With this trending over last years in the personal development there comes always the same shitty advice about focusing in oneself and nothing else. Im the type of person that likes going on his own mostly and isolates himself very often and I still know very well that this is not useful advice in the long-term. Sure, you may get happy at first with your progress but it comes a time when:
1-Progress is slower or even stops because law of diminishing returns.
2-The desire to show off, even if it is to one single person, increases.
I saw it with the gym very well. I know I talk a lot about gym in my posts but is one of the things where the Blackpill shines (genetics, efforts without rewards, etc) At the beginning it was so fucking simple and easy, 3 days doing my sets and reps, and voila, in a matter of weeks I could do pull ups, stay in planche 1 minute or more, my first dip, etc. But when I had been some months into it, it was not as easy to get one arm push up or pull up, or more complex exercises, and not having enough natural flexibility for that, or enough balance for this, etc.
Whats left? To show off. But nobody really cared about my gains. Add that I have negative frame. Yes, I am relatively healthy, decent shape at first sight, but what now? That does not save me from feeling like a waste very often and long sessions of LDAR. LDARing with strong arms and shoulders, but LDARing anyways.
I am pretty sure is similar to other areas. So when it come these gurus saying to us to focus in ourselves and we eventually will do better at life, I say, I will only FEEL better at the beginning, then Im gonna be like I used to or even worse.
1-Progress is slower or even stops because law of diminishing returns.
2-The desire to show off, even if it is to one single person, increases.
I saw it with the gym very well. I know I talk a lot about gym in my posts but is one of the things where the Blackpill shines (genetics, efforts without rewards, etc) At the beginning it was so fucking simple and easy, 3 days doing my sets and reps, and voila, in a matter of weeks I could do pull ups, stay in planche 1 minute or more, my first dip, etc. But when I had been some months into it, it was not as easy to get one arm push up or pull up, or more complex exercises, and not having enough natural flexibility for that, or enough balance for this, etc.
Whats left? To show off. But nobody really cared about my gains. Add that I have negative frame. Yes, I am relatively healthy, decent shape at first sight, but what now? That does not save me from feeling like a waste very often and long sessions of LDAR. LDARing with strong arms and shoulders, but LDARing anyways.
I am pretty sure is similar to other areas. So when it come these gurus saying to us to focus in ourselves and we eventually will do better at life, I say, I will only FEEL better at the beginning, then Im gonna be like I used to or even worse.
