have the same molecular machinery that we do, they even suffer from dna damage similar to us ("cancer"), and so on. They are part of our biosphere. They suffer from diseases, plagues, environmental factors (toxins, temperature, humidity), radiation, gravitational forces, water, sunlight, etc. We are literally dead without plants, they are an extension of us. I think all of that is more fundamental than the complexity/utility of their behaviors. Like Gabor Maté said: "The nature of human beings is disputed, but if you look by what we NEEDS it thrive and grow" Our nature and the nature of plants converge with our shared needs we have to thrive and grow. That's a better, more wholistic approach to defining them, rather than trying to disconnect us away from us. There are psychological/social implications to that definition. Like when they used to say that animals were merely automatons that didn't even feel emotions, when in fact, from every angle we look, they are more alike us than different. We should instead see how things are similar to us, as opposed to dissimilar. I think it's too reductionist and disconnects human beings from our natural roots and we are becoming those sick and isolated beings, too much about the power we yield, too little about our needs. Calling plants not alive is essentially saying a person is less alive because they are mentally handicap. I'm sure they still have the same basic needs we do.

What's your niche? What is your medium? YouTube long form? YouTube Shorts? Tiktok? Instagram? Twitter? DMing clients? What is your offer of service/product?

Do you have reliable internet access or not? Can you receive payments from high paying countries? If yes, then you're actually in an ADVANTAGE by being in a cheaper country with cheaper living standards. I'm from a "Third World country" myself, too. But I wouldn't be stupid to do local jobs, I could get a decent living by going to university here and getting some "local job" but it takes just as much work as working for high paying clients online or building a business that targets them. Start with improving your formatting in English with proper capitalization, and adding spaces only after commas and full-stop signs and always capitalizing the "I". (I know you could have styled it kinda sloppy just because we are writing informally here, I do that a lot of times too). Most Brazilians I know are worst off than you, since they couldn't write what you just did in English without egregious mistakes. There is no "fucked" here, the only fucked thing here is that you will have less time to enjoy your life purpose than someone that started earlier. Just chill bro. Even if you answer no to both of my questions above (internet & payment processor) you can still find ways around it (Crypto payments, saving things offline, working asynchronously - i.e. something you don't need to be online all the time to do, etc.) I'm 26 by the way, and I'm not panicking like that. It doesn't help. It takes many years to sort ourselves out.

Ignorance at its finest... Truly a textbook definition of fear of the unknown. 😂😂😂

In 1943, Bertrand Russell said: "The Greek system of numerals was very bad, so that the multiplication table was quite difficult, and complicated calculations could only be made by very clever people. Nowadays, however, calculating machines do sums better than even the cleverest people" [. . .] "As arithmetic has grown easier, it has come to be less respected. The consequence is that, though many philosophers continue to tell us what fine fellows we are, it is no longer on account of our arithmetical skills that they praise us." - An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish https://www.ditext.com/russell/rubbish.html

ABSOLUTELY YES. I really hope it will go similar to that debate between Jordan Peterson and Slavoj Žižek, it was very productive.