Jacob Morres

This guy makes a lot of doomer content. Careful of that type of stuff

@Leo Gura my main point was just to say to pursue content with intention 🙌 you don't need such efficiency if that's not your value

"I jump around and scavenge from content exactly what I need. Stop trying to be a completionist about content (books, videos, podcasts, etc). Most content is not good enough to warrant it and actually abuses your time and focus" What's really important here is Goal -> procure insight to achieve said goal. Everything else is a distraction I remember one of my friends in school when acing exams, would never even attend lectures. He would just sift through online lectures (they were posted online) as quick as possible to get needed material and move on. The main point of this is like consumption only helps marginally when pursuing goals. Most goals require very little consumption

@The Renaissance Man Yeah, and also like it's really important because you are the average of the people you surround yourself with. So just through osmosis of being around these people will be super critical

it's probably a near-necessity for success in something, they will really shortcut the process for you. you can do it without it, but I think a good mentor speeds things up a lot. you can also consider things like masterminds or meetups (small groups of people that meetup regularly) i'd say it's 100% realistic. there are so many people you can network with/befriend/pay in just about every field. i don't think it's *that* hard either, but it takes some effort and some mass messaging/networking. maybe like 20 hours of networking and another 20 hours of trial and error? for example, i was looking for a mentor in competitive chess, and i found a discord community where people are talking and discussing chess 24/7, really easy to find mentors here. i also paid a (GM) coach weekly $15/hr to coach me (found through fiverr). there's definitely a bit of trial and error. some mentors are not committed, unskilled, or low integrity. so there is some sorting you need to do and of course a mentor can't help you 100%, you need to supplement with your own wisdom & other sources

@Leo Gura ill buy it ☠️

Damn great share! I will consider this. i listened to a few of his podcasts and he's pretty wise. He also stresses things like EQ and healthy communication as well which I appreciate about him Question - How was the inner game section? I often wonder if these types of courses cover the inner part well. Imo i feel that is extremely critical (at least for me)

There should be a lot of groups specifically for this business, it's pretty popular. Unless you wanted this forum's opinion particularly

Congrats bro The topics look great. Those topics can be extremely insightful and helpful for a lot of people. Thanks for sharing

Yeah for sure. Especially if you go there. You gotta abide by social norms to a large extent I think social circle game might be way more optimal. Cold approach a bit, but like to a very small extent

if you upload your pictures to chatgpt, it can transcribe them for you It's not 100% accurate though but if you care to save it you can write slightly more legibly and it should get it (love your contemplations btw) (4o btw) --- **Image 1 (March 21):** **Wisest way to live life:** - Do not let anyone stop you from doing your best and karma. God controls that and never disappoints. - Everything has a reason for happening. - Never be in negative emotion very long. Everything bad happens and it is time to put effort to change it. - Always normally get a situation because of lessons that I need to be learned. - To recognize that who declared God truly is God. - To thank someone unique in the crowd. - To recognize that everything we do is for self-love. - To look at a situation in an unbiased way. --- **Image 2 (March 22):** - Rejuvenation and research of everything. - To recognize that what seems is not the case and what is the case that doesn't seem. - To ask to be in denial about truth. - Pray to recognize that I am a part of something. - To recognize that I am in harmony with it. - To harmonize the harmony. - To recognize that I am part of something around me. - To recognize that life is calm and at the same time, it is complexity inside complexity. - To feel all emotions fully. - To get a deep grasp of emotions. - To recognize that emotion is success. --- **Image 3 (March 23):** - And proceed by thought. - To be in a joyful mood. - To let a veil up. - To recognize that one is in a boundary within a boundary. - To recognize that silence is larger than safe distraction, it looks close to sit in silence. - To be open-minded and look for possibilities. - To learn from the past and leave the rest behind to influence the present and future. - Resolve trauma. - To try to understand things to understand what they imply. - To recognize that the past is gone and is no longer there. --- **Image 4 (March 25 and 26):** (March 25) - To keep one’s mind clear and open. - To recognize that silence is more valuable than noise. - To concentrate on deep thoughts. (March 26) - To recognize that life is unpredictable but manageable. - To experience fully the moment and not be overwhelmed by the past or the future. - To recognize that I am beyond my physical existence. - To live with mindfulness in every action.

