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@Bless Gillette it doesn't. I know people who read and honestly, for the most part, they're just arrogant as shit. Nobody looks at dyslexic people such as Einstein, they just ignore them. Afaik, maxwell was also dyslexic, yet his equations are used in engineering on a day to day basis. People are cherry picking, and that is what I call arrogance.
I am certain that there are many librarians and academics who do vast amounts of reading on a regular basis but haven't reached any significant level of success in life beyond a traditional career. Reading is important, but results are in the actions we take, not just in what we learn in books.
Well, what do you determine as success? For an "academic" or "scholar" a traditional career involves learning and participating in progressive research and discussions of said research. This research ideally leads to information that benefits society/humanity. That is why many professors become professors - the research opportunities that are provided to them. I would call this a traditional career for someone like that and the results of successful research a significant success in life. They may not be wildly wealthy, but they are certainly successful. Nikola Tesla lived and died poor and is likely the single most important person in history thus far.
Agreed. One of the most important parts of becoming successful is guts. You need to do things you're not comfortable with and you need to do them consistently.
1. Plan out the Learning 2. Deliberately Practice 3. Ruminate 4. Set aside time just for learning 5. Solve problems as they arise 6. Do small experiments with big payoffs
All I've figured out through my 30 years of life is that to have constant and lasting success at something is not about the amount of time you spend practicing short term but whether it is done consistently over large periods of time. One year, two, three, even if it is only one hour a day, even though it feels you are not really progressing, eventually you will see massive changes. You can't rush anything. You need time.
Try to hold a balance between reading and collecting life experiences. Book is a collection about other people's experiences, if you do not have these experiences, you won't be able to understand much of what they mean
Yes. Now go change the world .. or get hit by a bus whilst watching a vid and simultaneously crossing the road.. idk you make your decisions brah. ;) ( not wishing death, preemptively clarifying choices are important)
I have always been an auditory learner. Probably because I am somewhat dyslexic. Because of this I love learning from UA-cam and especially audio book. That being said, I have had mentors who strongly recommended reading as well. What I found is that I get something very different, and in addition, through the process of reading. And I have learned to live it. Having a mentor and Community of people committed to improvement and progression has been critical to this process. For one, people with the results I want point me to the best books and resources. I am happy to help you in any way I can or introduce you to my community if you want to reach out. lifrlearnerroger@gmail.com
I’ve been waisting a lot of time in UA-cam watching crap. Now I only watch UA-cam for self development and your videos are a breath a fresh air. I always learn something that I can apply to my life. Thanks so much!!!
“Benjamin Franklin was successful because he set personal growth goals” ...they also left out the part where he wrote that goal-setting was too difficult and nobody likes a perfect person
i give you the most simple answer you will get after you sum up so many knowledge you can get from philosophy to save your precious time. 1. Nothing is new under the sun 2. Life is futility 3. Humans life is just like a vapor
everyday for the past 2 years Ive written down my answer to these questions 1. what did i learn? 2. what did i achieve? 3. what did i do well? 4. what could I do better? I try to get one learning nugget a day
@@misssoftyhole how to build an enterprise data warehouse for health analytics. Still lots more to learn though - everytime you learn one thing you realise how much else there is to learn
Being a constant learner and investing in educating yourself is the shortest way to really find your meaning. This doesn't come from the sky, we need to work to uncover it. Ben Franklin is a great example. Great video, man!
I don't necessarily take this video as an explicit "you will be great and successful if you dedicate an hour a day to learning consistently," but in terms of improving myself for the sake of simply being a well rounded person, I think this is a very helpful message. After all, an hour a day isn't that hard, right? It's just about making it a habit.
I apply a few of these rules but the one I should prioritize but never do is the community part. It's easy to underestimate how important interacting with like-minded people is.
1. Use empty space for learning (read/write) 2. Deliberate your time with intentionality 3. Ruminate - give time to yourself to think (walking) 4. Solve problems in the day as the arise
of course. that's also the thing that separate people. More knowledge = more problem solving abilities, More prob sol abilities = more demands More demands = more money More money = more resource to build your own empire More ====|||==== = becoming valuable person Becoming rare valuable person = hired to work with elite government Becoming super rare valueable person = work in secret society and so on until you become one of 1% person people around the world to control humanity in another secret place that never get spot light yet rich as foook .
The video picks out the positive examples, while omitting the negative ones. My uncle reads every day like a madman. For entertainment, not for learning anything :-)
Your uncle doesn’t follow the rule, which consists of spending ONE hour a day each week day and using a very specific methodology. If you were to use him as an example, it’s solely to demonstrate that reading for entertainment does not produce the same outcome as reading to learn, which requires actively engaging with the concepts covered in the reading materials. 😀
And...? I’m not sure what the point of this comment is. Reading for pleasure isn’t what this video is about, at all. However, even reading for pleasure can do amazing things for a person. There are crazy benefits from reading books, regardless of subject matter as long as they’re enjoyed- www.healthline.com/health/benefits-of-reading-books
You sir, have publiahed awesome content that really motivated me to retake the 5-hour rule path. It's time to forget about complaining not having time and actually go there and just creat it. Life is too short to not make the most of it and learning is something that should never stop. Keep up the great content!
Read online through blog posts. Read whitepapers, and monthly journals from big tech companies. Participate in slack groups, linked in conversations etc.
I agree, but books could be analogous to reading documentation, blogs or just getting your hands dirty. You are right though, learning new tech with a book kinda misses the point. As a side note, I do not see 5 hours a week being even close to enough time to really grasp, play and test new systems, frameworks or even dive into the depths of the things you already know. I could spend 10-20 hours outside my job just learning if I could... But kids, life ... Etc
Not really. The last big thing to happen in computers was networking. Early Eighties. What's new? Cloud computing? That's networking. Blockchain? Networking.
There are many 90s principles that are not used, but should, any time a new framework/tech arises is an implementation of something someone wrote in the 90s. All you can read about it would improve your vision
There is so much psuedo-science out there that it is hard to trust what you read. I listen to a lot of audio books and read every day and I am currently self studying music theory via you Tube...so I am a believer in learning but I am also skeptical about a lot of stuff. There’s lots of information out there but knowledge is hard to come by.
Pseudo science is not necessarily bad. Intuition was and still is an important part of human knowledge. We have to make leaps of faith in determining what is the right course of action many times.
SuWoopSparrow point well taken and I think I can usually classify in my mind hard fact vs possible fact but I think there are many who take questionable information as fact then make bad decisions. (I am not immune to being sucked in by bad information.). Nutritional science is almost becoming a joke in what’s good for you and what is bad and even more so when discussing huge gains from certain foods when the reality is probably much less.
That's what scientific literature is for. Obviously theres misinformation everywhere but for most academic fields there exists a VERY solid and pretty much fail-safe foundation. I learned more from reading a few pages in a scientific book that I've learned in months of surfing the internet. Admittedly, the internet is more distracting than a book, but still...
I felt like this video was made for me- I've been wasting a whole lot of time recently. Then you gave the example of a sales call- I'm a salesman who spends my learning time trying to improve. I have no doubt you were thinking of me when you made this!
I'm literally applying this to math. I'd find myself studying hours for a test and would get nothing out of it. Planning out what you need to work on most and doing it over and over seems to be more efficient than falling asleep watching youtube videos on how to solve for an equation.
I spend a lot of my time on the computer and I'd say half the time is learning or making things. Now that I'm staying at home during the pandemic, I've set a time for 2 hours to be away from the computer so my brain doesn't get overloaded. This could be for reading, listening to an album intently, doing nothing, cleaning, etc. It's been extremely helpful. This video is a good way to think about how I use time and why I'm doing the things I'm doing. Thank you.
Learning just for the sake of learning is boring and unproductive. I have to have a question about something first, which creates the desire for learning more. Questioning everything is a great way to become "smarter", and is a lot more interesting because it concentrates on your individual interests. Gates, Musk and Buffet didn't spend time studying how best to clean a house.....they just hired someone who did. Having to learn something that doesn't interest you is basically just memorizing, and the knowledge fades from lack of use. Good luck!
I am enjoying the work behind this video. It is clear that you have not takem someone else's content but have rather synthesised knowledge from different sources. You also seem to actually reflect on improvement regularly. Thank you.
I watch this video 3 times, I freaking love it! My goal is to try to read 150 books a year, so the way I do it personally, is that I schedule 2 hours out of my day and I take 15 minutes of reading and then I 5 minute break and I repeat that 6 times and I do that 7 days a week which allows me to read through 42 different books per week. Thus on average it takes me between 12 and 16 weeks to read them all to completion, and then I started over again with another 42 books (I also include several magazines in there, specifically ones that have to do with science, engineering, business, finance, leadership, gaming (there was an entrepreneur I hardly game anymore LOL) that kind of thing.... And the occasional car and driver because it is an epically awesome magazine) It is absolutely incredible how spending just a small amount of your day reading you can accumulate a vast amount of knowledge fairly quickly and really improve your life! Personally I like to spread the field and learn everything from business, physics, engineering, logistics, computers, technology, law, philosophy, marketing, warfare and strategy, and to the occasional Hemingway, David Drake, Allie Brosh, Lovecraft or Shakespeare book. I think it is extraordinairly healthy to cast a wide net and learn as much as possible. Have an awesome day! 😎
It sound inconceivable....that mean u read 1.15 hour per day and finish 42 books in 4 months? I read 2 to 3 hrs daily and only managed to finish 6 books in 4 months...🤣are you sure u understand and assimilate around 50% of those books (equal to 75 books annually, which are much are better than those CEO)?
