Facing Fears – New Times

 

This channel is about living the life YOU want to live. Period.

But What does that really mean? And how do we go about doing that? Well, there are some different fundamental pieces we need to have in order to do that, Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs is one model, see figure below. But what it fails to realise is the importance of self-esteem and how it makes all the other pieces available. But I’m not going go into the details of that now, but it is something I’ve deeply come to understand after implementing Nathaniel Branden’s book The Six Pillars Of Self-Esteem into my life.

So, again, how do we go about LIVING THE LIFE WE WANT here on this channel? Well, for us it means utilising the known tools for how we build our self-esteem and taking the necessary – SCARY- action that stand between us and the life we want. Please don’t mistake me, this is not some never ending quest of one day reaching that vision. It’s about enjoying life every day and realizing that the journey is the life we so long for, we just have to learn how to embrace this journey.

The long version. I love my weekly challenge format. It makes for a clear and focused timeline to set up a goal that can lead to some serious advancement on towards your goals. Growth. Part of what life is all about.

Although I’ve been a bit shattered with the clarity, jumping theme between week’s. Now I’m going to continue to be a bit all over the place, I’m trying to find my way of doing this. But the one thing I’ve never abended is the personal growth journey it has been for me. Egoistic perhaps? Put that’s what partly giving me that internal drive to keep pushing on, and I’m inviting you on the journey to grow along side with me. Through sweet, blood and tears.

Because I’ve come to realise something, to live the life I truly want to live, it requires some got damn hard effort. And I’m ready to all that. I am determined to live life the way I want to. A life not free from fears, but a life we I constantly and persistently overcome the paralysis of fear,  getting to comfortable and settling for the baseline. But I want to live life to its fullest. I feel obligated, no I owe it to myself and the opportunity I’ve been given to do so. I’m not going to waste it away. I’m just not, and neither should you.

So what does this translate to? Well as I said, I’m not quite certain, yet, and maybe this channel will be a constant growing and evolving thing.  But at least for now it will be about this; FACING FEARS AND LIVING THE LIFE I WANT TO LIVE. I want to build companies. I want to date girls. I want to create awesome content. I want to be a great businessman. I want to be able to connect with anybody anywhere. I want this, and I want that.  What do you want? And how do we go about getting those things?

Through my deep studies of self-esteem though the help of Nathaniel Branden’s book The Six pillars of self-esteem I’ve gotten quite clear on the structure on how to go about outlining goals, actions, monitoring behaviours and evaluating outcomes. Every level with its critical part, but I want to make this channel about the necessary ACTIONS to take us towards our goals – constantly sharing reflections with you through the eyes of self-esteem.  Its relatively easy to sit down and say ‘I’m going to do this and I’m going to do that’, but then actually doing it? Boy is that a whole different story.

So;  Face Your Fears, and live life the you want to live is the deal. Like Rejection therapy, but it’s the fear of doing the action that’s really the big thing. I quickly came to realise through my rejection therapy challenges that the rejection in itself almost never was any problem for me, but it was the fear of taking action. So that’s why I’m changing the focus from the rejection itself, to the paralysis of fear – doing the things we’re afraid of.

So each week there’s going to be a life theme area, and we are going to specify some scary as action to take that will move us towards the long term goals we are seeking – wanting – needing! These actions will be scary, you will fear them. But by taking the necessary action repeatedly we will start to get used to doing what needs to be done no matter how scary it may seem at first glance; weather the action succeeds or not, we have acted in the direction we thought was going to move us forward, we have built self-esteem. So, the result is a win-win no matter the outcome – Great! And yeah, it may seem easy when you think about, but when you’re standing there and are about to do it… it sure as heck won’t feel like it there and then.

Now the details will be carved out as we go, one life area every week, or maybe a specific area for a specific week day, we’ll just have to see where it takes us. As you might notice that this isn’t really much of a different from the rejection therapy challenges I’ve been doing, and it’s true there isn’t much of a difference. But sometimes tiny tweaks make for a whole lot of difference.

To not lose the focus of the Self-esteem building actions for this channel, each week is going to have its sub focus in the foreground with one of the six pillars – giving some reflection through one of these pillars.  Maybe you’ll notice, maybe not, future will tell.

So this first week the theme is Business / Career Development and the Objectives are to make one of these actions happen every day to move you towards your long-term goals. And if you don’t have any goals – then it’s about time you get some!

If you can only do one day, then do one day – that’s plenty better then ZERO!

