Casey Neistat's mantra "Do More" embodies a philosophy of relentless productivity, continuous improvement, and the pursuit of one's goals. This mindset encourages individuals to push beyond their comfort zones, maximize their potential, and make the most out of every moment.

“Do More.”

“Free Time is the Enemy of Progress.”

For many people, Casey Neistat is just another youtuber who made some great videos. But many don’t realize that he practices stoicism, especially with his storytelling.

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Personal Development

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Casey Neistat, a stoic.

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Control your opinions, goals, desires, and actions. Our internal thoughts and actions fall within our control, and focusing on these areas leads to empowerment.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Recognize that physical attributes and external circumstances are beyond your control. Things like our physical features and birth circumstances are out of our hands.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Operating within your control sphere grants freedom and strength. Concentrating on what you can control can also give you independence and resilience.</li></ul>

Focus on What You Can Control

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Placing hopes in external things can lead to suffering. Depending on external factors for happiness often results in disappointment.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Concentrate on what genuinely concerns you. Focus on managing your responsibilities and leave others to theirs.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Avoid taking on responsibilities that belong to others. Overextending yourself by taking on others' burdens leads to unnecessary stress.</li></ul>

Avoid Unnecessary Suffering

"He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have."

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Let go of attachments to things beyond your control. Release your hold on things you can't influence to achieve peace.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">This detachment leads to peace and contentment. Inner tranquility comes from not being tied to external outcomes.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Pursue freedom and happiness by focusing on internal desires. True happiness is found in mastering your desires, not external possessions.</li></ul>

Detach from External Attachments

"The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have."

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Only avoid undesirable things within your control. Focus your aversions on things you can influence to minimize distress.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Refrain from desiring things temporarily if they are outside your control. Avoid setting yourself up for disappointment by desiring the uncontrollable.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">This practice prevents disappointment and mental anguish. By controlling your desires and aversions, you shield yourself from unnecessary suffering.</li></ul>

Manage Desires and Aversions

"The greatest wealth is to live content with little."

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Recognize the essence of things and people you cherish. Understand the true nature of your attachments to prepare for potential loss.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Accept their mortal nature to find inner strength. Accepting mortality helps build resilience against loss.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">This understanding helps cope with losses. Knowing the nature of things aids in handling inevitable changes and losses.</li></ul>

Embrace the Nature of Things

"He who fears death will never do anything worth of a living man."

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Anticipate common disruptions in everyday activities. Expecting common challenges helps maintain composure.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Resolve to maintain inner tranquility regardless of external disturbances. Stay calm amidst external chaos to keep inner peace.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Apply this mindset to every action and experience. This approach can be used universally to handle life's unpredictability.</li></ul>

Prepare for Common Occurrences

"Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it."

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">People are disturbed by their interpretations, not the events themselves. Understand that reactions are based on perceptions, not actual events.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Blame your judgments for emotional states, not others. Recognize your interpretations as the source of your emotions.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Master philosophy by holding yourself accountable. Self-awareness and accountability are key to emotional mastery.</li></ul>

Differentiate Reality and Interpretation

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Find satisfaction in how you live, not in possessions or accomplishments. True value lies in living authentically and in harmony with nature.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Conduct your life with integrity and honor. Uphold your principles to maintain self-respect.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">True value lies in living in harmony with nature. Align your actions with your values for a fulfilling life.</li></ul>

Live by Your Own Conduct

"The only way to happiness is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Stay focused on your mission and be ready to let go of distractions. Keep your goals in sight and be prepared to abandon non-essential pursuits.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Aspire to handle all situations well, not just to have everything go well. Strive for excellence in your responses, regardless of circumstances.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Your resolve and inner strength determine your true self. Inner strength and determination are key to overcoming life's challenges.</li></ul>

Maintain Focus and Readiness

"Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself."

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Refrain from desiring anything that relies on someone else. Freedom comes from wanting only what you can control.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Desire freedom by focusing on what you can control. Redirect your desires towards achievable and internal goals.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Avoid envy and imitation; strive for inner virtues. Cultivate your virtues rather than imitating others' successes.</li></ul>

Embrace the Path to Freedom

"Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control."

Understanding what we can and cannot control in life is essential for achieving peace, freedom, and happiness. This principle guides how we react to events and manage our desires and aversions.

Life's Missing Instruction Manual Epictetus (c. 50-135 CE) was brought as a slave to Rome, where he became a great teacher, deeply influencing the future emperor Marcus Aurelius among many others. His philosophy, Stoicism, was practical, not theoretical--aimed at relieving human suffering here and now. And Epictetus knew suffering. Besides being a former slave, he was lame in one leg and walked with a crutch. After a decade of teaching in Rome, he was banished by Emperor Domitian; undaunted, he established a school in Greece. The Manual is a collection of Epictetus' essential teachings and pithy sayings, compiled by his closet student. It is the most accessible and actionable guide to Stoic philosophy, as relevant today as it was in the Roman Empire. This new edition is rendered in contemporary English, with a foreword, by Sam Torode (based on a translation by Thomas Wentworth Higginson). Note: A revised and further simplified edition of this book is now available, The Manual: 21st Century Edition (ISBN B09HFXHCNP). Read the sample pages of each translation to see which you prefer.