When people ask me how I got so good at my craft...This is the answer. Putting in the time, making learning a priority. I’m thankful for this video because I’ve struggled with that perceived lack of productivity you mentioned, by deliberately creating these types of “slack” days or hours. I’ve struggled with feeling guilty over not “getting more done” allll the time...Conversely, my whole life I’ve just had this innate sense that I’m building something long-term.
This is actually a goal I made for myself this year. I've been spending time reading self help and spiritual books which have helped me personally. I'm also working on increasing my technical knowledge as well, which is in addition to the 5 hours a week I read.
I dislike these "motivational" videos using the most unlikely scenarios, with top executives from top enterprises manking top money to make the argument that doing what Jeff Bezos (Amazon's ceo and richest man) does in the morning, in the afternoon or how they have sex, is going to bring you similar succes when in actuality several thousand life circumstances placed these individuals in their positions. Interesting how the video does not mention people who are in similar successful positions even though they haven't read anything. There is a difference between knowledge and intelligence, reading will always give you the former not necessarily the latter.
A term to describe what you mention at first is Survivorship Bias. It's particularly insidious because it effectively means we are ignoring the invisible, which is totally understandable and hard to avoid.
@@jim4588 Very insteresting, James. Never heard the term before but from what I read it leads to overly optimistic assumptions. An example is when media focus on "John, the drop out of college and CEO of XYZ" whilst ignoring a vast pool of talented individuals who did not attain the same success due to several life variables. "John's" position in life is not the standard and can't be repeated by phisically doing what John did such as waking up at 5am or reading ABC book or dropping out of college. Thanks for sharing the concept.
Yes leo, a great point indeed. however Reading is praised entirely not due to the fact of having intelligence or just gathering knowledge. When one reads self empowerment books, one begin to realize that he/she may have unhealthy habits that are hindering there process and that's where the tire meets the road. there a lot of people who didn't read and yet they have achieve great success, but when you observe what makes them different, one thing stand out, HABITS. Habits in behavior and habits in how one thinks. for most people who are raised in a poverty or who were less fortunate, we tend to develop habits from society that isn't healthy in the long run, strangely enough you may find millions of kids who went to college/university and yet that same large portion still experience many of life disadvantages long after school, while for example one who reads the book rich dad poor dad, immediately realize that with our current economy, high tax rate, and inflation fluctuation, one then understand that being in any form of debt is horrible even forms of student loans and they investment in all forms are a must.While the same persons you mention didn't read however they were fortunate enough to have someone around them to act as a mentor of sorts and thus speeding up there ability to get stuff taking care off. Unhealthy habits millions of people have develop right across the world. INABILITY TO LEARN NEW SKILLS(majority of people who leave schools tend to stop giving there attention to books or learning in general. work/money is the aim which is strange because majority of which knows little of how money works. LACK OF PERSEVERANCE (the willingness to give in to pressure and hardship has made millions broke) TIME MANAGEMENT(too much time is spend watching shows/sports/ and playing game. That time could be spend learning about HEALTH, MONEY, TAXES, ECONOMY etc etc. yes people should learn these stuff for security and comfort and a healthy life is what many is seeking. NOW these are simply habits many people don't know about and the rich are always constantly building these up. People would do well if they found books that aided them in the arena that they want to be in.
You've made fair points and I agree with you on most. I just don't want people to get frustrated because they can't achieve what that one non-standard individual achieved. One thing is to learn healthy habits, another thing is believing that you are going to be Steve Jobs because you imitated his habits. Most healthy individuals well versed in everything that you mentioned such as economics, tax and so on, are not similar to Steve Job. Strangely we use him as standard whilst ignoring the average individual. You mentioned playing too much games, however, there are kids making more money than their parents because they are sponsored to play games. That is normal in the eSports industry. However, these kids are non-standard.
Hi Leo. Great observation - that survivorship bias is evident in examples of these success stories. Recognizing biases is an important skillset. It helps one distinguish one's behavior or perspective as perhaps being part of exactly that which you hope to overcome. However, with all due respect, you are exhibiting a bias yourself - that examples of successful people are poor examples of success because of the potential existence of survivorship bias in their story. To approach a success story with, "that doesn't apply to me because of X" is setting yourself up to diminish any wisdom shared in that story. You may be setting yourself up to miss a nugget of wisdom that lies directly within your bias. The message I see in this "motivational" video is this: By opening up your awareness to take new information in, you will likely learn something that connects two previously unconnected dots in your life. Additionally, creating a structure around doing so primes your mind to open up even further - its very existence is reinforced as a "dot-connecting" machine. Areas of ones life that were previously unavailable for improvement show up as a new possibility. However, that becomes impossible if the messenger is shot at the door because its source was from a "motivational" video that used an extreme case or example. One may find one's path through the average or one may find one's path through an outlying statistical improbability. The key is to keep one's eyes open for the path no matter where it comes from. I wish you the best in finding your path and sharing your wisdom with loved ones and strangers alike.... :)
It'd be interesting to do some kind of study to see how many of these "millionaire habits" actually influence success and how many are only copied because other successful people did them.
I have the same curiosity. Sometimes I think there may be a misunderstood cause-effect relation in these habits. I mean, maybe they are not "successful" because they read tons of books, instead, they can read tons of books because they are "successful"...
For the past 10 years I have read on average very close to 250 books each year. That's roughly 4+ hours each day reading. I also added a daily Meditation schedule of 2 hours in the afternoon, every day. These along with getting rid of Cable TV and also choosing to limit myself to my Internet daily experience has brought about tremendous change in my health and life. I know very few people that focus upon Personal Growth, not just as their main focus but any attempt to create time for Personal growth. it is beyond sad that we Americans now have grouped ourselves into various Tribes of a Group Think dynamic. Hardly anyone truly thinks for themselves. And this is showing and very telling as we look at our current situation in this country. So much divisiveness, along with just Pure Hate. We no longer Vote for who we desire but instead Vote AGAINST the candidate of choice. For their are no true candidates but only puppets of the Over-Lord Elites Plutocrats that Own this country and the world around us.
@@Baldoxxx4000 Sure. But I'd think at least a _necessary_ part of being able to achieve proficiency is to _really understand_ what you are reading. And unless you're an exceptionally talented genius, or you have had extensive prior exposure to the material and/or general subject matter, often times that will mean you will need to take it slowly and digest it.
I am doing a lot of learning right now because my husband has recently died.. I have to learn everything he knew and did for us. I need to learn how to update my computer, use power tools, keep the chickens healthy and fed, use the tractor... One of the things I am trying to learn is hydroponics, run our finances.... He had begun to master hydroponics. I have only one basil plant to show for my efforts -- we both believe(d) that learning is one of the most important aspects of life. He was learning how to cook last year. I was teaching him how to cook, do crafts. He was teaching me his skills. I use You tube videos a great deal to learn new skills, in fact, I think of it as a library of skillful people, as well as a source of amusement and news. I am also gardening and improving my skills... one of my problems, right now, is putting my life in order.. finding free time to read and do crafts.
I’m so glad you spammed the word deliberate in this video. I think the lack of deliberate decision making is why people (including myself) fail so badly at accomplishing anything.
Strangely, there are times when I feel suffocated, my heart beats, and I'm afraid. It is important to overcome fear, but it seems that justification to overcome fear is also important. I want passion to protect me. Thank you for the video.
dsrtflwr It looks like this is an introvert case. I often attract people who talk too much because they feel listened to. Sometimes I just get exhausted and have to quit from everyone and everything, and be in my empty and personal space of reading, writing and thinking.
I think people avoid learning in order to avoid making mistakes and the negativity they associate with making mistakes from school etc. If you can embrace making mistakes and realise it’s fine to get things wrong that’s a great platform.
Haha I have a 24 hour rule. Listening to your ambitions and body I play with nursing it through and breaking through like a sledgehammer. If I need rest I rest but I have always had a drive to attempt new types of creativity. Everyone should find what works best for them...
To those watching who already follow this method naturally -- don't hide your strengths away. Be confident and show your strengths to others - and then keep at it :-). Good luck!
Yes, these things are inevitably going to be extremely complicated with millions of various outcomes for any given subject. That's why it's important not to take people's words for it but to look at the results themselves, and is why any scientist worth a lick of salt won't just use their status as a place of authority. It's important to consider yourself above all else with these types of things, if it fails to work completely then keep searching for what will, however these are the things that typically work and should (at least partially) work for you or myself.
@happy face It's never as simple as a 0% chance vs a 0.001% chance. There's always a cost associated. In the lottery analogy, you can't win if you don't play...but playing comes at a cost
@happy face that is fallacious reasoning, you assume x is causally linked to success just because successful people do it, this is confusing correlation with causation, but worse still if its just as equally correlated with unsuccessful people there is no reason to think it is causally connected to success.
I have to say that books opened up an entire lifestyle for me which is much richer than I would have otherwise had. Reading opens up a world of infinite possibilities and allows a person to move far beyond that which they are born in to and their immediate environment. It is the key to success.
Unfortunately in this time, if you are not upper or middle class, you usually end up with no time to spend on doing all of these things because you are trying to work to survive. There are plenty of poor people who have what it takes. Extreme sacrifice to get there. That's why only so little of people make it.
That excuse has been used since people were sacrificing virgins to the God's. Go back a couple of hundred years and EVERYONE was poor. People in poverty today are rich compared to those a couple of generations ago. They have plenty of time to watch youtube videos, browse instagram and play video games. There is always time for bettering yourself if you want it, most choose to use it for leisure and escapism.
