- Systems not Goals !
- Don’t be Unattractive (If you wan’t to be attractive … Stop being Unattractive) 90%)
- The solution to most of life’s problems are incredibly simple … Unfortunately Simple is seldom Easy
- Most of politics (The weird decisions that make no sense) is driven by sexual blackmail
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”
“Everything should be made as simple as possible … But no simpler”
“Simple is not Easy”
Value Changes with context
- Car Dealers
- Pawn Shop
- Classic car Club
“Find Your Groove (in life)”
- Develop habits and Routines that work for you (and get you what you want out of life ) Systems Not goals
- Live your life in a way that best suits you (this takes a lot of experience and understanding )
- Be known as the person who does X
Dopamine is the chemical of anticipation
… Not reward !
Video –
What does that mean for you – (Note making / Sketching /Re writing to do lists ??) Compelled Behaviour
Dopamine isn’t the pleasure hormone, it’s the hormone that creates anticipation of a reward …
… Which is why you feel compelled to do things you don’t even enjoy when you do them. It’s the anticipation of doing them that dopamine puts at the for front of your mind and won’t let you forget about it until you have released the pressure
You are not addicted to watching Tic Tock Videos … You are addicted to the anticipation of watching the next video which is why the desire can never be satiated. An amazing video can’t stop it because you are not craving finding an amazing Video to watch, you are craving the anticipation of finding the amazing video … which finding the Video doesn’t do anything to satisfy – [Will Self – Rock of Crack as big as the Ritz]
“Dopamine Detox” [sic] … Stop doing things that create constant dopamine (anticipation) e. Social media
“Purpose is Anelgesic”
If you feel depressed or directionless … Take on more responsibility not less.
- Figure out what the cost is … and be willing to pay it (the trick potter … is not minding that it hurts
- doing anything worthwhile is hard, hard stuff is hard and makes you feel bad. Feeling bad is what it takes to win.
- S?Hitty – THIS IS WHAT HARD FEELS LIKE (Did you think it would be easy)
If you put someone on a pedestal, they have no choice but to look down on you
Chains can also hold up bridges
Crabs in a Bucket
Other people don’t necessarily think like you … assuming other people have the same experience of reality as you do is a huge error.
You have got a super computer inside your head. But it only has 1 mb of Ram
You just have to be average and try …
The Romans used to Grow grapes on Hadrian’s wall
The Pareto Principle ( … the 80/20 Rule)
Monkeys on a cage …
Reframe your reality
SMASH A TUESDAY – (Your Vision)
“As the Island of my knowledge grows… So grows the shore of my ignorance”
The Dunning Kruger Effect
What if Traditions ( & Rituals) are the Solutions to problems long forgotten … What happens if you remove those traditions and nad the values they support
Low IQ people often struggle to understand and answer Hypothetical questions … It has now become a meme to ask someone who appears unintelligent
CUT FLOWE POLITICS … ? Think
“We are (our entire personality and personan) just the sum of the collection of stories about ourselves inside out own heads” – Me
If you don’t say what you think .. other people will do it for you … (The only thing that matters is what is on the record
SYSTEMS OVER GOALS (JAMES CLEAR/SCOTT ADAMS)
It doesnt matter what you could do … only what you do do. You will be more successful doing something badly than you will be not doing something Amazingly
30 days to rewire your neurons – Nasa Experiment
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication – Leonardo Devinci
Simple is not easy! – Johnny Ives
Everythinh shoud be as simple as possible … but no simpler. Albert einstein
You have a super computer inside your head … but it’s only got 1mb of RAM
The Main think is to keep the main thing the main thing
The solution to most of life’s problems are incredibly simple … the problem is, simple is rarely the same as essy (Simple =/ Easy)