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The Manual

Why do you want to build a personal brand? Do you want the world to remember you as the greatest at something? Want more money from your skills? Need others to respect you? Before you embark on the journey to build your personal brand, you need to define and set a very specific goal. The more specific it is, the more your vision will be clear and achieving new heights for your personal brand goals. This will set the tone for your next steps. In case of earning more money, your content style and narrative will be different from what it would be if your goal is to build authority.

#1 Start With A Very Specific Goal

Do you know why people trust Apple, Google or Microsoft? Because they are the experts in their domains. Nobody can design products more innovative than Apple. Software better than Google and professional tools more refined than Microsoft. They have been in the game for so long that they have learned everything there is to appeal to their target market. You need to do the same. You need to select a domain and master it. Learn all you can about it and be ready to teach others and answer questions when your audience comes looking for you.

#2 Become An Expert In Your Domain

To become a brand, you will need to be seen. And to be seen, you will need to leverage the platforms and channels your audience is spending most of their time on. But before that, you will need to understand your strengths and weaknesses. Are you comfortable making videos and speaking openly? If yes than you can start making videos on YouTube. But if you are someone who loves writing rather than showing your face, you can create a website, write on Twitter, post on Quora and any other writing channels that suits you.Just understand what makes you comfortable and build your persona.

#3 Establish Your Presence

I remember how Dan Lok got his first few clients. He wrote a book and then showed it to someone on a flight. The guy got so impressed that he gave him his business. Just like that, you need to create a lot of content to establish yourself. Gary Vaynerchuk didn’t become a brand overnight. It took him years of producing content and showing up every day that his audience started taking notice of him and eventually he built his fan following. Don’t start posting everywhere all at once. It might burn you out. In fact, select a few channels and then start producing content around your expertise.

#4 Create Content Like A Machine

Let me give you a small exercise to do. Go to Google, Bing or any search engine of your liking and type your name. Hit the results and see where do you appear right now. If you appear in the top results, well-done, if not, you should start understanding how to get there. For that, you need to learn to create content that refers back to you. You will need to learn the basics of SEO. Such as writing content that gets shared by users while giving credits to you. The more your content gets indexed and shared, the higher kin the search results will you appear.

#5 Understand Marketing & SEO

What comes into your mind when you think about Elon Musk, Tony Robbins, or Gary Vaynerchuk? If you’re like most people, you might say that Elon Musk sounds like the smartest billionaire, Tony Robbins like a motivated athelete and Gary Vaynerchuk like a pumped up teenager who doesn’t care about what others think about him. The reason why you think of them like this is because each of them have a personal narrative. This combined with the stories they have built that helps them connect and resonate with their audiences. You can do the same by having a unique voice to find your type of audience.

#6 Set A Unique Tone For Yourself

This may be difficult at first but if you can associate with the already established giants in your domain, it will get you noticed even faster. This is exactly why newly formed brands tend to work with the influencers and celebrities. They want their audiences to believe that the most beloved and popular human beings like to associate themselves with the brand which further increases the brand’s chances to secure a safe spot in their target audience’s minds. You can do the same by resharing content from the giants with a touch of your own, commenting and maybe inviting them over for podcasts.

#7 Associate The Giants

And lastly, a very unconventional way of building a personal brand is to pick a fight against something that is established in your industry but you’re sure is wrong. Something you think you can do better or help your audience do better. By picking a fight against it, you will use your personal narrative to attract the like-minded audience which might help you build a personal brand quickly. But do be careful because you will be acting against a lot of minds by pissing them off. Only take this route when you truly becomes an expert at something or knows it better than anybody else.

Learn 7 secrets of turning yourself into a personal brand from the infamous growth marketer and author Talha Mumtaz.

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 7 Secrets of Building a Personal Brand 🤯😎

you don’t find your passion, your passion finds you.the only way to attract your passion is to experiment with different things that interest you.try different things in the areas that appeal to you. and slowly develop all the necessary skills that you can combine into your business or a project in the future.you’ll never regret trying, but you might regret not trying.

follow your passion

write down your thoughts, ideas and feelings when you are pursuing a specific goal.after you’ve experimented with different kinds of things, you’ll notice a pattern, and you’ll be able to forge a new path from it.time is not wasted in doing the wrong things, but in doing nothing. what you are promised you’ll get.

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"My heart is calm because I know that what I miss will never be my destiny and what is destined for me will never miss me."

our subconscious mind is very powerful. it has the power for healing, destroying and creating reality.the 'gut feeling' is a signal from subconscious mind to do the thing that aligns with your inner chemistry and the actions you take.do what you love, do as your heart says.don't trust the mind, because it can rationalize any decision you take.📚 If you are interested in learning more about purpose, I will be talking about it in detail in the next week's <a href="https://binsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe">free newsletter here</a>, so subscribe to it.