@@Rob-ue6ij , there is truth to Lisa's statement. For our early life our habits are formed mostly unconsciously so factors such as environment, diet, peer grouping, and parenting can either be a boost or a boon to one's development. The level of wealth of a family most certainly determines whether these aforementioned factors will help or hurt a person's chances for success. Sure, if someone wants something bad enough it's possible to achieve the goal (or land among the stars if they should happen to miss the moon), but not only do they have to change who they are (difficult for anyone) they have to know WHAT to change and how (this doesn't even include the lasting effects of decisions they made while in a deeper state of ignorance - teen pregnancy, irresponsible credit usage, etc.). The greater the contrast between what they're used to being/doing and what they need to become/do (not to mention how old they are in life), the more difficult this will be. Often, the choice becomes leaving a lot of close friends and family behind - physically, mentally, and emotionally, only causing further strain. Life is more comfortable than it's ever been, but it seems like you mention that as if it's an entirely good thing. More leisure options means more temptation, which is especially difficult when we have industries and calculating minds figuring out new ways to get and keep us hooked - from video game mechanics to comfort foods to advertisements and social behavioral "norms", our reward centers are under constant barrage. It's easier to understand if you've lived through it or took the time to understand those who have. We might agree that it's useless to complain, but if someone is making an effort to better themselves the complaint is usually a cry for help imo. If the people they're around can't relate to them, then forums like this are a pretty good alternative. I find it best to probe for specifics before doling out generalities regarding matters like these.
@@Rob-ue6ij only problem with that is, the fact that people still had a community they could relay on. The church would take you in, the priest would help you. And the teachers would try to help in the free time they had, today there is less social freedom. More constraints and less economic understanding. The devide between rich and poor is so much different than then. That rich people have no understanding. Of the poor, as the poor have of the rich. Money is just a small issue of it all
I think it goes much further than that. A lot of people grow up in less than ideal circumstances, are not having good time in school, therefore have a hard time even reading and comprehending text. Reading books is not something they will find attractive unless they are lucky enough to try again a couple years down the line. I know lots of people who barely ever read books if at all.
Reading, learning, and doing are key ingredients to living and improving life. Like in cooking, each ingredient interacts to produce results. “Results” are the proof of the pudding, i.e. whatever we think, say, and do ... and practice daily. What we do “daily” determines what happens in 50 years. Now, today ... is good as gold! 🙏
Being a DOCTOR and STOCK MARKET INVESTOR, this video was unbelievably useful. Seriously, thanks for the effort you have put in this video. Appreciate it 😊.
This is what I've done for more than a decade! "Pay yourself First"... I write for 2-3 hours every day staring at 5:30... I also am a thinker, and leave plenty of blank space to learn.
@@prs-fl3sp According to Mark Twain, his definition of an ideal or perfect life, is the company of good friends, read good books and not be too overly bothered by our conscience (our inner sense of what is right or wrong). As you know our conscience is inevitably pestering us all the time. Mark Twain used the term “sleepy conscience“, he meant try to dull or pay less attention to our conscience. In other words, don’t let our conscience keep us up at night, so to speak. So if we want to live a more pleasant or less stressed-out life, we got to just let go and not be burdened by our ever-present conscience. In short, don’t worry, be happy.
@@ChessMasteryOfficial isn't it good to have a relatively active conscience though? If you choose to ignore it what you are doing is repressing it which may be disastrous in the long term due to guilt from being immoral and not really abiding to your conscience during decisions. I believe people may be happier if they have good friends, read, have a healthy lifestyle and are moral in their character. For example helping people in need when they can and not being a bad person. Maybe having some integrity which would make you feel better about yourself. Obviously you can't always be as moral as Jesus but as long as you are trying to be a good person I think you can live a good life.
Me too, basically. They're much better. I don't see the purpose of reading hours and hours to know a 5 minute bit. A smart relative I have makes fun of me, but he's bitch
Every book whatever its contents, you can learn from it by being a critical reader. It is because these are the various collections of ideas and experiences of people all over the world who lived in different timelines. It will open your mind to new possibilities and gives you another angle to look things at. Non-fictional books can bring you success. And fictional books can bring you positive growth as a person.
& Automates our behavior 🙏🏼. This automated behavior requirement of most jobs is what causes me depression so severe that I can’t go on. Likewise socializing with all the people (most) who have adapted to automation. It’s never been for me.
I haven’t scrolled down all the comments but I’m sure someone already has or will comment on how this is elitist and that many people struggle financially and this isn’t a possibility for their lives I can guarantee you as someone who struggled a lot for years that you can do little things to improve yourself Word of the day for instance Also we can listen to a useful podcast when you are traveling from your day job to your night job Actually listen when people talk and ask questions Pay attention to the bilingual signs to start learning another language And for heavens sake abstain from the activities which keeps you from succeeding Stop the sabotage and you will possibly loose some friends and make new ones who share your new common goals
dandre3K you hit the nail on the head This describes all the friends I had to push away because they lived extravagantly (in a Walmart way) while in debt and were miserable So miserable that they were ready to scrutinize my conservative lifestyle in every conversation Now I finally have met my goals They are still in the same spot It’s actually painful for me to think about it but if they choose to change they know where I’m at and that I’d love to teach and encourage them
I used the Franklin Day Planners when I was in College and it helped tremendously. I still think along the same lines when organizing daily and longterm goals. It has become habit even though it has been years since I used the planner.
It is very difficult to create a club or find like minded people who are deeply into learning and self improvement. People who read, who keep up with current events and research. Who are open minded to all views(religious political or otherwise).
Yep. Most of the people who _are_ interested are mentally ill or vastly overestimate their abilities, and become a net drag on the progress of other members. The capable candidates are too busy with family/work/play to bother with something so abstract as "self-improvement" unless they think there's a quick buck to be made (e.g. you're a millionaire marketing the club as some kind of seminar). Franklin limited the size of the club to no more than 12, and only admitted new members by invitation and the approval of other members (as he says in his Autobiography). Early on, it's better to stick to topics like science, math, and philosophy, before progressing to politics and religion, which require a lot of trust and good-will.
I read, research and learn things about other religions, worldviews, other languages etc. But "current events" trigger my anxiety so in that case, I just can't. It's better to be ignorant in that regard that constantly on edge. And math? That strikes horror in my heart. I actually have a diagnosed disability in math. Out of these, readers are probably the easiest to find. There are still people who do read and if you find any of them, maybe you will have other things in common. Maybe just a book club would be a start, though maybe not ideal.
I've always placed "the problems that arise during work" into a stack and work on them as a whole afterwards. Might try and try to deal with them when they appear rather than later.
A) People who like learning already do this B) People who don't like learning wouldn't be watching this video Droping billionaire names won't make common falk into creative geniouses, but I guess it gets you views.
Everyone started somewhere with other believes and motivational factors. The timing and execution has to be right for getting a billion. The name explains the importance of each exercise and how to aim your focus. Droping a mediocre critque won't make you a creative geniouses, but I guess it gets you likes.
I suppose name-dropping town drunks and wine-o's would pass for YOU then, eh? It's been said repeatedly, that if you want to achieve some station in life, your best approach (right out of the figurative gate) would be to find someone in approximately that station in life, and then seek to emulate them. If you want to become a championship boxer, maybe pick a professional boxer with a reasonable success rate, or even a current or former champion that you stand a chance at emulating... If you want to be successful in business, a top-level CEO would be the obvious choice, if you're that interested. AND if you want to be a successful entertainer with some degree of social influence, you could certainly pick worse than a well respected talk-show host. The big problem with most of the "efforts don't equal results" types (in my observation) is the "number 2 step" in this video. Maybe you should get back and re-wartch it... yet again. It involves deliberately putting lessons into practice. Whether you read enough or watch enough instructional vid's or chase down and interview enough professionals or teachers, coaches, etc... If you don't personally put real effort into real practice, you've only memorized information, a far cry from actually learning "the thing" you wanted to learn. It's the same big difference between me (for instance) who uses considerable high-school math most days... AND the next sod who just regurgitated that crap on test-time and never bothered actually applying a damn bit of it. Now, I'm sitting here (far too often) wondering what the hell is wrong with the moron simps in the population who "Cant" convert one measure for another, or who "Can't" figure out proportions, or basic trig'... I can do that shit in my friggin' head. I ACTIVELY HAVE TO DO them most days in my regular routine... so I paid attention. It IS useful, if you're not too "stuck in the damn electronic gizmo" to get your head out of your ass and actually LEARN something... Try that. ;o)
Wow. You e listed about 25 things to do inside one hour each day, including taking a walk. And you squashed it all into a 6-minute video. Thanks, man, I feel a whole lot less suicidal now.
Getting my eyes in front of a book is usually a nice thing. I wouldn't deny myself the opportunity to teach my children to read neither. Its better for everyone in so far as i know.
Last year I finished reading about 5 or more academic books. This year I only read like 2 or 3 (non-academic... ScI-fi ) books and the nerd in me felt so incomplete. It’s like I kinda stopped learning
For heavy studying, split it up into 1.5h - 2h studying blocks with a longer break in between. Have short breaks during the blocks each 25 minutes or so to stand up walk a few steps and process. That way you don't constantly overwrite what's in your short-term memory with the next thing you're reading. That is for, as I mentioned, heavy studying. If I'm actually working on a task (putting what I learned into practice), I don't need the short breaks.
Like others in the comments have mentioned, learning is cool and all, but results matter more than anything else in most domains, so the focus does seem as though it should be on getting things done and not just absorbing information.
true, b/c after a certain point of rigid practice you are actually not adding anything in, jsut fine tuning the same thing. that threshold is just the point where depth in practice doesnt change any macro goals/actions/quality. Diminishing return on investment.
