The Disease of Idealism and the Manual to Life.

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Upon waking, I generally check the boards for any interesting topics of discussion or posts that I have insight on. As of late, though, I have become incredibly dismayed at the degradation of topics and posts. Not that we all don't have concerns, issues, or worries, but that it seems too many guys have TOO many issues, worries, or anxieties over life, women, dating, and sex.

Why, guys?

Apart from the fact that there will be minor setbacks (which you should appreciate now, not loathe), it makes no sense to see that a truly great piece of work (i.e the Dj Bible and other books available at amazon.com) goes relatively unused, unnoticed, and unreferenced.

Moreover, what guy wants a manual to life? Yes, a manual. I would HATE it, if someone popped up and said:

"Here's all the answer to life, you'll never have a question about women, and it will be so easy to make money, lay chicks, build a better body, OH, and by the way, you can play XBOX and watch football too while getting head."

If we had nothing to strive for we'd become bored, complacent, dolts. By having lack, we can appreciate abundance. By having winter, we can sow the seeds of wealth and prosperity for the spring, summer, and harvest in the fall. You see, each moment IS NECESSARY to reach the next.

I didn't know how to tie this in, but now I do.

Do you know why Tony Little became a pro-bodybuilder, and then subsequently began doing Home Shopping? No, not because he was a weird toolbag with a ponytail. Because when he was younger, he was picked on for his size. His apparent LACK of size lead him to balance that out by adding size. Many of the poorest people in our country became quite wealthy because it was this IMBALANCE that drove them to seek BALANCE.

You see, the SELF-IMAGE seems to always see itself as ONE WAY even if it achieves its desired goal. If you're fat, you kind of always see yourself, or at least feel you're that, and almost never go back. How many girls, or guys, were chubby, finally dropped the weight and are not workout freaks? I know quite a few in HS that are not in near perfect shape, and went through remarkable transformations.

In Think and Grow Rich, Hill talks about his son, who despite his glaring deafness, finds a way to use it as AN ASSET for his success. It motivates him to become better, and usually it occurs in the area were you are deficient. If you never SAW YOURSELF as lacking in one area, odds are, you'd never try to improve. If you felt your body was getting you the chicks you desire, and you weren't really from a health-conscience family, would you workout so diligently?

DO not forsake these setbacks. They are normal, and regular. They are life, offering you the feedback and guidance and course-correction we cannot offer here on the boards. Far too many of you are not living as if you're dying, because we are, one second, one minute, one hour, one day, one week, one month, one year, at a time.

A manual on life does not exist. A manual on women, do no exist. The guys who are good with women, are good with women because it's no different to them than ANY other part of their life. It's treated no differently, than how they operate daily.

I would like of many of you, those who can, to begin relying on yourselves more, interally, asking of yourself:

"What makes sense right now?"
"What can I do?"

I'd say 95% of the posts here, perhaps including mine, are unnecessary. Why?

Because they indicate such an extreme level of NEED, that the negative energy conotated in the post just vibrates out and kills any chance you have. You see, if you're EXTERNALIZING the post as a negative energy such as...

"Help me get X, Y, Z"
"I messed up SKILL 1a4, help!"

Inside you've already ACTUALIZED the feeling. Now, with the posting, its external, and physical reality. Case-in-point...know how you're told to write goals?

Well, stating your problem on paper, on the boards, awaiting the answer, and battling the responses, is A LONG PROGRESSION over 1 woman/1 situation. That's time you could use to work on a solution, constructively, and not DESTRUCTIVELY try to FIGURE out something with no answer. That's time you could be reading the Bible, or a book on women, or working out. Just as you write down goals so they're concrete, so too do writing down negative posts, give evidence of what's truly going on inside. For it to come to fruitition, you must make it tangible, physical reality. Believe me, boys, I used to do it, too. Over at a little board called Askmen.com, most members were perpetually bitter. It never HELPED me get better, the vast amount of weak people fed off each other, like some parasitic website, and everyone felt good so long as they went they there and knew other people to be having the SAME bad situations. But in what way is that good for your life? Dwelling on the same crap...mingling with negative people...?

