Sammo's Ramblings: Laziness and lack of willpower

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There are 3 types of people in this world when it comes to success and chasing goals. The first person is the one who makes no effort in getting where he wants, he lets life push him around and is afraid to make moves, if your reading this then i think it's safe to assume that your not this kind of person because you are at least making an attempt to change your life or else you wouldnt be here. The second person is the one that wants to change, knows what he has to do, and makes an effort to change himself but fails to do so because he slacks off and lacks the motivation. I'm assuming that alot of people here are one of these guys because i was one of them once and it has taken alot of effort to change my habits to become a better man. The third person is the one that constantly stays motivated and never gets side tracked, this is what DJ's should be like to reach their maximum level of self improvement.

It's easy to get motivated, you can just go and read one of BBB's posts, take your pick there all good. ;) But if you want to reach that motivational bliss i speak of then you have to actually feel and experience the things that BBB preaches. The only way you can do this is by putting in the hard work and setting some strict discipline for yourselves. Once you get some authentic motivation then im happy to tell you that it has a snowball effect and once you get a few months experience of motivation under your belt then it just gets easier. Im going to give you some exercises that will help you stay motivated for those first few months.

Online journal
Start one up, its free and it helped me alot all you have to do is write in it about some experiences you had that day and what you should of done instead. Remember to go back and remember how you felt as well, remember what you were thinking and what made you think the way you were and write it all down. It helps, trust me. On a side note if your going to the gym then keep an online weightlifting journal. The advantage of having a journal is that other people can read it and help you analyse your actions. For your convinience i have created some forums where you can create your online journals and where we can help eachother out and keep eachother motivated.

JOURNALS HAVE BEEN MOVED TO CRAZYKIDS FORUM LOOK IN MY SIGNATURE FOR NEW LINK!

This is the thing that helped me the most, i believe it is easier if we do it together rather then alone...

Resist things just for the sake of resistance
Start resisting urges that you have, these urges are coming from the unconcious and once you master the unconcious then you will have alot more motivation. Some examples are, dont eat an unhealthy food that you really want to eat, dont masturbate(good one), stop yourself from doing an activity that you know is bad but you really enjoy(example: playing computer games), etc. When you feel an urge to do something then take a minute to think where these urges are coming from and if they are benificial to your cause.

Make a weekly schedule
Don't actually 'design' one because you will get bored, but have things that add to your improvement every day, for example what i do is go to the gym on monday wednesday and friday after school. I go boxing on tuesday and thursday afternoon. I play soccer on Saturdays and Sundays.

Greed
Constantly remind yourself why you are doing what your doing at any given time, when your thinking about going to the gym, think about the big muscles. When your thinking about approaching a HB think about all the girls. When your thinking about going to a party think about all the fun oppurtunities. I think you get the idea.

Keep it to youreslf.
Don't tell people what you do, keep it to yourself. This may sound strange at first but by telling them that your going to the gym your being insecure at an unconcious level. Your making sure that they know your making an effort to improve yourself, if you keep it to yourself then all the motivation will build up inside and you will lose alot of insecurity and realise its not important what people think. This helped me alot.

Well thats all for the first part, hope you enjoyed!
 
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Finally... a fool-proof plan.

Thank god.

We needed one of these. This thing really is great if you're serious about it.

IT ALL STARTS HERE. READ IT.
 

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Brilliant post Sammo,

You summed it up quite nicely.

1. Inspiration
2. Action
3. Self-Awareness
4. Discipline
5. Power of Mystery (or should I say Explosive Confidence?)

dang I wish I had time to add my 2 cents but I will just say that I am sincerely impressed with how far you have come. Keep the excellent posts coming!

peace dawg!
 

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Good post.

I used to think about having my own journal all the time and how it would help me. I even started one and I wrote in it for about a week but I was too lazy to keep doing it.

I will start using the online journal soon. I will be registered as The_Quiet_Storm.
 

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Good deal. Two thumbs up.
 
