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7Mar/101

How Not Caring How Good You Are At Something….Can Make You Better

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As of tomorrow my brief 4 week period of working 24/7 will end....

HEEELLLLL YEEAAAHHHHH :-)

Over the last couple of weeks i have been too busy to properly focus on anything besides my Club Managing work. Now you would think because of this other part's of my life would start to get worse, for example my Dating life. But guess what, i have had more success than ever and have girls coming out my bum and ear holes and practically every possible angle you can imagine. How is this possible? Well its very simple....

Sometimes, the more focus you put on something, the more meaning you attach to it, meaning that the result is alot more important to you. So there is more of a chance of you lets say getting nervous or getting negative emotions when the time comes to put all your practice or pre planning to use. Like a Runner who has been training for the Olympic Try Outs for the last 6 months and when the big day comes, he gets nervous and anxious and doesnt make cut. Its such a shame.

Its not our fault that we feel strongly towards things we care about, its great...it lets us know that it means alot to us. But we dont want our emotions to control us.

So something i discovered was that, if for a short period you take the focus off of something you have been focusing on and place this focus on something else...the next time you come into the situation where you would have usually been super focused for that old task, you may find yourself more relaxed and at ease.

For me, the moments lately when i have been out in clubs, have all seemed...well.... trivial. I was at ease in every interaction, getting numbers, going home with a few girls. Its been really fun and the so soooo simple reason for that is that i didnt place any extra meaning on whatever was happening. At times where i was really focusinnot caring How Not Caring How Good You Are At Something....Can Make You Betterg on my interactions really making sure everything was perfect, i would sometimes think alot about what to say before because i wanted to get it perfect. This sometimes put extra stress on me, not good. But over the last few weeks it has been super smooth sailing, i've met so many and had some great experiences with a lot.

The key thing to remember about what i was experiencing was that, the whole time just being out and seeing a really nice girl and then chatting to her has now become a trivial thing. Or for a more scientific/nlp term....it has become an unconscious competence for me.

I strongly suggest anyone out there takes a short break from anything they have been doing constantly for the last couple of months. Whether it be practicing your social skills or training for that Tennis Tournament coming up or revising for that big test. Just try it out, fill the time you would normally spend doing whatever it was you were doing with, maybe seeing a close friend or going out and buying yourself something new. Anything that makes you feel good. Just try it and let me know how you get on :-) .

Now, i'm off to plan my dates for the next week ahead ;-)

Chat soon peeps.

Sam Ben-David

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5Mar/100

Facebook Status Conversation No.4

This was a really good which had over 40 comments!!!!! These guys dont mess around ;-)

Howtochange Lifenow "Unfaithful men have lower IQ's, says Scientists"....Today's Daily Mail Newspaper, Page 19....

Yatine Nirvan

Yatine Nirvan

Since many women love jerks(who are mostly unfaithful), that means stupidity is attractive.
01 March at 16:38 ·
Yatine Nirvan

Yatine Nirvan

dammit!
01 March at 16:38 ·
Howtochange Lifenow

Howtochange Lifenow

Hey Yatine,

The article was talking about men who are in relationships not just ones who are single and sleep around :) Ah mate being a jerk isnt necessarily synonymous with being unfaithful...

01 March at 16:51 ·
Michael Brown

Michael Brown

I'm sure there have been many great minds that have been unfaithful. I think these 'scientists' are wasting money researching unhelpful subjects like this
01 March at 17:12 ·
Mark Hutchison

Mark Hutchison

so what your saying is, if a bloke is in an unloving relationship, if he has a higher IQ, he wont stray. I find that hard to believe myself considering its nature to constantly look for a mate to reprocreate. I believe it is normal for men to cheat especially if he has a higher level of testosterone in his body unless he has succumb to the social values of society over the many years. The solution is unless he has a regular realease of testosterone, he'd stray.
01 March at 17:22 ·
Yatine Nirvan

Yatine Nirvan

Mark +1

i agree...and to be noted that human being are designed to have multiple mates...

01 March at 17:24 ·
Vikram Sinha

Vikram Sinha

Misquotation. The scientist said 'Faithful men are LIKELY TO BE MORE INTELLIGENT' It cannot be applied to any single person, but rather a the population as a whole.
Individuals can be still be highly unfaithful and superbly intelligent!
01 March at 17:28 ·
Vikram Sinha

Vikram Sinha

@ Michael, Social Psychology is great research. If people understood each other more there'd be less anger and frustration in this world.
01 March at 17:30 ·
Mark Hutchison

Mark Hutchison

I also agree with michael, are scientists are gonna develop an antidote for cheating men then wouldnt it do the human race harm cause the reprocreation cycle would slow down and maybe stop. Society says its wrong to commit infidelity and cheat nature made us this way to survive and thats what we're doing. What shall we listen too,which is more powerful, Nature or Society, it doesnt even warrant an answer as its so blantely obvious!
01 March at 17:33 ·
Howtochange Lifenow

01 March at 17:36 ·
Vikram Sinha

Vikram Sinha

@ Mark.. eh? antidote for cheating men? has anyone actually read the article?
01 March at 17:36 ·
Steve Muller

Steve Muller

"i agree...and to be noted that human being are designed to have multiple mates..."