I saw someone say that learning or reading is a middle/upper class activity. I'm paraphrasing but i disagree - to an extent. There's always dead time that you can use. For example going to work on the bus or walking there. That's why audio books are amazing tools! I would listen to them on the way to work and think about what I listened to as I has dead time in the store ( I was always moving as we weren't allowed to sit down) and then again on the way home. Chores are dead time, walking your dogs, in the shower - there s so much time to do things. The problem is having the energy and self control to actually do these things. Because some days you don't want to think, you just want to relax and listen to your favourite album. But there are also just some people who just haven't found the self control yet to even do this sometimes and I feel like they are the people who complain most about their lot in life.
you will find time to do something if you are keen enough to learn. Its amazing how much time we waste just doing mundane day to day stuff...like housekeeping. I can achieve stuff like that during my lunch break...which gives me time later on to do what I enjoy.
the brain is really modular, as is the self. certain areas are more strongly wired, more associated,. Those who live well-rounded lives, retain best the ability to both shift appropriately and to more deeply associate , retain and establish redundancy and coherence. This is why activity is conducive to learning and memory. There are different types of memory, for example - implicit, motor skills and nonverbal ability to be aware, sense consciously learn.Explicit memory includes both the salient (driven by strong emotion) experiences, as well as the linking through logic. Numeracy, literacy, and understanding specifics about cascades of linkages (cause and effect, correlation, and coincidence - an understanding of psychological heuristic lets one understand how erroneous linking occur , both types unique to humans with their symbolic verbal narratives, and the more openly salient narrative-like relationships created through experience and visual, auditory, kinesthetic memory common to many, many more species.. Consciousness has been more firmly localized through modern neurological studies, in limbic structures (I would say connectivity, but do not want to obfuscate the recent findings). What this means, is that all organisms with limbic - emotional and impulse processing - at least including fish and birds, amphibians, reptiles and all mammals, are conscious, . Greater cortical area seems to be involved in more complex retained associative capacity - the learning and rehearsal/redundancies (a far more complex issue which I wont elaborate here) that allow for increased creativity in both physical and mental agilities. One MUST leave dogma utterly behind. as even that which seems true changes over time with more experience - so long as attention (this is the essence of consciousness) is practiced and exquisite awareness of sensory experience is primary. We are at a time now, when it is being understood that dreaming and sleep two analogous anabolic processes are slowly being understood as necessary - in SPITE of the drugs (neurotransmitter and modulator analogues - including alcohol are avoided) so commonly used as avoidance mechanisms that dull our capacity to understand what those dreams and proprioceptions so expertly are telling ourselves. Kahneman's system 1 and 2 thinking are basic descriptions of the way we process and learn; but they are far more associated, and interlinked than is presented by cognitive psychologists. That system 1 - th e quickly reacting immediately responsive thought, is far more conscious and accurate than is presented. EXCEPT when distorted by dogmatic clusters of beliefs. THIS is why criticality must be maintained - if you thoughtlessly "believe" something, it becomes stiff, frozen ever-harder to agilely change with new experience. In science and math, education is a matter of creating cognitive tools to retain one's criticality. Daily exercise varying like dance, (real dance - not social dancing), other physical arts like the Tai Chi practice of push hands (for those in dense populations who perceive utility is interacting with other humans. no combat artist can learn without ever-new surprise through sparring). Surfers get bored unless different speeds and types of waves are chosen - that sport or practice also allows for unforeseen change, as does rock climbing. Some physical activities cause attention to small variations, and your own choices may make you aware of that. Those involved in resistance training have said for a century that you should surprise your muscles. Areas like th e cerebellum , so important in thsoe more highly variable actions are also involved in learning new mental efforts, from language production and speaking to tha t associative smooth automatic linking is spoke of. ONe more thing: you will probably not remain associated with lovers and friends who are more rigid inn their beliefs and narrow behaviors. Although we all have the capacity to learn lifelong, sometimes others or even we ourselves have hidden emotiocognitive rigidities which we fear to allow freedom. This type of threat sensing is merely social, but our species is very vary involved in sociality - more so than most, and we are evolved to detect deception, to use it on others for social gain, and even to deceive ourselves. Honesty and integrity are difficult, in many ways the most difficult choices to follow. We cannot be completely aware without humility. Living should make us each humble, grateful, and eager. Seeking dominance over others so narrows our skill acquisition in the broad and natural sense, that competition should only be a minor, at most, part of our lives (we are wired to gain anabolic hormonal response to success, and competition is only one narrow way of several that trigger development. It exists at all because we are that odd, almost eusocial, species, nearly completely interdependent.
Every single person on your list of successful people had/has someone else (wife, mother, servants, assistants, teams, etc. ) doing everything else for them so instead of cooking, cleaning, grocery getting, laundry, etc. etc. etc.) infinitely easier to spend all day every day reading, learning, making millions that way. Options: 1. Live in squalor and eat only peanut butter out of the jar ‘till you’ve built The Dream 2. Move back in with parents and let Mom n Dad deal with the adulting stuff 3. Get a 1950s-style wife (no matter your orientation, those kinds of wives do it all) 4. Hire a cook, cleaner, driver, yard care service, dog-walker, nanny, and handyman 5. Hire a team to force into making the ideas you come up with on your walks- a reality. 6. Win the BIG lottery in order to make 4 & 5 possible
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Strange example - the guy's rich but what has he shown us? As far as I'm aware he merely stands on the shoulders of others.
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@Bless Gillette it doesn't. I know people who read and honestly, for the most part, they're just arrogant as shit. Nobody looks at dyslexic people such as Einstein, they just ignore them. Afaik, maxwell was also dyslexic, yet his equations are used in engineering on a day to day basis. People are cherry picking, and that is what I call arrogance.
I am certain that there are many librarians and academics who do vast amounts of reading on a regular basis but haven't reached any significant level of success in life beyond a traditional career. Reading is important, but results are in the actions we take, not just in what we learn in books.
Being selective in what you read and actually applying the knowledge is most likely what seperates the successful from the reading addicts
Didn’t he explain in the end that you practice what you learned again and again to achieve expertise
Survivorship bias and retrospective determinism at play.
Well, what do you determine as success? For an "academic" or "scholar" a traditional career involves learning and participating in progressive research and discussions of said research. This research ideally leads to information that benefits society/humanity. That is why many professors become professors - the research opportunities that are provided to them. I would call this a traditional career for someone like that and the results of successful research a significant success in life. They may not be wildly wealthy, but they are certainly successful. Nikola Tesla lived and died poor and is likely the single most important person in history thus far.
Agreed. One of the most important parts of becoming successful is guts. You need to do things you're not comfortable with and you need to do them consistently.
1. Plan out the Learning
2. Deliberately Practice
3. Ruminate
4. Set aside time just for learning
5. Solve problems as they arise
6. Do small experiments with big payoffs
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I was scrolling down the comment section to find this one. Thanks!
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@@miserimuslovestarvus6587 next time, you will be the one to write :)
thank you!!
All I've figured out through my 30 years of life is that to have constant and lasting success at something is not about the amount of time you spend practicing short term but whether it is done consistently over large periods of time. One year, two, three, even if it is only one hour a day, even though it feels you are not really progressing, eventually you will see massive changes. You can't rush anything. You need time.
Thank you!!
I wanna thank you too :))
True. Same goes for growing a UA-cam channel.
Thank you
Yeah, it took me 6 years to learn English lol but it was 'easy', I just invested a couple of minutes per day on that task...I'm glad I did that
My grandfather told me, "If you want to be smart; read. If you want to be really smart; read a lot." Good advice!
That's really a wonderful advice
Try to hold a balance between reading and collecting life experiences. Book is a collection about other people's experiences, if you do not have these experiences, you won't be able to understand much of what they mean
@information addict You must be meaning "the feymans technique" , and one of albert einstein´s quote.
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Was your grandfather successful?
I spend about 5 hours a day watching videos on UA-cam about how to become successful. Does that count? :)
Ulrich Enevoldsen One cannot truly internalise it without putting it to practice first
Yes. Now go change the world .. or get hit by a bus whilst watching a vid and simultaneously crossing the road.. idk you make your decisions brah. ;) ( not wishing death, preemptively clarifying choices are important)
If you have to ask, no.
I have always been an auditory learner. Probably because I am somewhat dyslexic. Because of this I love learning from UA-cam and especially audio book. That being said, I have had mentors who strongly recommended reading as well. What I found is that I get something very different, and in addition, through the process of reading. And I have learned to live it.
Having a mentor and Community of people committed to improvement and progression has been critical to this process. For one, people with the results I want point me to the best books and resources.
I am happy to help you in any way I can or introduce you to my community if you want to reach out. lifrlearnerroger@gmail.com
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I’ve been waisting a lot of time in UA-cam watching crap. Now I only watch UA-cam for self development and your videos are a breath a fresh air. I always learn something that I can apply to my life. Thanks so much!!!
“Benjamin Franklin was successful because he set personal growth goals” ...they also left out the part where he wrote that goal-setting was too difficult and nobody likes a perfect person
Where did he write that?
Very interesting. I'm retired, and now have the time to focus on learning. Current interest is philosophy.
Good for you!
i give you the most simple answer you will get after you sum up so many knowledge you can get from philosophy to save your precious time.
1. Nothing is new under the sun
2. Life is futility
3. Humans life is just like a vapor
@@Yue4me Someone never got past the surface level of Nietzsche's work.
@@Yue4me Edgy.
