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  1. Leo's Blog Discussion Mega-Thread
    Leo's Blog Discussion Mega-Thread
    Cheap talk and excessive communication no matter how trashy creates an image of friendliness. I don't see a lot of intelligent people in powerful positions. Intelligent ones are generally quiet. People are charmed by a compulsive talker even if he talks rubbish. The next is drama and stimulation. People like drama. A dull person cannot hold the attention of masses. People like Trump are familiar with entertainment and can generate drama that the lowest common denominator feeds on. There is a need to directly rile up people's emotions by fear mongering or sympathizing their hopes, this is the opium. You feed people with rubbish talk and drama so they are engaged like little children. That's why Hitler was popular. He emphasized people's hopes. He gave them constant drama. He created friendliness in German people through constant rubbish banter. 
    That's the key. 

  2. Help me market this. I'm lost.
    Help me market this. I'm lost.
    Yes, it's gonna be very challenging marketing high-consciousness material because 99% of the population is low consciousness.
    If you want to do that, you need to build some kind of bridge or funnel which meets people at their low consciousness level and slowly exposes them to higher consciousness material over time.
    It's very challenging to start a high consciousness business as your first biz. You might want to start with a lower consciousness biz just to shore up your financial base, and then build on top of that.
    Definitely nobody will ever care about your life purpose. Your customers are completely selfish and will only care about the survival value your product/service offers them. Your life purpose is for you, not for them. You must invent a way to translate your LP into tangible value for your customers. In this way they will indirectly care about your LP via the value it gives them.

  3. How can I work 12 hours every day
    How can I work 12 hours every day
    @impulse9 Funnily enough, most programming is not serious intellectual work. I can code for 10 hours. It's way easier than contemplating for 3 hours.
    After you get good at coding, it's like riding a bike. It doesn't take that much thinking.
    But still, you burn out and it's very unhealthy working like that.

  4. How can I work 12 hours every day
    How can I work 12 hours every day
    That's not something most people can pull off. Which is why we have 8 hour work days.
    I can't work that long consistently. Especially not any kind of serious intellectual or creative work. Maybe if you're just sitting around waiting for customers that might be workable.

  5. I refuse to participate in Capitalism and it's destroying me
    I refuse to participate in Capitalism and it's destroying me
    @Dinkle64 Be very careful with this kind of thinking. You don't comprehend what capitalism is. It's not what Marxists think it is.
    You don't have an option to leave capitalism so long as you're alive. Even if you build that cabin in the woods you will still be inside of capitalism. You will still have to trade for resources somehow. You are like an ant who says that he refuses to participate in the ant colony and it's destroying him. Yeah, of course it's destroying you. You are an ant. You cannot survive outside the colony. That's something you have to accept.
    Rather than rejecting how civilization works, leave to operate effectively within it. This doesn't mean you have to sell out.
    You can run a higher consciousness business and enjoy it and help people as well. This is the way.
    Stop consuming Marxist ideology. It's poisoning your mind.

  6. The Forum is not good for making money, a critical part of Spirituality
    The Forum is not good for making money, a critical part of Spirituality
    I specifically picked a business that required no more than a few thousand in starting capital.
    I only invested like $2000 to get it started. Once I started making good profits I reinvested some of that into hiring some helpers and buying some tools and stuff. An online business does not require a lot of starting capital. At least back when I started. Today it's a bit harder because the web is more developed. But still, you can start a YT channel for basically zero. YT channels didn't even exist back when I started.
    If you are clever you can find ways to start a biz with very little money. That has always been my approach. I never liked to invest a bunch of cash into a project because it is risky. Of course the other option is to go for a larger biz and find investors. But this usually requires more experience.

  7. The Forum is not good for making money, a critical part of Spirituality
    The Forum is not good for making money, a critical part of Spirituality
    Not if you are doing it online.
    In-person yes.
    Nowadays very strongly. I basically don't even do business. I just make videos and courses.
    In the past I was less ethical because I had to bootstrap myself somehow.

  8. The Forum is not good for making money, a critical part of Spirituality
    The Forum is not good for making money, a critical part of Spirituality
    I had one friend who quit his sales job at Zillow and turned to selling penis enlargement pills on Facebook. He was making 6 figures within a few months. This was about 8 years ago. I doubt that exact same method would work today, but methods like that do exists at all times. You just gotta ferret them out. And you gotta be a good marketer/salesman. There is always low-hanging fruit in some industry. It's just a matter of finding it and capitalizing on it. But finding it is up to you. Don't expect anyone to tell you what it is.
    I made close to a million dollars selling annuities.

