I've never met a lazy person in my life

[Razard86]

3 hours ago, Vision said:

Exactly. It must be this way for him to have the popularity he has. This is why he’s (relatively) mainstream.

It has its pros and cons. The pro is that it has more reach, the con is that it’s not as direct. Nothing inherently wrong with either approach, the more people that learn, the better. But depth is also needed, which comes at the cost of reach.

Exactly its all serves a purpose. 

[Emrie]

That's actually very interesting, I've never thought of it that way and I can see it applying in my life.

Every time I apply myself and start really working something, it's because I have a stronger desire.

So for example, even though I got a degree in Software Engineering, I haven't programmed at all in my free time for about 3 years. But now that I'm looking for a new job, I'm like "holy shit! Look at all these skills I seem to be lacking!" And now I'm working hard to develop my programming skills again.

Or recently I also started taking my health very seriously, eating healthy and exercising. Which I hadn't done for like 7 years. And it seems effortless now but only because I have decided that I wanted to get a great looking physical body and that's what drives me.

[Razard86]

On 7/14/2022 at 0:36 PM, Emrie said:

That's actually very interesting, I've never thought of it that way and I can see it applying in my life.

Every time I apply myself and start really working something, it's because I have a stronger desire.

So for example, even though I got a degree in Software Engineering, I haven't programmed at all in my free time for about 3 years. But now that I'm looking for a new job, I'm like "holy shit! Look at all these skills I seem to be lacking!" And now I'm working hard to develop my programming skills again.

Or recently I also started taking my health very seriously, eating healthy and exercising. Which I hadn't done for like 7 years. And it seems effortless now but only because I have decided that I wanted to get a great looking physical body and that's what drives me.

There you go. Our beliefs, perspectives are what hold us back. Took me a couple years back to figure this out. Its why we can engage in self-sabotage. Whenever you try to act differently to what you believe there is going to be resistance. Your comfort zone is conformity to your beliefs.

The ego is not just a survival mechanism, it also makes you a character that acts out a role. Its hard to break character, its truly a genius design when you think about it.