Hustle Culture is More TOXIC Than You Think | Asmongold Reacts
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Hey Zack, I'm likely not your usual demographic, I'm a middle-aged woman who is not a gamer, but I'd like to say I really enjoy your content. You are one of the few that unabashedly go with your gut and say your real opinion. You make me laugh
@Life O'Connell what are you talking about dude?
I think roughly 55% of his viewer demographic are women above the age of 35.
@Life O'Connell it's one image with a weird angle, you can't exactly tell a lot of a person by that picture alone
@Life O'Connell Middle aged is 30-40
@@mintfloss15 Im really interested in how have you come to this conclusion, but assume its just a lousy trolling attempt
In youtube comments you'll see people who act like "Ok but this NFT is still 80k so how can NFTs possibly be bad". This type of brain damage is what I picture happens when you stay in hustle culture too long. Everything not related to making money just doesn't exist anymore. NFT has big number so NFT good. All the other points about cheating, how it makes games worst, and how stupid it is doesn't even register in their mind. Fun, relationships, values, touching grass, all of that is gone.
It's basically spiritual death; everything in the culture is about vanity and denial of the march of time. You make the assumption that you will always have time for the things which make life worth living at some point when you can just love wealthy. Nevermind that you will have given up your youth, missed out on the close and intimate relationships which makes life worth it, you just exist to consume shit.
I have to say: in many companies, the "winners" or more competitive people with a high drive actually end up getting punished. Taking initiative and investing with your workplace can often get taken for granted. Promotions may not be based upon those qualities that you're showing. Instead, what happens is that poor performers are able to get by while higher performers are expected to carry the weight of others. So, in essence, the performers with less motivation or competitiveness do better.
I got all my promotions by just being annoying to management but not enough to where I'm hated. Applying for a higher position afterwards usually causes them to just accept it as its easier to deal with. Office culture is very nuanced and can't really be understood by people who don't actually work. Its also usually different across workplaces too(expecting things to be very different in a smaller company as opposed to where I work for example). Agreeing 100% with what you said too as I see it happen first hand, people really good at their job are kept in their position as them leaving would cause chaos as only a few people do any actual work.
The best way to go about it is you bust your ass, preach your worth and demand more if refused you threaten to leave if ignored you do leave and try again somewhere else. Somewhere along those lines you'll move up but it just depends where you are what you are doing ect
@@razerscale3590also don't tell them lol or they over work u.also us u last job. So they don't call ur company over work, an petty boss gives u a bad review
The way Asmon contextualizes everything is just so great. Finally someone who talks with a brain about life. 100% would watch again!
Dude is rich and doesn't have to work another day for the rest of his life at age 30. What a moronic comment.
How was the second watch?
Some bases takes on this one. Asmon was on point.
I’m a 3 time felon that put myself through 20 years of a horrendous addiction.
Today I work an amazing job, that is guaranteed, that is scalable, and that i plan on implementing on my own in my own business once I build enough to buy my own machines.
This world isn’t going to save you, wake up.
Only Jesus can save
@@silvastiandon't wait for someone to save you, it isn't going to happen. Save yourself
@@silvastian That only works if you believe reallllly hard and go through life ignoring everything that goes against that belief.
Jobs aren't forever but death is.
My problem? Resentment. I can't rationalize it or block it out. I'm here because of my own decisions, based off circumstances I didn't choose. I chose the best of multiple awful options. I didn't have the choice to pick a better option, there was never the opportunity given my life experience and the environment I was in. So resentment breeds from this. I can fix my situation, I'm going to try. But I'm also 100% liable to absolute self destruction of me and everyone around me, and I have very little ability to control it, because it's irrational, so I can't rationalize it. So I'm basically at the behest of my direct environment.
It's true you need the humility to see that many of your problems are your fault, but you also need the confidence to believe you can change them.
Blaming yourself for everything can be mentally really unhealthy and psychologist often try to get you out of that mindset
@@kantanenakseli8886 great, but that's a whole different problem
@@kantanenakseli8886 After being out of that mindset is the next level. You have to be mentally strong enough to re-identify those problems and actually try to fix it yourself. The only person who can really do it is you, nobody else.
