You’ve probably already heard sone one telling you to eat healthy, but what is healthy food? To put it simply, the less processed the better. Things like meat, eggs, fruits, are very natural foods and our body knows what to do with them. The more our food gets processed, the worse it is for our bodies. Look at the ingredients, if you can’t recognize half of them, it’s a sign that it’s not fit for consumption.<ul><li>Start eating healthy</li><li>Avoid processed foods</li><li>Stick to natural sources </li></ul>

Proper Nutrition

People talk about staying active, but what does that really mean?To stay active, you need to actively be pursuing fitness goals. Wether it’s to run a slightly faster mile, or hit a new PR in the gym.Having goals and things to strive for motivates you to want to follow through with them. Combine this with consistency In actively chasing those goals and you have all you need.<ul><li>Set fitness goals</li><li>Follow through on your word</li><li>Chase your goals</li></ul>

Daily Exercise

It’s not enough to get 7-8 hours of sleep. you need more than that, your body works best when you have a consistent routine for when you sleep. Try not to deviate more than an hour in between bed times. Set a goal to go to sleep at that time, and do it. Set a goal to wake up at a certain time, and do it. <ul><li>Have a consistent sleep schedule </li><li>Get 8+ hours each night</li></ul>

Your Sleep Schedule

Most people are chronically dehydrated all of the time. Our bodies need half a gallon to a full gallon of water each day. Anything less than that will yield sub optimal results for your health.<ul><li>Half a gallon to a gallon of water a day</li></ul>

Hydration

Humans are very social creatures and we need the attention from other people. Spending too much time alone leads to a variety of mental health issues such as depression and social anxiety.<ul><li>Stay social</li><li>Don’t remain in complete isolation for too long</li></ul>

Social Health

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Claiming moral high ground to discredit someone’s argument or dismiss their perspective is the easiest way to spot it. People want to follow others who have high morals. So to show superior moral competency to another party is a good use of moral high ground.<ul><li>undermine perspectives</li><li>dismiss ideas</li><li>manipulate the argument </li></ul>

Moral High Ground

Committing to a popular moral cause often displays yourself as a more virtuous person. Even if the sole purpose of supporting the cause was publicity, you wouldn’t know. (Such causes might include: BLM, Palestine, LGBTQ campaigns, and so forth.)<ul><li>supporting causes to look more virtuous </li><li>is a form of publicity and doesn’t necessarily show true virtue </li><li>It’s trending, so you’ll look better supporting the current thing</li></ul>

Virtue Signaling

Shaming and guilt can be very dangerous, because it stems from weaponizing someone else’s virtue and using it against them. By reminding someone of their own shortcomings and faults with their virtues it undermines them. (Basically calling someone hypocritical for not being a virtuous person themselves)<ul><li>Use someone’s own ideals against them</li><li>Emotionally put down opposing parties</li><li>Degrade opposition to look better</li></ul>

Shaming And Guilt

By pretending or acting to be a kind or virtuous person, you leverage others trust for personal gain. If used on opposing parties, this can create a form of debt or obligation that can be taken advantage of later.<ul><li>Display false virtue</li><li>Leverage trust</li><li>Create debt or obligations</li></ul>

Manipulative Altruism

By setting a moral standard much higher than what can be achieved, you downgrade everyone who can’t meet that standard. From there, you can criticize or punish these shortcomings.<ul><li>Unrealistic expectations </li><li>Set them up to fail </li><li>Downgrade the masses rather than one individual at a time</li></ul>

Predestined Shortcomings

By demonstrating that you’re more affluent in a particular moral understanding, you display superiority and make it difficult for people to argue with your moral actions because they are under the assumption that you stand on a higher echelon of understanding. <ul><li>Prevent criticism </li><li>Demonstrate moral competency </li><li>Gain a more favorable reputation</li></ul>

Exclusivity Of Moral Understanding

Learn how virtue can be weaponized. This is used in very subtle ways in our everyday life, learn how to spot them or even use them for personal gain.

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How to Weaponize Virtue

Ego can be mistaken for false confidence, using your words to cover up you flaws is no way to develop a confident mindset.

