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Dolceboi103

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The Text Me Back script is finished! 🥳🎉 This is probably the biggest achievement of my life. I have been through so much over the past year, and especially the last three months haven't been easy. But I kept pushing through even when it hurt because when you do, you make sure that one day it'll get easier. I'm so proud of this script. I've been writing novels and screenplays since I was a young teen, on and off, some years more off than on, but I've always kinda felt that my execution didn't live up to my ambitions. But this time, it's everything I wanted it to be and more. In fact, I'll say that it's better than I ever thought it could be. Of course, that's my extremely biased opinion, but I hope that you'll enjoy it just as much as I've enjoyed writing it. Well, that depends on the execution of the actual gameplay too, but I'm confident. I always say that if somebody else can do something, so can I. So, since the first Life is Strange is pretty close to what I want to do gameplay-wise, it's already been done. There's proof it's possible, and so it will be possible for me too. Now, I'll spend the next few weeks polishing the final episode. There are still some things I'm not fully satisfied with. Episode 5 is still a first draft. (I'll also share the final word count at that time. I'm a sucker for word counts.) So, after a couple of weeks, I'll finally start really getting into making the demo, and hopefully, this page will get more interesting as I can start to show things. Don't expect the world right away, but it'll get more and more exciting as we go. I promise. Thanks to all of you for sticking with me through this long writing process! PS: For the voice actors: I'll start sending out the full, finished scripts by the end of July. Sorry that it took so long, but I think the wait will be worth it! #gamedev #gaming #TextMeBack #gamer #indiegame #indiegamedev #UnrealEngine5 #femaleprotagonist #solodev #solodeveloper #unrealengine #indiedev

The Text Me Back script is finished! 🥳🎉 This is probably the biggest achievement of my life. I have been through so much over the past year, and especially the last three months haven't been easy. But I kept pushing through even when it hurt because when you do, you make sure that one day it'll get easier. I'm so proud of this script. I've been writing novels and screenplays since I was a young teen, on and off, some years more off than on, but I've always kinda felt that my execution didn't live up to my ambitions. But this time, it's everything I wanted it to be and more. In fact, I'll say that it's better than I ever thought it could be. Of course, that's my extremely biased opinion, but I hope that you'll enjoy it just as much as I've enjoyed writing it. Well, that depends on the execution of the actual gameplay too, but I'm confident. I always say that if somebody else can do something, so can I. So, since the first Life is Strange is pretty close to what I want to do gameplay-wise, it's already been done. There's proof it's possible, and so it will be possible for me too. Now, I'll spend the next few weeks polishing the final episode. There are still some things I'm not fully satisfied with. Episode 5 is still a first draft. (I'll also share the final word count at that time. I'm a sucker for word counts.) So, after a couple of weeks, I'll finally start really getting into making the demo, and hopefully, this page will get more interesting as I can start to show things. Don't expect the world right away, but it'll get more and more exciting as we go. I promise. Thanks to all of you for sticking with me through this long writing process! PS: For the voice actors: I'll start sending out the full, finished scripts by the end of July. Sorry that it took so long, but I think the wait will be worth it! #gamedev #gaming #TextMeBack #gamer #indiegame #indiegamedev #UnrealEngine5 #femaleprotagonist #solodev #solodeveloper #unrealengine #indiedev

Text Me Back

40,243 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce

Daily Wire's Matt Fradd finally just spoke out on the Mormon controversy: "I think they were wrong [to post my Joseph Smith article]. They also agree with me they were wrong to do that. It's one thing if I'm on my show ranting and raving about other religions, I disagree with... But it's another thing when they release an article [of it], it looks like they're giving the stamp of approval. This is a company, like a lot of companies, where things go through the cracks. So whoever's in charge of their blog portion or article portion on Daily Wire, they're like yeah, just send us articles you want us to post. I'm like well, here, I wrote a monologue against Joseph Smith, and they're yeah, sure, we'll post that. Daily Wire is a conservative company. They love Mormons. Mormons are part of that big conservative tent. That's just not my mission. My thing is I want you to be in the Catholic church." Of his own anti-Mormon videos he said: "But here's the thing. It all happened in one day. So I sit down with Joe Heschmeyer. We go after the Mormons. Cool. Then I sit down with Joe Heschmeyer again. We review videos from Mormons and respond to them. Cool. Then I do a monologue, where I write this article, and they turn it into a video essay. That all happened in one day. So it was all supposed to be one episode, but they decided because it would work better to release it as separate content. It gave the impression, I think, that I was coming after them specifically."

