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But what's the deal with you guys who actually announce, "I WANT XYZ", then refuse to follow the simple steps to "get XYZ-ing."?? What is that? Really? How do you manage to live beyond today? Do you tell yourself you want to shit and then instead of shitting, hold it in? Do you tell yourself you want to eat but refuse to pick up the fork? Hey, I realize that lifting the fork ain't easy. But if you want to eat, it's the price you pay.
Lifting up a phone to slide your finger over the screen ain't easy either. I realize this. But this is the price you're going to pay if you want a date. Waving your hand and saying hello; this ain't easy either. But hey, if you want to meet somebody, You're going to have to muster up some energy to do it. And yes, some suffer from speech impediments and some of you do not have right arms. Get creative . . . try your left hand . . . try writing 'hello' on a post-it and sticking it to your forehead. You can do it! . . . but if you can't, why are you wasting everybody's time here with all of your bullshit? - That's the point.
I'm really impressed Kasabi by the way you 'put' things in a simple way here. Want something? Get a plan. Stick to it. Get it. You don't say it's easy. You don't say we'll get it quickly. You basically say do it. It's a kind of "we miss 100% of the shots we don't take" mentality. No time for excuses, no time for mental masturbation.
Of course, everything isn't this smooth in reality. Sometimes sticking to the plan is harder than it seems. I can directly relate to this with my 30 pages of learning journal, and I know that, as a human being' sometimes I just can't help: I'm pussying around, I miss opportunities, I get stuck in negative thinking, I get lazy... and I even fuck up the basics things. As I write this, I realize that I might have even written one of the recent threads that reminded you of this Howard Stern's story.
Thank you for this thread. It's actually good to have someone promoting the "just do it" mentality around here. That's what I'm lacking sometimes. It's all about decisions. Okay. So basically, every time I decide to stay at home instead of accepting an invitation to go out, I'm not taking the right decision corresponding to my dream. It's simple as that. I will apply this "grid" from now on. This implies that I need to know what are the good decisions according to my goal though.
On another note, I've seen that Kupid has been talking about motivation. Determination is the main prior requirement I think. Determination is what will make us get what we want. Why does the third world kid wash his vegetable while the spoiled French one does not feel like doing it? It's all about determination again I think. The third world kid knows he won't get nothing if he doesn't work for it. Determination gets the work done, not motivation. Motivation comes and goes. Motivation just makes you go faster. But speaking about motivation without determination is non-sense to me. But maybe Kupid uses the word "motivation" as "determination/persistance" in his reply.
Thanks for the insight.
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