UpperMaster

This. Sooo hard to do. Great reply, I can defenitly relate.

That’s so true! I totally get what Leo is saying. I remember watching blackpill ideology, and it felt really strange. I kept feeling like I was avoiding it, but at the same time, I knew that the more I exposed myself to it and tried to understand it, the more I risked becoming indoctrinated.

I agree that the process of finding intellectually integrous content is easy, but I think there are certain hallmarks for low quality information. Like ideology for example, there are hallmarks or patterns that exist in every ideology that makes it easy to identify and discard.

@Scholar Yes I agree, self-deception is a bitch. I am becoming aware of that more and more.

@Princess Arabia Surely, every idea I have is partly a repetition of something I've heard before. What I meant to ask is, when do you rely on your own logical reasoning? I also read your response again, but I don’t quite understand what you mean by "inner guidance." It seems like any thought could be labeled as inner guidance. You and Leo talk about intuition and inner guidance as if they are real, but to me, it just feels like emotion. That same inner guidance could tell me something completely different tomorrow. Also I appreciate your responses, you responded to a lot of threads, and you write well. Thanks.

I am either going to be massively successful, or will live in denial for the rest of my life. I accept that. I'll get successful or die trying.

Just got soft rejected by a girl. Ouch.

I am going restrict and heavily control my social media diet. Self trust seems to be key for entrepreneurial endeavors. I am only going to watch Euntraprenuerial content. Things like school of hard knocks.

A lot of cool things pointing me into becoming an euntrapreneur today. I won't say anything because I am supersitous. I might share the aftermath, but I am actually superstitious and I want to make this work so.

If he can do it, I can do it.

Things that happened while I was gone 1. Went on national television 2. Met so many new friends in uni 3. Met some girls that I might go for 4. Parents are buying new house, saw that it's great. The previous owners are very nice. 5. Today I met a guy in uni who makes a fuck ton of money as an entrepreneur like I think over 6 figures. It's really inspiring, because we talk in the same wavelength, I enjoy talking to him, we talked about a lot of things. It's super inspiring because now I see it in myself to be able to run a successful business aswell. Its awesome. 6. Keeping in touch with my old friends, I know a lot of people now damn today was good, meeting someone that's actually successful was so cool, we talk like the same, its awesome, we talk incredibly ADHD. We talked for a couple hours. After this I kind of believe in myself more. Maybe I can do it aswell.

@Yimpa

Hey guys I am back. Uni started, a lot going on in my life. I strongly suspect that I have an incredibly strong victim mindset, especially when it comes to dating. Blackpill has poisoned my mind, and I am unable to break free of that completely. There are many men in my life that are not conventionally attractive at all and have good looking girlfriends. Despite this glaring proof, its hard to shift my mind completely. So I watched thus video: This video made me realize how important understanding self-deception is when trying to self actualize. I mean, I am dealing with these problems FIRST HAND. I am actively suffering from my minds self deception, and I now see how the mind can self sabotage you if you let it. It's actually crazy. I realize that understanding self-deception is foundational. I cant accurately assess and understand the world around me if I keep getting deceived by my mind. Now I realize how important this topic is. I didn't before and as a result I am suffering. I will dedicate my time into understanding self-deception because now I understand that if I don't grasp the ways my mind fucks me then I can kiss truth goodbye.

great response! I completely agree with everything you said. I just have one question: You mentioned that it doesn't make sense to reinvent the wheel. In your own life, do you tend to think for yourself more, or do you find yourself absorbing the teachings of others more often? Additionally, when do you think it's best to rely solely on your own thoughts and perspectives?

W response.

Yes I don't. Why should I. I become mega ideological and make bad decisions because Im scared.

Yea but everyone does that anyway. You're basically saying (if I understand correctly) that everyone has their own way of learning and you should follow your intuition. Most people just follow intuition and what they feel will be good for them. Most people still end up retarded.

When do you know? Is it intuition

I don’t believe that being anti-dogma turns into a dogma itself, but I do think it can make you indecisive at times, especially if you're still figuring things out, like I am. Being anti-dogma feels like trying to build your own boat while you're already in the water, instead of just climbing on someone else’s ready-made boat, at least for the time being. ps thanks for reply

I totally forgot to mention another major issue with the "think for yourself" mindset. Leo suggests listening to different perspectives, thinking through each one, and selecting those that you can logically and experientially validate to fit into your overall view of reality. The problem is, there are so many perspectives to consider that it can feel overwhelming to process them all, especially when you don't have much life experience and are still young. At some point, I feel like obsessively trying to piece together a perfect model of reality can actually hold you back from making progress. At least, that's how it feels to me. I think I'll just commit to following one "mentor" for a time being then after I exhausted his teaching, go to another teacher. This multi-perspective thing to me just seems overwhelming, and impractical to implement. edit: I didn't articulate the post properly this is actually the main issue lol (I realize)

lost hope, want hope

I rather die fighting though

Fuck self-improvement it literally doesn’t work. Most people that tell me that self improvement changed their lives are fuckin losers aswell. only a small percentage actually win. Spend money on some course and they find “life purpose” but their life purpose is not even an accomplishment it’s some boring shit. Niggas maxing out 200k salary and are like I’m successful. To me 200k is dissapointinf and I can barely make anything because I’m useless. Can’t work for shit. It’s not adhd I’m a pussy and retarded.

I hate myself so much. Everything I do gets fucked.

Hey everyone, I came across a video review on YouTube about Jordan Peterson's Future-Authoring program while searching for feedback (I'm currently going through the program myself). This post doesn't really have anything to do with the program itself, more so the video. In the program you just basically get to outline your goals. In the video, the guy shares his experience after using the program. I found it quite interesting because, although he seemed to have started working towards his life goals, he hasn’t made any substantial progress in any one area. This got me thinking about the possible reasons behind this and what mistakes he might be making. I ended up taking some notes and making my own observations. I don't want to end up in his position. 3.5 years into chasing your goals but not achieving them. I'd love for you all to watch the video and share your thoughts on why you think he's not making significant progress? What is he doing wrong?