Knock

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  1. I am having trouble reconciling if its me or the company I work for that is creating the problem. Basically, I have to push a supplementary product to the service I provide. But the product isn’t worth the value we are selling it for, and I know that competitors sell it better for cheaper. I don’t believe in the product I am being obliged to sell, but it makes the company a lot of money. Hence, my sales numbers are low. My boss talked with me saying that I have a ‘mental block’ that I must overcome if I was ever to expect a bonus at the end of the year. Note that all my other colleagues seem to not have any problem in this area. Maybe I do have a mental block, and hence need to spend time overcoming the issue. Or maybe the company has deceptive practises, and my values are simply incompatible with that? Any advice?
  2. Looks like a new model is in order. What would a turquoise or coral model look like?
  3. Reframe that mindset. You are doing active recovery for 2 weeks, to avoid burn out and letting your muscles heal. To 'quit the gym' will do you a great disservice to your identity as a gym goer. It will be so much harder to get the momentum going again when you have that mindset, as you are breaking the habit.
  4. Most full-time entry level jobs in a professional field can net you $500/week, so at least $2,000/month. You could make a reliable $500/month in a business too, but that would take some time and it's not aligned with your little time/effort criteria.
  5. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the core component of the MLM business model predicated on monthly fees/requirements? If there were no requirement/incentive to recruit more soldiers into the cult then MLMs wouldn't exist. A quick search of Wikipedia shows that 99% of MLM participants lose money. In large MLMs, the theoretical payoff is a false God, unless you are literally on the board of directors or top tier management. Proponents of MLMs manipulate people's beliefs, as is necessary to keep the train going. Often, it's the weak minded and desperate that fall into this trap due to overarching greed. None of the above to be confused with Network marketing or affiliate marketing, which have a completely different structure and is based more on direct promotion of a product/service, and not a recruitment of pawns under you to peddle more product.
  6. MJ Demarcos books - The millionaire fastlane and Unscripted Tim Ferris - The 4 hour workweek Robert Kirosayki - Rich Dad, Poor Dad If you are serious about true financial independence, then these books are a MUST READ. Paradigm changing.
  7. Sometimes telling someone how they should change their life doesn't work. But show them the beautiful things in life, tell them a good story, and they become inspired. Some people appreciate art and beauty more than words. Some questions to ponder: Is martial arts an art? Could sports be an art? How about writing beautiful code? Baking a cake? Writing perfect emails? Lifting weights? Does the medium for art matter, or is it the beauty behind its creation? Is it possible to enter flow stats without art? What would the world look like without art or beauty? Does art make the world a better place?
  8. @Identity Radically open communication Maturity and knowing oneself Desiring the best for your partner
  9. Gratitude journal It's super quick and easy, yet it completely rewires your mind and gets you out of victim mentality.
  10. @CreamCat I think what @universe meant is that "spending more time in personal development" often results in passive consumption of more content. I.e Spending countless hours "researching" and "learning". Real growth will happen from taking action and creating instead of consuming content. As a content creator, the best pathway to growth is to create a Minimum Viable Product and share it with your audience to get feedback and see if it's what the market actually wants. These 'small bets' will maximize your efficiency, assuming business is your priority. Use PD to supplement your business, I wouldn't be doing it the other way around.
  11. @7thLetter Both tools you mentioned are great, I have used them for a year and it has done wonders to reduce mindless web surfing. Other recommendations: Grayscale your phone/laptop Add a long password to your phone/laptop Erase all icons from phone home screen or desktop. (For phone I use an app called KISS) Physically putting your laptop away in the cupboard each time you are done using it. (Out of sight, out of mind) Basically what these tools do is making it hard to be mindlessly entertained. The ideal being to use the internet as the great search engine it is, while avoiding low quality distractions.
  12. I would say mainly yes, it is low conscious. Profits usually come infront of the customers best interest, and usually pray on others lack of knowledge or access. Doesn't help those most in need. What's your main motivation for targeting those industries? Is it more towards passion, or towards earning easy money? Ask yourself, would you still go in those industries if it paid minimum wage? Why or why not?
  13. If you can use your conscious to describe your unconscious bias, is it still an unconscious bias?
  14. If you want lots of footage of what self-esteem looks like, here are some popular celebrities I see as having high self-esteem: 1. Barack Obama 2. Gordon Ramsay 3. Roger Federer 4. Arnold Schwarzenegger Note however, it's important to decipher when they are 'playing up' for the camera and when they are genuinely themselves.