  9. The Forum is not good for making money, a critical part of Spirituality
    The Forum is not good for making money, a critical part of Spirituality
    Why would you expect what is mostly as spiritual and philosophical discussion group to help you make money? That's not the primary focus on this place.
    You should join some money-making forum in addition to this one, so it rounds you out.
    Yes, making money is important, but do you really need to get your money-making advice from your rabbi?
    What it sounds like you really need is to join a business mastermind group. Not as a replacement for this forum, but as a supplement.
    If you are serious about success, what you need to realize is that success comes from specialization. You can't expect one person, group, or book to cover every important topic. Seek out specialists in every area you wish you master. This place is specialized for metaphysical topics. That's not a bug, that's a feature.

  10. why did leo hate his game development job
    why did leo hate his game development job
    I didn't like it mostly because I am just not suited to being an employee. I am too ambitious and creative to work on someone else's project. So I quit to become my own boss.
    I would never work on a game to which I didn't own full IP rights.
    I am very particular in this regard so don't let this discourage you.

  11. "Satisfied With Mediocrity" or "No Drive Other Than Survival"
    "Satisfied With Mediocrity" or "No Drive Other Than Survival"
    There is no cure for lack of ambition.
    Some people, in fact most people, simply have very low ambition. Ambition is a personality trait.
    But also, if you feel your life lacks meaning, that means you aren't really satisfied with your life as you claim. Deep down you know there's more to be had but you haven't yet come up with a vision of what that would look like.
    Besides ambition what's needs is imagination. To imagine a really new and exciting future for yourself.

  12. I f*****g hate doing game. But there is no other way.
    I f*****g hate doing game. But there is no other way.
    Get some wingmen and learn to have fun and enjoy yourself. This is key.
    It's not supposes to be a grind, it's supposed to fun. You gotta learn to have fun partying moreso than picking up women.
    Do you understand that all those folks you see out at night, are just out to have fun?

  13. Quality, Ethical Sales and Marketing Wisdom Mega-Thread
    Quality, Ethical Sales and Marketing Wisdom Mega-Thread
    @Michael569 great list. I especially like the part about description, not persuasion (which is mostly just manipulation in this context). That really seems to be the only way high consciousness sales can exist.
    Here's my piece of wisdom:
    Drop this idea that simply because a customer is wiling to pay for something, that you are offering them value. This is an incredibly toxic belief that is widespread in the internet marketing community. Rationalization on top of rationalization about why you should just figure out what the market wants and give it to them. Doesn't matter what it is as long as there is demand.
    In reality, demand =! true value. There might be demand for cigarettes and drugs, can you honestly say selling those things is a high consciousness business that brings value to people? Perhaps in a twisted sort of way you could rationalize it. But it's obvious to me that people can demand all sorts of things that are not higher consciousness and may even hurt them.
    If you actually loved your customers, you would care about what is best for them. End of story. 
    Of course it practically may be more of a challenge to sell higher consciousness products. You might be get all excited about how your product is going to change the world, only to discover that people just want low consciousness garbage and get outcompeted. So get too idealistic either. You have to find a balance of demand and value.

  14. Job ideas before complete LP course
    Job ideas before complete LP course
    Do it any way. Hard will grow you.

  15. I want to start an online business, which programming language should I use?
    I want to start an online business, which programming language should I use?
    Don't want to kill your buzz but this doesn't sound like a good idea, theres too much competition in this space, especially with language learning websites starting to incorporate AI into their platforms.

    You should be learning about sales, content creation, and marketing in addition to programming, creating a software based biz as your first business is not advisable as you don't have the funds or the exp, (this is coming from a software dev btw).

    Programing is not something you half ass if your trying to make a career or money out of it. If your serious I would suggest learning Python as your first language. Build a small project and see if programming is something you want to take serious or if its just a hobby.

    You can still satisfy your passion of teaching languages in different ways that don't involve programming.

     

  16. I want to start an online business, which programming language should I use?
    I want to start an online business, which programming language should I use?
    There is little need these days to learn web programming unless it's something you want to specialize in. Coding is not an effective use of most people's time unless you seek to do it for a living. Either use a platform or outsource the work to a professional so you can focus on your area of mastery. It's important to learn to deligate work to the right people and not try to do everything from scratch yourself, as that is very inefficient.

  17. I want to start an online business, which programming language should I use?
    I want to start an online business, which programming language should I use?
    Coding your own website these days is not a good idea unless you need something very unique and specific. There are tons of platforms available that make it easy to make sites with little coding knowledge.
    But if I was developing a serious custom site from scratch I would use HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript. This is a classic stack that's proven to work very well unless you need something enterprise-level.

  18. Programming Language that aligns with my values.
    Programming Language that aligns with my values.
    Add AI to your design pipeline. Stop thinking of yourself as a code monkey but as a software designer.

  19. Can't force myself into programming
    Can't force myself into programming
    I tried to force myself into data analytics thinking I could move to Austin, do pickup, have money, etc. I lasted only a few weeks of DA certification course. Now I’m working concrete construction to bootstrap an epic voyage of discovery and I’m going to employ creative hustle for my purpose. The women can wait if they must.

