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Who taught Shakespeare?

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Who is the poet that taught Shakespeare? Imitating common methods won’t make you great

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What is “overworking” actually

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Overworking is a myth - an excuse for quitting. You can work every hour of the day & be fine - better than fine.

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How much effort should you give to something you are choosing to do

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Jack if you’re going to do something then put your fucking all into it

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What is a thing you can decide the night before so you can make sure you’re growing on the daily?

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Have a challenge of the day

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What does it mean you should do when you start getting excuses to not do something that you don’t want to put the work in for?

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There’s a part in the brain that is your willpower and it grows when you do things that are hard that suck but doesn’t grow when things are easy. You can tell it is being activated when you start getting excuses in your head. Keep doing something when you notice the excuses forming and you will benefit with the task but also with your overall willpower.

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What is the average person’s life like and what happens if you live like them?

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The average person is obese, has 1k in the bank, and is likely to get divorced. Don’t do what everyone else does unless you want the results that other people gets

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What should you do if you’re bad at and bored of a new skill you’re starting?

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“If you are good at something I promise you’ll enjoy doing it. The only way to get good at doing it is to learn it and be bad at it first.”

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What do you have to work on to guarantee you can focus when you need to

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You need to build your “no muscle” or you will never focus other than when you’re lucky

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What should you do when starting a deep work session to measure how much time you actually spend working on stuff?

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Start a stopwatch when you start working on something - stop it when you stop working on it. Count how much time you have really spent on it.

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What should you do when you find your lower self lizard brain is flaring up begging for you to do a non-helpful behavior

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Parent yourself. Your 4 year old/lizard brain will throw tantrums to get its way or just be laying in bed bc no parent told it to get up. Parent yourself. If you throw a tantrum the answer is always no.

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What should you think to yourself when going through a challenging, painful activity (cold shower, sauna, exercise)

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“This is very painful, and because it’s painful, it will invoke an increase in dopamine later”

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What should you consider when being presented with multiple options?

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Just like how the girlfriend you choose is going to be the gf you get in arguments with, when you get presented with two options, the one you don’t pick is the one you will have to live in regret of not doing. Pick the option you will regret yet. Lay out all the choices you have to make and look both in terms of how it feels to be doing each option but then also how it feels to not be doing each option.

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There are too many habits you have to implement at the same time. What should you do to work around this?

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All of these things are good and you should do them, but you can’t possibly follow all of these things - unless you make them a habit because then it’s automatic. Create a tracker to get to 25 days of doing something and then you can stop being so active about it.

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What should you do when you keep doing a negative behavior when you’re not feeling at your most motivated?

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Abstinence is the only way. If you give into something once it will happen again and again and won’t stop until you randomly become self aware about it. This is the same with positive things so you must be abstinent of NOT doing the behavior.

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Why do people have regrets?

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“Regrets only there cuz you didn’t learn your lesson” - Big Sean

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How can you make sure you actually take the time to do something?

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Unless you don’t really care if something gets done, schedule it out

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Some big life change has happened. What do you do to make the most of it?

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Write a 1-page life plan every time you do a future me and every time you have a change in your life (once I get a job, starting a new semester, start of winter break, after a breakup or the start of a relationship)

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What breaks the barrier from not knowing someone to knowing them?

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introduced myself

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I need better conditions to be happy than the average person. What does that mean for my future?

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People only put in work for their lives until they’re satisfied and nothing more. I am going to put in more work to be able to be satisfied than the people around me. However, that means I’m going to have a better life than the people around me. This is an advantage.

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You’re about to not do something now and do it another time.

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Never burden our future selves with our work

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What should you do when you encounter some fear about making a decision?

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Most people quit and skip things that cause them fear. Sometimes there’s just bad decisions, but sometimes you can be great just by choosing the option that was too hard for others to chose.

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You are presented an option to do something that you’re pretty sure won’t be very worth it.

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Say no to 99.9% of things because you have limited time and unlimited options

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You have to get something done, but you would be more ready to do this thing another time.

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Start when it’s hard. It can only get easier from here.

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Everyone in our generation is soft. How can I use this?

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Take advantage of how soft everyone is in our generations to get ahead of them.

