What’s one advice you’d give to your younger self?

[Vido]

31 minutes ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

Like Kaizen? The Japanese word & concept for positive change through small steps 

Haha yea. Exactly that. But it takes a bit to ego tho to make change in such small scale.

[Ramanujan]

1 hour ago, Ajay0 said:

I have enjoyed success to the extent I did my due diligence and came out of my comfort zone. 

you seem super posetive towards passion and purpose
can you share your results

[Ajay0]

9 minutes ago, Ramanujan said:

you seem super posetive towards passion and purpose
can you share your results

I did not have jobs that aligned with my passion. I worked these jobs because they financially supported my passions, creative endeavors and further career growth.

There was a time  when I was jobless that I used to live in cheap farmhouses, and slept outside on the grass due to lack of working fans inside the room at night. However the next day when I woke up, I found myself much healthier and energised which puzzled me.

Later on, I read of Gandhi advocating in naturopathy manuals of the virtues of sleeping outside in the midst of raw nature rather than the confined walls of a house, and I  understood the reasons why I felt pretty good when I slept outside.  I similarly sleep in the beaches at night and feel refreshed and rejuvenated waking up. So there were some positives I reaped when I struggled with adversity.

[Ulax]

53 minutes ago, Ajay0 said:

I did not have jobs that aligned with my passion. I worked these jobs because they financially supported my passions, creative endeavors and further career growth.

There was a time  when I was jobless that I used to live in cheap farmhouses, and slept outside on the grass due to lack of working fans inside the room at night. However the next day when I woke up, I found myself much healthier and energised which puzzled me.

Later on, I read of Gandhi advocating in naturopathy manuals of the virtues of sleeping outside in the midst of raw nature rather than the confined walls of a house, and I  understood the reasons why I felt pretty good when I slept outside.  I similarly sleep in the beaches at night and feel refreshed and rejuvenated waking up. So there were some positives I reaped when I struggled with adversity.

Do you have any other helpful Gandhi advice?

[Ajay0]

40 minutes ago, Ulax said:

Do you have any other helpful Gandhi advice?

This was based on a book of naturopathy authored by gandhi, and you can find books on naturopathy yourself with natural and inexpensive healing methods.

For example, decades back I once had a boil on the back of my neck. The allopathy doctor I checked out with prescribed around 300 rupees of antibiotics which I did not buy then as I found it too expensive for a minor issue.

Later at home, I remembered a natural healing method I read in a book and practiced in an another country, and just applied salt water on the boil. It broke and never caused any issues to me again. 

So I felt happy I saved 300 bucks back then.

I similarly know of people who successfully recovered from major ailments using cheap alternative medical treatments, after getting a poor prognosis from modern allopathic doctors of being incurable.

Edited October 13 by Ajay0

[Ramanujan]

@Ajay0 bro

Dont be so idealistic. It will fuck you up

Self help is a new field. Its not there yet on many things. Enough things are not discovered yet.

A lot of things are not discovered yet

 

[Rishabh R]

@Ramanujan Bro what are you talking about . Many things have been discovered - before self-help there was philosophy which has since time immemorial . 

[Ramanujan]

@Rishabh R many things in the topic "how to be successful" has not been discovered yet

Philosophy is different from "how to be successful" topic

[Rishabh R]

@Ramanujan But bro success is counterintuitive. Getting it won't feel like success . I have experienced this - After making to work I didn't felt like I had a grand success . For sure few days felt good but they faded quickly than I expected . So yeah ,I don't know what you're conditions are but if you're willing to struggle then it will determine the magnitude of your triumph .

The further you chase things like Success , happiness the further they move away from you . 

Realized this after I was miserable in my class 12th and further but when I learned about the counterintuitive nature of life from Leo's video and when I began applying it I made progress , not only that the more I accepted my suffering happier I became , it was true back then and it's true now .

The more I just focussed on taking action more I progressed and succeeded . 

Life is counterintuitive dude . Understand it , watch Leo's video on it and then try to apply it over and over again.

[Ramanujan]

18 hours ago, Rishabh R said:

The further you chase things like Success , happiness the further they move away from you

fuck victor frankl. his story is too good to be true. he probably fabricated his story. fuck his book

 

18 hours ago, Rishabh R said:

Realized this after I was miserable in my class 12th and further but when I learned about the counterintuitive nature of life from Leo's video and when I began applying it I made progress , not only that the more I accepted my suffering happier I became , it was true back then and it's true now .

The more I just focussed on taking action more I progressed and succeeded . 

Life is counterintuitive dude . Understand it , watch Leo's video on it and then try to apply it over and over again.

 

success is complicated

there is one school of self improvment called law of attraction . it has its pros and cons. its own practitioners . with its pros and flaws

 

then there is another school of self improvment called deliberate practice  . by anders ericsoon. it has it pros and cons. like no one got successful from that school. many burned out

 

there is another school of self improvment by stephen covey . 

another by david allen

another by jack canfield

 

 some say to follow your passion. which has its pros and cons. like india only have IT Industry to provide job. i fucking hate this school of self improvment. 

 

succes is a complicated topic. many legends came up with many ideas. no one has it  fully figured it out. there are a lot of things waiting to be discovered. its a new field. i would say self improvment  is not even in a decent level 

 

most self improvment book , if you follow it in a wrong field , you will perform worse than those who do not use any self improvment book 

 

[Rishabh R]

5 hours ago, Ramanujan said:

fuck victor frankl. his story is too good to be true. he probably fabricated his story. fuck his book

Oh really , then why don't you interview him regarding weather his story was true or not .Or do your own reasearch.

Also I am not talking about Victor Frankl at all . You assumed it incorrectly.

I was talking about simple thing - Counterintuitive nature of life or Backwards law by Alan Watts. 

Search acceptance and commitment therapy on Google ,apply it that's it . No need to read complicated self-help books . Just apply basic principles. 

Don't chase success,chase massive action and effort . 

Here's the truth : You will never feel successful enough consistently no matter what you achieve . 

Better act wisely .