Actually, that's false

If evolution is believed to be true: Humans originally worked as primates do - You have a single 'clan' and the alpha male pretty much gets all the women to the detriment of the others - i.e. If you're not in charge, you get diddly squat... See more

However, in the time that the 'ape' wandered onto the open planes and early 'man' came about... several factors actually ENCOURAGED and REQUIRED the evolution of the "Pair-Bond" - AKA. The Monogamous relationship

So what we actually have are 2 comflicting drives and instincts. We have the leftover drive to fertilise as many women as possible BUT also now have the drive to find a single, monogamous one too

That's why humans, in comparison to other animals, have such unusual mating patterns. We have constant conflicts of interest with regards to monogamy and polygamy

01 March at 17:41 ·
Michael Brown

Michael Brown

Vikram. I'm not anti- Social Psychology per se. I just cannot see how this particular research is helpful.
Also, to me, it is a massive assumption that there would be any less of anything with thus type of research ... apart from maybe some trees ...
01 March at 17:43 ·
Yatine Nirvan

Yatine Nirvan

haha, just got the confirmation that religious people have lower IQ....

interesting :D

01 March at 17:43 ·
Yatine Nirvan

Yatine Nirvan

@ Steve; from the article, 'through evolutionary history, men have always been 'mildly polygamous'. '

here u go...

01 March at 17:46 ·
Steve Muller

Steve Muller

@Yantine:

Emphasis on 'Mildly'. Note, I did not say we were NOT polygamous - but that we're actually BOTH

01 March at 17:47 ·
Mark Hutchison

Mark Hutchison

mmmm....this article is straight to my point. Ashley has obviousy succumbed to nature even know Cheryl Cole is a very sexy woman. Take away all the glamour, tv and spotlights, they are still only human, a man and a woman. I dont condone what he did but he followed his human instincts and the way nature has designed us still led to the same result. ... See moreI dont think ashley has a lower IQ, he knows exactly what he did, all the wealth, big houses, cars, glamour lifestyle led to the same outcome - infidelity
01 March at 17:49 ·
Yatine Nirvan

Yatine Nirvan

duh, of course we are not fully polygamous,

except for some societies and cultures where women are treated as fuckbags

but the logic behind the cheating men is a way for them to spread their genes more effectively and increasing the chanche of their genes of not getting diluted and lost in the huge genetic pool... See more

a book for that is 'selfish gene'...

01 March at 17:52 ·
Mark Hutchison

Mark Hutchison

spot on yatine
01 March at 17:53 ·
Michael Brown

Michael Brown

Some men appear polygamous. Some .... monogamous. Are we defining the nature of man by their actions or by their desires?
01 March at 17:53 ·
Yatine Nirvan

Yatine Nirvan

apart from the genetic explanation,

i think since humans are among the rare animals who can have sex only for pleasure,

well... infidelity is extended plesure

01 March at 17:55 ·
Mark Hutchison

Mark Hutchison

i second that! Says it all
01 March at 17:56 ·
Michael Brown

Michael Brown

The 'Selfish Gene' theory is just that ... a theory.
01 March at 17:56 ·
Yatine Nirvan

Yatine Nirvan

Scientists bashing
01 March at 17:59 ·
Steve Muller

Steve Muller

I think dolphins do aswell (Can't remember where I heard it though)

But yeah, pleasurable sex (as opposed to 'functional ejaculation', for want of a better word) came out by a simple necessity to keep couples together. (It gave them something fun they can do just between themselves) - Obviously, it's conflict with our polygamous drives has kinda backfired :D

It's why we have out-turned lips, the missionary position, little hair, sex is more prolonged (normally...), and women have the clitoris and can achieve orgasm... See more

"The Naked Ape" - Desmond Morris - Really, really interesting read

01 March at 18:00 ·
Yatine Nirvan

Yatine Nirvan

Yea, Dolphins and Bonobos.... cool animals

haven't read 'the naked ape', i shall look for that tomoz in uni library

thx for the share

01 March at 18:04 ·
Steve Muller

Steve Muller

Likewise - I'm gonna have a look "Selfish Gene". Always looking for more material :)

If Buddhism is true, I'm so going to request I come back as a dolphin (Except for the tuna nets... that bit sucks)

01 March at 18:06 ·
Steve Muller

Steve Muller

*look for
01 March at 18:07 ·
Michael Brown

Michael Brown

No. Not scientist bashing! That seems a little dramatic! I'm merely stating that a theory is a theory! ... a set of ideas ...
01 March at 18:08 ·
Mark Hutchison

Mark Hutchison

Michael Brown - Some men appear polygamous. Some .... monogamous. Are we defining the nature of man by their actions or by their desires?

Defining them by their evolutionary behaviours and why some are polygamous and monogamous, we havent really had your take on this topic yet! What do you think, do you think IQ effects natures choice of infidelity OR social pressure takes prestige over there decision! And why?

