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The Obstacle Known As Fear
Our biggest obstacles are usually our own fears and insecurities. They are the biggest roadblock to get over.
We’re usually afraid of one of three things when you get down to the roots:
1. Fear of failure
2. Fear of success
3. Fear of change
We typically resist making any change until the pain of making the change is less than the pain of not making the change. To make change, we must make it painful to not make it.
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Options: The Illusion Of Freedom
By giving you a bunch of options, gatekeepers make you think you’re completely free to choose, but you’re really limited to what choices they give you.
The stuff that really matters to you is often left out. In order to see what’s really possible, you have to challe...
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Do Stuff That Others Usually Don't
Plan and execute a one year, self directed, alternative graduate school where you broaden your life horizon.
A few examples:
- Acquire at least three new skills during your year. Suggestions: photography, skydiving, computer programming, martial arts. Co...
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The Remarkable Life
Most of us don’t want to chill on a beach for the rest of our life, we want to work on something meaningful to us.
We need to create some idea of our own “ideal life.”
Here are some ways:
- Write out what a perfect day looks like to you in excruciating detail. Then assess wha...
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Live An Interesting Life
- When you can think in terms of abundance or scarcity, think in terms of abundance.
- If you’re unsure about taking a leap of faith, take it.
- You can have unlimited dreams and goals but not priorities.
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Produce Work That’ll Live Longer than You Do
Chances are, a life that’s built around you and you alone won’t really make you happy in the long run. That’s where legacy work comes in. It’s what happens when you use your unique skills to help others in a way, which would’ve been impossible without your contribution, and leave...
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Show Yourself That You Are Non-Conformist
- Becoming an entrepreneur or small business owner. Showing yourself you can run a blog and make $2,000/month from it and do work enjoy will sure boost your confidence.
- Setting your own rules at work, for example by visiting art exhibitions in your lunch break or moving to a lower-payi...
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Key Lessons From The Book
- Your own competence is the best job security you can have.
- Most gatekeepers just give you the illusion of freedom, so challenge them to really get what you want.
- Produce work that will outlive you and make the world a better place.
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Non-Conformity: The Premise
“Asking “why?” to everything like a three-year-old is helpful in making sure you don’t jump off the bridge without at least considering the alternatives.
Whenever you find yourself confronted by a request, obligation, or expectation you don’t like, it helps to look carefully for the motivat...
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Personal Finance: Basic Rules
- If you can’t pay for something now in cash, don’t buy it
- Time is more valuable than money.
- Don’t cut expenses, earn more money.
- Work towards financial independence, but never retire.
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The Power of Convergence
- To exclude everything unnecessary from the life you want:
- Eliminate the unnecessary distractions. Ask yourself “why should I do this?” and “what will happen if I don’t?”
- Come up with the 3-5 things that most drain your energy right now and stop doing them.
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The Art of Non-Conformity teaches you how to play life by your own rules by giving you practical glimpses into the world of self-employment, a new approach to travel, to-do list minimalism and conscious spending habits.
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Fear as the Cause of Inaction
Fear causes us to procrastinate. It can be:
- Fear of change
- Fear of leaving our comfort zone
- Fear of the unknown
- Fear of failure
- Fear of what other people would think of us
We justify these fears by imaginary different reasons, but the root ca...
The Fear Trap
We make excuses for the following key reasons:
- Fear of Failure
- Fear of Embarrassment
- Fear of Success
- Fear of Change
- Fear of Uncertainty
- Fear of Responsibility
- Fear of Making Mistakes
What fear of success looks like
- Fear of success usually doesn’t mean a literal fear of success. People fear the results and consequences of making lots of money, for example, not the money itself.
- Fear of success is often learned at a young age.
- Fear of success is maintained (and made worse) by avoidance.
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