The Caretaker

If you condense storytelling to YouTube only, sure. But I can't imagine great teaching or art without a story. Even asking a question or socializing becomes 10x more engaging within a good frame.

Todd for mental models and Owen for overall "motivation". I don't even watch them anymore, but I could recommend them for somebody who wants a more balanced perspective on pick-up culture.

Not sure if you will get a good answer here. From what I've noticed, very few members here are married, and it says something about the overall bias of the community. The legal implications are tough if you marry, but as a concept, it is beautiful. You can't really build anything meaningful without some sort of commitment. As for myself, a big decision like that might come from the intuition rather than the mind. Otherwise, you either get into autistic territory like "secretary problem" or end up in an endless chase of the next best thing.

@Ramanujan Have read a few of these. Definitely on the higher end of the quality.

Idk if everybody could handle a harsh mentor 😹. Even recently, I had to step up in a few areas with some honest feedback. But damn, this is work is hard for the mind. Not sure if I could handle this before training my resilience. And now imagine what an average person who is not hardcore into self-development would feel like.

Just curious what you think about another "marketing guru". We had a discussion today about Alex Hormonzi, and for all his flaws, at least he gives a genuine orange energy. He is easy to follow and separate his teachings from the teacher. Dan, on the other hand, has this weird air to him, Similar to Zuckerberg... Altogh I like his idea about writing and personal business, it became impossible to follow him anymore. Here is also an image with his recent content.

Ngl, it was a good one . @BlessedLion Maybe it's a good sign. You can't get stuck with the same teachers for your entire life, and God bless if even a few of them keep growing faster than you do.

I found this talk recently about the marketing of Balatro, aka "The Indie Fenomena of 2024" - https://gdcvault.com/play/1035036/-Balatro-Turning-Low-Resolution The Binding of Isaac, Balatro, Stardew and so on, where picked at some point by a publisher. According to PR manager from the GDC video, Balatro, at some point, had a team of 7-10 people for marketing alone! The game had no initial traction and if not for the publisher, I don't think it would have exploded even 1% of its current player base. So, idk, you can always take the route of gambling and hope somebody (steamer/publisher) will pick your product eventually, or you try to build your own community, which will increase the development time by a few folds . It's brutal either way, not to mention that you need a good game to begin with.

@BlessedLion Based on your previous responses, it seems we are on a similar boat . Do you follow and self-dev YouTubers who you believe are still going strong? His advice seems very autistic, and not in a good sense. If you watch more than 5 videos of his, he repeats himself like a billion times. It's cool to have people like that in a feed for some inspiration and alternative POV, but I can't follow his teaching seriously. So I unsubbed from his YT and newsletter, and kept only Twitter.

I think we need to invent a new term to make better distinctions. Recently, I've noticed that my imagination generate contest, meaning and satisfaction from "lust" waaaaay better than any porn could. It's hard to explain, but watching porn almost feels like something drains energy from me. It's a body awareness thing that comes with experience. HOWEVER, If I use my imagination with women I know IRL, Or read a spicy story with a decent plot, Or just look at some pretty cosplay pictures my mind starts to plot stories. Tbh, the only porn that I have left are 2 movies (almost 2h long each) and a few amateur stars that I check maybe once a month. What is also funny, that my "favorite actress" spends like 2/3 of the video talking. In short, imagination = great, traditional porn = meh, mental masturbation = good name for the term, but has bad conectaiton. Any ideas for an alternative

@Michael569 This forum had so many debates that I am sure which one in particular you mean . And by hard set, I meant mostly just 1 set per exercise. I still can train 3 times a week, but harder rather than longer. Also, I think I collected every gym bro stereotype possible. I knew that I needed to implement some zone 2 cardio a long time ago, but I always found an excuse. @Sugarcoat Sure. The question was mostly about efficiency. Is a 60m workout worth a 20% increase in gains compared to a 20-30m workout?

I think it's more about coping than anything else. I had times in my life when I used to play video games 10 hours+ a day! Today is really hard to force myself to play anything really. I just get bored. Same for porn. A lot of guys (including me) had a porn addiction at some point. But I agree, when I see beauty in being a sexual creature, it only inspires me to get a better life. But again, depends a lot on the "quality" of porn. Good ol'brazzer still drains me.

Yeah, I think we might agree on the essence but disagree on the label. It took me a long time to understand the difference and how important the mind is for the entire process.

This is exactly why I mentioned it.

What exactly do you mean?

Have you read the post? You said yourself that your mind is a much better place that most of the pornhub, Plus, where exactly is the "porn line". For the general public, Brazzers, an erotic novel, and a sexy cosplay are all the same. But they have very different tastes from them.

I was metaphorical here. I know how you like the symbolism of Satan as ultimate evil, but it was meant more like a joke. I will call my symbol Lucifer, then, and you can keep your Satan. And btw, I stated many times how Alex is very repellent to me. I never bought or intend to buy from him.

But I actually like Satan! Or at least the romanticized version of it Yet here we are. Damned we do marketing and damned we don't.

Agree. It's really frustrating as a creative to learn marketing. The space is oversaturated with shady characters on top of the fact the most creatives never wanted to deal with this crap in the first place.

His advice seems reasonable, but it's mostly pop culture (in a good way). I watch his videos from time to time to keep myself with some orange essence, but I can't digest his books or life trajectory. If you read like 2-3 good business books and work on a project with real-life changes, you will not need some much content from "success gurus".

I use it mostly for back and forth thinking and fast feedback. Ai is still bad at giving you proper solutions, but in my work is very good at spoting mistakes.

@WikiRando It would be unwise to think that I am too cool for the school . Still an intresting choice nontheless.

Amen

Lol, how the fuck this post devolved from simply whishing a good holyday to episitemic mud wrestling

Somebody did a really good job on marketing . The cross is a very easy symbol to copy and memorize. Also, the teachings at the base of Christianity are very human-oriented (in a good sense) but sadly, it lost it's meaning with all the corruption going on. Also, it's funny that the more counsciouness you become, the more "Jesus-like" you become, but without the religious dogma.