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How can you maximize the amount of life lessons you can learn?
You can learn from your own mess-ups, but there are way way more mistakes that other people have made that you can take advantage of
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You are jealous of someone
I’m too old to envy people - I need to start copying what I’m jealous of
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You think about how you think you will end up going down a path.
Just like how placebo makes you think you’re tripping or hyper or drunk, you life will become how you expect it to go. Raise your expectations for how much you will prosper
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What should you do when thinking about something you want?
ask yourself ‘why’ 5 times to get to the very bottom of it. Do this with goals too so you’re hooked down deep into the goal
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What should I do when entering a my room?
Read my boards
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What should you do when you think about how you were behind in success from your peers in adolescence
Think of how it’s like I took the long start (go to college) in The Game of Life where I learned all my other skills, but now as I’ve entered the main path, I’m quickly speeding ahead of these motherfuckers.
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If I'm not feeling confident with myself what should I do?
Do things that linearly progress (muscles: working out, endurance: running, money: hours worked)
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You feel like you have nothing to do
I guarantee you that you will find things to do if you stop using your phone to give yourself something to do.
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You're waiting for the right time to do something
Don’t wait for the right time, there is no right time.
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You're seeing where life takes you and waiting for things to happen to you
Stop letting life HAPPEN to you
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You have a small urge
“Resist the small urges like mosquito bites so you can more confidently resist the larger ones” -Me
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1. Who should you be friends with?
Surround myself (digitally and physically) with people that embody mastery and agency. / Everyone is constantly absorbing from the people they interact with. Spend time with those who you wish to become similar to, & you can start to add their positive qualities to yourself. Stay away from those who are worse than you because, while you can help them, they will worsen you.
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Why is discipline useful
“Discipline is the bridge between where you are and where you want to be”
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Why must you always be doing something?
“Idle time is the devils playground”
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What determines what we are
We are nothing more than our collection of habits.
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Every decision we make causes what
Every action you take has a ripple effect on your entire future. Making conscious choices has physical outcomes. The Karmic law of creation.
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You know a possible outcome of something will upset you
Find a way to be happy / grateful with both outcomes of a situation & you’ll be so much more at peace
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What's something you can do throughout the day to reinforce your self control circuitry
Reinforce your self control circuit by telling yourself “no” about 10 times a day
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How can you best make sure your day has the inspiration and theme of something particular
Your brain waves are lowest & you are way more susceptible to things when you first wake up. Set something up for yourself to hypnotize you every morning when you wake up
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What's the difference between someone's life being heaven and hell?
Are you overall in pain distracting yourself from it with immediate pleasures, or are you overall in happiness by going through short term boredom & uncomfortableness
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1. Where do most of your problems stem from? 2. Give an example of a problem you have that was caused by this 3. What is one system or micro action you could have done do prevent this problem?
My own laziness
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What can you do to improve the effectiveness of a manifestation
1. Include all 5 senses in your manifestations to convince your brain it’s more real. 2. Manifesting is like lucid dreaming: In a dream when you want an apple to be blue, you don’t say “I want this apple to be blue” you say “this apple IS blue”
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You’re letting life decide what happens to you
Life doesn’t happen to you. You can’t just tread through the motions, because even tho it feels like there’s things set in place like family & college, it’s all really just in a loose free fall that happens to seem like it’s set in stone. It’s completely up to you do make anything actually happen. You only really make changes when you make a big decision. Only got Hailey bc you made a big decision to switch schools. Which was only caused by extreme negative emotions. You can’t only make decisions when you’re experience a lot of emotions. You need to make decisions more & stop doing the same old things. Listen to your subconscious for once & see where it takes you bc you’ve never done that before.
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Other than habits what creates a new you?
Keep doing new experiences bc that’s what changes your brain chemistry leading to a different you
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What is an under rated lifestyle component associated with me being at my happiest?
Try waking up at sunrise and see if you feel great because that was a part of how I felt great after inpatient
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You're bored with friends
Set 5 minute timers when you’re bored with you friends & you have no reason to be there & if nothing positive happens in 5 minutes then leave
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Why should you plan out designated social times?
I should make a stricter schedule with eating, homework, & free times & TRY to follow it as closely as I can. Having designated free times will mean that I am more likely to hang out with more of a variety of people if my usual people are busy during that.
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When should you do the hard things in your day
Eat the frog technique
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How you gain more clarity on the things you want to do with your life
Create anti-visions
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How can you methodically manage stress
Write down all my stresses & then slowly come up with fixes for each
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How can I productively cheer myself up
Every time I feel a little bad I need to just jump on something that is me growing & it fixes it. Even if it is something that requires little effort like the gripper or sitting in silence for 5 minutes
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Why does warm weather actually make me happy? And do those benefits come from other parts of the year too?