01 March at 18:10 ·
Yatine Nirvan

Yatine Nirvan

@ steve: yea, but don't buy it, just borrow it in library or something,

because believe me...its a long book and you would skip some material

but a GREAT book... See more

yea, being a dolphin sounds cooler than banging a female bonobo :D

01 March at 18:13 ·
Mark Hutchison

01 March at 18:16 ·
Michael Brown

Michael Brown

Hi Mark. The truth is ... I don't know ...
There are many possible perspectives to look at things ... some of interest to me ... some not. I do not feel the need to have a definitive theory for anything within this context. It's enough for me to notice that some men are monogamous and some aren't ... some change from one to the other. Theories can be interesting, but for me to be religious about them does not appeal ... just personal taste
01 March at 18:23 ·
Mark Hutchison

Mark Hutchison

Very nicely put Michael, i like the part where you put "some change from one to another" doesnt this stipulate that IQ does not matter, thats a very powerful comment to the whole IQ thing. Very nicely put!
01 March at 18:31 ·
Michael Brown

Michael Brown

Oh yeah , regardless of the article, I don't believe that IQ has anything to do with it.
Why? Well ... I question the idea that researches such as these prove anything beyond any doubt. I find that the researchers are already motivated to prove their own theory and therefore find 'evidence'. When a counter view is looked for, they find 'evidence' ... and I question the foundation of IQ tests
01 March at 18:33 ·
Mark Hutchison

Mark Hutchison

I question some ideas of IQ, but i do agree we need them, sometimes if you wanna do a degree and the need to know what kind of IQ you have will determine if you can handle the pressure of the course. I agree with them in this respect but if you have comparing an lower IQ in a marriage as a means of excuse for cheating, its just not gonna cut it!
01 March at 18:43 ·
Michael Brown

01 March at 18:44 ·
Simon Marshall

Simon Marshall

ok, really simple answer, cheating men with a low IQ get caught, cheating men with a high IQ are smart enough NOT to get caught, or indeed take part in a Survey on being unfaithful. haha.
01 March at 19:24 ·
Michael Brown

Michael Brown

Or .. people do shit ... and then we make up stories about it .... called 'explanations'
;0)
01 March at 19:38 ·
Mark Hutchison

Mark Hutchison

Sounds like your speaking from experience there simon ha!
01 March at 20:40 ·
Simon Marshall

Simon Marshall

hmm, I guess if I said that I was, that would put me into the low IQ group of cheaters, wouldn't it?? So no I am a one woman man.......(looks at own profile pic and worries about how incongruous he sounds)....what do "scientists" know anyway? lmao.
01 March at 21:21 ·
Mark Hutchison

Mark Hutchison

yeah, what do they know ha
01 March at 21:50 ·
Michael Brown

Michael Brown

Phd ... Piled higher and deeper
01 March at 21:56 ·
Mark Hutchison

Mark Hutchison

haha! Very good michael
01 March at 21:57 ·
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4Mar/101

Nothing is True…..

Dont be fooled by the title.....Just like when you first see Nietzsche's "God is Dead" statement....the meaning is in the content not in the title.

Lately i have been finding the thought of something soooo interesting that i wish i was back in my Philosophy classes so i could put all these ideas to use.

After watching Rolf Potts my idea has been enforced even more.....Isn't it interesting that not just every city and country has different beliefs and values....but every single person does. What is morally correct and ethically right is so subjective that it is impossible to define.

Examples like....in England we keep Dog's as pets...in other countries they use them for food. In all countries around the world the personal space barrier is different. Referring back to my chat with David from Spain about how women approach men and show sexual interest early on, but how in the UK they do not and it is extremely frowned upon and 'slutty' to do so. Nothing is true. I notice this alot from working in nightclubs for the last couple of years also. You can put 1000 people in a club....500 can have an amazing night...500 can have a terrible night. EVEN at big events where big dj's and performers are there the night is still subjective. The only way a club night sells out is if enough people have good nights there (obviously)

Have you ever noticed that every single psychological study was done on 100's or maybe 1000's, but there are billions living? Ok alot of psychological theories are fairly accurate, but they are not 100%. Its actually stupid to have a social belief on something when every person is different.

What i am getting at, and those who have read my blog and know me will probably know this anyway....is that....nothing is true, nothing is factual, objectively. But....if this is so then we have to have some way of knowing what to do in situations....which is why i believe that the only thing that is actually TRUE....is Personal Experience. Now when i say true i mean true to the person. Nothing is actually true objectively so subjectively alot can be true.

Its just a strange thought how you can get 20 people from 20 different countries and they will all have different views on the same subject based on their own experience of it.

This thought alone is enough of a reason for me to want to travel the world over the next year, i really want to experience so much more than i already have (which is a lot). I want to take subjective truth to the highest level.

There is however one objective truth that cant be ignored.....That .....Nothing.... is True.

Thank you and Good night.