Daily Wire's Matt Fradd finally just spoke out on the Mormon controversy: "I think they were wrong [to post my Joseph Smith article]. They also agree with me they were wrong to do that. It's one thing if I'm on my show ranting and raving about other religions, I disagree with... But it's another thing when they release an article [of it], it looks like they're giving the stamp of approval. This is a company, like a lot of companies, where things go through the cracks. So whoever's in charge of their blog portion or article portion on Daily Wire, they're like yeah, just send us articles you want us to post. I'm like well, here, I wrote a monologue against Joseph Smith, and they're yeah, sure, we'll post that. Daily Wire is a conservative company. They love Mormons. Mormons are part of that big conservative tent. That's just not my mission. My thing is I want you to be in the Catholic church." Of his own anti-Mormon videos he said: "But here's the thing. It all happened in one day. So I sit down with Joe Heschmeyer. We go after the Mormons. Cool. Then I sit down with Joe Heschmeyer again. We review videos from Mormons and respond to them. Cool. Then I do a monologue, where I write this article, and they turn it into a video essay. That all happened in one day. So it was all supposed to be one episode, but they decided because it would work better to release it as separate content. It gave the impression, I think, that I was coming after them specifically."

Luke Hanson

50,715 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce

The quoted post is relatable and I can call it my testimony. I've waited so long for a day I'll be able to say thank you to my boss Michael Taiwo on this particular X where he was dragged for having a choice of assistant. I’m in America today, on a fully funded scholarship, and I know one thing for sure: without my boss, this journey would have been 10 times harder, maybe even impossible. Like every other bosses, he gave me a job but most importantly, he gave me support, strategy, and sacrifice. He was already paying me generously as his assistant, yet he made sure he paid for my GRE, TOEFL, credential evaluation, and multiple application fees. And when it got tougher, he didn’t hesitate. It was always: “Tell him I sent you.” “Call and introduce yourself as my assistant.” And just like that, doors I didn’t even know existed started opening. I ended up having multiple mentors for my grad school journey. He did it quietly, consistently, and with a heart I’ll always be grateful for. He never stopped to think of how my growth might mean me leaving the company. I remember during the elections, people dragged him over a tweet. I stood up for him and someone said, “You’re kissing a$$ because you think he’ll take you to America.” I’m in America today, and nearly every helping hand I’ve met since landing can be traced back to one person, my boss. From the kind people who picked me up at O’Hare International Airport and bought me things to help me settle in… To a neighbor who took time to show me around and introduced me to people in my school, they were all connected to him. And the wildest part is that I’m not even an in-house employee. I’m a virtual assistant. Technically, I was just supposed to work and get paid. But this man went above and beyond for me, like I was family. I feel like the day Dreams Bridge LLC finally has a physical company, the staff are going to enjoy because if this is how he treats a remote assistant, I can’t imagine the kind of culture he’ll build when everyone is all under one roof. I don’t even fully know what the skills and exposure I’ve gotten from working under him will do for me yet… but one thing is sure: Having a boss like him changed my life and I'll never forget it. I couldn't have asked for a better boss, thank you so much for all you do, Sir.

The quoted post is relatable and I can call it my testimony. I've waited so long for a day I'll be able to say thank you to my boss Michael Taiwo on this particular X where he was dragged for having a choice of assistant. I’m in America today, on a fully funded scholarship, and I know one thing for sure: without my boss, this journey would have been 10 times harder, maybe even impossible. Like every other bosses, he gave me a job but most importantly, he gave me support, strategy, and sacrifice. He was already paying me generously as his assistant, yet he made sure he paid for my GRE, TOEFL, credential evaluation, and multiple application fees. And when it got tougher, he didn’t hesitate. It was always: “Tell him I sent you.” “Call and introduce yourself as my assistant.” And just like that, doors I didn’t even know existed started opening. I ended up having multiple mentors for my grad school journey. He did it quietly, consistently, and with a heart I’ll always be grateful for. He never stopped to think of how my growth might mean me leaving the company. I remember during the elections, people dragged him over a tweet. I stood up for him and someone said, “You’re kissing a$$ because you think he’ll take you to America.” I’m in America today, and nearly every helping hand I’ve met since landing can be traced back to one person, my boss. From the kind people who picked me up at O’Hare International Airport and bought me things to help me settle in… To a neighbor who took time to show me around and introduced me to people in my school, they were all connected to him. And the wildest part is that I’m not even an in-house employee. I’m a virtual assistant. Technically, I was just supposed to work and get paid. But this man went above and beyond for me, like I was family. I feel like the day Dreams Bridge LLC finally has a physical company, the staff are going to enjoy because if this is how he treats a remote assistant, I can’t imagine the kind of culture he’ll build when everyone is all under one roof. I don’t even fully know what the skills and exposure I’ve gotten from working under him will do for me yet… but one thing is sure: Having a boss like him changed my life and I'll never forget it. I couldn't have asked for a better boss, thank you so much for all you do, Sir.

