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your brain can't tell the difference between something you vividly imagine and something that's actually happening to you. neuroscientists call it episodic future thinking. most people only use it to rehearse failure and call it "being realistic." that's not caution, it's self sabotage on repeat. flip it. visualize the... show more

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neuroscientists say your brain does not verify truth or lies. it responds to repetition. when you repeat a thought, your brain strengthens the neural pathway linked to it. over time, that pathway becomes automatic. this process is called neuroplasticity.

neuroscientists say your brain does not verify truth or lies. it responds to repetition. when you repeat a thought, your brain strengthens the neural pathway linked to it. over time, that pathway becomes automatic. this process is called neuroplasticity.

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Rick Rubin on being addicted to the miracle of creation: “I like the moment of revelation. So we're working on something and it's just okay. It's boring. I'd rather not be there. That's how it feels. But then something happens and it's like magic. Something appears. It's not like we made it. Something comes up in the process. It's conjured in the process. It’s like a miracle and that's the thing that's addictive. That feeling when it's like it's not good, it's not good, it's not good, it's not good. We try something and it doesn't work. Try something else and it doesn't work. But then all of the sudden what we're listening to is really cool. That's the [addictive] feeling, that moment of discovery where it goes from nothing to something really good. And then the whole rest of the process after that is protecting that because it's super delicate. When it happens it's like this miracle happened and this magic thing happened and now we have to protect it through the rest of the process to not ruin it. It's scary because you don't want it to end. You don't want it to stop because we know if it stops, we can't control it. We can't do it again. It's not like that. It's this moment in time where something magical happens. So we spend a lot of time waiting and I can't say that's fun. Waiting is not fun.”

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Your mind doesn't know the difference between something vividly imagined and something actually lived. That's not a flaw. That's the doorway. Day 6 of Countdown to Riches — Rhonda Byrne on the mental snapshot that manifests reality.

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🍀 "how do you overcome times when your willpower drops?" 🐻 "when willpower drops, just live with it dropped. just let it flow. and then, at some point, someday you'll have the strength to do it again. but i think the most important thing at that time is to completely empty your mind of any desire to do something. like, 'i don't want to do it right now. i'm not going to do it.' if you can cleanly say that, that's great. but if there's even a little bit of, 'i should be doing it, so why am i not doing it?' in your mind, then it's better to just go ahead and do it. but in the end, when your willpower is down, you can't do it anyway. so in the end, i think it's good to take care of your own feelings. that's how i overcame it."

🍀 "how do you overcome times when your willpower drops?" 🐻 "when willpower drops, just live with it dropped. just let it flow. and then, at some point, someday you'll have the strength to do it again. but i think the most important thing at that time is to completely empty your mind of any desire to do something. like, 'i don't want to do it right now. i'm not going to do it.' if you can cleanly say that, that's great. but if there's even a little bit of, 'i should be doing it, so why am i not doing it?' in your mind, then it's better to just go ahead and do it. but in the end, when your willpower is down, you can't do it anyway. so in the end, i think it's good to take care of your own feelings. that's how i overcame it."

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It's like they can't help it. SMDH. It's not that your son is not being raised the way you were raised; it's that YOU are not raising your son the way you were raised. Is accountability an allergy or something? Amazing.

It's like they can't help it. SMDH. It's not that your son is not being raised the way you were raised; it's that YOU are not raising your son the way you were raised. Is accountability an allergy or something? Amazing.

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"The only thing I have to say to anybody that's on the fence or not sure wanting to get involved... you have to do it for the right motives... this isn't something where you're going to become a millionaire out of it... this isn't something for clicks... views... or anything that's self-serving. Scripture was very clear and Jesus said it himself... he said the greatest among you... let him serve." Tonight, on Real America w/ Dan Ball – Turning Point USA Contributor Anthony Watson Anthony Watson OLY Watch Real America on OAN Live!

"The only thing I have to say to anybody that's on the fence or not sure wanting to get involved... you have to do it for the right motives... this isn't something where you're going to become a millionaire out of it... this isn't something for clicks... views... or anything that's self-serving. Scripture was very clear and Jesus said it himself... he said the greatest among you... let him serve." Tonight, on Real America w/ Dan Ball – Turning Point USA Contributor Anthony Watson Anthony Watson OLY Watch Real America on OAN Live!

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Jordan Peterson on how to know who your real friends are: 1. Here's the weird test most people miss: you can tell them good news and they'll actually help you celebrate. that sounds easy. it isn't. tell most people something good happened to you and they give you a little whack, then start talking about the great thing that happened to them three years ago. or worse, the great thing that happened to someone they know. 2. the good ones let you have your win. that's rarer than you think. some people, you're almost afraid to admit something good happened, because the second you let it be known, they'll try to take it away. 3. the other test is bad news. you can tell them and they'll just listen. they won't tell you why you're stupid, why it's your fault, why something worse happened to them once. they don't derail the whole thing. they just listen. 4. hanging around people who pull you down is attractive, and that's the trap. you don't have to take any responsibility. you can all whine together about how wretched life is. no accountability, no effort. feels good short term. it's a terrible long term plan. 5. so surround yourself with people who want the best for the best part of you. and if someone won't move toward anything better, keeps doing the same damn things, going nowhere, you have both the right and the responsibility to walk. putting up with it isn't kindness. that's enabling. you're giving it your tacit approval.