Why do I think I’d be happier if it was warm year round? Warmth doesn’t actually bring happiness. It’s because I’d be outside. Outside I get vitamin d & I’m active & I meditate a little. Do these things even in the cold.
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Why would it make me happy to have a full schedule
I only feel good when I’m building myself and busy. I like a sort of chaotic life when I can relax. My relax time should be spent doing things with friends and still having a busy schedule when I really can relax.
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Why is it good that the world is getting so much more distracting and unhealthy
It’s good that distractions in the world are getting so much worse cuz it means everyone’s more distracted & can do less but if you escape you’ll do some much better like downpull & uppull
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How should you approach books
Study books don't read them
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How can you bring your current self to your ideal future self
Think of where you can be in the future and connect the dots with steps. Willpower too
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What is between you and your goal? How can I achieve that thing?
Time sunk into reaching that goal. Extend your attention span and you will excel everywhere
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How can I get out of bed or up off the couch
Remember to move your feet & then legs if you want to get up.
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You're not tired at the end of the day when it's time to sleep
If I’m not tired by the end of the day, it means I didn’t do enough & I didn’t use my full potential.
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What was the enjoyable part of cold exposure
Cold bath was really really fun & an enjoyable pain like loose tooth
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How can you reduce friction from doing productive things
Prepare the night before — what to wear, what to do first. Set up “one-minute rules”: if it takes < 1 minute, do it now (closing tabs, replying to a text, wiping the counter).
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How can you overall just get yourself to behave more like you want to behave?
Don't do what you want to do, do what the person you want to be would do.
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Who are you going to become like and how can you control it?
You have 5 slots of people that you’re going to starting becoming more like. Replace the people who don’t have good qualities with the people you watch online. You can almost download people into you
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How can you prevent seeming like a little bitch in a social situation
Don’t break in a social interaction. Stay locked in.
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What increases clarity and understanding when telling information
Speaking in threes
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What is the cure for social anxiety
Just speaking to people
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Why are some people not liked by everyone
Because they just aren’t that great to be around
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What is the number one thing for conversations
Eye contact
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What is the most common reason someone is on their phone
Less people are pre occupied with their phones than you would think. They’re on it because they can’t think of anything else to do.
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How should you organize every male
Mentors, competition, team, and apprentices
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What does it mean if you’re angry at someone
They have control over you
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What is the best way to ask for a favor
Ask “are you against doing …”
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What habits should you be building when talking
Deeper voice. Downtone ends of sentences.
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How should you act in social interactions
Happy even if it’s fake. People will gain more interest in you which will in turn make you more happy for real.
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Why shouldn’t you tell people about the good habits you are participating in
Your brain thinks it has just accomplished the task you are working towards and you become less likely to actually do it.
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Why should you always make friends with social people (if they’re not bad influence)?
Helps build your social skills, presents you with fun social opportunities. Even if they aren’t interesting in themselves, they have so many friends you can also meet and repeat this cycle.
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Have you ever even once regretted talking to someone
No. Not ever. Not even once
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Why do you have any friends
Because at one point, one of us took the risk and talked to a stranger
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What environment have you met every one of your friends
have made all my friends by being in places for curricular & extracurricular activities. London: XC, Ben: Synogogue, etc. or sometimes by hanging out with new friends that I didn’t otherwise like: Drew. You can totally join extracurriculars with no pressure to be good at them just to make friends there.
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How can you deepen a friendship
Slowly increase vulnerability levels with someone
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Why should you go and start that conversation with that person?
You don’t think it’s weird when someone talks to you first. Actually, you either think they’re this guy that has everything figure out or it’s a super confident nerd who you also think has happiness figured out
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What should your goal be each time you go to a social gathering
Introduce yourself and meet one new person. This way going out actually increases linear goal.
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What should you include every time you greet someone
Saying their name
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What does charismatic body language look like
Smile, eye contact, shoulders back, take up the space around you.
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How can you make small talk an interesting thing
Give funny, nonsensical answers to the basic questions you get asked
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You’re exiting an interaction with someone
Shake their hand, make eye contact, say “goodbye {name}”
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What should your default greeting for people be
“Hey {name} how are you?”. It opens up a conversation way more than just hey, or hey {name}
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What is style
Dressing as nice for an occasion as appropriate
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How can you make yourself seem like the shit in a social environment
“Hey I don’t think I’ve met you yet”
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Someone asks you a question
Wait a couple seconds. Will make your answer seem smarter
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What forms personal identity
Repeated actions
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What major personality trait predicts success? Give an example of somewhere in your life that you can increase in this trait.
Conscientiousness

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