Blessing Dickson

96,723 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce

In May 2025 I went on a show and said "you cannot be bullish enough on gold." Gold was $3,300. Today it's knocking on $5,000. That's 50% in nine months. The gold miners ETF finished 2025 up 155%. Junior miners up 178%. But I'm not here to gloat. I'm here to tell you the thesis hasn't changed. Not one bit. People keep asking me: "George, when are you turning bearish on gold?" I'll turn bearish on gold when I can turn bullish on the value of money. I'll turn bearish on gold when governments start running sensible monetary policy. I'll turn bearish on gold when the US budget deficit isn't running at nearly 7% of GDP. Show me any of those things happening right now. YOU CAN'T The price of gold isn't going up. The value of money is going down. Gold is just the mirror. And here's what still gets me excited: Gold miners are realizing prices near $5,000 an ounce with all-in sustaining costs around $1,600. That's $3,000+ per ounce in margin. The earnings surprises coming out of the next few quarters are going to be massive. Major gold stocks are trading at 10x earnings. Meanwhile, American retail investors still haven't shown up. ETF holdings are lower than they were years ago. This entire rally has been driven by central banks and institutions. When US retail finally arrives, that's when it gets really interesting. If you look at gold relative to inflation, money supply, or GDP, numbers like $6,000, $8,000, even $10,000 aren't fantasy. You don't need to believe in a Banana Republic scenario to own gold miners. You just need to believe the fiscal trajectory of every major government is unsustainable.

In May 2025 I went on a show and said "you cannot be bullish enough on gold." Gold was $3,300. Today it's knocking on $5,000. That's 50% in nine months. The gold miners ETF finished 2025 up 155%. Junior miners up 178%. But I'm not here to gloat. I'm here to tell you the thesis hasn't changed. Not one bit. People keep asking me: "George, when are you turning bearish on gold?" I'll turn bearish on gold when I can turn bullish on the value of money. I'll turn bearish on gold when governments start running sensible monetary policy. I'll turn bearish on gold when the US budget deficit isn't running at nearly 7% of GDP. Show me any of those things happening right now. YOU CAN'T The price of gold isn't going up. The value of money is going down. Gold is just the mirror. And here's what still gets me excited: Gold miners are realizing prices near $5,000 an ounce with all-in sustaining costs around $1,600. That's $3,000+ per ounce in margin. The earnings surprises coming out of the next few quarters are going to be massive. Major gold stocks are trading at 10x earnings. Meanwhile, American retail investors still haven't shown up. ETF holdings are lower than they were years ago. This entire rally has been driven by central banks and institutions. When US retail finally arrives, that's when it gets really interesting. If you look at gold relative to inflation, money supply, or GDP, numbers like $6,000, $8,000, even $10,000 aren't fantasy. You don't need to believe in a Banana Republic scenario to own gold miners. You just need to believe the fiscal trajectory of every major government is unsustainable.