 

Monday: ASKING FOR ADVICE

Tuesday: REACHING OUT

Wednesday: NEGOTIATIONS

Thursday: FEEDBACK

Friday: SHARING A CREATION

 

God luck guys – and don’t forget to commit to me in the comments or send me a snap on snapchat!

Best of luck and see you in the week!

 

/alexander

The Practice of Personal Integrity – The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem

Hey you Self-esteem grower!

In this video I am going to tell you why Personal integrity is key to having a high self-esteem, and how you should go about starting to raise your level of integrity with some Simple objectives this week.

But why should you trust me? You don’t need to, I’m merely quoting the words of the well renowned self-esteem guru – who unfortunately no longer is with us – Nathaniel Branden. Although I do have some great personal experience to attest to when it comes to implementing these practices, as I’ve been doing rigorous for the last 6 months.

What is Integrity?

Integrity is the integration of ideals, convictions, standards, beliefs and behavior. When our behavior is congruent with our professed values, when ideals and practice match, we have integrity.

At the simplest level, personal integrity entails such questions as: Am I honest, reliable, and trustworthy? Do I keep my promises? Do I do the things I say I admire and do I avoid the things I say I deplore? Am I fair and just in my dealings with others?

Integrity means congruence. Words and behavior match. ” (1995, Branden, p.143-144)

Why do we need Integrity?

“When we behave in ways that conflict with our judgment of what is appropriate, we lose face in our own eyes. We respect ourselves less. If the policy becomes habitual, we trust ourselves less or cease to trust ourselves at all.

Sometimes we may find ourselves caught in a conflict between different values that clash in a particular context, and the solution may be far from self-evident. Integrity does not guarantee that we will make the best choice; it only asks that our effort to find the best choice be authentic that we stay conscious, stay connected with our knowledge, call on our best rational clarity, take responsibility for our choice and its consequences, do not seek to escape into mental fog. ”

“To understand why lapses of integrity are detrimental to self-esteem, consider what a lapse of integrity entails. If I act in contradiction to a moral value held by someone else but not by me, I may or may not be wrong, but I cannot be faulted for having betrayed my convictions. If, however, I act against what I myself regard as right, if my actions clash with my expressed values,· then I act against my judgment, I betray my mind.” (1995, Branden, p.143-145)

How do we increase our level of integrity?

“..before the issue of integrity can even be raised we need principles of behavior-moral convictions about what is and is not appropriate-judgments about right and wrong action. If we do not yet hold standards, we are on too low a developmental rung even to be accused of hypocrisy. In such a case, our problems are too severe to be described merely as lack of integrity. Integrity arises as an issue only for those who profess standards and values, which, of course, is the great majority of human beings. When we behave in ways that conflict with our judgment of what is appropriate, we lose face in our own eyes. We respect ourselves less. If the policy becomes habitual, we trust ourselves less or cease to trust ourselves at all.” (1995, Branden, p.143)

“If I am uniquely situated to raise my self-esteem, I am also uniquely situated to lower it.

One of the great self-deceptions is to tell oneself, “Only I will know.” Only I will know I am a liar; only I will know I deal unethically with people who trust me; only I will know I have no intention of honoring my promise. The implication is that my judgment is unimportant and that only the judgment of others counts. But when it comes to matters of selfesteem, I have more to fear from my own judgment than from anyone else’s; In the inner courtroom of my mind, mine is the only judgment that counts.

My ego, the “I” at the center of my consciousness, is the judge from whom there is no escape. I can avoid people who have learned the humiliating truth about me. I cannot avoid myself.” (1995, Branden, p.145)

With less words – acting with congruence; matching words and behaviour; externally and internally

The importance of the other Six pillars

“In such conflicts we see how essential are other practices, such as living consciously and self-responsibly, to integrity. We cannot practice integrity in an intellectual vacuum. To resolve any of the conflicts listed above, or countless others like them, one would have to rethink one’s deepest values, commitments, and priorities-or perhaps think about them for the first time-and be willing, if necessary, to challenge any and all authorities.

The higher the level of consciousness at which we operate, the more we live by explicit choice and the more naturally does integrity follow as a consequence.” (1995, Branden, p.151-152)

Objectives.

#1 I want you to take notice of all the crimes of integrity you do towards yourself. Did you say you were going to work out today? Yet you didn’t. Did you say you were going to call that friends of yours, tet you didn’t? Those are both breaches of integrity. Make a mark in your phone for every time you breach this band of integrity, and realize the hurt it’s actually causing your self-esteem.