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Most people sit in their room waiting for their purpose to come to them. They want to work on their passion, but they don’t know what it is yet.

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Productivity

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Leadership & Management

How to find your purpose

If everything around seems dark, look again, you may be the light.✨️

Be the Light

Every morning you have two choices: continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them.

Wake up 

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within

Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you’ve got. Love ut with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

You may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise.

Love recognises no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

If you’re always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may encounter many defeats but you must not be defeated.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour, and some style.

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.

Develop enough courage so that you may stand for yourself snd then stand up for somebody else.

When you learn, teach. When you get, give.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do and liking how you do it.

A tribute to the one and only, “Maya Angelou”. Read on to pay your respects.

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20 Maya Angelou Quotes to Understand Love ❤️, Life 😇, Happiness ☺️ and Success 🤩

One of the most striking things about sport is that amid the Darwinian battle for supremacy, individuals and teams slugging it out to be the best, we witness a rare and powerful beauty.

if you observe closely, you can witness patterns of different strategies, tactics and mental behaviours across different sports. Neuroscientists have not been able to figure out the complete details of the psychology and motivation behind sports but we do see some very interesting trends.

Playing Sports Presents A Ton Of Winning & Losing Behaviours

Across sports, you may observe individuals who are more motivated when they fail at the game. On the other hand, you’d also be able to find individuals who quit when they fail. There have been many examples such as David Beckham who performed extra-ordinary after his failure at 1998 world cup. Likewise, you would be able to find teams that play like one mind. Where everybody takes care of each other and they win and lose together. On the other hand, you would be able to find teams that often do not behave as well. Each player seems to be playing for the glory of his or her own self.

Success Vs Failure, Cooperation Vs Individualism

Sport is a powerful vehicle for exploring these themes because its psychological factors that are often the difference between victory and defeat at the highest level.

Have you observed how sometimes, the sporting events elevate your emotions, leave fans into tears, make the crowd excited? That’s the beauty of sports and it often involves a designed structure to achieve that.For example, when you see Lionel Messi or Ronaldo playing, or LeBron James jumping to take a shot or even when watching a wrestling event, there is a designed genius to the event that resonates with you and gives you an immersive experience of the event.

Sporting Events Often Involves An Invisible Gunius

There are some common qualities almost all the great athletes share. Some of these are: <ul><li>Determination</li><li>Courage</li><li>Resilience</li></ul>And the ability to cope pressure and perform under it. Some athletes leave such an impact on the world that they turn into cultural icons. For example, we all know about “Muhammad Ali”, “Pele”, and “Don Bradman”. These athletes have been turned into cultural icons because they left an impact on the world.

Turning Athletes Into Icons

Ali was, indeed, beautiful. In the way he moved, the way he talked, and in the high-voltage charisma that seemed to flow whenever he stood near a TV camera, he redefined the nature twentieth-century celebrity. He could box, too.

Learn the greatest lessons from professional athletes learned in a series of interviews conducted by Matthew Syed.

What can Roger Federer teach us about the secret of longevity? What do the All Blacks have in common with improvised jazz musicians? What can cognitive neuroscientists tell us about what happens to the brains of sportspeople when they perform? And why did Johan Cruyff believe that beauty was more important than winning? Matthew Syed, the 'Sports Journalist of the Year 2016', answers these questions and more in a fascinating, wide-ranging and provocative book about the mental game of sport. How do we become the best that we can be, as individuals, teams and as organisations? Sport, with its innate sense of drama, its competitive edge, its psychological pressures, its sense of morality and its illusive quest for perfection, provides the answers.

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Sports

Matthew Syed

The Greatest

Dreams are the language of God.

"At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate." That's the world's greatest lie

World's Greatest Lie

"That's the principle that governs all the things". In alchemy, it's called the Soul of the World. When you want something with all your heart, that's when you are closest to the Soul of the World. It's always a positive force.

Soul Of The World

If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man. You'll see that there is life in the desert, that there are stars in the heaven. Life will be party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we're living right now.

The Present

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

The alchemist 

Overthinking has become a serious, major and a big problem among people and especially the youth.Almost everyone, the teenagers, college going students has been majorly affected by overthinking.

How to Stop Overthinking and Live in the Moment

So first of all, be real to yourself, understand that all these thoughts are harmful and any thoughts that I put into my head will surely affect me.First thing first don't allow thoughts in your mind.

Be Real To Yourself

Whatever we see on the internet widely affects our thinking therefore it is advised to watch quality content rather than putting waste and garbage in the name of shorts and reels.So limit your access to such type of content

Your Mindset is defined by the quality of your feedback on social media.

Lastly, seek for your mental health, the best and one of greatest possible ways to stop overthinking is to try living in the present moment.Try doing meditation, seek mindfulness, find out your real identity and live a blissful life.

Seek Mindfulness

Overthinking has become a major issue and here's how to deal with this stuff.

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