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I think I DMed this to Leo as well. Wonder if he will edit this now.

Lowkey want a video of this but it's me and Leo (and it's irl) 🥺👉👈

Unemployed. Currently traveling. Last job was a Wildland Firefighter.

Checking in. In the same boat as @Thought Art in regards to looking at iPEC. I am planning on pulling the trigger for iPEC this Year, apparently you can get a deal with the program if you go through a referral. I plan to get my clients by writing my book, and then doing endless public speeches promoting my book, my self and personal brand. (Life purpose is centered around speaking, I basically want to be Wayne Dyer)

I think one of Leo's most impressive videos is on deconstructing the myth of science. It blows my mind thinking about how many years it took to get to a point to make those videos. My favorite feature with Leo's videos is that when I revisit a video years later after doing some consciousness work and then understanding what he is saying at a 100x deeper level.

"But Leo" t-shirt made me chuckle.

I love this analogy

I wouldn't mind chatting with you one on one about this topic. This struggle is a very deep one for me and I aim to write the book on it. (as a project for myself to "solve" it.)

@5-D - L O V E yeah for me what got the gears turning for was reminding me that what we call inaction is still an action. Doing nothing is still a choice of action. And more often than not the choice actually becomes distraction and seeking stimulation as a default. I personally appreciated that reminder. 😃

I can relate to you in some ways. Reading this post made me think of this video that popped up in my feed so I'm throwing it down here. Let me know if it gets some gears turning.

This would be a very interesting talk indeed.

@RendHeaven Yeah I appreciate that clarification because I think I don't yet have enough experience to really nail down what exactly that pure Essence is. So far I'm just pretty damn sure about what to do next and what to train next and what experiences to expose myself to next.

@OBEler @hyruga @Fadl@Aaron p Just want to confirm are you talking about the original post made a year ago or the update I just posted here?

Great information, thankyou. Perhaps you can send me a handful of sources to these awake people you know of?