Ego Is The Enemy

We often talk about pride being a bad thing, but it’s the easiest way to become confident. Confidence comes from the pride in yourself and the fact that you are who you say you are. If you haven’t accomplished anything worth being proud about, you simply won’t be confident. You reap what you sow, so don’t be fooled by yourself when you don’t put in the work.

Being Proud Of Who You Are

On your path to confidence, you’ll need some accountability. Following through on your word is essential. You set a goal to train at a certain time? You train at that time.you set a goal to lose 5 pounds this week? You lose the weight.nothing will hurt your pride more than knowing you failed yourself.

Regressive Actions

You’ve probably achieved a goal at one point or another, and it feels great. The more goals you hit, the more confidence you’ll have in yourself.

Achieving The Goals You Set

How do people perceive you? When you dress the part, you act the part. Start dressing like you mean something.

Public Image

Who do you look up to? You probably look up to them for a reason. Is it the way they talk? Is it how they dress, emulate the things that make these role models so great in your mind.

Role Models

What do you stand for? What do you believe in?Why do you care?A lack of personal identity holds you back. You’ll need to dive into why you do the things you do, and the deeper issues you might be facing.

Authenticity

Ego is false confidence.Achieve something worth being proud about.Have some accountability for you actions and stop making the wrong decisions.Follow through on your word and hit the goals that you set.Look and dress the part, start acting like the person you want to become today.Model other people when learning who you want to be more like.Ask yourself the difficult questions and find out who you are under all those layers.

Conclusion

Confidence doesn’t come from 15 minute YouTube videos. It’s something that takes time and hard work to develop. This is your guide to becoming confident in your life.

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Confidence in 7 Steps. 

Showing up to any goal is what helps you progress. The more you show up:~ The more you get done~ The faster you progress~ The easier it becomes to stay consistent

Why Consistency Matters

Learning why you do what you do is vital for results. For this to work you’ll need to examine your subconscious thoughts and beliefs. Often times when we don’t want to do something, our subconscious remembers that and puts limitations on future progress. The opposite is true however and the more love and attention we give to something, the more our subconscious will think about it. When you get your subconscious to start thinking, you’ll get more ideas, and you’ll open up a lot more towards your goals.

Overcoming A Negative Subconscious

With any goal, it can be hard to keep that motivation and consistency to really stick. The main things that drive us, are often much deeper than we give them credit for. Here’s an example:You don’t want to lose weight, but you’re tired of people making fun of you and not having any respect for you.The driving force here is inadequacy. You hate the person you’ve become and want to become better. When we tie our goals to really strong emotions such as hate or love, we connect with them better and can be much more willing to work towards them.

Identifying Why You Want It In The First Place

The goal is to always move forwards. Ultimately if you aren’t progressing, you’re regressing. And after all the work that’s already been it into our goals, that’s the last thing we want. To overcome this, we have to realize that what we achieved yesterday no longer matters. It’s about what we do day after day. Giving up after a week is no way to succeed in a weight loss program. There will come a day where you can relax and focus on other goals, but that day is not today.

The Idea Of Staying Static

To become great in any human metric is going to be difficult, it’s not for everyone. And if you can’t handle a little pain and discomfort, then maybe it’s not for you. Most people give up before they fail, and they never get to see the final result from their labors. The best way to overcome this is to simply realize that it’s going to be difficult, and that’s why it’s worth pursuing. If everyone had it, it wouldn’t have any value would it? It’s valuable because it’s difficult to obtain and that makes people envious of those who can put in the work.

Why People Fail

Staying consistent is what compounds our efforts into our dreams.A negative mindset won’t serve you any more than a broken keyboard helps you type, change your mindset to better cultivate a better reality.Everyone has goals, but unless you have a reason to get behind that goal, it’ll eventually fade. Tie your goals to strong emotional triggers to better work towards them.Staying stagnant means regressing on your goals. Always keep moving, no matter how slow.Failure comes from quitting. If you never give up, you’ll be that much closer to living the life of your dreams.

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Jared Ludlow