Discard it. You don't need it.

Idealism

impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are

The "DJ Way" is just 1 way. It's not an ideal way. There's no evidence to state any guy OUT there so idealized here is a "DJ", and no way to prove or disprove such a theory. A true man ascribes to NO preconceived party.

Chris Rock put it best when he said, politics is stupid, because when you make up your mind before you hear the issue, now you're just ignorant.

Ascribing to any particular party that predisposes itself to an idea, BEFORE it here's the question, is akin to ANSWERING a test before it's even passed out. It's almost like a subtle form of bigotry and mass generalization. Such thinking is contaminating the mind. NOW, this isn't to say the principles aren't awesome, especially for noobs, BUT....

...don't rebel cry that "I'm a DJ, so Screw women!" "Fvck them all, they're sisters, they screw men over." Are we going to be the bigger sex and say...

"Forget what women do, we're men, we do what we do. If we want to love 1 woman, we can. If we want to love many women, we will. If we want to date around the world we will. If we want to respect some women, we will."

Many of you tout the value of the site and the bible, but what did you do yesterday, or over the weekend? Did you workout? Read a book? Visit any family members? Study for classes? Meet any new girls?

A 1% improvement in 1 area of your life, for 100 days is a 100% improvement across the boards. A 100% improvement in 1 year is awesome, imagine in 100 days??

The purpose of most post was a post of concern, for those who would pay heed to it. Some will, some won't, so what, someone's waiting. I only posted what I felt because I see what's happening. Not only does 'needy overly emotional, troubling posts have the following effects':

*Causes you manifest THAT negative energy because now you've taken the time to write it down, think about it, await the response and debate it.
*Its contributed nothing to the boards.
*It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, as you get what it is you think about.
*It's parasitic, as it causes others to unleash their slew of shyt and give in.
*It shows you have not internalized the strengths of the "man/dj" mindset.

And because you post here, do no let the 'dj cry' become the all consuming rebel yell that dictates your course of action BEFORE you've considered one. I know some of you are teetering on major improvements RIGHT now and will cross that chasm, but its an internal battle you wage and it CAN BE WON.






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awesome. wow. :)
 

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By the way, the main point of this thread is to tell you to RELAX. Take it easy. What 90% of you do is fvck it up with a girl you could otherwise get (even if they are much better looking than you are), simply because you couldn't relax, analyze the situation properly, and 'attack' accordingly.


With a calm, collected mind, some confidence and little wit/humor, most girls can easily be had assuming you don't look like Steve Urkel or Screech or William Hung.
 

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I'd say 95% of the posts here, perhaps including mine, are unnecessary. Why?

Because they indicate such an extreme level of NEED, that the negative energy conotated in the post just vibrates out and kills any chance you have. You see, if you're EXTERNALIZING the post as a negative energy such as...

"Help me get X, Y, Z"
"I messed up SKILL 1a4, help!"

Inside you've already ACTUALIZED the feeling. Now, with the posting, its external, and physical reality. Case-in-point...know how you're told to write goals?
You have to realize that there are many people on this board who are at different stages in their development. some people on this board are very much in need of help. Actualizing and changing yourself so that you are not needy is just a step that some guys are not ready for. There is nothing wrong with people trying out skill x or skill y. It is part of their development. Don't fault these guys just try to HELP them out.

You stated that idealism is useless. I couldn't disagree with you more. Idealism is very usefull in that is gives us all something to strive towards. We may not ever get to that perfect state, but it is the struggle to achive it that is most important. No one is a perfect DJ and there is always someone better then you. That is just a fact in life.
 

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Idealism is the downfall of many of us. An "ideal" ascribes that perfection exists. Well, is not what we teach that there exist not perfect method?

Does a perfect body exist? Maybe. You can develop your BEST body, but you certainly won't be perfect, and you might not be perfect for the girl you desire.

Does perfection in business exist? Does have an IDEAL versus an IDENTITY help? An ideal is some many defend to their dying breath, gripping to it as if its WHO THEY ARE.

Being so idealistic prevents people from changing. What of the guy who believes WOMEN SHOULD LIKE HIM FOR WHO HE IS, without understanding who he is and what attraction is? Is he not ascribing an ideal, and failing with it?