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The online journal thing helps a lot, been doin it for almost a year now. I can look back and see exactly what I was thinking that day, it's really helpful.

I remember making a post about Live Jorunals a while ago, if any of you have them send me a PM so I can add you to my buddy list.
 

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I love the idea of Online Journal. I tried to post on your forum, Sammo, but it's so damn buggy. Lots of problems. Wouldn let me log in but not post. Then it wouldn't let me login at all. Not good.

I love the idea though and would gladly participate.
 

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I actually have a corollary for your last suggestion, keeping a secret.

A lot of people can get some easy help by announcing their actions, especially going to the gym. If you announce to the room, as you leave, that "Well, I'm off to go hit the weights" or something similar, not only will you not get sidetracked and head straight to the gym, you'll have someone checking up on you when you get back. "Hey, how was the workout?" and all that. No, it's not as impressive and mysterious, but it can be quite effective.
 

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Resist things just for the sake of resistance
I like this. it is a very interesting idea. This sould help exercising your will.

OK. everyone. Give something you are doing which isnt very benefitial to you for a week.

Ill start - IM GIVING UP DRINKING POP FOR A WEEK.

lets go get em tigers.
 

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bjon, you must give something up for a week. !
 

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Originally posted by BWSL2
I actually have a corollary for your last suggestion, keeping a secret.

A lot of people can get some easy help by announcing their actions, especially going to the gym. If you announce to the room, as you leave, that "Well, I'm off to go hit the weights" or something similar, not only will you not get sidetracked and head straight to the gym, you'll have someone checking up on you when you get back. "Hey, how was the workout?" and all that. No, it's not as impressive and mysterious, but it can be quite effective.
Yeah thats all well and good but if you choose my option then i personally believe you will have more rewards, for example: more confidence, less insecurity, creating mystery, etc. For more information on this topic please read my post in the tips section entitled Explosive confidence
 

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Originally posted by blinkin_winkin
I love the idea of Online Journal. I tried to post on your forum, Sammo, but it's so damn buggy. Lots of problems. Wouldn let me log in but not post. Then it wouldn't let me login at all. Not good.

I love the idea though and would gladly participate.
hmmm, anyone else having this problem?
 

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Originally posted by Sammo
hmmm, anyone else having this problem?
Yea. I registered, logged in, and posted fine. But when i went to my profile to change my password to one i could remember, it started screwing up. It ended up logging me out while I was editing my profile, and then wouldn't let me log back in. Kept saying my login info was invalid even when it wasn't.

If you could work out those kinks and change the color of the forums, then it'd be great. But right now its useless. I won't be able to post my entries unless I register as a different user everytime :rolleyes: .

EDIT: figured it out. It ended up changing my password after all, it just didn't seem like it did since it never confirmed that it saved my changes and just came up with an error after I edited my profile. So it's working fine, for now at least.
 

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Okay im glad you figured that out, oh well guys you get what you pay for. I will change the colours when i get the time ;)
 

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UPDATE: My online journals board has been moved to crazykids forums, you can reach them by using the link in my signature, crazykids forums are less buggy and more active.

All the threads in my forums are being moved to crazykids for your convenience, sign up at crazykids forum.:)
 

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Originally posted by Sammo
UPDATE: My online journals board has been moved to crazykids forums, you can reach them by using the link in my signature, crazykids forums are less buggy and more active.

All the threads in my forums are being moved to crazykids for your convenience, sign up at crazykids forum.:)
That's cool... but could move the accounts over to crazykids also? I don't want to register again and have two blinkin_winkins on the same website.
 

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Originally posted by blinkin_winkin
That's cool... but could move the accounts over to crazykids also? I don't want to register again and have two blinkin_winkins on the same website.
There won't be. Sammo copied and pasted the entries over into a new board on my site. All you do is register on mine and it's good. Sammo closed all the posts on his site, which is/was seperate from mine.
 

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Due to the chance of this being deleted due to time, Matrix has requested me to bump this for it to stay in the High School bible. Thank you.
 
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