@@KazmirRunik Haha
For ultimate success in life, follow these 2 simple rules:
1. Never tell everything you know
I know the second rule
Mohd. Ajmal Khan what is it
Haha
I took a print of your comment 😊
hey man you forgot to to add the 2nd rule.
everyday for the past 2 years Ive written down my answer to these questions
1. what did i learn?
2. what did i achieve?
3. what did i do well?
4. what could I do better?
I try to get one learning nugget a day
That's cool!
Get a Life
What did you learn?
Really nice!
@@misssoftyhole how to build an enterprise data warehouse for health analytics. Still lots more to learn though - everytime you learn one thing you realise how much else there is to learn
Being a constant learner and investing in educating yourself is the shortest way to really find your meaning. This doesn't come from the sky, we need to work to uncover it. Ben Franklin is a great example. Great video, man!
I did this and found out I was super passionate about how the body works. Never would of fpund out if I didnt attempt to educate myself on it
@@kratos2godofwar good job, man!
Dude r u trying to be everywhere
@@musicgaines7170 Grinding man :) Sorry if my messages seem redundant to you. I really enjoy some of your drums videos!
@@thetruthbetweenthelines8521 hahaha thx. Most of them are trash. They were from a long time ago.
I don't necessarily take this video as an explicit "you will be great and successful if you dedicate an hour a day to learning consistently," but in terms of improving myself for the sake of simply being a well rounded person, I think this is a very helpful message. After all, an hour a day isn't that hard, right? It's just about making it a habit.
I apply a few of these rules but the one I should prioritize but never do is the community part. It's easy to underestimate how important interacting with like-minded people is.
1. Use empty space for learning (read/write)
2. Deliberate your time with intentionality
3. Ruminate - give time to yourself to think (walking)
4. Solve problems in the day as the arise
Everyone needs to be a lifelong learner if they want to be successful
The Life Formula Diagram your Day , and CONCEPTUAL learning
I agree
of course. that's also the thing that separate people.
More knowledge = more problem solving abilities,
More prob sol abilities = more demands
More demands = more money
More money = more resource to build your own empire
More ====|||==== = becoming valuable person
Becoming rare valuable person = hired to work with elite government
Becoming super rare valueable person = work in secret society
and so on until you become one of 1% person people around the world to control humanity in another secret place that never get spot light yet rich as foook .
@@Yue4me You dont become more valueable because you have more money.
And the „Elite-goverment“ step is questionable just like everyone behind it
Paying full attention during the day is already learning. Since you pay attention you'll ponder later what happened in order to BE that KNOWLEDGE.
Rumination and reflection, recording too.
The video picks out the positive examples, while omitting the negative ones.
My uncle reads every day like a madman. For entertainment, not for learning anything :-)
Your uncle doesn’t follow the rule, which consists of spending ONE hour a day each week day and using a very specific methodology. If you were to use him as an example, it’s solely to demonstrate that reading for entertainment does not produce the same outcome as reading to learn, which requires actively engaging with the concepts covered in the reading materials. 😀
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Oh poppycock! What a load of hooey. Hahahahahahaha 😅
And...? I’m not sure what the point of this comment is.
Reading for pleasure isn’t what this video is about, at all. However, even reading for pleasure can do amazing things for a person. There are crazy benefits from reading books, regardless of subject matter as long as they’re enjoyed-
www.healthline.com/health/benefits-of-reading-books
@@tictactoe4431 you don't learn much from fiction or fantasy. Reading for entertainment is hedonistic NOT necessarily learning. You're wrong.
Then hes not learning, hes entertaining himself. It's not the topic of the cvv ideo so why bring it up.
You sir, have publiahed awesome content that really motivated me to retake the 5-hour rule path. It's time to forget about complaining not having time and actually go there and just creat it. Life is too short to not make the most of it and learning is something that should never stop. Keep up the great content!
How much time is wasted on crap TV?
@@willrichardson519 Little. its mostly wasted on crap social media.
I'll note that music education is a clear teaching/learning environment that emphasizes this approach.
in IT, by the time a book is written and published it's already out-dated
Read online through blog posts. Read whitepapers, and monthly journals from big tech companies. Participate in slack groups, linked in conversations etc.
I agree, but books could be analogous to reading documentation, blogs or just getting your hands dirty. You are right though, learning new tech with a book kinda misses the point.
As a side note, I do not see 5 hours a week being even close to enough time to really grasp, play and test new systems, frameworks or even dive into the depths of the things you already know. I could spend 10-20 hours outside my job just learning if I could... But kids, life ... Etc
In IT we read other devs code, and documentation mostly. We still read a lot though.
Not really. The last big thing to happen in computers was networking. Early Eighties. What's new? Cloud computing? That's networking. Blockchain? Networking.
There are many 90s principles that are not used, but should, any time a new framework/tech arises is an implementation of something someone wrote in the 90s. All you can read about it would improve your vision
They should teach this in school. Great lessons all compiled in a single video. Thanks for the review.
There is so much psuedo-science out there that it is hard to trust what you read. I listen to a lot of audio books and read every day and I am currently self studying music theory via you Tube...so I am a believer in learning but I am also skeptical about a lot of stuff. There’s lots of information out there but knowledge is hard to come by.
NurturingTalents Thank you! I will check it out.
Pseudo science is not necessarily bad. Intuition was and still is an important part of human knowledge. We have to make leaps of faith in determining what is the right course of action many times.
SuWoopSparrow point well taken and I think I can usually classify in my mind hard fact vs possible fact but I think there are many who take questionable information as fact then make bad decisions. (I am not immune to being sucked in by bad information.). Nutritional science is almost becoming a joke in what’s good for you and what is bad and even more so when discussing huge gains from certain foods when the reality is probably much less.
Have any questions about theory? Maybe I can help.
That's what scientific literature is for. Obviously theres misinformation everywhere but for most academic fields there exists a VERY solid and pretty much fail-safe foundation. I learned more from reading a few pages in a scientific book that I've learned in months of surfing the internet. Admittedly, the internet is more distracting than a book, but still...
Your Channel is doing so much good to our Generation! Thank You 🙌
Learning until your last breath is the only way to never stop growing.
A much simpler method is to consistently eat American food.
Maytane Winner that sounds so stupid and a huge waste of time
Maytane Winner the answer is no
Never stop growing. Self development is a lifelong journey.
Or eating McDonalds
I felt like this video was made for me- I've been wasting a whole lot of time recently. Then you gave the example of a sales call- I'm a salesman who spends my learning time trying to improve. I have no doubt you were thinking of me when you made this!
I'm literally applying this to math. I'd find myself studying hours for a test and would get nothing out of it. Planning out what you need to work on most and doing it over and over seems to be more efficient than falling asleep watching youtube videos on how to solve for an equation.
I spend a lot of my time on the computer and I'd say half the time is learning or making things. Now that I'm staying at home during the pandemic, I've set a time for 2 hours to be away from the computer so my brain doesn't get overloaded. This could be for reading, listening to an album intently, doing nothing, cleaning, etc. It's been extremely helpful. This video is a good way to think about how I use time and why I'm doing the things I'm doing. Thank you.
I tried this, and it brought me in a state of obsession, where I was neither enjoying what I was doing, nor getting better at it.
You have to be okay with “failure” or playing without an expectation during the learning process.
Learning just for the sake of learning is boring and unproductive. I have to have a question about something first, which creates the desire for learning more. Questioning everything is a great way to become "smarter", and is a lot more interesting because it concentrates on your individual interests. Gates, Musk and Buffet didn't spend time studying how best to clean a house.....they just hired someone who did. Having to learn something that doesn't interest you is basically just memorizing, and the knowledge fades from lack of use. Good luck!
I am enjoying the work behind this video. It is clear that you have not takem someone else's content but have rather synthesised knowledge from different sources. You also seem to actually reflect on improvement regularly. Thank you.
I watch this video 3 times, I freaking love it! My goal is to try to read 150 books a year, so the way I do it personally, is that I schedule 2 hours out of my day and I take 15 minutes of reading and then I 5 minute break and I repeat that 6 times and I do that 7 days a week which allows me to read through 42 different books per week. Thus on average it takes me between 12 and 16 weeks to read them all to completion, and then I started over again with another 42 books (I also include several magazines in there, specifically ones that have to do with science, engineering, business, finance, leadership, gaming (there was an entrepreneur I hardly game anymore LOL) that kind of thing.... And the occasional car and driver because it is an epically awesome magazine)
It is absolutely incredible how spending just a small amount of your day reading you can accumulate a vast amount of knowledge fairly quickly and really improve your life! Personally I like to spread the field and learn everything from business, physics, engineering, logistics, computers, technology, law, philosophy, marketing, warfare and strategy, and to the occasional Hemingway, David Drake, Allie Brosh, Lovecraft or Shakespeare book. I think it is extraordinairly healthy to cast a wide net and learn as much as possible. Have an awesome day! 😎
Thanks for sharing your schedule!
It sound inconceivable....that mean u read 1.15 hour per day and finish 42 books in 4 months? I read 2 to 3 hrs daily and only managed to finish 6 books in 4 months...🤣are you sure u understand and assimilate around 50% of those books (equal to 75 books annually, which are much are better than those CEO)?
@@fubao99975 some are fast readers. Also, audio books.
I usually read 2 books a month, 24 books a year. One audio book and one paper back.
When people ask me how I got so good at my craft...This is the answer. Putting in the time, making learning a priority.
I’m thankful for this video because I’ve struggled with that perceived lack of productivity you mentioned, by deliberately creating these types of “slack” days or hours. I’ve struggled with feeling guilty over not “getting more done” allll the time...Conversely, my whole life I’ve just had this innate sense that I’m building something long-term.
ruminate. i love doing that. the best ideas come out of soaking deep into your idea n exploring it
This is actually a goal I made for myself this year. I've been spending time reading self help and spiritual books which have helped me personally. I'm also working on increasing my technical knowledge as well, which is in addition to the 5 hours a week I read.