Here's an update. I went and got a job as a wildland Firefighter, fighting forest fires. I was very happy because it was 100x better just sitting at home, plus it was an extremely challenging job. So I appreciated the challenge. Even though I had to work extra hard to keep up, and I had to stretch an hour every evening on top of a 14 hour day to keep up, I was thankful for the opportunity. People could not understand why I was so happy all the time, especially given the rough nature of the job. After about 3 months of working, I ended up being taken off the crew because I didn't measure up. This was absolutely devastating as I've been on a streak of being let go from jobs for one reason or another. Luckily I didn't lose employment completely, I was moved to do odd jobs in a warehouse. And a couple of other different jobs in between. I was pretty bummed out about getting separated from the rest of the crew, I took a big hit in the pay having to switch to the next job, making half of what I used to, but I at least I still had some employment. During that time I had a few hours after work, because instead of 14 hour days I was working 9 hour days (8 hours with a 1 hour lunch break). So I had time to focus on the Life Purpose Course again. And I read 2 Life Coaching Books. I finally had some routine and time to focus on myself a bit. I also learned that the job as a Firefighter was not only a physically unsafe one but a very emotionally unsafe environment. Creating a dog-eat-dog environment of boys where you never felt really emotionally supported, you basically had to become very callous to survive the environment of all men. Much more than any job I've worked before in oil. ⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛ I've come up with a more direct life purpose statement. In 2019 my life purpose statement was: I teach people how to Understand themselves to create a Peaceful mind and a Passionate life. Now it's: 🟡 I Energize and Clarify Minds through Speaking, Igniting Confidence to Live A Fully Engaged Life. When it comes to visualization, I've noticed that I can tap into emotion far more easily when I imagine people gathering to hear what I have to say. And I get that feeling of being honored that people are giving me their time (their most precious resource) to listen to what I have to say. 🔵 Zone of Genius: Speaking 🔴 Domain of Mastery: Public Speaking. 🟢 Ideal Medium: Speaking to Crowds. Top 10 Values: ⚪ Health ⚪ Courage ⚪ Leadership ⚪ Personal Growth ⚪ Focus ⚪ Clarity ⚪ Freedom ⚪ Positivity ⚪ Peace of Mind ⚪ Connection ⚪ Health - Feeling good in my body and in my mind, sustained across time. ⚪ Courage - Taking right action aligned with my values when it is difficult to do so. Speaking and acting from the heart. ⚪ Leadership - Exerting my sovereignty onto reality. ⚪ Personal Growth - Challenging myself every day to be one step better than yesterday. ⚪ Focus - Being profoundly intentional with everything that I do in my life. ⚪ Clarity - Seeing the big picture, allowing myself to lean into the present moment. When I have full clarity, I am able to lean into the moment fully and just do the next thing. ⚪ Freedom - Disciplining myself to create sovereignty of mind to have control over my life. ⚪ Positivity - Seeing all the pain in life for the gift that it really is. ⚪ Peace of Mind - Feeling content to just enjoy this moment in front of me fully, no matter what I am feeling. ⚪ Connection - Creating a deep rapport with others such that I feel understood. 🟠 Strengths: Strength #1: ⭐ Perspective wisdom Strength #2; ⭐ Honesty, authenticity, and genuineness Strength #3: Curiosity and interest in the world Strength #4: Bravery and valor Strength #5: Creativity, ingenuity, and originality Strength #6: Zest, enthusiasm, and energy After the Season of Working in Wildfire, I traveled to Rishikesh, India for a 200h Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training Program. The Kundalini Teachers were very good and knowledgeable, the meditation and Aryuveda teacher seemed pretty good, the Hatha Yoga teacher was very knowledgeable, the anatomy teacher was knowledgeable but had no lesson plan, the Pranayama teacher was terrible, and I didn't learn a damn thing from the philosophy teacher. None of the teachers were communicating between each other, and the school didn't create any cohesive linear lesson plan. So you'd run into scenarios where teachers are unknowingly repeating something said in a previous class. And other teachers wondering why we haven't covered xyz yet. The people organizing the school did not care at all, did not keep a good standard of cleanliness, and overall through many ways showed that they didn't care. I was ready to leave after the first 10 days. But I hung in there, finished the three weeks, got the certification, for whatever that was worth, then went on traveling through India. With plans to visit other countries as well. With new plans of my mother likely joining me on my travels because it worked out that way with her work. I detail my travels a bit more in this update: ⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜ I noticed that I have to always be in an environment where I'm needed, and where I feel engaged and challenged. Unless I have a full roster of clients and events to run, it's not in my best interest to be without a job of some sort to show up to. I feel like I need people in front of me to be motivated a lot of the time. Until I create that structure for myself, I feel like I'll have to rely on already established businesses and organizations. I find that my brain goes into a very intelligent and creative mode if it is fulfilling the needs of others. If someone wants a presentation on something, I'm highly motivated to put something together and present it. ⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜ I definetly appreciate @Shodburrito thoughts on this. And I think he's right that I'm not yet conscious enough on what's the best for me in how to live my life properly given my kind of brain, personality, etc. And only through massive experience will I uncover that more. And one very important thing is to choose something definite and just see the goal through entirely, even if it's choosing the wrong thing, it's far better than not choosing anything at all. I remember Leo's video on exposing yourself to new experience detailing that you have to gain experience in creating something truly valuable. I have yet to complete a good size project that brings lots of value to people. Like a presentation, or finishing writing my book. Leo's video on how to become decisive was a very important video with helping me make a decision to pick up a job doing firefighting. And then Leo's video on exposing yourself to new experience played an important role in influencing my decision to travel. Along with it making the most sense to travel in my life at this time, many things lined up you could say. Plus I was in no good zone of productivity going back to no other job after the season finished. Going forward, my plan is to travel for 2 more months, then hopefully come back to a job that'll expose me to new experiences, facing the benefit of being needed, and having a routine. Then getting very intentional about my skill building of being a professional motivational speaker. And I for sure want to get the iPEC life coaching training. The money is already spent in my mind.