George Noble

231,007 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce

$🚨 HERE'S WHY BITCOIN IS DUMPING RIGHT NOW Bitcoin no longer trades like a supply-and-demand asset. What you're seeing right now is NOT normal. It's not "weak hands." It's not sentiment. And it's definitely not retail selling. If you hold crypto today, you MUST read this: This decline didn't start just now. It's been building quietly beneath the surface for years. And now it's accelerating. Here's the reality: The moment supply can be synthetically created, scarcity disappears. And when scarcity disappears, price stops being discovered on-chain and starts being dictated by derivatives. That is exactly what happened to Gold and Silver. And now it's happening to Bitcoin. The original Bitcoin thesis is broken. Bitcoin's valuation was built on two foundations: → A hard cap of 21 million coins → No rehypothecation That framework ended the moment Wall Street layered on top of the chain: → Cash-settled futures → Perpetual swaps → Options → ETFs → Prime broker lending → Wrapped BTC → Total return swaps From that point forward, Bitcoin supply became theoretically INFINITE. Not on-chain. But in price discovery, which is what actually matters. Synthetic Float Ratio (SFR). The metric that explains everything. Once synthetic supply overwhelms real supply, price no longer responds to demand. Wall Street can now trade against Bitcoin. They're not guessing direction. They're doing what they do in every derivatives-dominated market: 1⃣ Create unlimited paper BTC 2⃣ Short into rallies 3⃣ Trigger liquidations 4⃣ Cover lower 5⃣ Repeat This isn't "speculation." It's inventory creation. They've effectively transformed Bitcoin into a market where supply can be created on demand. And they literally print their own Bitcoin out of thin air. One real BTC can now simultaneously support: → An ETF share → A futures contract → A perpetual swap → An options delta → A broker loan → A structured note All at THE SAME TIME. That's six claims on one coin. That is not a free market. That is a fractional-reserve pricing system wearing a Bitcoin mask. But that's only half the story. The other side of this collapse is the AI bubble. The largest liquidity magnet in modern market history. For the last two years, capital has been sucked into ONE narrative. AI → AI infrastructure → AI chips → AI data centers → AI software → AI everything Trillions in market value were created almost overnight. And every speculative dollar has a destination. Money doesn't appear from nowhere. Ignore it if you want, but don't pretend you weren't warned. I've been calling Bitcoin tops and bottoms for over a decade, and I'll do it again in 2026. Follow and turn on notifications before it's too late. You don't want to miss my next call.$

🚨 HERE'S WHY BITCOIN IS DUMPING RIGHT NOW Bitcoin no longer trades like a supply-and-demand asset. What you're seeing right now is NOT normal. It's not "weak hands." It's not sentiment. And it's definitely not retail selling. If you hold crypto today, you MUST read this: This decline didn't start just now. It's been building quietly beneath the surface for years. And now it's accelerating. Here's the reality: The moment supply can be synthetically created, scarcity disappears. And when scarcity disappears, price stops being discovered on-chain and starts being dictated by derivatives. That is exactly what happened to Gold and Silver. And now it's happening to Bitcoin. The original Bitcoin thesis is broken. Bitcoin's valuation was built on two foundations: → A hard cap of 21 million coins → No rehypothecation That framework ended the moment Wall Street layered on top of the chain: → Cash-settled futures → Perpetual swaps → Options → ETFs → Prime broker lending → Wrapped BTC → Total return swaps From that point forward, Bitcoin supply became theoretically INFINITE. Not on-chain. But in price discovery, which is what actually matters. Synthetic Float Ratio (SFR). The metric that explains everything. Once synthetic supply overwhelms real supply, price no longer responds to demand. Wall Street can now trade against Bitcoin. They're not guessing direction. They're doing what they do in every derivatives-dominated market: 1⃣ Create unlimited paper BTC 2⃣ Short into rallies 3⃣ Trigger liquidations 4⃣ Cover lower 5⃣ Repeat This isn't "speculation." It's inventory creation. They've effectively transformed Bitcoin into a market where supply can be created on demand. And they literally print their own Bitcoin out of thin air. One real BTC can now simultaneously support: → An ETF share → A futures contract → A perpetual swap → An options delta → A broker loan → A structured note All at THE SAME TIME. That's six claims on one coin. That is not a free market. That is a fractional-reserve pricing system wearing a Bitcoin mask. But that's only half the story. The other side of this collapse is the AI bubble. The largest liquidity magnet in modern market history. For the last two years, capital has been sucked into ONE narrative. AI → AI infrastructure → AI chips → AI data centers → AI software → AI everything Trillions in market value were created almost overnight. And every speculative dollar has a destination. Money doesn't appear from nowhere. Ignore it if you want, but don't pretend you weren't warned. I've been calling Bitcoin tops and bottoms for over a decade, and I'll do it again in 2026. Follow and turn on notifications before it's too late. You don't want to miss my next call.