I dislike these "motivational" videos using the most unlikely scenarios, with top executives from top enterprises manking top money to make the argument that doing what Jeff Bezos (Amazon's ceo and richest man) does in the morning, in the afternoon or how they have sex, is going to bring you similar succes when in actuality several thousand life circumstances placed these individuals in their positions.
Interesting how the video does not mention people who are in similar successful positions even though they haven't read anything.
There is a difference between knowledge and intelligence, reading will always give you the former not necessarily the latter.
A term to describe what you mention at first is Survivorship Bias. It's particularly insidious because it effectively means we are ignoring the invisible, which is totally understandable and hard to avoid.
@@jim4588 Very insteresting, James. Never heard the term before but from what I read it leads to overly optimistic assumptions. An example is when media focus on "John, the drop out of college and CEO of XYZ" whilst ignoring a vast pool of talented individuals who did not attain the same success due to several life variables.
"John's" position in life is not the standard and can't be repeated by phisically doing what John did such as waking up at 5am or reading ABC book or dropping out of college. Thanks for sharing the concept.
Yes leo, a great point indeed. however Reading is praised entirely not due to the fact of having intelligence or just gathering knowledge. When one reads self empowerment books, one begin to realize that he/she may have unhealthy habits that are hindering there process and that's where the tire meets the road. there a lot of people who didn't read and yet they have achieve great success, but when you observe what makes them different, one thing stand out, HABITS. Habits in behavior and habits in how one thinks. for most people who are raised in a poverty or who were less fortunate, we tend to develop habits from society that isn't healthy in the long run, strangely enough you may find millions of kids who went to college/university and yet that same large portion still experience many of life disadvantages long after school, while for example one who reads the book rich dad poor dad, immediately realize that with our current economy, high tax rate, and inflation fluctuation, one then understand that being in any form of debt is horrible even forms of student loans and they investment in all forms are a must.While the same persons you mention didn't read however they were fortunate enough to have someone around them to act as a mentor of sorts and thus speeding up there ability to get stuff taking care off.
Unhealthy habits millions of people have develop right across the world. INABILITY TO LEARN NEW SKILLS(majority of people who leave schools tend to stop giving there attention to books or learning in general. work/money is the aim which is strange because majority of which knows little of how money works.
LACK OF PERSEVERANCE (the willingness to give in to pressure and hardship has made millions broke)
TIME MANAGEMENT(too much time is spend watching shows/sports/ and playing game. That time could be spend learning about HEALTH, MONEY, TAXES, ECONOMY etc etc. yes people should learn these stuff for security and comfort and a healthy life is what many is seeking. NOW these are simply habits many people don't know about and the rich are always constantly building these up. People would do well if they found books that aided them in the arena that they want to be in.
You've made fair points and I agree with you on most. I just don't want people to get frustrated because they can't achieve what that one non-standard individual achieved.
One thing is to learn healthy habits, another thing is believing that you are going to be Steve Jobs because you imitated his habits. Most healthy individuals well versed in everything that you mentioned such as economics, tax and so on, are not similar to Steve Job. Strangely we use him as standard whilst ignoring the average individual.
You mentioned playing too much games, however, there are kids making more money than their parents because they are sponsored to play games. That is normal in the eSports industry. However, these kids are non-standard.
Hi Leo. Great observation - that survivorship bias is evident in examples of these success stories. Recognizing biases is an important skillset. It helps one distinguish one's behavior or perspective as perhaps being part of exactly that which you hope to overcome.
However, with all due respect, you are exhibiting a bias yourself - that examples of successful people are poor examples of success because of the potential existence of survivorship bias in their story. To approach a success story with, "that doesn't apply to me because of X" is setting yourself up to diminish any wisdom shared in that story. You may be setting yourself up to miss a nugget of wisdom that lies directly within your bias.
The message I see in this "motivational" video is this: By opening up your awareness to take new information in, you will likely learn something that connects two previously unconnected dots in your life. Additionally, creating a structure around doing so primes your mind to open up even further - its very existence is reinforced as a "dot-connecting" machine. Areas of ones life that were previously unavailable for improvement show up as a new possibility. However, that becomes impossible if the messenger is shot at the door because its source was from a "motivational" video that used an extreme case or example.
One may find one's path through the average or one may find one's path through an outlying statistical improbability. The key is to keep one's eyes open for the path no matter where it comes from.
I wish you the best in finding your path and sharing your wisdom with loved ones and strangers alike.... :)
It'd be interesting to do some kind of study to see how many of these "millionaire habits" actually influence success and how many are only copied because other successful people did them.
I have the same curiosity. Sometimes I think there may be a misunderstood cause-effect relation in these habits. I mean, maybe they are not "successful" because they read tons of books, instead, they can read tons of books because they are "successful"...
"Good artists copy. Great artists steal." - Pablo Picasso
For the past 10 years I have read on average very close to 250 books each year. That's roughly 4+ hours each day reading. I also added a daily Meditation schedule of 2 hours in the afternoon, every day. These along with getting rid of Cable TV and also choosing to limit myself to my Internet daily experience has brought about tremendous change in my health and life. I know very few people that focus upon Personal Growth, not just as their main focus but any attempt to create time for Personal growth. it is beyond sad that we Americans now have grouped ourselves into various Tribes of a Group Think dynamic. Hardly anyone truly thinks for themselves. And this is showing and very telling as we look at our current situation in this country. So much divisiveness, along with just Pure Hate. We no longer Vote for who we desire but instead Vote AGAINST the candidate of choice. For their are no true candidates but only puppets of the Over-Lord Elites Plutocrats that Own this country and the world around us.
If you read 10 pages a day over 365 days you have read 3650 pages or ten 365 page books. Inch by inch.
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Sure, and you will probably do a lot better at actually being able to absorb that material.
just because you read that doesnt mean you are being productive.
@@Baldoxxx4000 Sure. But I'd think at least a _necessary_ part of being able to achieve proficiency is to _really understand_ what you are reading. And unless you're an exceptionally talented genius, or you have had extensive prior exposure to the material and/or general subject matter, often times that will mean you will need to take it slowly and digest it.
*_inch by inch_*
It all depends what you're reading and learning. It needs to be something that applies to you at the moment and phase of your life
Energy and persistence conquer all things. - Benjamin Franklin
*Bottom line is, constancy is key, but the way you go after it is even more key.*
Consistency*
I am doing a lot of learning right now because my husband has recently died.. I have to learn everything he knew and did for us. I need to learn how to update my computer, use power tools, keep the chickens healthy and fed, use the tractor... One of the things I am trying to learn is hydroponics, run our finances.... He had begun to master hydroponics. I have only one basil plant to show for my efforts -- we both believe(d) that learning is one of the most important aspects of life. He was learning how to cook last year. I was teaching him how to cook, do crafts. He was teaching me his skills. I use You tube videos a great deal to learn new skills, in fact, I think of it as a library of skillful people, as well as a source of amusement and news. I am also gardening and improving my skills... one of my problems, right now, is putting my life in order.. finding free time to read and do crafts.
Yay you are so right learning to love to learn has made me happy. Walking right now
BRAVO! Exceptionally well done - especially in the way you tied together a large number of habits into a cohesive package. Also well referenced.
I’m so glad you spammed the word deliberate in this video. I think the lack of deliberate decision making is why people (including myself) fail so badly at accomplishing anything.
Strangely, there are times when I feel suffocated, my heart beats, and I'm afraid. It is important to overcome fear, but it seems that justification to overcome fear is also important. I want passion to protect me. Thank you for the video.
Now there's Masterclass, Domestika, Skilshare, UA-cam, Audible, etc. So many ways to learn!
“Purposefully creates slack during the day to have free time to learn and create”
“Life” has entered the chat
Every day is a school day......................................................I am 59.
gavin Reid You’re never too old to learn!
Which grades have you repeated most often?
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@@briseboy 1st, then the ones where puberty struck
Why you got many likes
This channel is slept on by so many, it is sooo beneficial thanks for the co ntent
Someone once told me that if you spend 15 minutes a day studying something, you will be an expert in a year.
Its true.,,...I spend 15 minutes a day reading Hustler readers and now Iam a sex expert.
So true!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!! I try to evaluate my learning growth experiences as well. I strive to be more productive and happier in life.
Most of the time I don’t enjoy conversations. I seem to always get people who won’t stop talking.
So why are you attracted to people that talk to much? Why are you sat with people you don't enjoy?
dsrtflwr It looks like this is an introvert case. I often attract people who talk too much because they feel listened to. Sometimes I just get exhausted and have to quit from everyone and everything, and be in my empty and personal space of reading, writing and thinking.
I think people avoid learning in order to avoid making mistakes and the negativity they associate with making mistakes from school etc.
If you can embrace making mistakes and realise it’s fine to get things wrong that’s a great platform.
"Read two hours a day" as i struggle to get through 6 minutes on youtube.
I think at the end of the book, you are supposed to put it down. Not pick up another one...
That's why you do it so you can do better.
You gotta do social media cleansing so you can increase your attention span back to it’s natural capacity. The scrolling makes us addicts to “newness”
@@estherbjerga523 that's so true. I'm going to try that.
10 Minute Mindset [ Eboni_Talks ] hope it works out well :)
Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!
Haha I have a 24 hour rule. Listening to your ambitions and body I play with nursing it through and breaking through like a sledgehammer. If I need rest I rest but I have always had a drive to attempt new types of creativity. Everyone should find what works best for them...
