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Dunno if this has been shared here before but this whole documentary is a fantastic piece of money psychology. This is just a clip:

@Fountainbleu I definitely will! After the misery of last week some very interesting things came on my path that I will be posting about. My safety was stagnation, now is time for growth. And to grow, I have to let go of control sometimes. Let go of what's familiar to make room for progress. Currently on a bus from Porto to Lisbon 🚌🇧🇫

Alright, my first journal on here, let's make it count. Goal: €10.000 per month net income (after tax) Timeframe: 5 years (June 2029) Reason: So I can travel while doing stand-up comedy and not having to worry about jobs or money in the future Currently: €28K in debt with almost no income First, I've realized that I don't care about money. The thought of buying cool stuff or experiences doesn't have the same kind of trigger that it used to. Doing my artistic pursuits, doing stand-up, having meaningful interactions with other people, that is the real thing for me. The fantasy of having lots of money is BYPASSING, just to escape the hard things and building mastery in my domain. I don't care if I'm broke, as long as I can do my comedy and have my own thoughts and feelings. I only care about the person I am becoming in this process, because I like that person. So now money just becomes practical, and for practical reasons I would like to have an income. I believe that having a 10K pm income would increase the quality of my life since it'll allow me to travel the world while doing stand-up, creating content, learning new things and further developing my character. History: I've dabbled in my online business things but mastered none. I've built and sold websites, I've done affiliate marketing (Clickbank), YouTube channel and many other things. Most notable is I started a Print-on-Demand Etsy shop in 2020 that has done over $500.000 in sales (not profit, not even close). This was my only income between 2020 and 2024. This business failed for several reasons, mainly; not enough commitment, poor financial management, increased competition (especially in 2023 and 2024). Leo said in his recent Being Wrong episode that he had lost his life purpose for over a year and I was in the same position. I denied who I really was and tried to become someone else. That was a big mistake. Now I understand the value of my LP even more. And the goal of my business should always be to support my LP and not be about the money or anything, that's an escape. Current situation: Right now I have 1 YouTube channel that I make videos with AI. It's not yet monetized but has 1050 subs and was only started 4 months ago. I also have an Etsy shop selling digital items that's making some sales now but not yet profitable. I'm entering into a government debt relief program which will restrict my access to money and whatnot for the coming 18 months. This is probably gonna suck, but should give me time to focus on my stand-up while learning new business skills. So 18 months from now I can start making money and be debt-free. The debt was created from borrowing money into my business (sole proprietorship) but not really growing. The debt snowball just increased which made me stressed and less capable of making sane business decisions. How to make money: First understand WHY I want to make money; so I can focus on stand-up. This WHY is so damn important, it influences every other decision. If I forget the WHY, I've pretty much failed. Like I said if I am a full-time comedian and always broke for the rest of my life, I'll take it! This making money stuff is just for practical purposes. So here are my making-money criteria: Not employment Not sales of physical products Must not consume too much of my time Must not be location bound Must not be bound to specific times Must not be a public persona; my public persona is as a comedian. So if I can't post a bit about me jerking off while high on Molly on my IG then forget about it. Must be ethical (my personal definition counts here) Makes me feel good about my work and myself Be future-proof (AI and stuff) No employees (virtual staff is okay) Scalable Most important factor. once again, is this is a tool to help me maximize my artistic potential, which is why there's so many negatives (not's) on this list. Right now on the top of my mind is learning to create funnels so I can help high-ticket coaches and public speakers get more clients. This seems to be a sensible thing to do. I could charge a retainer of perhaps $2K pm per client, or way higher retainers, as long as I get them clients. I also love the personal development niche so helping these people seems to fit my criteria. Also, having the ability to get people clients is always good and always worth money. And by mastering funnels I can also create my own funnels and do some affiliate marketing for existing online programs. I don't see this dying out anytime soon. In fact, when it comes to live personal development seminars, those will probably be way more popular in the AI age. I'd enjoy networking in this field too, so that's a plus. I downloaded Iman Gadzhi's Agency Navigator course a while ago and he talks about outsourcing. So once I master funnels, I could (as an agency) outsource the actual PPC ad management for low prices to quality third-world freelancers. My focus would then be on overseeing the projects, getting clients and of course managing the customer relationships. Part 1: Mastering Funnels So here we go. The first part of this journey is to master funnels. Spend 1 hour or more to learn everything there is about funnels in 2024 and in the future. This could also be a valuable skill if I host my own comedy shows later on to selling tickets and running these events. There's also a part of getting better at managing my money, but I'll get into that later. Step 1: spend 30 minutes every day learning about funnels.

Technically, doesn't everyone hallucinate people? Do I remember correctly that earlier you were skeptical of Indian gurus doing magical, impossible things? Why this distinction?

Carving and pottery You might think of these videos as pure hobby but she gets millions of views, and more sales than she can fulfill I bet.

I have the same thing, although there was a time where I would just hug every girl I met as a greeting, works quite well. But I think it's also cultural. In South American culture people are much more physical than in Europe.

I feel you man, I feel the same right now. Stress, and it's pouring rain. Lots of uncertainty in these kinds of situations. Gotta tap from within and start living in the desired reality right now

Pretty close to how Leo sees it? This is of course a mock interview and meant to be funny.