I am very idealistic, but I realize where it exists and draw the lines of when I'm being too idealistic. Assuming this is what causes many pain. Having the "idea" of what you want to become or the "dream" is wonderful, but let's assume a situation for instance...

Say a situation doesn't go as planned, how often does that happen? Oh, about 90% of the time, what we imagine doesn't occur. NOW, you can either get super upset and try REWORK the situation to your favor, or BEND to work with what exists. And you know what? The second part is what works.

I was very much that way, always getting upset because friends weren't into 'this', or couldn't make decisions, or girls would flake. Well, that's just part of the process...

As Far As What Each Guy Who's New Needs...

I'm telling them exactly what it is on this journey. Guys who are far above this board, come to supply advice or see advanced counsel. The guys who need it, should heed it. In time, you'll "get it." It will click that you needn't worry about this, that all these questions, REALLY don't have answers, and that you should just enjoy it.

When you listen to guys in life who have had super success, one of the most common factors is of appreciation and enjoyment, and not of despair and discontent.

They're happy to be alive, to be healthy, to have a brain that works, to have family or friends, to be in American and not in the way of Tsunami, and as such they make the most of life. They know its not going to be easy to get what they want, but if it was, it wouldn't be worthwhile to have, because everybody would have it.

The epidemic in this country is that of entitlement. Because we're in the US, it's felt we're owed something. A hot girl, in many cases, feels she's entitled to an expensive lifestyle based on her looks. A guy, feels he's entitled to a hot woman, because he wants them, or because he has money, not because of character, or ethics, or work, or respect. College grads come to expect fat salaries before they even present their case as to why they're worth it. To have value, you must present something of value.

You were given life, that's the few, if only gift you'll be given while you're on this planet. The rest you give yourself. YOU MUST BE your own best friend, coach, mentor, partner, consultant, adviser, and so on.

It's one thing to ask a questions objectively, seeking counsel, to learn a skill or insight on a problem, but it's entirely something else to emotionalize the problem and treat it as if its the end of the world. Be grateful you can and are interacting with women. Some guys will lead a life so confused, so wrapped up in their own problems that they will remain in fear until their dying days. I was at a Christmas party, perhaps 1/2 the age of most guests, and still had the most success with women. Partly because of age and looks, and partly because of HOW I FELT going there. I didn't know anybody, but made a point to slowly do so. At the end of the night I walked away, having the number of a beautiful blonde there, and have since been dating her.

You just make the most of your life where you're at. Each day is progress. Each day you:

*Read the DJ bible.
*Read a few pages from a dating, sex, relationship, pimp book.
*Have a workout
*Eat well
*Read something on self-improvement, sales, marketing, psychology, spirituality.
*Call up 1 friend, or family member who you haven't talked to, or who's special day it is (birthday, anniversary, job offer).
*Learn 1 thing important to your life you didn't know (not mindless crap).
*Smile at a stranger.
*Say hi and flirt with a girl for a few minutes, even if there's no number.

Do you know where you'd be in 1 year, or even 6 months? How about 2 years? By age 30? or 25? or 20? or 40? At some point all of this compounds, like interest, and you expotnentially explode!




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At this point you probably have a woman (or multiple women) chasing you around, calling you all the time, wanting to be with you. So let's talk about how to KEEP a woman interested in you once you have her. This is BIG! There is nothing worse than getting dumped by a woman that you really, really like.

Quote taken from The SoSuave Guide to Women and Dating, which you can read for FREE.

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WOW A-Unit, this is something that I definitely needed to read today. Amazing and so true. :cool:
 

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Booyaka sha, that is some of the best shyte i've read around here in a while. Jakethesnake's point is a good one to add:

By the way, the main point of this thread is to tell you to RELAX. Take it easy. What 90% of you do is fvck it up with a girl you could otherwise get (even if they are much better looking than you are), simply because you couldn't relax, analyze the situation properly, and 'attack' accordingly.
One thing i would like to add, i've been here for close to six or seven months now. I realised that DJ is not the only ideal solution, merely a particular solution, that contributes to an overall whole.

