4/20/23 Status: child
When taking a cold shower today, this thought crossed my mind. I was taking the cold shower just to remind myself of what’s important, practicing discipline and doing something uncomfortable that’s good for me. It made me think about how someone like Arthur might fully believe that this and waking up at 5am like grant Cardone says is the key to everything, everything is the “Key” to everything at base level PD so says the beginners mind
You keep hearing about specific things that have changed peoples lives like cold showers or reading or meditating. Yeah it’s not actually any of these specific things it’s more about doing all of them. it’s about building a base understanding a foundation of knowledge of understanding yourself. Whether that’s doing really hard things that make you uncomfortable like going to the gym the things that David Goggins might say. and learning the value of hard work. and the value of doing something that makes you uncomfortable like taking cold showers. in the value of sitting in silence, and observing your thoughts, the way that meditation teaches you.
See the reason why these things are so important is because when you know nothing, you have no base to judge any other information or the opportunities that might be surrounding you. There’s no way that you can judge these properly without knowing anything, so you have no other choice than to just consume. consume ideas think about them apply them write about them. Meditate on them learn from others how to understand yourself how to see the world how to do things that you might want to do. literally anything that sounds good to you, just follow the interest. do this enough and eventually you’ll start being competent you’ll be able to judge whether you think something is worth your time or not worth your time you’ll be able to understand what opportunities you should take and what habits you should cut out. this level of self sufficiency is what personal development is all about. It’s becoming responsible in the areas of your life where most people haven’t even started. Think it’s impossible to control. Yet you know better.
And losers are losers, because they can’t even comprehend the amount of Hardwork that a successful person has to put in to become successful. But what other choice do you have?
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