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@Shiva i am sorry but why can't he know about both?

i am sorry but i don't think that's scientifically possible

Mostly procrastination and forgetting

Maybe i am not an expert so i might be wrong i heard in one of leos video that a victim is basically one who gives away control for example one could believe that you can't improve in a specific area (would be a victim by this definition if I understood it correctly) while an other one might believe he or she can still do it but maybe at a lower level that they want to (might just be low self esteem deepending on the area)

Hi would it be okay if somebody could explain what meditation is? Most videos i have seen on meditation has been about what you do when you meditate but I haven't really found anything on what meditation it self is. Is it some kind of deep relaxation of body and mind or is it contemplation is it being in a state of not thinking?(i am sorry if i am rude but it doesn't seem so difficult to be in that state if you are bored) or just awareness or something different? One definition google came up with was that its: "the action or practice of meditating" but it doesn't really explain what the word meditation it self is i am just a bit confused would mean a lot if somebody could clarify what it is (maybe with examples ) kind regards

I personally think having a really effective technique to help doing the work is the way to go because it can help you to spend less time on what you want to do and also do it at a higher quality at the same time(at least that seems to be the case in knowledge work I have also found it helpful with personal development but I am not sure if its the same for other areas) a few examples i have found: deep work, deliberate practice. For knowledge work. fully feel the emotion with zero resistance (when dealing with strong negative emotions but also usefull with any emotions), permanently solving problems by finding the root causes of the problem, do the hardest emotional thing in any situation to ace life, be 100% honest. For personal development.

http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/10/16/the-passion-trap-how-the-search-for-your-lifes-work-is-making-your-working-life-miserable/ http://calnewport.com/blog/2011/08/11/the-career-craftsman-manifesto/ highly recommend reading so good they can't ignore you by Cal Newport :) what he recommends is that you should try to be passionate about what you do but that the research shows that you first become passionate about it after you have become really good at rarer and valuable skills so basically just pick anything you find interesting and that you feel like could create an impact and where you work with people that its people you like being around with there is of course more to it than this but that's why I recommend reading the book

i think its help full to write your thought process down on paper

maybe understand the information at the level of an aha moment usually you will remeber it longer and then try to recall the information without any reference(its called active recall which should be a really effective method for rembering information) you could write your notes in a quiz formart to support active recall (see if you can answer the question first without looking at the answer only look at the answer when you have recalled the information it should have the same effect even if you make the questions your self just as long as the answer isn't in the question the same notes could be help full later when you need the information it could also support something called spaced repetition which is an other help full technique for long term memory)

i am not 100% sure if this is the solution but if its because of productivity maybe check out cal newports deep work and how to become a straigt a student there is an example in deep work that when someone used routines and rituals to minimize willpower and focused as hard as possible with zero distractions 90 minuts a day in the morning he could do in around 3 weeks what normal toke him a year if not maybe this could be useful https://www.actualized.org/articles/the-art-of-solving-problems-permanently

https://www.actualized.org/articles/the-art-of-solving-problems-permanently it won't be easy but those are some extremely useful techniques i recomend reading the road less traveled by scott m peck it has some really useful information

@John maybe you could do things on a schedule or organize the things you want to do into a project you could also schedule every minute of the day

Just pick anything you find interesting and you feel like you are making an impact but it also important that it isn't something where you work with people you don't like and after you have chosen something then try to become extremely good at it a few suggestions: fiction author, non fiction author, animator, painter, coding, scientist, math i recommend reading so good they can't ignore you by cal newport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_neural_network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_brain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_neuron_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_science might be relevant

i am not really sure what you mean could you elaborate? i am sorry but its just really confusing

Alternativ you could read a lot

I am not sure if it would be so much different as most people throughout history haven't done personal development and still a lot of people to day doesn't do it or are even not aware of it so I don't really think they are that much related to eachother in terms of how many who does it i think leo also said something similar that we are still in the dark ages in becoming aware of our own psychology

https://www.actualized.org/articles/the-art-of-solving-problems-permanently

maybe it could help if you imaging the whole process a bit similar like it is explained in this video some study on retrievalpractice have also shown that if you do retriveval pratice it can help to degreasing anxiety(related to performing in front of people) hope it helps

something else that life have thought me is that don't wait too long to take action even if its something emotional difficult its okay to take a break and acknowledge that you aren't ready to face it but problems don't go away they only do if you take the time to solve them so its important not to take breaks that to long i think when you face something like this its important to think about how you are going to solve it not to long after it happens otherwise you could waste a lot of time and it could create limits an other thing is that something i have found to be usefull is to have a lot of different perspectives on one thing when learning something that could be important for you so you have a better big picture understanding of it and a better chance that you have a correct answer as usually the first answer is low understanding

here is mine

i personal think it most likely become like it was before we where born (nothingness)

It's probably a never ending journey but i think it's a positive thing as it mean you always can get better

I just recall the information it's also very quick to do if i rember right cal newport did some research on how straigt a students learned and one of the best techniques he found was that they used active recall(an other was just that they would explain the information as if they where a teacher themselves) for rembering the information better it should also be a good way to not having the illusion of competence which is basically the illusion of that you think you know the martial but really don't if you haven't gotten the aha moment of an idea it's probably a good sign that you don't really know it to aviod the illusion of competence just recall the information without looking at any source material something else you could do could be over learning(and spaced repetition) its an extremely usefull technique if you want to rember it in long term http://www.memory-improvement-tips.com/illusions-of-competence.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overlearning https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition

Probably hire someone who knows how to invest money in the right things so they don't get wasted and probably a personal development coach as well and some stuff i always wanted and then give some money away to my family and friends and maybe donate some to spacex but still leave enough money so i can use that in investing in the right things so i don't lose the money forever