It is not because you are broke than you are broken and need fixing.
When a problem is society wide , it needs society wide solutions.
Hustle culture is great as a shock to the system to drastically turn your life around. But its key to keep in mind that while life is a competition, it's a marathon, not a sprint. You have to work at a pace that you can sustain.
This is the important thing.
life isnt a competition. People value different things, people live different lives. If you sit there and believe in the false reality that life is a competition then you'll be unhappy because you constantly compare yourself to others. It will leave you empty in the end.
Life isn’t a competition. The only one you’re trying to win against is yourself. You want to be content, You want to be stable, You want to be happy, You want to enjoy yourself. Some men are perfectly content with a small house with their wife and kid, enjoying themselves peacefully. Others can’t stand the sight of that picture, and only want mansions and fast cars.
With the picture of these two people I’ve outlined, who crossed the finish line? Who ‘won’? If you asked me, all of them won. If the man with a small house wears the same smile as the man in the mansion, and feels the same warmth at night before they sleep, then how could either of them have lost?
So if two of those men ended in two different tax brackets but still ended up passing on happily, who set the goal post? They did. They chose where the finish line was. Not the world, not society, and not anyone else.
All that is super complicated. All you need to know is 'Am I happy? What will make me happy? I should do the things that bring me happiness.' That's it. That's the meaning of life. That's the whole thing.
I really agree with asmon here. My life has been basically ruined from letting myself get overwhelmed and blaming everything on everyone and everything but myself, but I can foresee my life being a lot better if I change the way I see the world and take more accountability for the things I have an effect on. I'm just a guy, just a viewer, just a random basically skill-less depressed person, but I realized I have been doing everything wrong, my focus is in the wrong place and I need to work on fixing the mistakes. You really do need to be your own "north star" and remember what separates you from the things you hope to someday achieve, then just work on closing that gap. I'm right there with you in a teeth situation. I lost my self worth over time and I need to build it back up, but I'm determined today, I plan to stay determined.
And yes, no one really is going to be there for you everytime you fall, no one is always gonna be there for you but yourself and you can't expect others to fix your problems, you need to show people you can fix your problems and that them helping your situation is going to make a real difference. You get what you put out in life and if people see you truly striving and being a good person and sticking to your beliefs, they will be more likely to trust that they can actually help you in an effective way, major or minor.
Good luck mate.
That asks the question: if no one is really going to help you, why should you be kind and try to help others? Why should you help the homeless? The ones who suffer slavery in clothing factories, etc? If no one is willing to lift a finger for you, why should you for them?
It seems like a pessimistic take. Your friends should help you if you need it; your family should help you if you need it; your partner should help you if you need it. If they don't, they are terrible for you, and are parasites in your life.
@@freezeaim2412
1. You cannot control others, you can only control yourself. Bad people will always exist in this world. You do not need to be one of them.
2. Obviously good things SHOULD happen for everyone, but you can't force people to be good. A good deed is what is done by someone WILLINGLY.
3. Demonizing people and burning bridges because THEY don't help YOU is the most mind-blowingly selfish advice I've ever heard. You would even go so far to refer to your own partner, family, and friends as parasites? You seem like an extremely toxic person for everyone in your life.
There's no point in "assigning blame". Whether it's your fault or not, you have to deal with it anyways. The origin of it doesn't actually matter. Blaming everything on yourself as a default is pretty unhealthy imo.
@@freezeaim2412 not everyone has family and friends to help them. And it's not always their fault either. I find it an unhealthy position: you don't treat people the way you are treated, you treat them the way you wish you were treated - and then you will be. No one owes you anything either.
I made it in life. Struggled for years. A few years ago I retired at 40. Got some dogs, a house from paying back taxes on it, and I take care of my disabled uncle that his insurance pays me, and I do some freelance 3D work and programming for fun shit and building stuff for hobbyist flight simmers. Maybe 10 hours a week toward that stuff and it's stuff that's fun for me. F yeah. No 9-5.
Not a millionaire nor do I care. I wake up every day and do what I want to do or enjoy doing. Never bored and don't care about competing with anyone else.
