Self-improvement is mental masturbation.

You don’t really care about improving.

You just want to feel good about yourself.

 

“Motivation” is about feeling good about yourself.

“Inspiration” is about feeling good about yourself.

“Hustle” is about feeling good about yourself.

Even “PLANS” are about feeling good about yourself.

Oh and obviously resolutions are about feeling good about yourself.

 

Real self-improvement starts with intelligence. And it ends with intelligence.

(Self-improvement, i.e. improving your “outside” conditions)

Real self-improvement is based on keen-eyed self-inquiry, experimentation, trial and error.

No amount of pep-talk can substitute that. This much is obvious… No amount of “KNOWLEDGE” can substitute that. This is not so obvious.

THIS is the moment when your self-improvement becomes self-deception — and you just want the impression of improvement, instead of actual results.

Which is really the only thing you want, in the first place.

On a deep level — you’re scared of improving. You’re scared of changes. You just want to harbour you little ideas of improving, rather then improve. It’s understandable, really.

There is nothing wrong with NOT wanting to improve. The real problem is SELF-DECEPTION. The real problem is pretending that you are something which you’re not.

 

…and most of us are, anyway.

It is a problem.

I say – beware of the charlatan who bothers you with his pep talk.

Both the one outside – and the one inside.

Your stupid resolutions are obviously not improvement. It’s just a talk.

Nor are somebodies lovely mantras to live by. It’s marketable. Which is precisely why it’s not concerned with actual improvement. Because your improvement happens between you and the REALITY. Not someone and his reality.

 

Learn to separate the inflated-sounding nonsense from the reality.

Learn to separate stupid challenging-sounding crap from an actual challenge. No, waking up at 6 o clock and taking a fucking cold shower won’t turn you into a success story.

Learn to separate the NARRATIVE from the FACTS. You love your narrative. But it’s nonsense. Never forget that. It’s just an interpretation.

Learn to separate the rags from the riches. The cult of the struggle only makes you more struggling. Putting in rags won’t make you riches. It will make you rags.

…and talking about success, talking about self-improvement – it has nothing to do with self-improvement.

Beware of the talk. Take MASSIVE action instead.