#2 also, as a side mission, I want you to ask yourself at least once a day when you stand in front of that bathroom mirror brushing your teeth – If I’d raise my level of integrity today with 5%, how would I then act?”

If you feel you’ve come longer on this integrity journey – You can take on my other quest this week as well. What is it that you’ve always talked about doing or what is something that you really see yourself as being – yet you’re not living your life this way or moving towards that goal you always talk about. I’ve always talker about being a big entrepreneur when I grow up,  yet that’s not my reality. And that’s why I’m going to make sure to prioritize time this week – a projected I started last week – to outline a business idea and send that in to a business competition before Friday! What ONE action could you take to make you live the life you are telling yourself you are or will be living.

Commit to me down in the comments if you’re in for this week’s challenge – gives you that social preassure of actually doing what you’ve set out to do! Being acountable to someone is gold!

/Alexander

 

EXTRA: WHAT TO DO WHEN SELF-ESTEEM ALREADY HAS BEEN DAMAGED

The protection of self-esteem requires a clear understanding of the limits of personal responsibility. Where there is no power, there can be no responsibility, and where there is no responsibility, there can be no reasonable self-reproach. Regret, yes; guilt, no. The idea of Original Sin-of guilt where there is no possibility of innocence, no freedom of choice, no alternatives available-is anti-selfesteem by its very nature. The very notion of guilt without volition or

responsibility is an assault on reason as well as on morality. Let us think about guilt and how it can be resolved in situations where we are personally responsible. Generally speaking, five steps are needed

to restore one’s sense of integrity with regard to a particular breach.

  1. We must own the fact that it is we who have taken the particular action. We must face and accept the full reality of what we have done, without disowning or avoidance. We own, we accept, we take responsibility .
  2. We seek to understand why we did what we did. We do this compassionately (as discussed under the practice of self-acceptance), but without evasive alibiing.
  3. If others are involved, as they often are, we acknowledge explicitly to the relevant person or persons the harm we have done. We convey our understanding of the consequences of our behavior. We acknowledge how they have been affected by us. We convey understanding of their feelings.
  4. We take any and all actions available that might make amends for or minimize the harm we have done.
  5. We firmly commit ourselves to behaving differently in the future. Without all these steps, we may continue to feel guilty over some wrong behavior, even though it happened years ago, even though our

psychotherapist might have told us everyone makes mistakes, and even though the wronged person may have offered forgiveness. None of that may be enough; self-esteem remains unsatisfied.

(1995, Branden, The Six Pilars of Self-Esteem, p.148-149)

 

 

Check out my previous 13 weeks of Rejection Therapy:

  • Week 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxEVmwWsaHw
  • Week 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUTocnY8Mxs
  • Week 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anw0keWIf-8
  • Week 4: https://youtu.be/GFHK7O5DrxI?list=PLxw2jMXwRfskSFEl6sI9PzjgMUBZogiGG
  • Week 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od3M1x6UDCs&list=PLxw2jMXwRfsmwkP3SvSSK7cegXB4eutFg
  • Week 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aGxvi5qw1A&list=PLxw2jMXwRfskKqy6INIjOFJDJI8_jPAE1
  • Week 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T1I6j_04xs&list=PLxw2jMXwRfsluXabU_1_o4ucowiz118gG
  • Week 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM1GPDsP-18&list=PLxw2jMXwRfsl7LL_1QfrV_G0AU35o5YWS
  • Week 9: https://youtu.be/m-gx1cmBGH8?list=PLxw2jMXwRfsnYfBFiRZid3g3KhSGDvOaS
  • Week 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrKk416Sh4I&list=PLxw2jMXwRfslj5Eq20SWAcd6GPLU-sfRH
  • Week 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrSOXiOYKr0&list=PLxw2jMXwRfsn9NHLgWJWCdV1l89LqACFR
  • Week 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsT4SXifA8o&list=PLxw2jMXwRfsnoM1TBnJzmnKTBRUmgRY1y
  • Week 13: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxw2jMXwRfslhlXAcVvgpt1yWVTtY_5bz

Music in this epsisode, last track:

“Acoustic guitar arrangement for song 3” and “Acoustic guitar arrangement for song” by TRow is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Source: https://soundcloud.com/megatrev/acoustic-guitar-arrangement

 

 

REJECTION THERAPY WEEK 13 – Cold Calling

 

Hey you!