Being charming and making people laugh, having connections and leveraging them will lead you to success more than hard work. The smartest/hardest working often end up taking the load of others not moving forward if they are socially awkward and not politicking.
Exactly. It’s who you know, not how hard you work. You need to impress the right people.
@@abluelark It's both who you know, and who knows you. If who you know is just the middle manager and not the CEO's next of kin then that will only get you so far.
Completely agree
What leads you to a successful life depends greatly on your goal and efforts. It's all a matter of what you personally integrate for a comfortable pursuit.
@@abluelark every job I've ever gotten, every internship, every "level up" was because I busted by ass and knew the right people lol. Schmooze the right people and many doors open up for you. I won't go into specifics but I got an opportunity no one else was eligible for (pandemic precautions) because I got an excellent reference from the right person. They made an exception for me because of that person I knew. Getting my spot as a teaching assistant was basically a shoe in because I'm on great terms with the department head who handled the application process. I get more leeway as well in my schedule because of that as well (get to request the classes I teach and such). As I'm finishing grad school now, I'm solidifying those professional relationships for letters of recommendation, references for jobs, etc as there's nothing like putting Dr. John Doe PhD as a reference to stand out above the rest of the applicants.
One thing I know is that if they talk about making a lot of money and they are trying to constantly sell you courses. You are the sucker, and they made money from courses and not from 'hustling'. Scam artists
Kinda like this guy trying to sell you his book, huh?
There are so many good points and so many lessons to be had from this video.
Acceptance of our current situation even if it's a bad one is such a helpful mindset to have and can help manage our stress response.
Hustle culture also benefits the company that the person is working for. It's just another incentive for the heads of these companies to either encourage, or at least not criticize how unhealthy it can get. Why not let people assume that infinite grinding and hustling will fulfill you, more money in my pocket!
I don’t need to hustle culture to keep me motivated if I don’t “hustle” in my job people can die. Depending on your profession, this dictates a lot about how much hustle is necessary. In the context of the content creator realm this guy exists in, it will do his creativity harm if he burns out and “hustles” too much. His logic only applies in certain realms.
If a nurse for example hustles too much, like works 16-hour shifts every day for a week, people can die from their burnout, too, even if they're doing the best they can. Everybody needs rest, interests outside work, etc. It applies to just about every field there is, but I agree with you that it applies better for people in creative fields where they have more control over their own schedules.
@@kellyriddell5014 But according to Asmon apparently that’s fine right? If you’re the nurse and people die as long as you’re not sued or fired and you improve your own career you shouldn’t care about the collective.
I’m not saying that’s right, I’m saying Asmon’s take on this ignored morality altogether.
Saying you shouldn’t care about how your own progress affects other people because you are an individual not a collective.
I love Asmon I agree with most of his takes but I think we should do whatever we can to improve our lives within moral limits.
Now what the moral limits are is a whole other discussion of course.
@@salimarg9702 Yeah, I think this take missed the mark too. He's right in the sense that you can't count on anyone to care about fixing your problems more than you do, but other than that, I disagreed with a lot of what he said.
After you hit 6 figures money doesn’t make you happier it just makes you more secure. Different problems come with it though
@row5206says someone who doesn't have 500 dollars to they name lol
@row bruh wtf. give me 2k euros per month and I don't want anything else . a nice house,a good car,wife,kids,friends to party. why the fuck do u want an island? being happy is provided through little things
18:00 the promotion itsself is a myth. its not necessarily the better one that is promoted, promotions are just happening arbitrarily so its kind of a "story" you have to do this to get this. its conditioning for you to think that you are suppose to do certain things to get the treat of a promotion even though you will never get it any way.
While I do agree that having a mindset that takes responsibility for our own choices and actions is an important part of finding our own happiness and success. I also think it is equally important to recognize the difference between the things in our lives we can control and the things we cannot, and what is important and deserves our focus and attention and what doesn't and is just a waste of our time. Find out what success means to you and pursue that version of success over what anyone else thinks it means. I think another important fact that gets over looked in these conversations is if you simply think everything is your fault, both good and bad then that leaves you no room to step back and understand the bigger picture and makes progress as a society impossible
I can tell you w certainty the people at the top def didn’t work the most efficiently 😂. To get to the top you gotta be riding someone’s sausage
How many cocks did u ride to get this information sir?
