Bubba66

Unfortunately I am watching a friend destroy his life with his obsession with video games. I have tried to wake him up to the possibilities of studying self-actualization and the real world in general, but he just wont change because he is content with living at home forever and living vicariously through the images on the screen, and verbalizes this often. The way I see it, the fact that you are asking for a video on the matter means that at some level you want a change; you've had a taste of real awareness. You need only continue the journey! The video suggestions above are great, but I will also advise you re-watch and take notes on the Strategic Motherfucker video. That is the one that helped me through this very same issue. I used to be just like my friend, playing every new release for consoles and spending disgusting amounts of hours and money (two pretty valuable things) on something that had literally ZERO impact on my reality. Oh, except for the negative impacts. Start reading. This is the best habit by far to help you kick any addiction, especially tv or video games. I no longer play video games except for some Saturday nights, and even then I exhibit willpower and turn the thing off at 10pm. See Leo's book list to get some awesome book suggestions, it is seriously worth the small investment.

Hello there, I too have struggled with the whole morning ritual thing since I was a freshman in high school. Thinking back to why none of my habits seemed to stick or why I almost self-sabotaged any habits like morning exercise or journaling, I realized that I was thinking of it as I "should" or "ought to" do those things, and that I should feel like crap if I didn't do them. After Leo's video on should statements, and a little before that after experimenting with just letting things happen in the moment, I was able to let go of the heavy feeling of obligation and the copious emotional labor that are all to often associated with starting new positive habits, especially in the morning time. I have also found, aside from eliminating should statements from my mental jargon, that meditation and simply shutting the hell up and being aware fixes your dilemma of making a habit stick for good this time around. IF YOU ARE SIMPLY AWARE THAT THE HABIT IS GOOD FOR YOU, YOU WILL CONTINUE. Again, much kudos to Leo for his video on awareness being curative. This is kind of a vomitus mass of a paragraph, so here is my advise in a nutshell. 1. eliminate should statements (see Leo's video on the matter) 2. start meditating every day (see Leo's many videos for inspiration and/ or techniques that actually work) 3. let awareness of the benefits of your habits do the rest (see Leo's Awareness is Curative video) These three things will have you waking up at 5 am and hitting those miles or those weights before the sun even comes up, minus all the emotional labor and pain, guaranteed. I speak from experience

Hey Leo! Out of curiosity, have you ever coached any high profile over achievers? (Clients that would be considered famous or very successful otherwise). The only reason I ask is to get a grasp on two things: 1) your overall success as a life coach, if you "made it big" so to speak, and 2) just how popular/ high the demand is for life coaches. My idea is to do coaching on the side while I get through university, as I am currently going through the life coaching portion of the reading list I bought from you and am really enjoying it so far. Really appreciate that you are open to answering questions, thanks! ~ PS Would also like to know if life coaching is technically a profession similar to the medical field in that there is great privacy in handling the clients case? (Not looking to divulge people's information obviously, just curious if the same rule/ laws applied as in the medical field)

Hello everyone, I'll try to keep this short and to the point. I need some advice on actively taking control of my life, that is, going from just the status quo: going to school every day (currently into my second semester at college) and doing whatever is "expected" of me from my parents or my friends, to finally putting myself in the situation to actually figure out what I want to do with my life without feeling judged or restricted from doing it in any way. In a way I feel like I cant even really self-actualize properly given my current family and social dynamic. I hate the feeling of being "dependent" and almost like I owe someone something. I feel as though the best move for me right now is to find out how to become as financially and otherwise totally independent as quick as humanly possible (currently still living with my dad, although I'm not even 20 so its not the worst thing). So if anyone has any advice for me on becoming financially independent as soon as possible so that I can just pave my own way free of others distracting expectations of me, that would be great! Any other useful advice would be awesome too. Thanks

Concerning your initial post, I've definitely thought the exact same thing, how everyone else seems to be getting along just fine and you sit there wanting something better but you don't know how to get there. My suggestion, as counterintuitive as it may seem, is that you are too inwardly focused, and need to spend some time focusing on other causes for a little bit, at least long enough to let your subconscious mind mull things over for a while when it comes to your passions. Not sure what your social life is like, but something as simple as joining a club of some sort and just being around other people more would help a lot. Perhaps volunteer work as well. Basically, you should strive to get as much life experience as possible, which is exactly what I am working on doing these days before I finish school and jump into a career.