Sam

Oh and....what does everyone think? Anyone had any thought's like this before? Let me know

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2Mar/100

A Brief Look Into my Current Way Of Being….And My Dog ;)

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1Mar/102

My Gift…..Maybe My Curse

For a while now i have known something about myself which is probably one of the best Gift's anyone could ask for. Funny enough, this same Gift can sometimes be a Curse.

A while ago i had a telephone conversation with a well known Manchester NLP Practitioner....She told me that i have i have "Good Meta-Programs"....Basically meaning that my mental processes are good. She told me this after i told her that i am someone who, has the ability to quickly change and adapt my way of thinking to anything new that is happening in my life. Or if i have been exposed to something new i can quickly put it into my subconscious with no hassle.

This is a rare gift because usually anything that comes through our conscious mind has to be rationalised and processed before it can make way into our subconscious and become a part of who we are. With me....usually as soon as i discover something new....i grab onto with everything i have. If i discover something new and amazing i will run with it.

To give you an example, most of the personal development ideas of the world i have discovered over the last few years have led me to another and another.....This is how it may maps out;

The Game ----) PUA ----) Accelerated Learning ----) NLP -----) Power of Now -----) Blogging ----) Problogger ------) Steve Pavlina -----)  -----) Gary Vaynerchuck ----) Tim Ferriss -----) Rolf Potts

The map may be slightly out of place, but the point i want everyone to see is that one idea has lead to another, this may happen to alot of people. Its just strange how i have gone from reading The Game and learning more about The PUA World to now watching Rolf Potts Do Lectures!

My gift is simply this....i can adapt to new experiences and ideas very quickly, meaning my beliefs and who i am can change often. The reason why it may be seen as a curse is that, it means i change often, meaning if i change then what i want around me will change. If my beliefs change i will want my environment to change. Its not necessarily a bad thing.....

Looking at it all now its made me realise something....it doesnt matter whether we change from one thing to another often. All that matters is whether what we are changing to something BETTER. If we are, then its aaaalllll goooood :)

Sam

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28Feb/100

My Great Day Shopping With….The Mother, yes…My Mum :-)

mother and son t10748 My Great Day Shopping With....The Mother, yes...My Mum : )

I'm currently back home in Essex for a few days for my best friend Oliver Hambling's birthday which we had last night. Wow it was such an amazing night, i got ridiculously drunk. Me being drunk is a funny sight. Last night it resulted in me basically humping a girl up the wall of Taman Gang, one of the nicest clubs in London. Oh but dont worry, the club was dark AND she enjoyed it ;) . Ah London, its so strange when you go out there in the night all the people seem to just stand around holding drinks and dont seem like they are enjoying it that much. It makes you wonder why they go out. The nicer the club, the less people move or show any emotion.

So today i got up in my hungover state and was off for a shopping trip with the Mother. One of the worst childhood rituals for me has to be going shopping with my mum. Ugh i hated it, i used to walk a few steps behind her so people didnt think i was with her. If i saw someone i knew while i was out with her, i would go red in the face and just walk past them. The thought i mean the ridiculously embarrassing thought of being seen with your bloody mum noooo nooooooo dont make me do it noooooo.

Now.....fast forward to today's shopping trip to Lakeside Shopping Centre with my muummmyyy.........it was a very, very different experience!!!

From the moment the day began, we were getting along great. On the journey there we having an amazing conversation about things like my dad, last night and people living the conventional life...one of the guys i went out with last night has a £60,000 a year job, has just bought a house and is basically married to a girl he has been with 7 years but heres the kicker...he isnt happy and is always complaining and spent half the night complaining about the price of the table we got in the club last night. So yeah anyway, we were loving the time together, i was also more in the moment than ever, one of the new things i do now is always turn my phone off whenever i am out with someone. It really helps you keep focused on whoever you are interacting with.

While we were looking around shops for clothes and shoes it was really fun, it was like i was out with my best mate. I seemed to be so relaxed with her, even to the point that when i was talking to the sales girl in Schuh i was bringing my mother into the conversation as if she was a normal person or something!!!

I noticed something really good as well that made me think that everyone should have shopping days with their mum's more often....When we were in River Island i was looking around and didnt see anything i liked. Then my mum pulled out a top from a rail and said "Sam this would look lovely on you and is so your colour too"...I said....."REALLY??!!".....You see all to often we forget that no matter how much we know about ourselves, our mother's always no more. So...i tried the top on....and guess what...... it looks sooooo nice!!! Seriously I am scared for any girl who see's me wearing it out next haha. Here's a little sneak peak of the top itself:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=240965&id=100000104697637

The day was great, from buying clothes to having an amazing sandwich to talking about my plans to travel around Europe in the summer, it was lovely. I dont see my mum too often and usually whenever i do we argue, even when we talk on the phone we are. But today was the opposite, so much so that, i didnt want it to end. I can so picture anyone reading this thinking awww Sam has gone soft on us all!! Seriously everyone if you have a mother in your life, go out with her, for a bite to eat or just go downstairs away from your room and have a chat with her. Open up to the possibility that your mum isnt the annoying figure in your life that wants to ruin your fun. She is there to look out for you and make sure you are well. Remember that.