Based. If 1 position opens at a company. 85 potential workers can get a promotion. The one that gets it isn't the hardest worker, but the one the bosses like the most, or nepotism.. that's the sad reality of life. So instead of working so hard, get good at meat riding...
This video was actually very helpful for me as a SAHM funnily enough. Key points being when asmon said embrace the hard parts because its easier than letting them slide, plan for burnout and reset, find a meaning bigger than yourself, and create a system that works for you. Very good advice in here for any type of lifestylem
its not scarcity its greed full stop
I love the view of having personal agency and thinking of problems as your fault and that you have the power to solve them. I used to feel that exact way and try to stay thinking that except now I'm married and now I have a child.
As soon as you are in a relationship there's a lot that are entirely outside your control and problems that you can have zero control over. Things that aren't your fault and you torment yourself because toxic people try to make you feel like everything is your fault and you suck but they can't tell you how without bullshitting you or just being vague and disgusting. Worst is that I'm my worst critic and that feeds into itself. All I'm saying is fair warning to anyone considering getting into a relationship and make sure you don't get into one with someone toxic. If you do at least be prepared for life to become hell at least mentally. It can be that way even with someone who doesn't have obvious red flags etc. In hindsight my spouse probably did have some big red flags that a newbie virgin like me should've paid attention to and steered clear of. Now I have what I have and it kinda sucks but it also is kinda good sometimes. If anyone's learned how to not be mentally f*cked when hit with malevolence let me know, I'm still traumatized a bit from some crap we went through as a couple.
I'm on the opposite, giving her all kind of bullshit because of my anger issue on circumstances which neither of us at fault. But I'm certainly that's she's best thing that ever happened in my life no doubt about it.
So my advice is try to find beautiful aspects in them along with the ugliness too, assume that your life would have been more fucked without them and be thankful that they are here with you.
People doesn't appreciate what they got until it's gone.
Good thing no woman wants to even look at me let alone live with me …
@@WheresMyInhaler when's the last time you left your house and actually put yourself put there? Are you holding yourself to the same standards you would hold your hypothetical girlfriend to, such as physical attractiveness or behavior?
Do not listen to success stories, they are unique and not repeatable; observe their failures and learn from them
This is such a weird conceptualization of Hustle Culture. Back in the day, "having a hustle" essentially meant running a get-rich-quick scheme. You rejected the establishment and went for whatever the easiest score was (often times selling 9rugs). It was defined in large part by the fact that you WEREN'T going to be working hard or making any long term investments.
You're using slang and colloquialisms to try and attack the English language? How about going back to the root of the word and not using some 90s slang to try and make a point.
@@dreddscott3873how far back should we go numb nuts? His 90s slang version is the most accurate version of the word attuned to pop culture than whatever Shakespearean origin of the word that you're talking about, stupid
@@dreddscott3873 hustle, meaning hustling someone out of their money, conning them.
@@unlisted9494 that is a modern day interpretation and meaning and not the original.
I haven't watched Gary V in 4 or 5 years, but I remember him preaching self awareness. For him, it was a great fit to hustle as hard as he does. But he also really hammered home how important it is to understand what is sustainable for your own circumstances and goals. I feel like a lot of people do not highlight this important point that Gary focused on (or at least used to, can't talk to his current content).
Or how many times he points out that people *can* have money if they just don't buy dumb shit anymore
The thing about hustle culture that many youtubers neglect to mention is that these points of view come from the perspective of someone who knows how to start a business which is not the reality for most people. If someone wants out of that hustle culture, chances are they will be the miserable mcdonalds employee living off of 2-3 extra jobs. You either participate in the hustle or live always a dollar away from bankruptcy.
The only way out of hustle culture for most people is either learning how to game the hustle with the chosen skillset, sacrifice all hobbies, free-time, and sanity in hopes of retiring by the late 30s to early 40s, or risk bankruptcy just to start a business. No matter what is choosen however, chances are most people will work themselves into the ground regardless.
