Question for Leo regarding his latest video "Motivational Speech - Oct 2021"

[somegirl]

@Leo Gura
First of all, love the episode, very appreciative that you released it. For me personally, I love these kind of videos because they are applicable to my life and are practical. 

1st question - You mentioned: "Life is a beautiful thing if it's lived according to right principles." and then said that one of those principles is "The pursuit of love for reality is not a luxury, it is the core." . Can you elaborate more on that? I'm not sure what you meant by that, but I so want to understand it, it feels important to understand.

2nd question - Apart from all other principles you briefly mentioned in a video which are: having work ethic, facing your fears, be constructive, "you get in life what you put into it", can we please get a few more? These are gold. I know you have talked about it before in one of your videos, but here you mentioned few new principles which all resonated with me very strongly. 

3rd question -  Stupid one, but gonna ask anyway. I was wondering, is me declining to go out with my friends/socializing (while also applying other principles you have mentioned) really necessary for me to live a good life? Shouldn't there be a balance? Can I just simply organize my life in a way where I will have room for all things (not just isolate myself with meditation, reading self-help books and not ever socializing with others). Or is any kind of partying/having fun with friends bad strategy in the long run and will sabotage me from living a good life?
I guess what I'm really asking is - can i have both or those two don't go together?

Thanks in advance!

Edited October 17, 2021 by somegirl

[Leo Gura]

55 minutes ago, somegirl said:

@Leo Gura
First of all, love the episode, very appreciative that you released it. For me personally, I love these kind of videos because they are applicable to my life and are practical. 

1st question - You mentioned: "Life is a beautiful thing if it's lived according to right principles." and then said that one of those principles is "The pursuit of love for reality is not a luxury, it is the core." . Can you elaborate more on that? I'm not sure what you meant by that, but I so want to understand it, it feels important to understand.

Well, most people live merely to survive. A sort of path of least resistance where they settle for doing what is practical, easy, and mediocre.

And in that case they aren't working to honor their deepest passions, values, and love.

To love your life you gotta make love of life the backbone of your life, not just "getting by" or being successful.

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2nd question - Apart from all other principles you briefly mentioned in a video which are: having work ethic, facing your fears, be constructive, "you get in life what you put into it", can we please get a few more? These are gold. I know you have talked about it before in one of your videos, but here you mentioned few new principles which all resonated with me very strongly. 

I have an old video called like the 65 principles for the self-actualized life.

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3rd question -  Stupid one, but gonna ask anyway. I was wondering, is me declining to go out with my friends/socializing (while also applying other principles you have mentioned) really necessary for me to live a good life? Shouldn't there be a balance? Can I just simply organize my life in a way where I will have room for all things (not just isolate myself with meditation, reading self-help books and not ever socializing with others). Or is any kind of partying/having fun with friends bad strategy in the long run and will sabotage me from living a good life?
I guess what I'm really asking is - can i have both or those two don't go together?

Thanks in advance!

Of course you can have friends and socialize. Just don't get so carried away with that that you don't execute on your core principles and think outside the box.

Lots of socialization can put you into a sort of group-think where you become this herd animal.

Your friends are probably not gonna want to grow and develop themselves the way you do. Of course you can upgrade your friends along the way.

[somegirl]

Alright, thank you.