me and mum My Great Day Shopping With....The Mother, yes...My Mum : )

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23Feb/100

Facebook Status Conversation No.3

Howtochange Lifenow I am starting to experience more and more of what i want, simply by the act of knowing what i truly and deeply want, simply by setting goals! Call it Unconscious thinking effecting behaviour, call it Law of Attraction, who knows it doesnt matter.....So.....i want who ever is reading this to give me an outrageous and cr...azy goal to attempt to get. Write your crazy goals below :)

Matthew Graham

Matthew Graham

Don't know if this is crazy but I do Capoeira and I am trying to do this move. It is a cartwheel on my forearms. That's my craziest goal right now. The other one is to become a platform artist for Tigi
19 February at 14:34
Chris Campos

Chris Campos

of all the goals i have for myself, the one i consider the craziest is attaining unlimited money
19 February at 16:14
Simon Marshall

Simon Marshall

Date Megan Fox.
19 February at 16:34
Howtochange Lifenow

Howtochange Lifenow

@Matthew....cartwheel on your forearms....hmmm is that possible?

@Chris....Unlimited Money would mean infinite money, which is not possible.....ugh the philosophical side is itching to get out!!

@Simon....Ok....i am actually tempted by that. For the simple reason that someone i know here knows her (i have no idea how)....Thing is due to me living... in England....it makes that goal a physical constraint, not a psychological one, but if i end up heading to the states in the summer....watch this space ;)

19 February at 17:50
Matthew Graham

Matthew Graham

Absolutely I have done it a few times but its not consistant. Mastre Colongo who taught me does like 15 in a row but he is insane.
19 February at 17:54
Marek van den Oever

19 February at 18:17
Marek van den Oever

Marek van den Oever

Make 10 million euro nett per year, and give 15 percent of that to charity
19 February at 18:31
Bart Scantlin

Bart Scantlin

Work with a famous PUA or Self Improvement guru, with whom you respect. Have a bootcamp. Then take your students out "in field" and get them laid.

Bonus Points if you can do this in Kansas City, MO.

19 February at 18:58
Kristian Garmanslund

Kristian Garmanslund

My goal is to become a great DJ, and a awesome movie actor!
Sat at 15:25
Howtochange Lifenow

Howtochange Lifenow

@Bart...A famous PUA i respect...hmm there are not many! Self Imrovement guru ugh wow Richard Bandler would be top Eckhart Tolle would be next, hmmm ok we may be onto something :)

Oh and there is a big chance someday i will be coming to Kansas City, MO...i am a HUGE HUGE HUGE Tech N9ne fan and one of my dreams is to see him live in KC, MO :)

Sat at 15:30
Matthew Graham

Matthew Graham

Dude I forgot you were a huge fan I was just at his show and talked to him. I will remember next time and bring you up. And Bandler and Tolle have helped to change my life. I would add Robert Greene to that. His book 48 Laws of Power literally saved my life.
Sat at 15:36
Howtochange Lifenow

Howtochange Lifenow

oh my goooodd you actually got to chat to tech??? fuuuckkkk thats sick!! tell him he needs to play in the UK, somewhere!! howd you get to meet him? Yeah Robert Greene is a cool dude, you read the book he wrote with 50 cent? been meaning to give that a read!
Sat at 15:39
Matthew Graham

Matthew Graham

I first met Tech when I was a kid in Salina Ks. But then I met him again when I was incarcerated with Creed his nephew (from the song Fuck The Industry). And I have not read The 50th Law yet. It is my next book to read.
Sat at 15:49
Howtochange Lifenow

Howtochange Lifenow

Incarcerated.....? Wow
Sat at 16:23
Howtochange Lifenow

Howtochange Lifenow

Wow x2 actually!!
Sat at 16:23
Steve Muller

Steve Muller

As promised... here we go. Get comfy my friend, I've had all night to plan this bastard :D

First thing's first, I'm going to add 3 disclaimar to my comment ;)

1. This is probably going to be a long read. I cannot be held responsible for burnt retina, square eyes, blindness and possible death...

2. Whatever you do, make sure that any of these goals you pick slot in 100% with your own goals and desires. C'mon man, you've finally started to break free from living the goals and expectations of others and begin to follow your own heart... Don't let yourself fall back into the habit of completeing other people's goals on THEIR terms :p You've made too much progress to start back-tracking

3. You're a good man. Please don't get so sucked into goal-setting that you become one of those goal-obsessed ass-hats who secretly look down on others because they don't strive for the same level of excellence they do. I remember going to a confidence seminar where the tutor proclaimed how we should strive for the best, never settle and never get comfortable... made me feel guilty that my 3 main goals were "Happiness, comfort and Autonomy". Granted, I now see there is nothing wrong with my view... but please don't become an ass-hat. You're a cool guy