  15. @Sussso The best way to quit computer games is to start attributing a lot of 'pain' to the event. You want to create a story that makes gaming so unappealing that it would disgust you to play it again. Next, you want to attribute your time and energy into a 'meaningful' pursuit that doesn't involve computer games. This can be whatever is meaningful to you. Lifting, self-actualization, music, business etc. Something that is really compelling that you can lose yourself in. Lastly, you need to eliminate the possibility of 'relapse'. The best way to do this is to create as much 'friction' as possible to prevent yourself from going back to gaming. Friction is created by putting in self-imposed barriers. Some examples of friction could be locking away your gaming console every time you use it, setting a long login password, using software to prevent access to certain games, etc. The goal here is to prevent mindless consumption of gaming, making you mindful every time you have to go out of your way to use it. This friction creates the time and opportunity to choose a better action. I myself used to be an obsessive gamer for 10 years, and I quit 3 years ago, so I know what I'm talking about. Any more questions, I'm happy to help
  16. What I find even more strange is that I have friends who are aware (at least on an academic level) of many of these personal development concepts, they just don't have the hunger to devote themselves into diving in. 2 years ago, I was having a deep talk with a friend the other day about personal dynamics. He knew all about being needy, playing victim, acting-out for attention because of low self-esteem... He explained past classmates and why they acted the way they did. He even talked about himself and why he has his current issues/problems. He is aware of all this, without even had read one personal development book. So I thought sweet, you sound like a switched on smart guy, let me share with you some resources (I shared some 5-10min YouTube clips about basic PD concepts). Next time we met, I asked what he thought of the videos. He didn't even open them. I thought, well, he will come around in time then. I kept dropping concepts and ideas into conversation every now and then, sharing what's improving my life. 2 years later and my life has improved exponentially, while his growth is mainly linear. He still hasn't come around yet to take PD seriously, despite seeing the results right in front of his eyes. He is a smart guy and won't have any trouble living a comfortable mediocre life. But I know he can be so much more, I just don't know what else to do to convince him to get into self-help and personal development seriously like I have.
  17. Cultivate a strong vision for what you are doing. Create a vision board and use it as a reminder for why you are doing what you are doing. It should evoke strong positive emotions in you when you see it. Then use that energy to take action on the next important thing. Also, understanding the process of what a true success journey looks like, will keep your mental game strong. Look up Leo's videos on mastery and the heroes journey
  18. +1 to what @7thLetter said. Also, you will ruin your reputation and relationship with everyone you know. I know this, because I did the same thing, posting on Facebook and trying to sell any old friend or colleague insurance. People started avoiding me because they knew I was using them or their friends as a means to a sale. Don't make the same mistake.
  19. This is observation bias. People who are attractive gain more attention (see instagram). These people also like to appeal to the unconscious masses with their platform, hence 'confirming' this idea that beauty = low consciousness. What you don't see is the good looking people who are not posting online. You also don't see the ugly people on instagram promoting low consciousness things as often, so the association isn't there. Most athletes and good looking people are actually higher consciousness than average. They have great self-awareness and often meditate more than the average person. A typical gym junkie may be a poor sample selection. But talk to someone who uses gym to compliment their other endeavors, and you will find that the opposite to OPs hypothesis.
  20. I'm confused, what is the feeling? Is it the thought that the world is out to get you, through appealing to your emotions? The world appeals to emotion because that's what gets us to act. Emotion = energy in motion. Emotion speeds the car, logic steers the wheel. Could you clarify your question more?
  21. I heard a story of an elderly man that was on his deathbed in the hospital, who agreed to be an organ donor. His family had all flown in from around the country to be with him for his lasts breaths. The organ harvesting team of doctors and nurses were hovering around like a bunch of parasites, and when he finally passed away, the family were ushered out of the room as soon as possible. Their final moments with their loved one was jeopardized, and they can never get that back. Hearing that story left a bad taste in my mouth. I love nurses and all that they do (my gf is a nurse), but I've decided not to be an organ donor. Just my 2c
  22. What was it that lead you to become open-minded and willing to accept that your paradigms at the time may be wrong? What was your mindset before then, and how is it different now? Was there a significant event that lead you to this paradigm shift? How would you assist enabling this in others?
  23. @TrynaBeTurquoise @Consept @Nahm Thank you guys for sharing your experiences. I love hearing about all the different ways we have come to this point, the deep yearning within all of us. Keep them coming
  24. @undeather interesting! Why did you choose to play spirituality videos in the background? How did you initially come about them and why them and not edm music or something else? Thank you for sharing May I ask a follow up question (open to anyone)? I have friends who tried that self-help stuff, it didn't work, and now they are closed off to the whole idea of trying anything else in the field. They won't even consider meditation, let alone therapy, spirituality content or psychedelics. In their mind, it's all lumped together under pseudoscience. What will they have to experience before they become open to these areas of life?