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@Andrew123 Hi, There are already few videos that could help get you on track. I'd say: * How to stop being a Victim part 1 and 2. - you are blaming a lot of external sources for your (self constructed) lack of worth. It is time you take the responsibility in your hands. * Responsibility versus blame - amazing video, check it out. * Also another is How to stop Judging yourself - that could give you a hint. * Also check "How to deal with negative Emotions and read a book called Emotional Inteligence 2.0. * There was also another one about Liking yourself more ( check out the happiness section of Leo's vids on youtube) Don't sit here and wait for Leo to reply to you. Man the hell up and start taking responsibility for your own life. Stop waiting for someone to come into your life and help you deal with all your problems. You are a male, the predator and the caretaker, things will be expected of you and feeling sorry for yourself is not one of them. Each of us is the primary tool for our own happiness. Money or girlfriend cannot give it to you if you haven't figured it out yourself first. Yes, you have some traumas, we all do. Time for excuses has passed, now it's time to take an action. Stop blaming your mother for whatever issue you have. The responsibility is yours only. When you say " I feel like the above will take a long time to reach or discover. " you are already saying that you don't want to do anything about it except perhaps moan and complain. Commit yourself to mastering your own emotions and psychology. Make a commitment to improving your life. Start watching all Leo's videos, one by one even if you feel like you don't need some of them. Pieces will start to come together. Read.... read books,. make notes of them and re-read them again. If you have gaps in your psychology you need to mend those if you want to get an improvement. Steps you could take now to start feeling better about yourself. 1. Start watching Leo's videos and read recommended books (pay the premium book list content, totally worth it ) 2. Exercise if you don't already. There are studies about how exercise improves not only your looks but your brain function, reduces depression, anxiety, prevents stress, boosts mood and make you generally feel better about yourself. Don't know how? Book a trainer for first 3 lessons and they will show you. Watch youtube videos, magazines, ask people who excercise. Us gym rats love to share our knowledge with others. Also this will help you become more social. Go to gym, talk to people, compliment them and ask about different excercises, techniques. You will make bonds with them.. ...sky is the limit here. This is one of the most important commitments in your life. There is an excellent book called Spark from John Ratey that tells you why exercise is important for your brain and how it goes beyond physical look. A must read. 3. Meditate - Watch Leo's "How to meditate videos. " This is the gym for your mind. Even more important than excercise, ideally you'd do both. Meditate every day, excercise 5 days a week. 4. Start cutting bad habits that make you spiral in your own depression - pc games, junk food, television, tobaco, alcohol, and that kind of crap draining happiness and energy from you. Less obvious: self pity, judgemental thoughts, obsessions with stupid things, 5. Wake up early - If you are stuck in your daily job like most of us, you need to make most of your day, set an alarm for 5:30 am and spend 2 hours studying, contemplating, meditating or just thinking about your life. Of course go to bed earlier if you wanna do this. This is a powerful strong habit. This may seem like a lot of actions, I know. This is what all of us are about. Leo has opened my eyes to reality a year ago just like he did to 1000s of people out here. I work on getting to my life purpose and just in 1 year of following Leo's channel, I feel tremendous improvement in my personal life, social life and understanding my psychology. It is a horrible amount of work and I doubt myself a lot but keep pushing because I know that in the end all this will be worth it once I find my ultimate life purpose and achieve new level of happiness. All of us here comited our lives to continuous improvement and work on our mind and body every day. Do one thing at a time. Start your journey towards your better self right here right now, today, make the commitment to yourself. No more pity talk, no more whining, no more blaming others. "I am the master of my own life, I am the hero of my story. If I cannot do it, nobody will do it for me. ! You can do it and you have all it takes, the question is: .... Will you? Good luck and keep your chin up. Things will start going your way if you work on yourself, I can promise you that.

