Firsthand experience makes stronger impression.
Some things you’ll never grasp unless you’ve experienced them.
It’s often impossible to get unstuck without getting one’s hands dirty.
The subconscious pulls us back, as we wonder why we’re stuck,
We only get unstuck once we believe, truly believe, that something is possible
The subconscious doesn’t care about your “ideas”
It only cares about the experiences
Most our wants will never materialize. That’s because we don’t really believe in them.
We have no experience of the reality of our dreams. Subsequently, our actions are not the actions needed to get it.
(In fact — our actions are usually the actions needed to keep us stuck, keep us within the confines of our identity, and never peek beyond)
I don’t believe in great determination or great motivation,
I believe in action, simplicity, and SIMPLE ACTION.
I believe unless you’re simple you will delude yourself.
I believe unless your actions are simple — they will not lead you where you want to go.
Action must be simple
DIRECT
No vague long-term nonsense
A very concrete step
AS SMALL as it needs to be
Simple, concrete action leads to concrete, discernible results
You want to perceive
You want to have direct contact with it
You want to feel it and know it
This is how you know it is real and not unreal, and not an idea of your mind
Concrete action should lead to concrete result should lead to concrete feedback, concrete perception, should convince you IT IS FOR REAL
once you know it is for real
you can make another step
and another step
and another step
this is how you get somewhere
PLANS are good for engineers
plans are not good for UTTERLY REINVENTING ONESELF
plans are good when the results are predictable
plans are terrible when you plunge into the unknown
take simple action
get direct results
sell your maps and get a compass
then move, one step at a time
sell your plans and get a direction
then move, one step at a time
please be simple
make a simple, square decision
take the simple, direct action
get actual results
be modest and unpretentious about it
love what you’re doing
and you’re good to go