Usually, when i'm confused about chicks, which is still pretty often, instead of whining about it here, i get out a sheet of looseleaf and just start writing. Sometimes i get a paragraph, sometimes three pages. I keep writing until my brain stops working, and then i leave it, and come back to it later. Usually by then, i've gained some insight into things, and i usually feel more clear about whatever the problem was.

This definitely deserves a bump, especially the 1% improvement in one aspect of life over 100 days is 100%. It's such a small daily goal, and A-Unit listed a few that are good. Eventually it all adds up, everything you do adds up over time.
 

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The irony is how incredibly idealistic this post is ...

Improvement ebbs and flows - its not a steady progression. Good luck with that 1% improvement a day. If that were possible, everyone would be rich, buff, and successful in 100 days.
 

Channel your excited feelings into positive thoughts and behaviors. You will attract women by being enthusiastic, radiating energy, and becoming someone who is fun to be around.

Quote taken from The SoSuave Guide to Women and Dating, which you can read for FREE.

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haha, the idealism of having no ideal. About time for a paradox.

Improvement does ebb and flow, but effort does not.
 

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great post A-unit, :D

People are too worried about get results based on idealism instead of enjoy the moment.

That's the Zen paradox: If you loocking for something you'll never find it

People just say: Enjoy the moment, but harder is learn how to enjoy the moment

We need stop loocking for relationships, because it'll be an endeless frustration. See the personage of Sex and City, she think, think, think, think and never enjoy the moment with Mr. Big, because what life give her is never sufficient.

Just my 0,2 cents


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Idealism

impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are


Great post!

I too used to suffer from being too idealistic- and still struggle with it. I decided to make "A pivotal change." to allow myself to enjoy life more. I will try to explain an example using a racing analogy;

In race driving when you go real hard into a corner and you are starring at the wall your about to hit- you usually hit it. But it has been proven that if under the same circumstances that if you look to where you want to go- you usually are able to make it there. Hence the saying "Keep your eyes on the prize!"

So don't sweat the small set backs- they are all part of the process. And you will never accomplish your goals without having to over come some set backs.

By the way- I have had the experience of having to live like I was dying. No matter how much you think you know what its like- you only truley understand once you have been there.
 

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Wow, very well put A-Unit. Same shyt I am always attempting to get across yet seem to lack the writing skills to do so.

This is probably the best post I've read on the board.

Resistance is nessecary for strength. I have actually created obsticles in comfortable areas in my life in order to have to fight through them and strengthen myself in those areas.

Insecurity is really what builds greatness. As sad as that sounds its primarily the truth, but maybe thats not such a bad thing...

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Peace and Quiet

If you currently have too many women chasing you, calling you, harassing you, knocking on your door at 2 o'clock in the morning... then I have the simple solution for you.

Just read my free ebook 22 Rules for Massive Success With Women and do the opposite of what I recommend.

This will quickly drive all women away from you.

And you will be able to relax and to live your life in peace and quiet.

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Think of this board as a place for ideas.
The only thing it does is nurture the "young and inexperienced".

Think about it. In a few months, weeks, or years (hopefully not) guys who visit these boards will stop coming.

Why?

Because they've grown and are now exploring the world. Sure, it might not seem like it now but we will grow and mature.

It will take time to implement these ideas into ourselves. Learning something new or how to fix a problem will take time.

Guys will come to this board as much they need. They will keep reading the same ideas over and over again.

"Be a man"
"Embrace your sexuality"
"It is you who must change"

Blah blah blah.

Eventually it will sink it. Just give it time.

Originally posted by A-Unit

Upon waking, I generally check the boards for any interesting topics of discussion or posts that I have insight on. As of late, though, I have become incredibly dismayed at the degradation of topics and posts. Not that we all don't have concerns, issues, or worries, but that it seems too many guys have TOO many issues, worries, or anxieties over life, women, dating, and sex.
Ever thought that more people are posting on this site?
 

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Analogy.

A good analogy on the flow of life...

To turn a motorcycle, you don't consciously "turn" the handle bars like you would going slow on a regular bike; you'd kill yourself, especially at high speeds.