Anyway... to the goals. Personally, I think you're in a strong position and would benefit from lots of smaller goals to increase the breadth of your 'awesomeness' (This WILL become a word) rather than a few major ones. Until you yourself find your single-most important goal and purpose, just explore your abilities. Your long-term goal is something only YOU can decide upon... otherwise you live someone else's aims and will be more prone to losing interest

I break my goals into 3 main categories (4 if you include 'Script-based' ones, but you need to know Transactional Analysis for this one). Look through and take your pick :)

1 - Repertoire-Based Goals

These goals ultimately aim to improve your number of achievements and range of skills. They're superb for confidence, often look good on a CV, are great party tricks and are things that in hard times, you can look back on and think "Wow... I did that". Trust me, a list of self-motivated achievements are brilliant against a self-defeatist mood

- Write a book
- Learn an instrument (and learn your fav song)
- Learn to Juggle / Hypnotise / perform Magic
- Learn a second language
- Pick a martial art - Go for black belt
- Try out an unusual sport (i.e. Fencing)
- Pick a cardio-machine at the gym - Pick a distance/time to reach (i.e. 10K in under 50 mins on the rowing machine)
- Pick a style of dance - Learn it to a good level
- Become skilled at a parlour game (i.e. Chess / Cards)

2 - Happiness-Based Goals

Goal setting is often quite tedious and is so often focussed on work that it can run you ragged. Plus, not planning for fun often leaves you feeling guilty about having fun and taking time off for yourself. So plan it in and enjoy:

- Pick a song - Sing it loud and proud
- Every week - Pick a 2 hour slot for yourself. Switch off your phone and spend those 2 hours doing what you want
- Treat yourself to a fun day out
- Book a massage / spa day
- Write down a list of your most secret fantasies/desires... y'know, the ones you can't tell people. Read them and just enjoy them

3 - Character-Based Goals

Skills are only a single segment of what makes a person. Their character and personality play an equality important role. So making goals to develop your character are also cool:

- (Leadership) - Organise and lead a day out with 10+ friends
- (Assertion) - Ask for a pay rise
- (Knowledge) - In 1 month - Write 3 blog posts
- (Emotion) - Pick a non-sexual female friend and watch Twilight/The Notebook with her. OR learn massage

Phew... hope these are some nice pieces of food for thought. Peace

Sat at 17:32
Matthew Graham

Matthew Graham

Yeah incarcerated. Like I said Roberts books saved my life. Its why I want to help people so bad. I just don't talk about it to much people have preconceived notions about it and don't give me a chance.
Sat at 18:01
Howtochange Lifenow

Howtochange Lifenow

Steve, as usual every time i read something you write...i enjoy it sooo much that i feel as if i made the wrong choice being straight all my life ;)

Sooo many good points there, what you did which many do not do is split goals into categories, this is so vital. Totally agree with that to begin with.

Honestly there is nothing to disagree with, purely because if this works for you then to me....it is the best system in the world BECAUSE it gets you towards what you truly want....

Have to ask where did you originate this structure? It seems to well thought out how each goal and sub goal attacks the different parts of a person.

One more thing....for everyone reading can you just include a guideline to how many goals you think a person should have in each category. Just as a baseline to begin with for anyone wanting to use this structure.

Sat at 18:02
Howtochange Lifenow

Howtochange Lifenow

@Matt....yeah i understand mate, wont get in to it, good to see you are in a better place Now :)
Sat at 18:04
Steve Muller

Steve Muller

Much obliged my good friend... but there's women out there who could do with your loving more than I could ;) It would be wrong to disappoint them

As for the structure - Sadly there's no brilliant tale to this... I just made it up :) I started picking out goals I've been working on, and the categories pretty much found themselves! As you said - they attack each element of the person (Nice way of looking at it), so it helps to structure the self-improvement process

As for guidelines... well... how much can you handle? :p As a rule of thumb, if you're ticking each box, you're making good progress (Even if slowly). To be honest though, I'd encourage people to make their own categories, change mine or split them up... it's all about whatever structure works best for the user :) ...

Only thing I'd say is to go easy on yourself. As tempting as it is to set a list of several massive goals... doing so makes it too tempting to look for time off. Integrating the goals as a small part of your life reaps more long-term successes

Sat at 22:54

Sanjay Larsen

Sanjay Larsen

easy one for you Sam, climb everest
(my friend did it last september for charity, water aid or something). Not necessarily the summit, unless you were feeling particularly brave
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18Feb/103

“The Sun is Everything”

One of the most amazing thing i still find truly powerful, is the thought that, personal experience will define your perception of something. Whether we all like it or not, we are indeed Empiricists. But this is not a bad thing, its great! Being an Empiricist means we have Politics, 15 different newspapers talking about the same topic in a different way, 1000's of PUA coaches and constant arguments on whether Egg's are good for you or not (they are good for you by the way, dont make me debate with you....you will lose!).