yeah I think they're the same. in the letting go process, the first step is acceptance (in the sedona method version at least)

i think one way is using metrics? for example in weightlifting i know i'm experiencing real growth if i'm 1. hitting my daily calorie and protein intake 2. hitting progressive overload per workout 3. getting appropriate rest days between workouts if i'm hitting these goals daily, in a few months my muscle mass and body mass will change significantly (though there is like 10 other principles to follow, these are the main ones) so i think depending on your goal, you need to figure out the right metrics/tasks so basically goal (broken into) -> specific tasks that make up that goal so I guess basically if you're following the genuine right principles for your goals versus distractions would be your indicator. need to draw distinctions between the two

Yeah that's fair I'd def keep that suspicion when people sell things. But don't let it color your view completely. A lot of people that sell things still have a lot of gold to share. A lot of hormozis content is def S/A tier

@Asia P you might like this video on the college/no college debate. It's very nuanced https://youtu.be/nxL4ZfVqKLI?si=6XfVJ81ybH22rM6p

@Leo Gura you can but it takes a lot of strategy and effort https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/myprojects/mit-challenge-2/ This guy did the entire MIT comp sci curriculum at home. He found all courses and projects that were adjacent, and he passed all of mits online exams all under a year (from scratch) It takes a very ambitious person though to put together a high quality strategy and follow through

Such a great video. It's so easy to convince yourself that you're really growing but really you're not. It's one of his best imo

It could be potentially, but $4k does seem steep for this kind of service I'd imagine you could replicate the format for much cheaper. With good mentors/friends, meetups that target social anxiety specifically (have seen them on meetup.com), coaches that charge maybe $75-$200 hr, lower paid groups etc. Also while intensity for 3 days potentially can have a lot of benefit, sustained progress over weeks can also be really useful too (like maybe 10h a week in practice)

for me it's pretty simple, i just write down what i need to accomplish for the next day (top 3 tasks). it makes it easier in the morning bc it sets direction for me immediately

I actually enjoy onenote more personally. I tried notion for a year or so and I actually ended up enjoying onenotes prebuilt structure (whereas notion you kind of need to design you own) and moved everything back a few months ago I basically only use it for storage (like notes, insights, resources etc.) though

Yeah but at the same time, so does everyone else. It increases the skill needed to be competitive when everyone has access to the tools

Okay never say never, america has grown a ton throughout its 300y history. At the rate it's growing, we might have that, in 300 more Why so pessimistic!! I do agree it is very hard for society to evolve though. Humanity repeats a lot of its errors repeatedly. But it's definitely trending upward Also consider, gen z is 30-40% progressive! Imagine gen alpha, and gen z's kids (whatever is after alpha). We are progressing!!

They won't probably wont get convinced without proof tbh

@Ramanujan exactly something like this... To me it's like saying like someone that is trying to gain muscle and lose weight, but then they don't have a consistent workout routine and calorie deficit and then they're like at the end of the year theyre like why have I still have lost no weight lol Imo it's just a routine error rather than an inherent capability error (esp since he excelled in calc 1 adjacent level classes) but I digress

I didnt see mention of the strategy or techniques you're using - what is your stack right now? I know some people suggested a career switch, which can be viable, but at the same time mastery in studying & taking exams is doable You need a good deep work/rest routine, good meditation practices to perform during exams, using practice tests to your advantage, working with other smart people, using tactics likee active recall & space repetition, using 80/20 rule on what to study, maximizing time spent in flow, using motivation tactics, keeping your mood and energy high etc. Also some strategies differ if you are nuerodivergent like depression, adhd, dyslexia etc. But it's 80% the same