  20. Can't force myself into programming
    Can't force myself into programming
    You really can't be a good programmer unless you thoroughly enjoy the craft. Programming is one of those things where you can't work for 8 hours and go home and ignore it. To create proper solutions you'll be deeply invested in your work to the point where it will consume your entire life. I started programming 20 years ago and have been doing it professionally for nearly 15 years, and I can tell you from experience that there's two kinds of people, those who can do programming and those who can't, and I don't really know why. If you can love code, it's for you. If you can't, you should probably find something else to do, something you will enjoy.

  21. Can't force myself into programming
    Can't force myself into programming
    It’s in the approach, outlook, attitude, perspective. It can never be found, because we’re always creating on the fly. It can always be changed, because we’re always creating on the fly. 
    Old paradigm:                             New paradigm: 
    Forcing.                                         Allowing. 
    Forcing myself.                            I am myself. 
    I know it sounds dumb.             I care how I feel, not what anyone thinks. 
    My motives.                                 Inspiration. Feeling great. 
    I lost time.                                    I am presence. 
    I’m productive.                            I’m aware of focus; it’s always now. 
    Pressure, frustration.                 Willingness, letting go, contentment. 

  22. Can't force myself into programming
    Can't force myself into programming
    I know it sounds dumb, but I just can't force myself into programming. It's something I was doing for 2 years, yet I left this job to take a break in life in general and rethink my motives and what do I want to do going further. 
    I'm feeling lost. I know it's a lot smarter way to go about my purpose too - move to a big city, earn more money, with an easy, comfortable job, it all makes perfect sense, yet, I just cannot force myself to do it. 
    I was like - ok, maybe this is a sign, that I shouldn't do it and find something else, but I lost too much time already. I feel like maybe there's some inner conflict, but I really cannot find any. Another thing I was thinking about was "being afraid of leaving survival mode" and start thriving and it's on a subconscious level. Or maybe I'm just procrastinating and deluding myself (don't think so, I'm a pretty productive person and I do a lot of stuff every day, but maybe..).
    It's like my 3rd or fourth attempt over this year to force myself into learning programming and finding a job again in this industry, but I just fucking can't. It's frustrating as fuck. And my current job is even more fucking frustrating. I'm lost, please help.

  23. AI Agency being a top business model for 2025
    AI Agency being a top business model for 2025
    One of the coolest business models now available for people is AI agencies. There's a few different angles on it: automation, chatbots, AI voice agents, etc. 
    Here's a solid video on it 
    I started my traditional business journey with the SMMA model learning from people like Tai Lopez and from the initial research I've done; AI agencies are much easier to run and keep clients with because businesses start depending on your AI processes answering their calls and messages.
    I would recommend it for people new to business as the fulfillment is much easier than most other business models that rely on you fulfilling an in person service or consistently closing people with traditional social media marketing.
    I was recently calling businesses to book a podcast for my entrepreneur podcast and nobody answered on the weekend. That lead me to see the use case for this. Over the next 2 years it makes sense to me that every single business will have a 24/7/365 AI voice agent on their answering machine. Why not be us that sells it to them? 

  24. Online Marketing, Ethics And Life Purpose
    Online Marketing, Ethics And Life Purpose
    @electroBeam By being a visionary and a leader.
    Also, you don't need to necessarily convince investors. Do everything yourself if you're that picky. That's what I do. I work solo by design.
    To run a successful business you have to be a relentless doer and outside the box thinker. No one is going to hold your hand in that process. You will either lead yourself, or nothing's gonna happen. You need to provide all the answers. That's your job. If I solve your business problems for you, then I'm the one creating that business, not you, making you obsolete. The whole point of starting a business is that you personally assume responsibility for solving the hard problems. That's why you get paid the big bucks if you succeed. It's not a paint by numbers process. If you want to paint by numbers, go work in a factory which some visionary has created.
    You can't have it both ways. You can't say, "I want to be a leader! Can someone please tell me how to lead? It's hard. I don't know what to do!"
    In that case, you're a follower.

  25. Online Marketing, Ethics And Life Purpose
    Online Marketing, Ethics And Life Purpose
    @Leo Gura But how do you convince people to work in your team with those type of values? I've been in the startup industry for a while. Investors only care about money. Employers only care about 'being big time' and being successful and famous and everybody loving them. 
    And then you might say go find some spiritual high consciousness hippies to join your business
    And then what you find is that they are so hippy, that they can't be fucked making a business.
    The only way to do this is to somehow persuade greedy business people into doing a business of high values, by somehow getting a well meaning goal, and painting it with flashy dollar symbols, in hope of tricking everyone into thinking its going to make them rich, when its not.