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I eat an OMAD KETO diet and eat only one meal a day. I extend my daily intermittent fasting window to 18-20 hours and eat only at dinner within 2-4 hours. During the day I consume no calories and only a few cups of coffee or tea. If I'm working out, I have a small protein shake to promote muscle glycogen resynthesis post-workout and to speed up recovery. I don't do omad for weight loss but because it's very convenient for me. Fasting helps cognition and my brain stays sharp throughout the day. At dinner, for my one meal a day, I consume 2 large dishes that focus on micronutrient density. Foods on the ketogenic diet are very nutritious and I get all my micros in with additional supplementation. Check out my full day of eating on the OMAD keto diet! Stay Empowered Siim Land

Jordan Peterson - https://jordanbpeterson.com/2016/11/book-list/ Derek Sivers - https://sivers.org/book

I love MACA. It's very good for the hormones and tastes great. At the moment, I use Red Peruvian Maca. However, Maca is an adaptogen, which means consuming it increases your tolerance to it. You should cycle off it from time to time as to not simply waste its empowering effects. I have it usually 3 days in a row and then avoid it for 2. Or, every other day.

Creative people are actually highly disciplined and consistent with their craft. Waiting for inspiration and pushing things off is just another form of procrastination. Most of the time, people simply lie to themselves and give in to fear. Everyone gets resistance. It's actually a good thing because if your work really matters to you, you should get scared. The key is to not succumb to it but to act in spite of it. Most importantly, you have to develop the habit of deliberately practicing your art and honing your skills every day. Deep work for several hours a day. I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately I am inspired at 9 o’clock every morning. —William Faulkner

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You can get a lot of cognitive support from mostly natural supplements, like GABA, Ashwaganda, Ultracholine (or eat eggs). Other than that, I take DMEA sometimes but nothing else atm.

Money represents value. Getting money means trading your time/effort/energy for value. Working at a job trades your labour for someone else - you're giving them work force that saves them time, energy, effort or gives them value. Selling something to someone else is an exchange of value. Starting a business is you providing value to a certain audience and getting money from it. Basically, you have to find where your money is. People, an employee, a business, the government, whatever. Combine it with the niche you want to be involved with. Fitness, academics, business, some services, consulting, online, whatever. Then you start providing value to them. Start working for someone, give education, provide free content, give value. Once you build trust with them, you pitch them with an offer. You get a salary, sell them a product, trade value. That's the general blueprint. Find a niche -> Lead with value -> Make an offer -> Get the money.

Subtracting from your life actually adds more to it.

Try acupuncture therapy or buy an acupuncture mattress before bed. It has thorns that stimulate the vagus nerve aka. knock yourself out nerve. Other ways to do it would be to massage the back of your neck with a tennis ball and gurgling water ferociously. Definitely sleep in pitch black darkness and avoid all blue light a few hours before bed. Wear sunglasses if you have to and use a sleeping mask.

One thing for sure, exercise has profound psychological benefits. Not only the neurochemical cocktail, but also the physical changes you experience, which will make you see yourself differently. Resistance training is something you have to do consistently to see results. This will definitely build discipline, commitment and patience. Then there's the improved body composition. You start to look better and will thus, potentially, create a more positive self-image of yourself. This will inevitably change the way you hold your body for the better, thus making you more confident and benefiting your interactions. If you've already working out, then you might pay closer attention to your nutrition as well. This increases your awareness about food and self-control. It's all a positive feedback loop. I've also experienced more mindfulness. Holding handstands, doing burpees, or squatting heavy forces me to focus entirely on the movement. It's as meditative as any other embodied practice. What you're essentially being more conscious during exercise, which will transition over to other areas of your life.

Dopamine is supposed to motivate us to repeat evolutionarily beneficial behavior. However, it doesn't seem to take into account the minimal effective dosage. We're hoarders of calories, stimulation, possessions, security and pleasure. Given that the development of consciousness is the highest advancement of evolution, we should be hardwired to seek out experiences of awakening and enlightenment. This can explain why people tend to get into these sort of things more intensively after they've had experienced some of these things or when they take psychedelics. In this case, the dopamine rush is even transcending. Maybe I'm wrong about this entirely, but dopamine can have a much more beneficial role to play in the evolution of human consciousness than we give it credit for currently.

Watching the news stimulates the amygdala and can turn on the fight or flight response. What ensues is elevated stress and fear conditioning of the masses. Turning on the TV in the morning is also one of the best ways of becoming reactive for the rest of the day. You enter a feedback loop of getting distracted and sidetracked. The majority of time, there's nothing useful on TV. Even more, you can only control what you watch to a certain degree. Everything is fed to you. With the Internet you can at least choose what type of content you're consuming and can make it self-actualizing.

What are you studying? Is it even relevant to what you want to do or are you simply going to college because of the society or your parents?

If you just take a moment to become fully aware and mindful of being conscious you can become immensely grateful and appreciative of the stillness. Just sitting and observing can be extremely fun and enjoyable.

"Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you" - Steve Jobs

@HikiNEET I've done Everyman as well with 3,5 hours of core sleep and two 30 min naps. You get used to it and there's not much difference if you make it quality naps. What I did notice though was not enough time for recovery from resistance training. If I were to be more sedentary I'd do Uberman but as of now I'm doing a regular 7 hours a night. Will try out segmented sleep soon. What's your schedule like?

Epic overview. Omega-3s, vitamin-D3 and magnesium are the trifecta of supplementation. Everyone's basically deficient of them.

It's your YouTube channel, so you can do whatever the f# you want with it. However, it's true that whichever style you develop, your audience is going to expect more of it. If you get a ton of subscribers by doing animated book summaries and then switch to vlogs then they'll get confused as to what you're really about. That doesn't mean you can't change - it's very advisable to improve as you go along to document your journey. And that's another key point. You have to focus on giving your followers some value. Why would anyone want to watch your videos? Time is invaluable and we're selfish creatures. What benefit will I gain? Always lead with providing some value, whether that be knowledge, advice, entertainment or practical tutorials. As for your personal voice or style, find a handful of channels to model. Don't copy them but look at how they frame their videos. Leo is very different from someone like Practical Psychology. Completely different genres and delivery. Once you've decided on your framework or delivery style, then just add your authentic personality to it. Stay Empowered Siim

"Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody doesn't want to change themselves" - Leo Tolstoy

@el_duderino Massive +1 on So Good They Can't Ignore You Humans are goal oriented creatures. It's built into our physiology to constantly work towards a goal. Hence the depression over lack of purpose. However, there's also the danger of overthinking what your ultimate life's goal is. More often than not, you already know it, you just lack the self- awareness. So, the idea isn't to figure it out and develop a step-by-step plan right away. But you do need to begin. What I like to think is that it doesn't matter where you're going as long as you keep going. As you stay in motion, magical things will begin to happen and you'll manifest exactly what you desire. Don't think about what you can do - an activity or a vocation. Think about who you want to become as a person - you being the North Star. Start off with one thing. Dedicate yourself to it. As life changes, you course-correct yourself but you'll essentially stay in alignment with who you are without attaching yourself to a particular thing.

How do some of you vegans approach the ethical implications of feeding their pet meat? It goes into conflict with their own values but clearly dogs are supposed to eat meat.

I love some chilis and Cayenne pepper in my foods. However, they're a double-edged sword because of their high lectin content. It's not unhealthy by any means but if you consume too much of them, you'll cause some excess gastrointestinal stress. You may get bloating and brain fog. I definitely feel a huge difference in my cognitive performance and mental sharpness if I've eaten too much peppers or maybe garlic. What other foods contain lectins? All nightshade, tomatoes, eggplants, potatoes, bell peppers, beans, lentils etc. Again, they're not unhealthy but you don't want to overeat them if you want to maximize your brain's performance and health.

Attain Jedi-Like Concentration in 4 Steps Feel in Control of Your Environment - If there’s the possibility of a random stimulus to pop up, then you’re already unconsciously pre-empting it to happen, thus causing slight arousal and anxiety. Turn off social media notifications and other pop-ups. Plug off the Internet, unless you really need it for your work. Mute your cell phone or switch it to airplane mode. In fact, put it out of sight for the time being so you wouldn’t be tempted to play with it. Eliminate other possible distractions, such as the TV, radio, pencils, toys, food. Whatever your weakness might be, you know it – get rid of them. Lose the possibility of other people disturb you. Switch to Jedi-Sage Mode. Dedication and Commitment - The amount of focus we can dedicate to one thing is limited to how many objects we have to concentrate on. Dedicate yourself to the ONE thing. Concentrate on only one task at a time. Enough said. Have only a handful of commitments and projects at a time. Finish a task before you pick a new one. Empty your mental recycle bin. Practice via negative. It’s the method of first subtracting the downside before adding in more stuff. Persistence and Perseverance - The key to extraordinary results lies in intense concentration on the task and thus becoming immersed by it. It’s the merging of your awareness with the object of your focus, which is a state of consciousness called FLOW, or the zone. Strengthened Willpower and Psychic Energy - To attain jedi-like concentration we have to also deliberately practice it. Jedi Meditation. This is probably the most fundamental tools in the psychic skill-set of a jedi-warrior. Laser-Sight Gazing. This same focus can be achieved by looking at one object for an extended period of time. Concentration Curls. A bodybuilding exercise used to flex your mental muscles. It’s based on doing reps of periods of focus. Simply hold a thought, a concept or an image in your head for a set amount of time. Conversational Presence. While talking to another person, gaze into their eyes and give them your fullest attention. How to Reclaim Your Attention? The key to not losing focus entirely is to simply notice that when you’re beginning to drift, accept it and then guide your attention back to the task. Check out the video for more descriptive explanations! Stay Focused Stay Empowered Siim