Today i got to my local gym, got changed and went to the weight section, i love the energy there....everyone striving for that all mighty body. The smell of sweat, the grunts, but more than anything....i love how the gym is an environment where every single person is there to do 1 thing....Change themselves to become something better........wow..... now thats a good environment to be in! So yeah i got to the weight section and strolled over to ask the guy on a machine i wanted to go on how long he will be. As he turned around we realised we noticed each other ( He is a glass collector at the club i am an Event Manager for). Me and David starting chatting and he tells me about how he is from Malaga, Spain and studying here. I love listening to foreigners talk, not just because they have a cool accent, but because being from a different country means you live in a completely different culture. Every country has its own culture. The U.K has the football obsession and sink or swim type of ways, America has the open minded way and political consciousness , everywhere is different.

We got chatting more and more about his hometown,  and then David started saying something interesting....he started to talk about how when he talks to girls in clubs in the U.K, they are all abit up themselves and do not show much interest or are even nice to him. The U.K (especially London) is known to be a nation of people who are not too open to meeting new people. This is not true to everyone, but the majority will agree, this is the power of being an Empiricist. He was saying how different England is to Spain....David said in England, when you walk past a girl, her eyes will move to look at you just for a second and then the girl will go back to whatever she was doing, she tries to show little interest. But....in Spain.....he said the girls when you walk past them, they dont look with their eyes no no....they look with their whole body. When you walk past them, they turn their head and body towards you and scan you up and down and give a really...really seductive look. They show they WANT you. They show they want to Sexually Please you...all....night....long. David said its common knowledge that girls approach guys alot in Spain, he said that one of the reasons is The Sun.

See David may have just been a glass collector in a club and looked down on by many, but David was very aware of the world around him. He started to tell me about how The Sun produces  more vitamin d in the body and doing so gives us good hormones. He said how when you are on the beaches everyone is chatting and...really horny! The Sun makes everyone more sexually energetic and happy, David said in clubs in Spain in his experience, girls approach guys often and within 10 minutes will be asking questions like "Do you have a car nearby we can go to?". He went on to say how he has friends from other Sunny countries in South America and when he goes there the women are also the same. What many people do not realise is that women have a higher sex drive than men do, though they may not show it, they do!! Think about it....women have a part of the body that is specifically designed to sexually stimulate a girl and 'turn her on'. David's experiences and empirical evidence have given him the beliefs that; women approach men more, women show interest (verbally and non-verbally), women show sexual interest, women want sex more than men, women will happily want to have sex with someone they have known for 10 minutes. Now just imagine how bloody lucky David is, he lives in a world where all those beliefs i just mentioned, he has because HE HAS HAD EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE GIVEN HIM THEM. Isn't it strange that for David....the interaction between a man and women in a club is a fun and positive one and can escalate very quickly. But for those living in the U.K, it is not. Something as simple as being in a country with more sun can reshape how an entire interaction will go between a man and women.

David said to me he finds it harder here with the women....I finished our chat by saying to David....

"Its not harder its just different, but based on our chat just now, i fully believe that you are from The Real World, you are lucky to have lived there"

Question guys.....Have you had any experiences with women in foreign hot countries like the ones David has had? Let me know.

Sam

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15Feb/100

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Howtochange Lifenow : Tim Ferriss defines the opposite of Happiness to be Boredom, what you thinking?

Winston Artist Smith

Winston Artist Smith

I would say Depression.... That would be the opposite!
You can;t be happy and depressed!
Yesterday at 22:32 ·
Michael Wagner

Michael Wagner

Agree, a lot of happiness comes from stimulation.
Yesterday at 22:32 ·
Howtochange Lifenow
Howtochange Lifenow

Cool answers guys,

Here's a quote from Tim Ferris to support his idea, see what you think (just so you know i partially agree now with the idea that we strive for excitement and not happiness)

Let's assume we have 10 goals and we achieve them—what is the desired outcome that makes all the effort worthwhile? The most common response is what I also would have suggested five years ago: happiness. I no longer believe this is a good answer. Happiness can be bought with a bottle of wine and has become ambiguous through overuse. There is a more precise alternative that reflects what I believe the actual objective is.... See more

Bear with me. What is the opposite of happiness? Sadness? No. Just as love and hate are two sides of the same coin, so are happiness and sadness. Crying out of happiness is a perfect illustration of this. The opposite of love is indifference, and the opposite of happiness s—here's the clincher—boredom. iExcitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all. When people suggest you follow your "passion" or your "bliss," I propose that they
are, in fact, referring to the same singular concept: excitement. This brings us full circle. The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals?" but "What would excite me?"