Jordan Peterson on how to know who your real friends are: 1. Here's the weird test most people miss: you can tell them good news and they'll actually help you celebrate. that sounds easy. it isn't. tell most people something good happened to you and they give you a little whack, then start talking about the great thing that happened to them three years ago. or worse, the great thing that happened to someone they know. 2. the good ones let you have your win. that's rarer than you think. some people, you're almost afraid to admit something good happened, because the second you let it be known, they'll try to take it away. 3. the other test is bad news. you can tell them and they'll just listen. they won't tell you why you're stupid, why it's your fault, why something worse happened to them once. they don't derail the whole thing. they just listen. 4. hanging around people who pull you down is attractive, and that's the trap. you don't have to take any responsibility. you can all whine together about how wretched life is. no accountability, no effort. feels good short term. it's a terrible long term plan. 5. so surround yourself with people who want the best for the best part of you. and if someone won't move toward anything better, keeps doing the same damn things, going nowhere, you have both the right and the responsibility to walk. putting up with it isn't kindness. that's enabling. you're giving it your tacit approval.

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Breece Hall was asked how he stays positive with the Jets at 0-7: "It's hard. We've been kind of in this for going on four years now, being in this organization. You feel it from the fans. You feel it around the building. You feel it everywhere, you feel it as soon as you leave the locker room. At the end of the day, we all have something to play for, whether it's family, whether it's a self-motivated thing. I feel like, if you're not motivated to come to work every day and get better, play for your teammates, your coaches, play for your family or even other reasons other than that, then you shouldn't be in this league."

Breece Hall was asked how he stays positive with the Jets at 0-7: "It's hard. We've been kind of in this for going on four years now, being in this organization. You feel it from the fans. You feel it around the building. You feel it everywhere, you feel it as soon as you leave the locker room. At the end of the day, we all have something to play for, whether it's family, whether it's a self-motivated thing. I feel like, if you're not motivated to come to work every day and get better, play for your teammates, your coaches, play for your family or even other reasons other than that, then you shouldn't be in this league."

SNY Jets

885,897 views • 10 months ago

Asmongold says streaming literally gives you ADHD because it scrambles your brain "I don't think that I have ADHD, but what I do think is that streaming creates ADHD. Streaming gives you ADHD because you have to train your brain to recalibrate so many times so fast that it just creates a frenetic mental cycle." "It's hard for you to focus on one thing anymore. The moment that I am not immediately doing something, I instantaneously stop thinking about it and it no longer exists."

Asmongold says streaming literally gives you ADHD because it scrambles your brain "I don't think that I have ADHD, but what I do think is that streaming creates ADHD. Streaming gives you ADHD because you have to train your brain to recalibrate so many times so fast that it just creates a frenetic mental cycle." "It's hard for you to focus on one thing anymore. The moment that I am not immediately doing something, I instantaneously stop thinking about it and it no longer exists."

Asmongold Updates

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Steve Jobs on why everything around you was made by people no smarter than you: "When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much, have a nice family life, have fun, save a little money. But that's a very limited life." Steve believed most people live with a fundamental misconception. As he puts it: "Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact. And that is—everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you." He continues: "And you can change it. You can influence it. You can build your own things that other people can use. And the minute that you understand that you can poke life and actually something will pop out the other side—that you can change it, you can mold it." On what matters most: "Maybe the most important thing is to shake off this erroneous notion that life is there and you're just going to live in it versus embrace it, change it, improve it, make your mark upon it. I think that's very important." His perspective on why you should change things: "However you learn that, once you learn it, you'll want to change life and make it better because it's kind of messed up in a lot of ways." The shift: "Once you learn that, you'll never be the same again."

Steve Jobs on why everything around you was made by people no smarter than you: "When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much, have a nice family life, have fun, save a little money. But that's a very limited life." Steve believed most people live with a fundamental misconception. As he puts it: "Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact. And that is—everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you." He continues: "And you can change it. You can influence it. You can build your own things that other people can use. And the minute that you understand that you can poke life and actually something will pop out the other side—that you can change it, you can mold it." On what matters most: "Maybe the most important thing is to shake off this erroneous notion that life is there and you're just going to live in it versus embrace it, change it, improve it, make your mark upon it. I think that's very important." His perspective on why you should change things: "However you learn that, once you learn it, you'll want to change life and make it better because it's kind of messed up in a lot of ways." The shift: "Once you learn that, you'll never be the same again."

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