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@Hobbit How did you learn to deal with judgement and insecurities that socialising couldn't solve?
It's been my experience that all these things are extremely interrelated -- the outer/inner game dualism is just as silly as the Descartian Dualism. I've also found that inner game things are all related. . . while people seem to think you take a pill for a back ache and another pill for a diabetes, I have found losing weight makes both of these go away. Being comfortable, judging, nerves, and every other thing you'd want to fix come from very few sources.
The way to improve all this stuff is just stop doing it. My inner game thread goes into more detail, but if you want to stop thinking negative thoughts, stop verbalizing negative thoughts. If you want to be more comfortable, display the body language necessary and don't try to hide your feeling of discomfort from yourself. All these are the basic changes that all psychiatrists recommend, and it's also extremely similar to what religions who focus on achieving higher mental planes have discovered: exercising, meditation, diet, not doing certain behaviors, forcing yourself to do other behaviors, going outside comfort zones, etc.
It's pretty simple and can be tailored to individual needs. But it's not easy, it takes a lot of effort and dedication. As a result, people would rather watch 20 hour documentaries to pick up a few more cognitions that may help a little, instead of spending 20 hours doing the simple, but hard stuff that works.
And in conclusion, I've also found people say they want to change but they really don't. There was an interesting study where people said "I want to be less rigid" but they never succeed, because they associated rigidity with structure (a positive trait). Take a look on this forum, I just had one of these conversations in the relationship section. People cling to their maladaptive world views because they associate it with positive things, even when they probably realize it wasn't the best world view. Just because something works doesn't mean its optimal, nor the most enjoyable, nor the one that makes you the most at ease/happy.
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I will continue to be a douche bag because it's gotten me girls in the past! Do I like being a douche bag? No. Am I going to try to change that? Yes. Will it work? No, because I believe that has what has worked for me thus far.
haha that's how i came to decide to better myself, i saw a lot of bad behaviors in people that i saw in myself and decided to change them.
All the stuff you mentioned is basically the area i'm interested in most too, i like to think i'm constantly learning and improving myself. I guess my main insecurity is just that i'm never doing enough or doing it right etc, so i never know if i'm on the right path. Mainly with micro-behaviors and mindsets.
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You can see your excuses, bad behaviors, bad mindsets in all the posts on this forum. When you spot them in someone else, think to yourself what would I suggest that guy to do? Then do it. Being honest with yourself is the key to it all.
I have a similar process, i imagine someone else in my problem and then give them advice and then transpose that to my real-world problem, that way it fits my exact problem there and then.
I had a great idea for a thread; Each week we all post a few different missions to go do out in our lives (maybe 1 inner, 1 outer) and it can be different depending on each persons skill level and ambitions. It would tiny missions because they'd be like little extra curricular activities to do, then everyone posts their results up and compares and helps each other out. Maybe "approach 5 mixed groups this week" or "meditate everyday 15minutes", or maybe even "approach one girl/group you never normally would have this week".
^ This might help us all make some (although small) changes, if at least me.
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My inner game thread goes into more detail,
If you're referring to "practical attainment of inner game" then that's my favorite thread on this site! It's just 100% pure practical from you and Fin.