Life as a competition is a very USA way of looking at life. I work at IT and I have necer encountered a situation where I dont get promoted if another person does, or where someone else doing better than me affects me in any way but possitive. What most people value above all else is you being easy to work with, creating a good enviroment and being open. Maybe my experience is too narrow or the EU is too different to the USA but competition doesn't seem to have that much of an impact in our daily life's as you'd expect from education. P.E. just because Asmon is succesful doesnt mean others can't. I watch him and I watch people with 100 viewers, and if both stream at the same time I'll watch the one that has the most interesting topic that day.
There's only so much you can do alone.
That last part helped me so much. It came at a time when i was diagnosed with a tumor that I would probably need to leave the country for. I was feeling mighty sorry for myself but it helped me put into perspective that atleast it isn't cancerous.
Hustle Mindset is just the horoscope for men
Best fucking take on this so far .
When I first saw Garyvee I was totally onboard and he sucked me in with his antics. Didn't take long for the shine to wear off doe, he just knows how to manipulate his favourite product, his viewers.
How exactly and precisely does he manipulate hie viewers? Examples and evidence, please
It's interesting, talking about "making bad life decisions" . Right now I'm going through some shit that was, indeed, brought on to me by a bad decision I made a long time ago. Also, recently, I found out I am bipolar, and "bad life decisions" are basically a symptom. So yeah, I've been thinking about that one a lot and where to draw the line between my decisions and my illness.
@@donventura2116 Thank you, I think that's good way to think about it.
Hustle culture is really only a thing in the US, having a government that does nothing for you and actively supports business over its citizens wellbeing is the name of the game.
Very sagely commentary in this one. It's good to see a well-balanced perspective in this mire we call the internet.
this was the best video in a long time, such positive unrelenting insight that so few people these days fail to grasp or outright ignore. Asmongold a true beacon of unmitigated facts and "true"s!
46:00 Absolutely right! Hard work without efficiency and direction is just grinding. Its admirable but highly unsustainable and self-destructive. Pure hustle should be done in sprints so you don't burn out and lose sight of what really matters. The idea is to sacrifice short-term joy for long-term gains.
I think the best way to view life is to have a competition with yourself. You can only compare yourself to yourself, no one has had the same experience and background than you. Be kind to yourself, but that also means that you have to push yourself into being the best person that you can be. However, take your time. You don´t have to rush things. As long you are healthy and and willing to change you can overcome a lot in life.
Great episode! Love the discussion and insight.
I agree with you on pretty much every point you made here, but imo there is one caveat. I disagree that no one cares or will come through for you except in rare unpredictable situations. I do agree that getting over your problems is on you and in your own mindset completely. However, I have 1 person, that it took a long time to find, who truly cares about my issues and comes through for me every time as I do for them and that would be my husband. Doesn't have to be a spouse, but it is possible to have someone in your life that truly does care, but doesn't coddle or enable you. Even with that support though, I still stand on it being on the individual to be able to look at themselves, take inventory and then take the steps needed to move forward in a better way.
I think he took one thing wrong about competition: The competition is not who works better, but it's a competition on: who is more likable? If there is a promotion 9 times out of 10 the more likable person will get the promotion, not necessarily the more hard working one.
I own a successful small business and one of our priorities at the company has been to keep a work life balance. That said bursts of hustle are a necessity to get things growing and moving. My Dad made the analogy to me years ago that starting a business is like pumping water by hand. Very hard when pumping the water up at first but once it starts flowing and the vacuum is created it's easier to pump the water. This is true in my experience. Getting your first few big projects as a business is daunting and hard but with every success your confidence improves with your reputation and it gets much easier. Even your failures help you learn and improve your confidence when analyzing new clients and jobs.
@@SacredCASHcow nice keep going. Seems like you have a good mental. Getting the water to flow in 4 months is a great turn around!
Thank you Asmon and the editing team for all the content, been watching since 2015
efficiency is so important. I remeber when I was on collage i passed some test within a couple of weeks while my friends learned it for months and still can't get over it. Just because they are not efficient with studying.