It’s a new week and that means It’s time for some Rejection Therapy! This means exposing ourselves to situations, with a specific question, request or action in mind, that most likely will get us rejected! We do this to desensitize ourselves from the fear of getting turned down- imprinting the association in our brains that a NO will only make us stronger! But also, building self-esteem by designing these challenges so they align with your values believes and GOALS – going after the things you want in life! And this time the focus will be about cold calling your way towards your goals – reaching out to people that you admire or possesses knowledge you could benefit from!

We do rejection therapy challenges every other week, and every other week we do personal development work focused on building self-esteem with the help of the book The six pillars of self-esteem by Nathaniel Branden.

The objectives:

My objectives of the week is to call one person each day that can help me in getting clear on how I should outline my business idea for a competition I’m going to apply for. For you this means calling a person that in some way can help you move towards your goals!

Remember the only way to fail is to NOT ASK THE QUESTIONS! If I get rejected, I INCREASE my ability to handle rejection, and I increase my Self-esteem If I do what I’ve set out to do, no matter if I get rejected or not!

The Rules:

1# The request’s/question’s need to align with your goals, values or beliefs! if you go out and do something just to get rejected, but it interferes with your moral or what you believe in, it will decrease your self-esteem.

2# That means you’re not allowed to lie! Own the situation; rather tell the exact reason for why you’re doing what you’re doing, then try to manipulate your way to a yes.

Some tips along the way:

Plan what you are going to do and say – or at least have the overall gameplay outlined! Unclarity will be a reason to hesitate when you are about to do what you are going to do – that’s my own experience!

Don’t let time play with you psyche, the longer you wait with the approach, the worse it’s going to get. JUST DO IT!

Remember, that no matter how shitty you feel before you do it, the reward that awaits you on the other side, will greatly make up for that!

A playlists with some videos on Rejection Therapy and tips related to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO6pe1amNdQ&list=PLxw2jMXwRfsleCrphf4-B8CPM2kpPVU6l

Jia Jiang’s 100 days of Rejection Therapy (the guy who inspired me to start this): http://rejectiontherapy.com/100-days-of-rejection-therapy/

Tips for how to push yourself when you’re about to approach:

THE 5 SECOND RULE:

https://youtu.be/lG_rrVwSqEs?t=2m47s

 

Are you up for the challenge? Commit to me in the comments and join the growth journey!

 

Check out my previous 12 weeks of Rejection Therapy:

Week 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxEVmwWsaHw

Week 2:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUTocnY8Mxs

Week 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anw0keWIf-8

Week 4: https://youtu.be/GFHK7O5DrxI?list=PLxw2jMXwRfskSFEl6sI9PzjgMUBZogiGG

Week 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od3M1x6UDCs&list=PLxw2jMXwRfsmwkP3SvSSK7cegXB4eutFg

Week 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aGxvi5qw1A&list=PLxw2jMXwRfskKqy6INIjOFJDJI8_jPAE1

Week 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T1I6j_04xs&list=PLxw2jMXwRfsluXabU_1_o4ucowiz118gG

Week 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM1GPDsP-18&list=PLxw2jMXwRfsl7LL_1QfrV_G0AU35o5YWS

Week 9: https://youtu.be/m-gx1cmBGH8?list=PLxw2jMXwRfsnYfBFiRZid3g3KhSGDvOaS

Week 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrKk416Sh4I&list=PLxw2jMXwRfslj5Eq20SWAcd6GPLU-sfRH

Week 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrSOXiOYKr0&list=PLxw2jMXwRfsn9NHLgWJWCdV1l89LqACFR

Week 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsT4SXifA8o&list=PLxw2jMXwRfsnoM1TBnJzmnKTBRUmgRY1y

Week 13: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxw2jMXwRfslhlXAcVvgpt1yWVTtY_5bz

 

Music:

Music by [Tropical House – Itro ft. K-do Rebelle – Skyward Bound

Itrohttps://soundcloud.com/itro

Source: Fox Beat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYGnGVtaM78&feature=youtu.be

 

The Practice of Living Purposefully – The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem – Weekly Challenge #72

 

Hey you!

It’s time for a new week challenge – this time it’s about living a purposeful life. It’s the 5th pillar originating from the book the six pillars of self-esteem by Nathaniel Branden. Perhaps the most important pillar on a holistic level – the one thing that can give you that drive to do things you never thought you had the capacity to do. BUT no pillar can stand on their own, it’s a symbiosis of practices that together creates a toolbox with incredible potential to raise your self-esteem massively. Something I personally can attest to after 6 months of implementation.