To those watching who already follow this method naturally -- don't hide your strengths away. Be confident and show your strengths to others - and then keep at it :-). Good luck!
i have some issue with the idea of "successful people do x, so do x and you will be successful" do UNSUCCESSFUL people also do x?
Yes, these things are inevitably going to be extremely complicated with millions of various outcomes for any given subject. That's why it's important not to take people's words for it but to look at the results themselves, and is why any scientist worth a lick of salt won't just use their status as a place of authority. It's important to consider yourself above all else with these types of things, if it fails to work completely then keep searching for what will, however these are the things that typically work and should (at least partially) work for you or myself.
That's a smart question. I'll agree with the previous post ^^ and quote the Bruce Lee philosophy: "Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless"
@happy face It's never as simple as a 0% chance vs a 0.001% chance. There's always a cost associated. In the lottery analogy, you can't win if you don't play...but playing comes at a cost
@happy face that is fallacious reasoning, you assume x is causally linked to success just because successful people do it, this is confusing correlation with causation, but worse still if its just as equally correlated with unsuccessful people there is no reason to think it is causally connected to success.
@happy face and how could you possibly know that without knowing what x is?
What makes the truly successful people out of people with just good habits is a good portion of "Ambition".
To not turn people off from this it should be called 1 hour a day rule
I have to say that books opened up an entire lifestyle for me which is much richer than I would have otherwise had. Reading opens up a world of infinite possibilities and allows a person to move far beyond that which they are born in to and their immediate environment. It is the key to success.
Unfortunately in this time, if you are not upper or middle class, you usually end up with no time to spend on doing all of these things because you are trying to work to survive. There are plenty of poor people who have what it takes. Extreme sacrifice to get there. That's why only so little of people make it.
Poverty has a financial premium and knocks off many points of IQ.
That excuse has been used since people were sacrificing virgins to the God's. Go back a couple of hundred years and EVERYONE was poor. People in poverty today are rich compared to those a couple of generations ago. They have plenty of time to watch youtube videos, browse instagram and play video games. There is always time for bettering yourself if you want it, most choose to use it for leisure and escapism.
@@Rob-ue6ij , there is truth to Lisa's statement. For our early life our habits are formed mostly unconsciously so factors such as environment, diet, peer grouping, and parenting can either be a boost or a boon to one's development. The level of wealth of a family most certainly determines whether these aforementioned factors will help or hurt a person's chances for success. Sure, if someone wants something bad enough it's possible to achieve the goal (or land among the stars if they should happen to miss the moon), but not only do they have to change who they are (difficult for anyone) they have to know WHAT to change and how (this doesn't even include the lasting effects of decisions they made while in a deeper state of ignorance - teen pregnancy, irresponsible credit usage, etc.). The greater the contrast between what they're used to being/doing and what they need to become/do (not to mention how old they are in life), the more difficult this will be. Often, the choice becomes leaving a lot of close friends and family behind - physically, mentally, and emotionally, only causing further strain.
Life is more comfortable than it's ever been, but it seems like you mention that as if it's an entirely good thing. More leisure options means more temptation, which is especially difficult when we have industries and calculating minds figuring out new ways to get and keep us hooked - from video game mechanics to comfort foods to advertisements and social behavioral "norms", our reward centers are under constant barrage. It's easier to understand if you've lived through it or took the time to understand those who have.
We might agree that it's useless to complain, but if someone is making an effort to better themselves the complaint is usually a cry for help imo. If the people they're around can't relate to them, then forums like this are a pretty good alternative. I find it best to probe for specifics before doling out generalities regarding matters like these.
@@Rob-ue6ij only problem with that is, the fact that people still had a community they could relay on. The church would take you in, the priest would help you. And the teachers would try to help in the free time they had, today there is less social freedom. More constraints and less economic understanding. The devide between rich and poor is so much different than then. That rich people have no understanding. Of the poor, as the poor have of the rich. Money is just a small issue of it all
I think it goes much further than that. A lot of people grow up in less than ideal circumstances, are not having good time in school, therefore have a hard time even reading and comprehending text. Reading books is not something they will find attractive unless they are lucky enough to try again a couple years down the line. I know lots of people who barely ever read books if at all.
Reading, learning, and doing are key ingredients to living and improving life. Like in cooking, each ingredient interacts to produce results. “Results” are the proof of the pudding, i.e. whatever we think, say, and do ... and practice daily. What we do “daily” determines what happens in 50 years. Now, today ... is good as gold! 🙏
Being a DOCTOR and STOCK MARKET INVESTOR, this video was unbelievably useful. Seriously, thanks for the effort you have put in this video. Appreciate it 😊.
This is what I've done for more than a decade! "Pay yourself First"... I write for 2-3 hours every day staring at 5:30... I also am a thinker, and leave plenty of blank space to learn.
*Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.*
What's sleepy conscience
@@prs-fl3sp According to Mark Twain, his definition of an ideal or perfect life, is the company of good friends, read good books and not be too overly bothered by our conscience (our inner sense of what is right or wrong).
As you know our conscience is inevitably pestering us all the time.
Mark Twain used the term “sleepy conscience“, he meant try to dull or pay less attention to our conscience.
In other words, don’t let our conscience keep us up at night, so to speak.
So if we want to live a more pleasant or less stressed-out life, we got to just let go and not be burdened by our ever-present conscience.
In short, don’t worry, be happy.
@@ChessMasteryOfficial It seems that many pay far too little attention to their conscience as it is.
@@ChessMasteryOfficial isn't it good to have a relatively active conscience though? If you choose to ignore it what you are doing is repressing it which may be disastrous in the long term due to guilt from being immoral and not really abiding to your conscience during decisions. I believe people may be happier if they have good friends, read, have a healthy lifestyle and are moral in their character. For example helping people in need when they can and not being a bad person. Maybe having some integrity which would make you feel better about yourself. Obviously you can't always be as moral as Jesus but as long as you are trying to be a good person I think you can live a good life.
@@user-hi2nd True.
Another great video, I am so glad I found this channel, I will be checking out more videos and improving myself, many thanks, Namaste
My job forces me to learn and I still study in evenings. Been doing this for 20 years. Stopped with books and transitioned to youtube lectures
same
Me too, basically. They're much better. I don't see the purpose of reading hours and hours to know a 5 minute bit. A smart relative I have makes fun of me, but he's bitch
Every book whatever its contents, you can learn from it by being a critical reader. It is because these are the various collections of ideas and experiences of people all over the world who lived in different timelines. It will open your mind to new possibilities and gives you another angle to look things at. Non-fictional books can bring you success. And fictional books can bring you positive growth as a person.
& Automates our behavior 🙏🏼. This automated behavior requirement of most jobs is what causes me depression so severe that I can’t go on. Likewise socializing with all the people (most) who have adapted to automation. It’s never been for me.
elsa Grace Growth Shark The Life Formula Diagram your Day , and CONCEPTUAL learning by Repetition,Creativity, and Acquiring NEW knowledge
Excellent.. Thank you soo much for putting in the time to make this video...
I haven’t scrolled down all the comments but I’m sure someone already has or will comment on how this is elitist and that many people struggle financially and this isn’t a possibility for their lives
I can guarantee you as someone who struggled a lot for years that you can do little things to improve yourself
Word of the day for instance
Also we can listen to a useful podcast when you are traveling from your day job to your night job
Actually listen when people talk and ask questions
Pay attention to the bilingual signs to start learning another language
And for heavens sake abstain from the activities which keeps you from succeeding
Stop the sabotage and you will possibly loose some friends and make new ones who share your new common goals
Somebody's always too poor to read, but not too poor for electricity, cable, internet, multiple smartphones, Xbox with Live subscription, and Netflix.
dandre3K you hit the nail on the head
This describes all the friends I had to push away because they lived extravagantly (in a Walmart way) while in debt and were miserable
So miserable that they were ready to scrutinize my conservative lifestyle in every conversation
Now I finally have met my goals
They are still in the same spot
It’s actually painful for me to think about it but if they choose to change they know where I’m at and that I’d love to teach and encourage them
I used the Franklin Day Planners when I was in College and it helped tremendously. I still think along the same lines when organizing daily and longterm goals. It has become habit even though it has been years since I used the planner.
It is very difficult to create a club or find like minded people who are deeply into learning and self improvement. People who read, who keep up with current events and research. Who are open minded to all views(religious political or otherwise).
Yep. Most of the people who _are_ interested are mentally ill or vastly overestimate their abilities, and become a net drag on the progress of other members. The capable candidates are too busy with family/work/play to bother with something so abstract as "self-improvement" unless they think there's a quick buck to be made (e.g. you're a millionaire marketing the club as some kind of seminar). Franklin limited the size of the club to no more than 12, and only admitted new members by invitation and the approval of other members (as he says in his Autobiography). Early on, it's better to stick to topics like science, math, and philosophy, before progressing to politics and religion, which require a lot of trust and good-will.
ryh Very good point!
Up for it!
I read, research and learn things about other religions, worldviews, other languages etc. But "current events" trigger my anxiety so in that case, I just can't. It's better to be ignorant in that regard that constantly on edge. And math? That strikes horror in my heart. I actually have a diagnosed disability in math.
Out of these, readers are probably the easiest to find. There are still people who do read and if you find any of them, maybe you will have other things in common. Maybe just a book club would be a start, though maybe not ideal.
I've always placed "the problems that arise during work" into a stack and work on them as a whole afterwards. Might try and try to deal with them when they appear rather than later.
☺ We have more time on this quarantine
I love the idea of learning. Thanks for sharing!