The hustle culture mindset is so brain dead to me. Like we all have 80 years. And ur going to waste that much time hustling for an extra paycheck that you don’t even really need. On your deathbed you’re gonna want to remember the fun you had, not how much money you had. You can’t take the money with you when you go.
Well I wasn't expecting such a cathartic experience today but wow lol. Thems was some real wise words that I needed to hear.
Up until somewhere last year I really felt like I need to do things with my life, change, work and make things happen etc. For me change was brought by Bo Burnhams Song "1985". Even though its a comedy song unrelated to me, somehow I changed after listening to it a bit and startet caring less. I just live my life now and don't let shit affect me. Life is not a race and I can just be the regular average guy.
Being "succesaful" means different things to everyvody. You can be happier working less and being happier can be your definition of success. It is for me. I dont have a nice car or a house, but i dint care and i dont want people around me who value that to an insane level. Lets just have fun and stop worrying about collecting accolades that mean nothing when you are in the ground or turned to ash.
1usd can be a lot to people in countries where the exchange rate is high, you could possibly pay your days expenses with one dollar in some places, it's not close to living in USA on 1 dollar
A hustle guide to stop hustling. Neat
I been on the grind mindset and finally reaching my burnout point, came across this at a perfect time
Work is more cooperative than competetive. His (only) example of if you work harder you're more likely to get a promotion puts said promotion as the highest value which it usually is not.
Alot of people just want to get to their job, put on something to listen to, do their thing and then clock out and not think about work until the next time you clock in. The promotion usually means shitty working hours and bringing work home with you. I could absolutley be "competetive" at work if i wanted to but it's just a straight up shitty thing to do in my line of work as it would put all the bad parts of work on the other shifts. Instead we agree "we do things this way so that we can all have a good time while were here" which is a much more pleasant life in the end.
1. There are finite resources, but basically all scarcity is artificial. We could clothe, feed, house, and give everyone a fridge, a microwave, and a TV with more to spare. 2. In a lot of corporate environments, skill/usefulness/ability does not dictate all that much. Theres a reason people say "those who cannot do lead". A three person team that does good, critical work and provides value required for the business to operate will stagnate while people who sit around and fluff each other in conference rooms will keep moving up the ladder. And that ignores the fact that the people who are making the most money don't even need to clock in. They just profit off of everyone else's work.
You're going to be somewhere at all times so you might as well have fun while your there. I don't see a time in my life where that doesn't apply.
The funny part is that my mentor is much like garyvee except he actually made something of himself aside from driving around in his cool super cars, preaches the same stuff basically and on top of it has helped me sell off some of my work through one of his establishments
Gary V, lol.
I started with nothing but a shirt on my back and a family owned wine business.
Wait Gary V the wine guy made a media company? That dude does so many stimulants omg it makes so much sense I’m just shocked that this video started with the late-2000’s era wine guy
This dude is too successful to preach something this down to earth aimed. "Plan a holiday every year to prevent living in burnout" Dude I take 3 days off work in a month and I lose my apartment
I like how they meant the meant and thought the same thing but semantics make it so complicated
I think it is a good philosophy to look at what other people do, don’t necessarily listen to what people do - because people lie.
The problem for me isn't finding something that I love doing, but that I get bored easily. Once I crack the code I'm bored. I don't like execution. I like design.
enjoy the suffering because it comes everywhere at any level; “pick your poison”
Something I figured out a bit too late on "no-body gives a damn". Sometimes you're on one side of the pit and there are ppl on the other side of the pit that do really want you to cross the pit but you're the one that has to cross it and regardless of how weak or strong you're there's a real chance that you may not survive but they really do want you to cross it. Thing is, even self-interest aside, it's just not possible at times to help you because you're not in that mental state or helping you hurts them or something but life gets way easier with accountability. Life sucks a lot of times, very often but at least for me it helped when I knew there were ppl I wanted to help that I couldn't and therefore there were ppl that wanted to help me but couldn't. But it also helps to consider a lot of ppl that are doctors in remote, unprivileged areas, ppl that give up their life for others, ppl that do more charity than they can afford so at the end of the day, no one owes you much but if it's an unpleasant thought, you can be the change you want to see and create the idealistic world that sounds pleasant, It just means a little more work and a little more sacrifice.