Yesterday at 22:59 ·
Melan Astbury

Melan Astbury

I feel they're both far too subjective to make such a sweeping statement...
(also I would say you can be depressed and happy..)
Yesterday at 22:59 ·
KRyan VLópez

KRyan VLópez

Na man, Happpiness is a form of love. Love is growth. So it's definite to say that the opposite extreme of happiness is depression. Depression is when you are not growing. Depression implies that your growth has come to a stop.Like he feels boredom is a stop of growth. But listen... coming to interpretation of words, I guess that must be your friends Tim ... that he thinks it is Boredom. Universally speaking... it's depression. Ask a Psychiatrist what depression is...
Yesterday at 23:02 ·
Cindy Kruger

Cindy Kruger

I am inclined to agree; boredom is an unmotivated state and happiness is most definately an opposite state, i don't know many unmotivated happy people. Depressed is an extreme state on the spectrum of which manic happiness would be he opposite.....that's just my opinion:)
Yesterday at 23:16 ·
KRyan VLópez

KRyan VLópez

Depressed means that you have lowered your mental state. Your confidence must be very low and your body/mind is functioning at a miserable pace. Your vibration is lowered, your aura is dark. Negativity attracts negativity. Flip reverse that formula. Positivity attracts positivity!!!!!
Yesterday at 23:23 ·
Steve Muller

Steve Muller

To build upon KRyan's point:

I'd say that the opposite of happiness is a nasty cocktail of depression AND boredom - More commonly known as APATHY

Happiness could be described as a sense of self-comfort where the user feels full of "energy of life" (Spiritually fulfilled, as it were). They feel alive and they feel comfortable. Though you don't necessarily have to be in a state of excitement to be happy, you at least feel "alive"... See more

The key is that you ENGAGE with the moment

The opposite is thus when you DISENGAGE

This occurs in times when you feel drained and empty. To feel like you're running with the batteries on 0% with no charger in sight. It's where you feel indifferent to life, and also neglect your self and sense of self-worth. You shut off life and others, rather then embrace both.

So in a sense, everyone here is correct. It's boredom AND depression

Yesterday at 23:27 ·
Simon Marshall

Simon Marshall

just to throw another thought into the mix, they're are lots of people out there that if you asked them if they were happy they would say yes. If you asked the same person, in the same instant, do they find their life boring they would also say yes. I would describe happiness as an emotional state, and maybe boredom as a position that may lead to ... See morean emotional state, likely a negative one. again depression I would consider a position, with the outcoming states being sadness, anger and many, many others. But simply I would say sadness is the opposite of happiness.
Yesterday at 23:28 ·
Bart Scantlin

Bart Scantlin

Well , I'm hardly ever bored. But that doesn't mean I'm always happy.
Yesterday at 23:41 ·
Michael Brown

Michael Brown

Happiness to me has no fixed definition anyway ... what is it? Joy? Satisfaction? Contentment? Pleasure? Who knows? When I use it, it can mean different things at different times ... so it's opposite can mean different things ...
He cannot be said to be definitely 'wrong' or 'right' ... or would depend on the context.
Experience ... lived experience is more fundamental than a mental construct
Concepts baby .... can't live with 'em ... can't kill'em!!!
Yesterday at 23:43 ·
Michael Brown

Michael Brown

Not 'or' but 'it' I meant to say in the above ... doh!!!
Yesterday at 23:45 ·
Sanjay Larsen

Sanjay Larsen

love tim ferriss
Today at 00:10 ·
Pua Venus

Pua Venus

Opposite of happiness is more happiness if u really a person with positive attitude !!! Otherwise we can spend all our life to find the exact opposite !!!
Today at 09:38 ·
Steve Muller

Steve Muller

I love Venus' idea :D Try as hard as you may... happiness will find you

I think I'm gonna have to write that down and pin it up on my wall. We spend so long focussed on the idea that we 'run out of happiness', that we overlook its constant supply

It's like the sun. Constantly giving off light. Oh sure, night time occurs... but that doesn't mean the sun's gone out. It's just being obstructed. Remove the obstruction and let the happiness flow... See more

We were born happy

Peace and love

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11Feb/103

I wish i had More time to Write and live my Passion……

It is often said that we become what we repeatedly do, we become our habits, our habits are who we are. So on and yes...so on.

If i could right now choose to repeatedly do one thing it was simply be this.....spend every waking moment reading, writing, speaking, blogging and living my passion...which as my readers know is.....Personal Development.

Why do we live in a world where the general system for achieving prosperity is flawed so that we only just about manage to get by. Why is it we have to step out side of the system....to indeed enjoy life to the full..........

Right now my job is taking up so much time i have less and less time available to do what i enjoy. My job for those who dont know is being an Event Manager for a nightclub in Manchester. But the thing is...when you work for clubs.....you work around the clock, me personally i end doing more hours and work than what i am paid for. Its strange working for big businesses and companies....you work in environments where people spend the majority of their lives working. They work all year and look forward to days off, weekends and 2 week holidays in the summer. The 9-5 worker is trapped in a system that is designed for them to not succeed past the average level because of the earning system is based on one thing......Relativity

People need to wake up and realise that....Life....is about living....it is not about working.....its about working less and doing what makes you happy more. Its not about university degrees and mortgages. Its about passive incomes and getting paid for your passion. Its about Gary Vaynerchuck and Tim Ferriss. Its about being autonomous and having financial mobility (being able to take your job wherever you go, so is linked to being autonomous).

The world is moving in such a new direction........the world is moving.....

Sam

Oh and P.S....for no reason at all, here are some random photo's i found on my phone :) Enjoy

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