However, this video will only focus in on the chapter living purposefully and some practical implications in how to do that through the help of the book “the 4-hour work week” by Timothy Ferris.

Some extracts from the book:

“To live purposefully is, among other things, to live productively, which is a necessity of making ourselves competent to life. Productivity is the act of supporting our existence by translating our thoughts into reality, of setting our goals and working for their achievement, of bringing knowledge, goods, or services into existence.”  (1995, Branden, The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, P.130)

What living Purposefully Entails

As a way of operatihg in the world, the practice of living purposefully entails the following core issues.

  1. Taking responsibility for formulating one’s goals and purposes consciously.

“If we are to be in control of our own life, we need to know what we want and where we wish to go. We need to be concerned with such questions as: What do I want for myself in five, ten, twenty years? What do I want my life to add up to? What do I want to accomplish professionally? What do I want in the area of personal relationships? If I wish to marry, why? What is my purpose? Within the context of a particular relationship, what are my goals? In relating to my children, what are my goals? If I have intellectual or spiritual aspirations, what are they? Are my goals clearly in focus or are they vague and indefinable?” (1995, Branden, The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, P.133-134)

  1. Being concerned to identify the actions necessary to achieve one’s goals.

“If our purposes are to be purposes and not daydreams, we need to ask: How do I get there from here? What actions are necessary? What subpurposes must be accomplished on the way to my ultimate purpose? If new knowledge is required, how will I obtain it? If new resources are needed, how will I acquire them? If our goals are long-range ones, action plans will almost certainly entail subaction plans-that is, plans for the attainment of subpurposes. Do we take responsibility for thinking these steps out? Success in life belongs to those who do.” (1995, Branden, The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, P.134)

  1. Monitoring behavior to check that it is in alignment with one’s goals.

“We can have clearly defined purposes and a reasonable action plan but drift off course by distractions, the emergence of unanticipated problems, the pull of other values, an unconscious reordering of priorities, lack of adequate mental focus, or resistance to doing what one has committed oneself to do. A conscious policy of monitoring actions relative to stated purposes helps us to manage problems of this kind. Sometimes the solution will be to rededicate ourselves to our original intentions. Sometimes we will need to rethink what our most important goals actually are and perhaps reformulate our purposes. (1995, Branden, The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, P.134)

  1. Paying attention to the outcomes of one’s actions, to know whether they are leading where .one wants to go.

Our goals may be clear and our actions congruent, but our initial calculations about the right steps to take may prove incorrect. Perhaps there were facts we failed to consider. Perhaps developments have changed the context. So we need to keep asking: Are my strategy and tactics working? Am I getting where I want to go? Are my actions producing the results I anticipated? We often see people in business failing this principle by blindly reciting, “But what we are doing always worked in the past.” In a dynamic economy, yesterday’s strategy and tactics are not necessarily adaptive today. (1995, Branden, The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, P.134)

The general Objectives:

#1 – Sitting down for at least 5 minutes and WRITING out thoughts and ideas for how to live a more purposeful life. If you don’t know how to go about it, these questions may help you along the way;

  1. What were you passionate about as a child?
  2. If you didn’t have a job, how would you choose to fill those hours?
  3. What makes you forget about the world around you?
  4. What issues do you hold close to your heart?
  5. What kind of conversations do you have with your closest friends?
  6. What is on your bucket list?
  7. If you had a dream, could you make it happen? (source: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/7-questions-help-you-find-your-life-purpose.html)

Also have a look at my video focused in on finding the purpose of life: https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=aiWEF4-JJvc

#2 – The Pareto Principle

80% of results come from 20% of actions. It’s as simple as that, just accept it. So take another 5 minutes each day and think about what you’re doing on a regular basis and how much value it’s actually contributes to your life. Answer the following questions;“

What 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness?

What 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcome and happiness?

#3 – doing the right thing

At least three times per day at scheduled times, he had to ask himself the following question: “Am I inventing things to do to avoid the important? Or “Am I being productive or just active?”

This could be extended with:

  • (1) Define a to-do list and
  • (2) define a not-to-do list.