My main deterrent is i'm just so much more tired now, at 31 y/o then i was even 4-5 years ago. I really can't tell if it's just especially me or whether this is normal, and i can manage some usual stuff, but just at a slower rate - and it's in an abstract way daunting. idk, i do despise just how much of a drop off, given i now eat and sleep far better then i ever did in my 20s, and I finally am good at what I want to do. It just feels like such a betrayal, i mean i'm not even that old lol, I now think it's so important to start a craft or passion really early, that said that's more or less impossible for some fields, like how are you gonna get a 11 y/o into using blender as an example?
Focusing on your personal problems going on in ur specific life rather than problems you have no comtrol over is going to have a much bigger positive impact on ur life. Exceptions go both ways and there are ppl in third world countries who are happier than most over here despite their circumstances.
I do think competition is healthy, however people are having anxiety attacks over metrics/goals made by management. To perform better while getting paid the same same.
18:50 "All evil comes from scarcity" nice
17:30 yeah there is a reason for that super-structure... it has enabled a great deal of advancement. we sacrifice ourselves for the future through the pursuit of our curiosities to some extent. if society imposes rules in order to establish order, we are collectively working towards something other than our immediate selves. it would be nice if that other was something worth our time though, and not just us being farmed by oligarchs
not to say that that is all we have to show, but we bleed a lot of effort into the pockets of the powerful, they dont make our contributions very efficient
this is all very much a game to win if you are very smart, and one that leaves the rest behind for the sake of maybes
Fucking asmon is essentially a philosopher I learn so much from this guy I don’t idolize people or put one on a pedestal but I just hope I’ll be like him when I grow up
living like an animal but building up brick by brick, making my own paradise come true!
Love your content, always concrete critical comments. Great humor and a lot of insider knowledge, thank you so much!
For Asmon to compare hustle culture with being a streamer only highlights just out of touch he is. Yes, it’s not easy and yes he works long hours - but he doesn’t have to, and it’s certainly not the same as trying to start a business from scratch. I know he did, but only after he had millions to sink in to whatever projects he wanted to.
Out. Of. Touch.
he's comparing with streaming so he can talk about his experience. don't take what he says like it has to be religiously true and if is not he's out of touch or he's whatever, like, chill.
Desperation is a bad source of motivation because it will prevent you from exercising patience when it's the best solution.
Greed and Scarcity connect.
Like....when you have a psychological problem,lack of love, ( or self respect, shyness, fear, anger, trauma etc.) that you try to overcome with money and power, and the power money brings, there will never be enough, because money and power can not solve your problem, they can only fix the symptons shortterm. You can throw money in form of hookers, drugs, fancy clothes and other statussymbols at the problem all you want, when you lack trust, you need emotional,psychologicl work.
So greed produces scarcity.
I was raised with my mom pounding into my head that I had to go to college or become homeless. But after a few years i dropped out. She was furious but I didn't understand why because she was saving money and I would be doing what I loved instead of what society expects. My mom never trusted I could survive off of what I enjoyed doing or get a stable job without a degree. Pretty sad.
I love how he has the word WISE tattooed @4:16 in his knuckles 😂😂😂
The Last 10-15 Minutes of this video is just "Powerful". Thanks for speaking truth and sharing your thoughts.
It’s like they say:
Hard smarter, not worker.
This guy is basically just countering the hustle culture to promote his own business.
participation trophies have done so much damage to the human psych. you don't get rewarded for working hard you get rewarded for doing good work or working smarter
A perfect way to think about competition is a job interview where it’s more than just you applying… if another person gets the job, you dont. If you get the job, then they don’t…
4:56 - Newton used calculus to calculate Pi instead of Archimedes' painstaking polygons method.
Ludolph van Ceulen worked hard. Newton worked smart.
What happens if you spend 3 years building towards something. Then multiple awfully unlucky things happen at once and you watch it all crumble infront of you.
What happens if you spend 3 years building towards nothing?