A) People who like learning already do this
B) People who don't like learning wouldn't be watching this video
Droping billionaire names won't make common falk into creative geniouses, but I guess it gets you views.
Everyone started somewhere with other believes and motivational factors.
The timing and execution has to be right for getting a billion. The name explains the importance of each exercise and how to aim your focus.
Droping a mediocre critque won't make you a creative geniouses, but I guess it gets you likes.
Dropping°
Alyrius 🙌🏾agree😒
I suppose name-dropping town drunks and wine-o's would pass for YOU then, eh?
It's been said repeatedly, that if you want to achieve some station in life, your best approach (right out of the figurative gate) would be to find someone in approximately that station in life, and then seek to emulate them.
If you want to become a championship boxer, maybe pick a professional boxer with a reasonable success rate, or even a current or former champion that you stand a chance at emulating...
If you want to be successful in business, a top-level CEO would be the obvious choice, if you're that interested.
AND if you want to be a successful entertainer with some degree of social influence, you could certainly pick worse than a well respected talk-show host.
The big problem with most of the "efforts don't equal results" types (in my observation) is the "number 2 step" in this video. Maybe you should get back and re-wartch it... yet again. It involves deliberately putting lessons into practice.
Whether you read enough or watch enough instructional vid's or chase down and interview enough professionals or teachers, coaches, etc... If you don't personally put real effort into real practice, you've only memorized information, a far cry from actually learning "the thing" you wanted to learn.
It's the same big difference between me (for instance) who uses considerable high-school math most days... AND the next sod who just regurgitated that crap on test-time and never bothered actually applying a damn bit of it. Now, I'm sitting here (far too often) wondering what the hell is wrong with the moron simps in the population who "Cant" convert one measure for another, or who "Can't" figure out proportions, or basic trig'... I can do that shit in my friggin' head. I ACTIVELY HAVE TO DO them most days in my regular routine... so I paid attention. It IS useful, if you're not too "stuck in the damn electronic gizmo" to get your head out of your ass and actually LEARN something...
Try that. ;o)
Wow. You e listed about 25 things to do inside one hour each day, including taking a walk.
And you squashed it all into a 6-minute video.
Thanks, man, I feel a whole lot less suicidal now.
I have about 24 hours slack a day
Use it. You will lose it.
Your so slacky!
I have 25 hours slack a day 😎
Getting my eyes in front of a book is usually a nice thing. I wouldn't deny myself the opportunity to teach my children to read neither. Its better for everyone in so far as i know.
Last year I finished reading about 5 or more academic books. This year I only read like 2 or 3 (non-academic... ScI-fi ) books and the nerd in me felt so incomplete. It’s like I kinda stopped learning
Learning your passion is success!
But after three hours of learning I don't feel like working anymore
Try something similar to the Pomodoro Method.
For heavy studying, split it up into 1.5h - 2h studying blocks with a longer break in between. Have short breaks during the blocks each 25 minutes or so to stand up walk a few steps and process. That way you don't constantly overwrite what's in your short-term memory with the next thing you're reading.
That is for, as I mentioned, heavy studying. If I'm actually working on a task (putting what I learned into practice), I don't need the short breaks.
sissy
Use the pomodoro method
Awesome video!
Here's an idea. Go learn about survivor bias.
Like others in the comments have mentioned, learning is cool and all, but results matter more than anything else in most domains, so the focus does seem as though it should be on getting things done and not just absorbing information.
"The plans of the diligent surely lead to success,
But all who are hasty surely head for poverty." -Proverbs 21:5
Joey Guerrero thank you for this,
Superb idea to think about.. Thank you so much
I sing 5 hours a Day.. Each Day IT gets more and more powerful
true, b/c after a certain point of rigid practice you are actually not adding anything in, jsut fine tuning the same thing. that threshold is just the point where depth in practice doesnt change any macro goals/actions/quality. Diminishing return on investment.
I saw someone say that learning or reading is a middle/upper class activity. I'm paraphrasing but i disagree - to an extent. There's always dead time that you can use. For example going to work on the bus or walking there. That's why audio books are amazing tools! I would listen to them on the way to work and think about what I listened to as I has dead time in the store ( I was always moving as we weren't allowed to sit down) and then again on the way home.
Chores are dead time, walking your dogs, in the shower - there s so much time to do things.
The problem is having the energy and self control to actually do these things. Because some days you don't want to think, you just want to relax and listen to your favourite album. But there are also just some people who just haven't found the self control yet to even do this sometimes and I feel like they are the people who complain most about their lot in life.
you will find time to do something if you are keen enough to learn. Its amazing how much time we waste just doing mundane day to day stuff...like housekeeping. I can achieve stuff like that during my lunch break...which gives me time later on to do what I enjoy.
the brain is really modular, as is the self. certain areas are more strongly wired, more associated,.
Those who live well-rounded lives, retain best the ability to both shift appropriately and to more deeply associate , retain and establish redundancy and coherence. This is why activity is conducive to learning and memory.
There are different types of memory, for example - implicit, motor skills and nonverbal ability to be aware, sense consciously learn.Explicit memory includes both the salient (driven by strong emotion) experiences, as well as the linking through logic.
Numeracy, literacy, and understanding specifics about cascades of linkages (cause and effect, correlation, and coincidence - an understanding of psychological heuristic lets one understand how erroneous linking occur , both types unique to humans with their symbolic verbal narratives, and the more openly salient narrative-like relationships created through experience and visual, auditory, kinesthetic memory common to many, many more species..
Consciousness has been more firmly localized through modern neurological studies, in limbic structures (I would say connectivity, but do not want to obfuscate the recent findings). What this means, is that all organisms with limbic - emotional and impulse processing - at least including fish and birds, amphibians, reptiles and all mammals, are conscious, . Greater cortical area seems to be involved in more complex retained associative capacity - the learning and rehearsal/redundancies (a far more complex issue which I wont elaborate here) that allow for increased creativity in both physical and mental agilities.
One MUST leave dogma utterly behind. as even that which seems true changes over time with more experience - so long as attention (this is the essence of consciousness) is practiced and exquisite awareness of sensory experience is primary.
We are at a time now, when it is being understood that dreaming and sleep two analogous anabolic processes are slowly being understood as necessary - in SPITE of the drugs (neurotransmitter and modulator analogues - including alcohol are avoided) so commonly used as avoidance mechanisms that dull our capacity to understand what those dreams and proprioceptions so expertly are telling ourselves.
Kahneman's system 1 and 2 thinking are basic descriptions of the way we process and learn; but they are far more associated, and interlinked than is presented by cognitive psychologists. That system 1 - th e quickly reacting immediately responsive thought, is far more conscious and accurate than is presented. EXCEPT when distorted by dogmatic clusters of beliefs.
THIS is why criticality must be maintained - if you thoughtlessly "believe" something, it becomes stiff, frozen ever-harder to agilely change with new experience. In science and math, education is a matter of creating cognitive tools to retain one's criticality. Daily exercise varying like dance, (real dance - not social dancing), other physical arts like the Tai Chi practice of push hands (for those in dense populations who perceive utility is interacting with other humans. no combat artist can learn without ever-new surprise through sparring). Surfers get bored unless different speeds and types of waves are chosen - that sport or practice also allows for unforeseen change, as does rock climbing. Some physical activities cause attention to small variations, and your own choices may make you aware of that. Those involved in resistance training have said for a century that you should surprise your muscles. Areas like th e cerebellum , so important in thsoe more highly variable actions are also involved in learning new mental efforts, from language production and speaking to tha t associative smooth automatic linking is spoke of.
ONe more thing: you will probably not remain associated with lovers and friends who are more rigid inn their beliefs and narrow behaviors. Although we all have the capacity to learn lifelong, sometimes others or even we ourselves have hidden emotiocognitive rigidities which we fear to allow freedom. This type of threat sensing is merely social, but our species is very vary involved in sociality - more so than most, and we are evolved to detect deception, to use it on others for social gain, and even to deceive ourselves. Honesty and integrity are difficult, in many ways the most difficult choices to follow. We cannot be completely aware without humility. Living should make us each humble, grateful, and eager. Seeking dominance over others so narrows our skill acquisition in the broad and natural sense, that competition should only be a minor, at most, part of our lives (we are wired to gain anabolic hormonal response to success, and competition is only one narrow way of several that trigger development. It exists at all because we are that odd, almost eusocial, species, nearly completely interdependent.
Rightly said. Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
0:12 - It's crazy how Benjamin Franklin didn't grow or change a bit between age 5 and his eventual death 50+ years after
Knowledge is power, but application is everything. :)
Not necessarily reading, it’s sometimes overrated, any form of knowledge and what you are going to do about it.
Franklin, of course, teamed up with Stephen Covey and invented the world's best time management system!
Amazing!
Here's an equally amazing tip: if you eat food, you will have GREAT nutrition !
Every single person on your list of successful people had/has someone else (wife, mother, servants, assistants, teams, etc. ) doing everything else for them so instead of cooking, cleaning, grocery getting, laundry, etc. etc. etc.) infinitely easier to spend all day every day reading, learning, making millions that way.
Options:
1. Live in squalor and eat only peanut butter out of the jar ‘till you’ve built The Dream
2. Move back in with parents and let Mom n Dad deal with the adulting stuff
3. Get a 1950s-style wife (no matter your orientation, those kinds of wives do it all)
4. Hire a cook, cleaner, driver, yard care service, dog-walker, nanny, and handyman
5. Hire a team to force into making the ideas you come up with on your walks- a reality.
6. Win the BIG lottery in order to make 4 & 5 possible