 

The Extensive Massive Week objectives for the one that one that wants to go all in:

My goal for the week:

  • Spending a minimum of 3×50 min sessions strategizing and planning out a 6 month plan for how to live a more purposefull life; what I want to achive with clear goals and purposes defined. Doing what I truley want to do – start and run my own business / alternative changin career path into digital marketing.

My week will look like this:

  • Every evening outline the 2 most important things I need to get done during the next day.
  • Every day I’m going to sit down for 30 minutes and see how I can streamline my life; applying the Parreto Principle with a different focus every day:
    • Mointoiring my day and evaluating what I’ve done
    • Food
    • training
    • Social
    • My Youtube channel
  • Every hour ask myself “am I inventing work right now just to be busy?”
  • Applying Parkinsons Law (see detailed descrpition further down);
  1. Limit tasks to the important to shorten work time (80/20).
  2. Shorten work time to limit tasks to the important (Parkinson’s Law).
  • Applying the pomodoro principle – using a timer set for 25-50 minutes before getting uo and jumping around.
  • No Multitasking, only doing one thing at the time. Every time I abrupt myself and do something that’s not on the prioritazied list it will lead to a fine of one dollar.
  • MEDIA blockout – No new sources of information, media, information books, youtube videos, Only revisit old material or material directly correlating to the outlining of my plan.
  • No social media, facebook, messenger, etc. Except one hour between 18-19.
  • Mail checking only twice a day. 12.00 and 19.00

These rules will be applied Monday through Friday. And if I break them, intentionally, I promise to to any kind of rejection theraphy suggested by the first person sugesting something.

More on The Parkinson’s Law:

“Parkinson’s Law dictates that a task will swell in (perceived) importance and complexity in relation to the time allotted for its completion. It is the magic of the imminent deadline. If I give you 24 hours to complete a project, the time pressure forces you to focus on execution, and you have no choice but to do only the bare essentials. If I give you a week to complete the same task, it’s six days of making a mountain out of a molehill. If I give you two months, God forbid, it becomes a mental monster. The end product of the shorter deadline is almost inevitably of equal or higher quality due to greater focus.

This presents a very curious phenomenon. There are two synergistic approaches for increasing productivity that are inversions of each other:

  1. Limit tasks to the important to shorten work time (80/20).
  2. Shorten work time to limit tasks to the important (Parkinson’s Law).

The best solution is to use both together: Identify the few critical tasks that contribute most to income and schedule them with very short and clear deadlines.”

-from the 4-hour work week by Timothy Ferris

 

Links to videos mentioned in the description:

The first Week Challenge I did on Living Purposefully:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E91toMQ1W94&list=PLxw2jMXwRfsle2F8tOZeGACPWxpqVft2n

My video focused in on finding the purpose of life: https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=aiWEF4-JJvc

The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem Audio Book: https://youtu.be/mfFUVnwCNVY?t=1h54m14s

The 4-hour Work Week Audio Book:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM36LmaKuKs

PRODUCTIVITY Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxw2jMXwRfsl1cvqFBFEdyJE6lWNJY00P

Rejection Therapy Playlists:

Week 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxEVmwWsaHw

Week 2:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUTocnY8Mxs

Week 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anw0keWIf-8

Week 4: https://youtu.be/GFHK7O5DrxI?list=PLxw2jMXwRfskSFEl6sI9PzjgMUBZogiGG

Week 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od3M1x6UDCs&list=PLxw2jMXwRfsmwkP3SvSSK7cegXB4eutFg

Week 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aGxvi5qw1A&list=PLxw2jMXwRfskKqy6INIjOFJDJI8_jPAE1

Week 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T1I6j_04xs&list=PLxw2jMXwRfsluXabU_1_o4ucowiz118gG

Week 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM1GPDsP-18&list=PLxw2jMXwRfsl7LL_1QfrV_G0AU35o5YWS

Week 9: https://youtu.be/m-gx1cmBGH8?list=PLxw2jMXwRfsnYfBFiRZid3g3KhSGDvOaS

Week 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrKk416Sh4I&list=PLxw2jMXwRfslj5Eq20SWAcd6GPLU-sfRH

Week 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrSOXiOYKr0&list=PLxw2jMXwRfsn9NHLgWJWCdV1l89LqACFR

Week 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsT4SXifA8o&list=PLxw2jMXwRfsnoM1TBnJzmnKTBRUmgRY1y

 

Music in this episode:

ON AND ON by Nicolai Heidlas Music https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas
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REAL RIDE by Nicolai Heidlas Music https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas
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