All you need is enough to get a couple of cars and a house to live in, or just 1 car, and have a part time job to afford food. I agree with asmongold on your not a loser if you don't have allot of money, 50 freaken cars, a privat jet, or a limo. If you get a car, house, and a family, I think your good to go to live your life and enjoy it. Your successful as long as your alive and have loved ones surrounding you, and that's all that matters. Now if you get a house a car and a family even and you want to try and become rich make sure your stable and happy first.
Asmon had a bit of an issue staying on topic here. I get what he’s saying but wasn’t staying within the context of the video he’s responding to. Glad you’re covering this though. It’s good stuff
I think this is great commentary. Even though a lot of people don't like the 'pull yourself up by your bootstraps' mentality, I think that it's really important. I work a full time job and build a business on the side. A lot of the game of life is taking stock of where your life is at, deciding to go all in to make a change and taking full accountability of your life.
My guy had every real-life debuff
Heck yeah, a Struthless vid reaction.
23:08 He's not saying it isn't a tragedy or that it's possible to live off of less than $1 a day. His point is that on the extreme ends of things there are billionaires that horde money and think they just need more while there are other people who live off of basically nothing. It's showing the polarization of both sides of the scale.
25:45 this is so well said :D, it is up to you to overcome whatever challenges you have against you. Some have it easy, but everyone has a chance.
Sorry but, not really. A good majority do yes, but not everyone.
@@justpazzingby13 I'd say not even the majority.
A book called Essentialism is awesome and talks about this topic. You need to have fun, you need breaks.
I dunno, "The fact is that the greatest crimes are caused by excess and not by necessity. Men do not become tyrants in order that they may not suffer cold; and hence great is the honor bestowed, not on him who kills a thief, but on him who kills a tyrant." Aristotle.
I do believe most of life is a competition but i do not think we can blame the evils of man on the environment or scarcity of resources.
Thomas Shelby quotes are pure cringe. I prefer when he is used in the song just the 2 of us, placed beside an anime girl.
13:38 FSIEH holy shit. Nah that deserved a ban for sure lmao
asmon thinking the harder worker gets promoted is fucking adorable. He literally argued against this himself at the beginning wtf lol the myth of meritocracy
what about ppl whos environment is to pursue better things but in an illegal way? and tahts all they know? i mean is nurture any part of it? or are we suppose to be ubermensch and be able to just power through any obstacle? and are we all built the same way so that we can do so? cause end of day even fight or flight is based on an individual
13:34 Arrogant much just because the argument is facetious doesn't mean its not valid....
Scarcity. Blew my mind dude. The root of all evil. You’ve truly changed what and how (wip) I think about many things. You’re much more than a “gaming streamer”.
no offense, but you need to reconsider your worldview if it was changed so easily by a random internet stranger you never met talking about basic things
@@zlr9022 no offense, but who it is and whether or not I know them doesn’t mean the way they think about things isn’t something to admire. And to practice doing.
@@benjaminschimpf421 a lot of things asmon says is unhealthy and he needs help. Be careful who you take advice from
@@zlr9022 didn’t say I agree with everything. But keep in mind you’re also a random dude on the internet so… 🤷🏻♂️
Entertainment from Asmon is important to society lol no joke. I work hard n use his entertainment to relax after work
I was into hustle culture for a few years myself. Ultimately, it leaves you with the feeling you can always be doing more...which is true...but what that really means is that you feel inadequate and never good enough all the time. You constantly compare yourself to others and become solely focused on making money which again...not a bad thing, but it's not what life is about. At this point I get kind of disgusted when I see hustle content lol. Burnout for sure
What's better is building skills and comparing how good others are at a skill than you. Money is just material needs and nothing else for someone with brains.
To anyone who still consumes Gary V's stuff, is he still scamming people with his NFT's? By "scamming" I mean is he still drawing stick figures in MS Paint and convincing his fanbase that they're the rarest thing on the planet so they buy them up for absurd amounts of money?
Lowkey he's still hustling in different way
Our resources are NOT SCARCE and yet they are commodified to the point that large portions of the population can be priced out of them
I absolutely disagree, greed is a bigger driving factor in the world than scarcity
Balance in the force we must