NO!

You must give into the turn and force down with the bike. So if turning left, you push hard with the left hand down to ground. At first its awkward, because you're leaning that way, but then your realize the MORE you PUSH in the DIRECTION the bike wants to go, the tighter and EASIER it becomes to MAKE the sharp turn.


You manifest in your life whatever you put out there. And because all of life is a matter of perspective and perception (who we are and the vision we have), you can radically and easily change that, almost instantaneously.

To post who stated a 1% improvement each day was impossible, only believing that makes it so.

A 1% improvement in your health is achievable EACH day.

*Workout 3 days/week, increasing the load every 7 days.
*Eat properly.
*Get plenty of H20.
*Get plenty of rest.
*Eat a balanced diet for your goals.

Doing the right things is as beneficial as NOT doing the wrong things, you just FOCUS on the right things. For instance, if you go the bar, instead of drinking until intoxication or a buzz, you drink 1 or 2 light drinks, you still get to enjoy your pals and the game, but you don't walk away feel bloated or like you've monsterously failed at your diet. And, if you've been on such a bad program for so long, why cheat now? Cheat when you can enjoy it.

In learning a language...

If you learn 3 words/day from say, Italian, you can learn 1000 in a year. RATHER than, taking a course that will consume your time, you take small bites that lead to something larger. By the end of the year, where will you be?

If you have a 1000 page book, and read 30/day, you're roughly done.

See make no mistake, greatness, success, is a journey. It's approaching tons of women until you realize:


Some will, some won't, so what, someone's waiting.


When learning golf, it's no different, you hit a bunch of balls, using the PROPER techniques (because IMPROPER techniques will lead you down the wrong road) can turn you into a great golfer in time. But in our society today, who wants to wait?

We want instant pills, instant women, instant bodies, instant money, instant happiness, instant health, instant coffee, instant tvs. And we get dismayed when we don't get it, as if it was possible anyway. When you seem someone successful, you didn't see the hours of toil put in to get there. All you see is the end result, which is usually only 1% of the overall time spent getting there.

Think of Tiger Woods; his father used to teach him from the age of 2. And though he's physically well gifted to be flexible, tall, and strong, had his gift not been harnassed so young, with so much focus, where would he be?

Maybe an engineer from Stanford?


You manifest whatever you put out there.

As hokey as it is, whatever we vibrate, either positive or negative energy, we attract likewise to our life. So to consume oneself with trivial, non-productive, or even negative thoughts or posts, means you're negating any positive energy you might have, feel, or give off.

Think of it this way...

If you have a buddy (as I have a few), that always complains about women (he doesn't ask constructive questions), and is always down on himself, his life, or women, as much as you want to help him, isn't there a point you go: BE QUIET. If you're grumbling over one woman, will it improve come the next? What if the next is the dream girl of your life, and she's gone in 6 months? How are you going to handle THAT now?

If you're not happy where you are, you won't be happy when you get where you want to be.

It's like, people with money. If you can't manage the small pool you have, how will it get easier once you have $1,000,000? You'll have the same spending habits, the same tendencies, you'll just spend MORE to match the new windfall.

If you can't be happy and enjoy the life you have with the women you meet, how can it improve when an HB10 comes along? How can you handle her when she gives you crap? And if you're THIS upset, dismayed, or pissed, is it even worth it given the short-time span of existence, and the almost incredible potential we have to do ANYTHING?





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Originally posted by Mr. Mystery II
Wow, very well put A-Unit. Same shyt I am always attempting to get across yet seem to lack the writing skills to do so.

This is probably the best post I've read on the board.

Resistance is nessecary for strength. I have actually created obsticles in comfortable areas in my life in order to have to fight through them and strengthen myself in those areas.

Insecurity is really what builds greatness. As sad as that sounds its primarily the truth, but maybe thats not such a bad thing...

Mr. Mystery
This really puts things into perspective.

Apparently I'm not as insecure and dissatisfied as I thought I was.
If anything, I'm too secure and satisfied, to the point where change and improvement is only an intellectual exercise, as it's not necessary for my happiness or even survival.

