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Thanks for the post, I realized from this that I might be constantly falling into the trap of unrealistic expectations. Listening to the video now.

University started again. Women and lack of dating has become a significant pain-point for me. It's actually getting very painful. I really really want intimacy. I really feel it to my core. I don't just want sex, my end goal is to have a relationship I am fulfilled with. I'm genuinely getting slightly frustrated, no lie.

First, I want to reflect on how I handled my OCD situation. For a some time, I believed I’d have less luck than my rival for an entire year, but eventually I realized I needed to find a way to manage this superstitious OCD. What became clear to me is that you can’t actually disprove superstitious OCD to yourself. That’s because OCD isn’t rooted in logic, it’s emotional. Even if I made a “deal” with the universe and it didn’t come true, technically that should disprove it, right? But no, my mind would just find some way to justify why that particular deal didn’t count. Knowing this, I tried a different approach. I made another deal with the universe: if I drink more than 250ml of water, I’ll have good luck for the next year. That way, no matter what happens with my rival’s luck, I’ll still have amazing luck. After that, my strategy was to let this whole mess go. Honestly, I don’t even know if I failed the previous ritual agreement, so maybe my rival won’t actually be luckier than me anyway. But either way, I’ve made this new deal, and now I can finally move on and leave it behind.

Thanks for the responses. I decided to not have it for now. I am sure there is a strategy to game girls using social media, Il just try optimizing everything else, as I really dislike using instagram etc. Your responses have helped. Appreciate it. I just wanted to make sure it was a "Must Have"

@bazera I'll look into it. I am on Iphone. Do you think that instagram has helped you actually get women? Or is it completely secondary and doesn't matter at all. Because if its secondary I much rather just not have it all. Thanks for the reply bro

Hey guys. Pretty much a yes or no. Haven't been using instagram for months now. I go out the other day, and ask a girl for phone number, she gave me her instagram but it was of no use. I downloaded instagram again. Hate it. Zaps away your attention like crazy. And I couldn't care less about other peoples lives. I loved the fact that people couldn't send me reels that I was obligated to watch. Also it's so fucking stupid how people spend their whole day curating their page. I hate the fact then when I posted stories I would care who saw it. This app is so stupid. But if its neccecary in this day and age for dating then Im not sure. Is it worth keeping it? As in, is it needed for results?

this is such an inspiring thread

Bro half the time I try to get on the website there’s an error now. The forum is valuable to me so I still go on. but yea like this might actually deter potential new members from joining.

Impossible to test almost. Super expected unsexy answer but a combination of both. I think environment plays a huge role. Even babies pick up small cues. look at the “bad baby” in experiment, where AMERICAN black and white babies were placed in front of a black and white doll. They both had to chose which ones good or bad. Most babies chose black doll as bad. why? Because of cues in the environment. That’s insane that a baby picks up on it. in Africa black babies and children that see white people think of them as ghosts. how does this connect to your message? Point is, cues in the environment inform us on what is valuable and not. So as a baby you and many of your family members picked up on the fact that being artistic is value since being born. Even before necessarily picking up a paintbrush. This is speculation.

I think for me this is a huge take away. over the past two years I realised how much work is actually required for high level results. Working from 2 hours focused to 6 hours focused was a huge shift for me. Even that some people don’t do. Being able to work for 12 hours seems almost necessary if you’re incredibly ambitious. 6 hours only gets you so far, now I realise.

You’ve once mentioned that your work is not for psychopaths or people who just naturally get pleasure from hurting people. but for the sake of understanding: If a psychopath both likes to hurt people (no conscience), and cares about truth is will his consciousness really be limited. The only reason most of us can’t commit “devilry” while caring about the truth is that doing so usually requires lying to ourselves to justify our actions. But a psychopath doesn’t need self-deception he can commit evil without feeling anything at all. So he CAN be evil without sacrificing truth… or am I going wrong?

makes more sense.

These are some more questions: 1. Have you taken the life purpose course? Would you call your business a life purpose. 2. Are you fulfilled now that your rich? 3. Is there any business guru/material you recommend? 4. How do you deal with jealousy from other people? I know I will become financially free, I am scared of how my friends might take if I become rich and they don't, have you had any experiences around that? 5. Do you live a balanced life? Or do you believe is seasons? (Example, being season of 3 years for work, season of dating after) 6. Is networking important? How important? 7. What is some of the most overlooked advice in your opinion? 8. What is the most corrupt part of your job if you were to be completely honest? I know I asked a bunch, if you answered something elsewhere or don't want to no need to answer. I'd appreciate a lot if you can answer the bold text questions. Thanks!!

Awesome

I wonder what your guys opinion on the role social media companies have with this event. I don't use instagram or Facebook, but a lot of my friends tell me that they've seen the footage of the shooting immediately after opening the app. They told me that unlike before, there is no warning or even attempt at censorship. In general I was aware that gore videos are more frequent on instagram reels, but seems like everyone saw it. Does the fact that more people are exposed to the video affect politics? Do social media apps do this deliberately or was this simply because everyone was reposting the video?