0xNobler

41,155 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce

Google just dropped its most powerful model and GPT-4's biggest competitor, Gemini Ultra. Here's what stands out: 1. You can opt out of training data when signing up 2. There is a digital watermark applied to all images generated by Imagen 2 within Gemini Ultra (but you can't see it) 3. Ultra is much more capable of complex tasks than Gemini Pro, such as coding, logical reasoning, and following longer/more detailed instructions. 4. There's a brand new Google Gemini App on Google Play and the App Store (in the US only for now) 5. Gemini on Android supports some existing Google Assistant features like controlling your Home devices, setting alarms, and more 6. Gemini on Android can pull data from Google Flights, Google Hotels, Google Maps, Workspace, and YouTube and be invoked by saying “Hey Google” 7. Bard is now fully rebranded as Gemini (RIP Bard) 8. It’s finally coming to Canada 🇨🇦 9. Gemini Ultra is priced at $20/mo (same price as ChatGPT) but has a 2-month free trial I'll be testing it out and sharing more thoughts in my newsletter tomorrow morning. If you've tried it, what are your first impressions? Let me know where it performed better/worse than GPT-4.

Rowan Cheung

160,813 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce

It's finally here - the Official Lean AI Company Playbook 1000+ founders, investors and execs have been flooding my DMs about. Ever since I created the Official Lean AI Leaderboard after exiting my $150M annual revenue startup, founders from across the globe have asked me this one question: "How are these lean AI companies generating millions with tiny teams?" So I spent the last 3 months obsessively tracking and collaborating with 30+ lean AI-native founders, researching the answer. Here's what I discovered: They've built operational systems that multiply human capability. Instead of scaling headcount, they've created AI-powered processes that let small teams operate at unprecedented scale. And their secret goes far beyond the specific AI tools they use. It lies in redesigning their entire company operations around a fundamentally different approach to growth and execution. After countless conversations, interviews, and behind-the-scenes exclusive access, I finally documented the exact playbook with complete systems. This comprehensive playbook includes: • A complete breakdown of the tech stack and operational workflows • The organizational design principles that enable tiny teams to do massive work • Critical inflection points where things break (and how to navigate them) • A detailed 6-month implementation plan for starting your own lean AI company (with weekly actions) • Implementation best practices from dozens of successful lean AI-native companies Want the ultimate Lean AI Playbook or help transforming your Lean AI operations? 👇 • Like and Share this post • Comment "Lean AI Playbook" • Follow me (so I can DM you) --------------- PS: Separately, I'm opening a limited number of high-impact advising slots for serious founders and operators who want to work directly with me—beyond just consuming my content. If you're ready to transform how your company operates using AI, DM me. (Please note: these are paid spots due to limited availability and time atm)

It's finally here - the Official Lean AI Company Playbook 1000+ founders, investors and execs have been flooding my DMs about. Ever since I created the Official Lean AI Leaderboard after exiting my $150M annual revenue startup, founders from across the globe have asked me this one question: "How are these lean AI companies generating millions with tiny teams?" So I spent the last 3 months obsessively tracking and collaborating with 30+ lean AI-native founders, researching the answer. Here's what I discovered: They've built operational systems that multiply human capability. Instead of scaling headcount, they've created AI-powered processes that let small teams operate at unprecedented scale. And their secret goes far beyond the specific AI tools they use. It lies in redesigning their entire company operations around a fundamentally different approach to growth and execution. After countless conversations, interviews, and behind-the-scenes exclusive access, I finally documented the exact playbook with complete systems. This comprehensive playbook includes: • A complete breakdown of the tech stack and operational workflows • The organizational design principles that enable tiny teams to do massive work • Critical inflection points where things break (and how to navigate them) • A detailed 6-month implementation plan for starting your own lean AI company (with weekly actions) • Implementation best practices from dozens of successful lean AI-native companies Want the ultimate Lean AI Playbook or help transforming your Lean AI operations? 👇 • Like and Share this post • Comment "Lean AI Playbook" • Follow me (so I can DM you) --------------- PS: Separately, I'm opening a limited number of high-impact advising slots for serious founders and operators who want to work directly with me—beyond just consuming my content. If you're ready to transform how your company operates using AI, DM me. (Please note: these are paid spots due to limited availability and time atm)