This is actually kind of depressing.

I'm an intelligent person raised by a loving and well-to-do family. I have a good life right now, a great life even, depending on what you compare it to. I'm going to college and doing well, so I've got a good job in my future. I'm a friendless virgin with no social skills, but I have never been bothered by that fact.

Because of these things, I have never experienced difficulty. I have never challenged myself or been challenged by others or by life, and therefore have never benefited from any of them.
How then, can I choose to live a life of challenge and difficulty so as to grow stronger from it?

How can you desire gain when you do not feel lack?

I know that I do lack, or else I would not be here, but since it is not enough lack to harm me, it does not cause me pain, and therefore I am deprived of all the incentive, ambition, and motivation that pain would bring.
 

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Virtu.

At points in our lives, we feel complacency. After a long work week, after a long partying session, even after dating a particular and it goes wrong, we feel our energy levels seap a little bit, that's ok.

There IS wisdom in insecurity. And when you consider, anytime we are secure, we have taken away freedom. Security implies almost a stationary, controlled position where one has complete dominion over all aspects of life. You go only to places you know, only hang with people you know, only do things you know, only eat what you know, only visit what you know. You remain STALEWART. STOLID. IMMOVABLE.

And while you do so, the whole of the world moves by you. People grow, change, improve, digress, die, give birth, get married, get promoted, all the while you've tried to build a perfect, pristine, and untoucable utopia. Now, if nothing gets in, how do you get out? The more you block yourself in, the more COMFORTABLE it becomes, and the less likely you are to change in the future. Much of this is what happens to the guys, the ladies, the couples, the families when they hit 40, 50, 60, etc, and never considered their dreams a possibility.

Many times, when I'm about to make a decision, I figure any thoughts preceding it are normal "white noise". They're meaningless. And I just do it. The only thing we must be secure in is that we are a being, we can do anything, even if we have not the knowledge or experience now, we CAN and WILL learn it and do it. Anybody who does something perfect, also does something IMPERFECT, as they can't be perfect at everything. It is likely that the people who are the MOST perfect, also maintains traits of complete IMPERFECTION as they have shifted focus from 100/0, RATHER than 50/50.

It's like...when it's cold out, and 0, as it has been up here in New England, who wants to go the gym after work with a few inches of snow falling or on the ground? Not many. And few do. But that's precisely when you do go. Soon the sun will shine, revealing the truth of the winter, and your body and goals shown for all to see. Do you want to be one of the "excusers?" (As Shark, Badboy's friend put it.)

You don't grow without pains and insecurity, because that's precisely how it occurs. Constant stimuli that taxes our existing skill set forces us to bridge that gap. Just like constant stress on a muscle forces it grow, the catalyst is rest and nutrition. Place enough constant stress on the muscle, then nourish it, and you have growth. Put yourself in enough trying situations, knowing you will not exit them until you grow, and eventually your mind will adapt to the situation.

If you re-read your post, Virtu, you'll see you applied alot "analytical society" words to yourself...

I'm an intelligent person raised by a loving and well-to-do family. I have a good life right now, a great life even, depending on what you compare it to. I'm going to college and doing well, so I've got a good job in my future. I'm a friendless virgin with no social skills, but I have never been bothered by that fact.
Not that none of them are valuable, they're all wonderful...yet in whos eyes are these valuable. And to say you're friendless and have no social skills is a complete farce. These are learned, and if anything, they're OPENED up from within you. Society will usually say...

*Have a good family
*Be smart (smart about what)
*Have social skills (this is normally learning to LISTEN, more than it is to SPEAK; be a better person of asking questions)
*Aspects of society say to lay many girls, and some aspects say to have only 1.

You must carve yourself out in it. You must be like NEO in the Matrix, because there really exist such programs, such controls. Order, blocks, control mechanisms are placed in every facet of every way. The tax system is one such example, as it is a host of special interests, and benefits. Consider the married people get a better deduction than non-married partners living together? Yet, in some states, living together for as much as 7-10 years constitutes COMMON LAW MARRIAGE, basically no different than pure marriage. Why were gays being prejudiced in the government from receiving their due rights of EQUALITY under the law? Whatever your beliefs might be, they are still people, with feelings, living under the freedom of the flag of the US, and many of those people fought in our wars, and even their parents did so, entitlling them to the same liberties we fight for.