Workout is not fun and shouldn't be. Sorry to break it down to you this way. If it is fun, you do it wrong. If you consider a fun workout seeing unfit people chatting and laughing while doing a stationary bicycle, that is not a workout, that is rubbish. If you have time to talk between your breathing, you are not working out. Workout is painful, hard and brings little enjoyment while you do it. That being said, yes many times I feel excited for the gym or my training but once I am there and doing this stuff that hurts like hell, it is not fun. So how do you actually enjoy your fitness routines? Suggest you focus on your results. If you are after muscle mass, take a picture of yourself, measure your chest, tights, biceps, etc..compare results over time. Test your strength in bench-press or squads... If you are after weight loss, have your weight and bod-fat measured, compare over time. Whatever it is, you can keep track of it. Once you see an improvement, that is when the enjoyment and happiness comes. The very nature of improving will push you to work harder because you know it bears fruit. Focus on long term results , not immediate enjoyment. Take fitness as a lifelong journey, it will be boring sometimes, mostly painful, you will need to push yourself to do it quite often while your friends will try to distract you, your PC, TV will try to distract you, junk food sellers will try to distract you. Build your "own castle", build a routine, motivate yourself by the achievements you have already had and visualise yourself even better. Don't compare yourself to others however use them for your benefit. If you see someone who looks great, don't go thinking "man that dude is on roids or has no life besides fitness. " instead think; "What do I need to do to get closer to him/ What part of the routine do I need to change? If he got there, so can I." Find a fitness partner who will motivate you to work harder and make it to the gym every time, I found that to be extremely beneficial. Care for each other, exchange knowledge and tips, share your tips with other people and learn their approach, be open minded, don't stick to the same routine and you'll get there. The journey will be your happiness. Your body will thank you for it

Hi Guys, I was wondering what seating posture do you find most beneficial / tolerable while meditating? I have only been meditating for a month but usually am struggling with proper seating. While I am not flexible enough to to do full or even half lotus for longer period. I always lean my back on the wall and sort of fold my legs with knees sticking out on right and left ( similar to lotus, no idea what it's called in English). Even with this, it gets itchy and uncomfortableafter a while and I am finding it hard to detach myself from the pain when meditating. Sitting with legs straight makes me sleepy Any suggestions what works for you? Thanks

Thank you all for great suggestions !

I would say multiple ways: Sports helps you to relieve stress and tension which may be obstructing you in your creative work By creating a gym routing you teach yourself persistence and discipline During my Master's I found it helped me to study and memorise when I did some sports after hours of study and was able to study some more afterwards It teaches you the mentality, state of mind that people who do sports have. To eat healthy, to treat your body well to avoid bad habits like smoking. All this in the end helps you in your personal development.

Astaxanthin, Watch Leo's video on Supplementation

I agree with ChimpBrain on HIIT. It helped me improve my stamina a lot. There are a lot of useful Youtube tutorials and trainings. If you are into something a bit more tough, there is a guy called Funk Roberts on youtube, some of his workouts are killer. Basically what you are after is 70%-80% of your max heart rate. ( 110-120) for at least 15 minutes at a time. There are more ways to approach HIIT. This is what most fight sports' training are based on. The usual weight lifting won't do you much good when it comes to VO max and endurance. 1. You could do say 6 exercises, 60(or less depending on your fitness level) seconds each with 15 seconds break in between. Do all 6, rest 1 minute and start 2nd set. Complete 3 sets in 1 workout 2. Another way is to set a fixed time, say 15 minutes during which you will be during circuits of x amount of excercises. Try to complete as many rounds as you can, record it and compare with previous month to see improvement. The number of reps should be the same each round so don't start too big) 3. Tabata is another way. Pick 1 metabolic workout (burpees are great for a challenging workout) Do 8 sets of 20 seconds with rest 10 secondsbetween 4. Pyramid workout - Pick x amount of exercises , start with 1 rep each, once all done, go for 2, 3, 4, until you hit 15 and from 15 go back to 14, 13....very demanding. Either do a 1-15-1 or do a time. 5. Sprints - for this first research sprinting techniques a bit. Basically try to do 35-50 meter sprints with short rest while you slowly jog back to start. Allow yourself around 30 seconds breaks between sprints. Do 3 sets of 6. Rest 2 minutes between sets. These are just few, you can find more on youtube or just try to experiment. As per what kind of excercieses? Most of it should be body weight based on speed, dynamics, strength and stamina. Burpees is one of my favourite. There are many variations of pushups, squads and abs excercises. Be creative, do your research, look what other guys are doing and also try to add some cross fit stuff ( kettlebels, powerlifting excercises, rope, bars). Try what works for you. As per bio-hacking, I'd say do your research on this. If you want to start supplementing, you better make sure you know what you are putting in your mouth. Generally speaking work on your diet first.. Add more carbs on your workout day, decrease on days off. There are studies on what the best amounts for you are. Remove all junk food, sodas, and excess sugar meals, these reduce your gym performance. Eat plenty of protein and consume at least 2 portions (medium sized bowl) of veggies per day. You can add a post workout protein powder for improved results. Phew..that was exhausing. Hope someone will find this useful