Digital Nomad: I've made my first important step on the journey and have started living as a digital nomad this year. So far it's been more challenging that I had anticipated. My theory was that I could just live anywhere I want, not realizing that travel comes with all sorts of additional problems and distractions from my work. Like it rains here every day, even though I came here for better weather, but they don't have central heating. I got really sick with the flu. Am slowly starting to hate this place. All my mental strength and optimism was appearantly just grounded in the stability of my living situation. Without it, I'm a different person, not for the better. I almost miss the stability of my old life, but there's no turning back. It's annoying because in the Netherlands I was so comfortable that I didn't feel motivated enough to try harder in my business. Now I am super annoyed, perhaps I will try harder but is that worth it? In Porto now, really sick of this place already, will travel to Bangkok and Bali soon.

Just found this type of breathing, it's been helpful. It's basically long breaths and then half the time and again half of that. I feel the effects much quicker and stronger than when I do Wim Hof, but should probably try a longer session.

It's just entertainment videos, nothing more. Was mass entertainment more intelligent when you were growing up?

I don't see the problem, it's not like you need to live this other person's life. Socialization is just about vibes. Then when finished you can go do something alone again.

I don't find this extraordinary. This is just very basic self help talk, Tony Robbins etc. And that's of course where gemini got its training data.

Because your ideas didn't align with the economic reality. Then again I've seen a youtuber sell €10k in cookies and travel the world that way, so who knows.

Is your insight original? How would you know? Isn't original just a distinction your mind makes? If we just assume that reality consists of distinctions, how could one thing be more original than another? What if every possible thought, action or outcome has already been done millions of times? This universe could have existed millions of times before the version we are in now.

Awesome @Lyubov, I am doing the same and currently in Portugal and Bangkok in a few weeks. My plan is to stay there for at least two months and see how I like it. I plan to have a base in SEA somewhere, probably Bali. Met guys here who have been traveling as digital nomad for 4+ years. So cool.

But Leo, isn't one of those big death bed regrets not taking enough chances in life? So in that sense isn't the extreme extrovert doing a better job?

Yes, down dogma, up dogma.

What if you accidentally cut someone off in traffic? What about all the 'harm' that comes from being underslepped for example? Like being rude etc.

My experience of me is central in my head, behind the eyes. When I experience an itch in my foot, I clearly notice a signal from a distant place (foot). The I noticing the itch is behind the eyes as usual. I've never experienced my life from any other area of the body. I don't experience life from the knees, I experience it from behind the eyes. This is where the "I" lives. However, when I close my eyes or get lost in thought, the "I" sort of... disappears? Or is no longer centralized? This is rather mysterious. And how is it possible I can get lost in thought while driving a car or doing other complex tasks with my eyes open? It just doesn't make sense.

Why would you have to probe whether or not it's a good hobby here? If you enjoy it then go for it.

The other day I posted a thread cause I heard about this article: Is Having A Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? in UK Vogue. Because THIS IS HOW WOMEN THINK OF THEIR BOYFRIENDS NOW! Have they not told you this? But it's not their fault, it's the GUYS FAULT! Today I was at the university library sitting across this girl, normal day. Her 'boyfriend' shows and doesn't know how to act and start obsessively PDA'ing her and she's really not that interested. He continues, to the point where she LEAVES THE FUCKING ROOM! Then I just peek over at the guy cause I'm like 'wtf is this' and this wimp is shaking cause he's probably having some anxiety attack or whatever. THIS IS WHAT WOMEN HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE DAYS! And I got this confused with feminists being assholes in my previous thread. No. It's the MEN's FAULT. Fix yourselves. Become someone a woman will be proud of dating.

What dosages and timing?

This year I realized how stupid these holidays are. Why do I need to be in a celebratory mood because the calendar moves to different digits? Makes no sense. These holidays are for people who have no goals, who don't get fulfillment from achieving milestones in their career or personal life. So they need these artificial milestones, to feel like something has been accomplished and celebrated. Stupid.

Dramatic title but I am going to reduce my usage of ChatGPT and cancel my Plus subscription. Why? Because its pre-programmed communication style is FUCKING AWFUL! using the phrase "no fluff" and “shouting into the void” constant “curious what others think” sign offs that never actually respond to anyone contrast framing everywhere, it is not x, it is y, repeated over and over fragmented, pseudo profound sentences. short. isolated. trying to feel reflective over explicit signposting, things like “here is the key takeaway” or “the important part is this” "you're not imagining it" Here's the original Reddit thread btw if you wanna have a laugh: http://reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1pmu4fc/the_em_dash_giveaway_is_gone_these_are_the_new/ Look, here's a conversation I was having about an order in my business being delayed and refunded. Look at this: Why would you say "without making it worse"? Why is this thing even suggesting making it worse? WHAT!? I never fucking said later today! Why is it programmed to talk like this? Do you know how many custom instructions I've given it already? These just get COMPLETELY IGNORED! What a useless piece of junk. Also hallucinations seem to be getting worse. It just talks with confidence until I ask it to actually look that up online and then it does a full 180. This might be because it's programmed to weigh the user's conversation style preferences heavier than factuality . Something I've not seen in Google Gemini. Now that's me talking about ChatGPT as a chatbot / companion. Of course the GPT models are great and I'll continue using the API for coding and other tasks. But seriously, they programmed the chatbot to talk to absolute morons and I'm unable to overwrite its default behavior.