I always get back to BELIEFS, because from that, a BELIEF sets your frame. For instance...in sales, alot of people are timid because they obviously FEEL deep down that they don't provide value and energy and creation to the universe. However, in my professional opinion, I do. I feel everything I do is value-packed, and that I'm adding something to someone's life, so I have to at least offer it to everybody, or I'd be stingy, and prejudiced at doing so.

I believe we're all of 1 source, whether it was Adam and Eve, or whether we're on some celestial light voyage, we're all a piece of the same pie, serving various purposes. While we're different, the difference is necessary. Life we fail if we were clones, just asexual reproduction would create weak offspring, so too would cloning create a failed society. This being so, when you're in a crowd of people, yeah, there's fat people, skinny people, hot people, ugly people, men, women, all nationalities, we all still serve the same purpose from the same source. The unifying bond is this and love.

Ever hear the theory in sales that people are motivated by 2 feelings -- Pain and Pleasure (usually more by pain). But most people seek to IMPROVE situations or PREVENT PROBLEMS. So in the case of a TV set...

What would motivate you to upgrade your tv to say, a 55" HDTV?

*Your old one breaks.
*You desire MORE tv for your $.
*HDTV prices fall so low, its equal to your old tv.
*You're getting a new house (improvement).

Until a base is established, we can't offer much, because if the gap isn't big enough for either improvement or the problem, then why would you change?

In life, it's much the same. Until you belief you can make such a monumental leap to a huge goal, what difference is it?

Many guys here aren't getting girls, and the ones they get are frustratin them...so a leap would be to IMPROVE to getting regular women, confidently, and enjoy it. Yet, if you're getting cute girls now and then, and you're busy, odds are good that you won't care about improving, will you? And some guys will be motivated to land hotter girls and threesomes, even if they're doing ok right now.

Me, I'm motivated for improvement. Growth. So it's a never-ending cycle. The pain cycle tends to be somewhat shorter, since you seek to move away from pain, rather than toward pleasure. There's balance though, people always seeking pleasure can be jaded quickly...as they're always looking for the next 'fix.' The next party. The next toy.

Insecurity is also what built the empires, as most people who had super low self-esteem always felt that their acccomplishments weren't good enough, so they kept going, like a BodyBuilder with a Bigorexia (the mental belief they're never big enough).





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Originally posted by Virtú
This really puts things into perspective.

Apparently I'm not as insecure and dissatisfied as I thought I was.
If anything, I'm too secure and satisfied, to the point where change and improvement is only an intellectual exercise, as it's not necessary for my happiness or even survival.

This is actually kind of depressing.

I'm an intelligent person raised by a loving and well-to-do family. I have a good life right now, a great life even, depending on what you compare it to. I'm going to college and doing well, so I've got a good job in my future. I'm a friendless virgin with no social skills, but I have never been bothered by that fact.

Because of these things, I have never experienced difficulty. I have never challenged myself or been challenged by others or by life, and therefore have never benefited from any of them.
How then, can I choose to live a life of challenge and difficulty so as to grow stronger from it?

How can you desire gain when you do not feel lack?

I know that I do lack, or else I would not be here, but since it is not enough lack to harm me, it does not cause me pain, and therefore I am deprived of all the incentive, ambition, and motivation that pain would bring.
To answer your question, the only other thing that could motivate you to do something aside from insecurity, is the will to do good for others, like friends and family. Otherwise your only real reason for improment is that you are not satisfied with who and where you are in the present.

This can easily be overcome. If you want something bad enough you will go through hell to get it. Figure out why you want it so bad and you will be motivated to acheive your goal. Its that simple.

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If you currently have too many women chasing you, calling you, harassing you, knocking on your door at 2 o'clock in the morning... then I have the simple solution for you.

Just read my free ebook 22 Rules for Massive Success With Women and do the opposite of what I recommend.

This will quickly drive all women away from you.

And you will be able to relax and to live your life in peace and quiet.

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