Henry Shi

121,681 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce

Chris Williamson explained to Joe Rogan what he calls "The Lonely Chapter." "The Rocky montage was 3.5 minutes. For me it's been 5 years." "Everybody that has gotten from a place where they don't want to be to one where they are... there's a point where they're so different that they can't resonate with their old set of friends. But they're not yet sufficiently developed that they've created their new set of friends." The temptation: "There's this temptation to go back to the old patterns. The old ways of thinking." On why most people don't change: "How many people do you know that have lost 50 pounds? Or moved to a different country? Or have genuinely changed the way that they see the world? It's pretty rare. It's not that common." He continues: "We are such mimetic creatures. We're so shaped by the people around us that we can't help but be tempted. If you want to go from where you are to where you want to be... you're going to have to do something that makes you more different. More weird. More easy to be mocked." On the difference between movies and real life: "You look at it and you go... the Rocky montage was 3.5 minutes. For me it's been 5 years. Where's the championship ring? I haven't won the fight. Where's Apollo Creed? None of this stuff has happened." He explains: "In the movies, sure there's ups and downs. But the athlete's self-belief never wavers. He makes the decision and it's one straight shot. I don't think that's what the experience of personal growth is like at all." The reality: "In my experience... you're just swimming in uncertainty and fear and a lack of belief that it's even going to happen. You don't know if there's glory on the other side. I don't even know if this is going to be it. And I'm doing Sam Harris's meditation app. I'm journaling in the morning. I'm going to the gym. Does this even work? You're doing all this stuff... scrabbling like a guy in a well trying to find a handhold. And if you don't have a good community of people also doing that... you're on your own." On the rocket ship: "I think about personal growth kind of like a rocket ship taking off. As you take off, you've got a particular velocity. What you want is to find other people moving at the same velocity as you. But the quicker that you move... the fewer people are going to be like you." On having to do it again: "One of the difficult realizations for people who want to change their life... if you do it well, you might have to go through a period where you let go of all of your friends." The worse realization: "If you do it really well... you might have to do that multiple times throughout your life. You find a group of people. Finally. After that period where you were on your own. And then... oh shit, I'm still going. I've outgrown them. I've got to do it again? I just thought I'd found my group. And I've got to do it again." On why few people make big changes: "This lonely chapter thing is a big deal. I think it explains why so few people make big changes. The temptation is always going to be to just go back to what's normal. Go back to what I know." The value exchange: "When you get to the stage where you're faced with some personal growth decision... you're always going to have to make this value exchange: Do I want to move forward on my own? Or do I want to go back with my friends?"

Chris Williamson explained to Joe Rogan what he calls "The Lonely Chapter." "The Rocky montage was 3.5 minutes. For me it's been 5 years." "Everybody that has gotten from a place where they don't want to be to one where they are... there's a point where they're so different that they can't resonate with their old set of friends. But they're not yet sufficiently developed that they've created their new set of friends." The temptation: "There's this temptation to go back to the old patterns. The old ways of thinking." On why most people don't change: "How many people do you know that have lost 50 pounds? Or moved to a different country? Or have genuinely changed the way that they see the world? It's pretty rare. It's not that common." He continues: "We are such mimetic creatures. We're so shaped by the people around us that we can't help but be tempted. If you want to go from where you are to where you want to be... you're going to have to do something that makes you more different. More weird. More easy to be mocked." On the difference between movies and real life: "You look at it and you go... the Rocky montage was 3.5 minutes. For me it's been 5 years. Where's the championship ring? I haven't won the fight. Where's Apollo Creed? None of this stuff has happened." He explains: "In the movies, sure there's ups and downs. But the athlete's self-belief never wavers. He makes the decision and it's one straight shot. I don't think that's what the experience of personal growth is like at all." The reality: "In my experience... you're just swimming in uncertainty and fear and a lack of belief that it's even going to happen. You don't know if there's glory on the other side. I don't even know if this is going to be it. And I'm doing Sam Harris's meditation app. I'm journaling in the morning. I'm going to the gym. Does this even work? You're doing all this stuff... scrabbling like a guy in a well trying to find a handhold. And if you don't have a good community of people also doing that... you're on your own." On the rocket ship: "I think about personal growth kind of like a rocket ship taking off. As you take off, you've got a particular velocity. What you want is to find other people moving at the same velocity as you. But the quicker that you move... the fewer people are going to be like you." On having to do it again: "One of the difficult realizations for people who want to change their life... if you do it well, you might have to go through a period where you let go of all of your friends." The worse realization: "If you do it really well... you might have to do that multiple times throughout your life. You find a group of people. Finally. After that period where you were on your own. And then... oh shit, I'm still going. I've outgrown them. I've got to do it again? I just thought I'd found my group. And I've got to do it again." On why few people make big changes: "This lonely chapter thing is a big deal. I think it explains why so few people make big changes. The temptation is always going to be to just go back to what's normal. Go back to what I know." The value exchange: "When you get to the stage where you're faced with some personal growth decision... you're always going to have to make this value exchange: Do I want to move forward on my own? Or do I want to go back with my friends?"

Jaynit

56,805 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce