Wake Up

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,360 So the big question is this, how do young men like us who didn't listen to society 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:11,840 who are on our own, how do we grow and improve ourselves so that we can live a 3 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:18,000 better tomorrow? That is the question and this show will give you the answers. My 4 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:24,920 name is James Rydzinski and welcome to the Ascend Momentum Show. 5 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:38,480 Welcome back everyone. So I want to talk about the reality of our situation. 6 00:00:38,480 --> 00:00:50,840 I'm not sure where this episode is headed to but let me just start talking. A couple days ago I 7 00:00:50,840 --> 00:01:00,200 discovered a ultimate reading list for human beings and it has 180 books for 8 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:12,680 all human beings to read. And as you guys know I'm a really strong, I'm a really 9 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:19,440 big fan of reality transfer and I know that book is very valuable. Hence why 10 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:27,640 I'm reading it a second time. And when I saw that reading list he wrote down an 11 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:33,120 article before he even gave the reading list so that before the reading list was 12 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:40,960 a couple pages of text and he was talking about different things. And one of 13 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:46,840 the things he said is that the first book you should read is reality 14 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:54,240 transfer. So he's essentially saying the foundation to living life as a human 15 00:01:54,240 --> 00:02:03,280 being is transurfing. So that's one thing. And another thing is that he is 16 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:12,520 probably 28 years old, 30 years old. And so he is 10 years ahead of me 17 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:20,320 essentially. At least 10 years ahead of me in life. And he's read a lot. He's a 18 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:26,080 very similar reader to me where he reads nonfiction, self-improvement books is 19 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:32,760 what it seems. Not even just self-improvement but books to just grow as a 20 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:41,560 human. And yeah. And I was reading through a couple of his, like I was reading 21 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:48,000 around his website and not just the reading list but other parts of the 22 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:54,680 website. Like his three-year long trip, his road trip, where he basically went 23 00:02:54,680 --> 00:03:01,480 started at the northernmost point of North America and then ended at the 24 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:11,880 southernmost point in South America. So he was on a road trip for three 25 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:19,120 years with his friends. So he knows how to live the good life is basically what 26 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:25,240 I'm trying to say. And he wrote a book and he was actually reading many books 27 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:34,880 throughout his life and just especially over the past eight years, let's say. And 28 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:39,200 over the past eight years he was reading a lot, growing a lot as a human, 29 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:47,360 evolving a lot. And then also he went on that road trip. And then he wrote a book 30 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:54,040 and that book is called Dancing When the Music Stops. I'm pretty sure is what 31 00:03:54,040 --> 00:04:01,080 it's called. And he basically said that book is the result of the past eight 32 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:05,960 years of reading all these different books on this reading list and going on 33 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:15,680 this road trip. Now when I read his description of the book on his website, 34 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:24,200 my perspective on life shifted a bit. He talked about, and let me give some 35 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:31,480 context. I read through all of the 180 titles and on and his thoughts and 36 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:39,840 description about the books on his reading list. And there were probably 10, at 37 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:51,240 least five, like around five to 10 books about extinction, global warming, and the 38 00:04:51,240 --> 00:05:00,440 state of the earth and where it's headed. Basically, many books on that list are 39 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:13,160 saying that the world is dying right now and we only have a few decades left. So 40 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:18,560 when I, all throughout my life, I've heard of global warming. I just scoffed. I 41 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:24,000 not scoffed, but I was just like, oh, that sucks. But I never really saw the 42 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:33,320 impacts. And I never really realized how it affected me. And then something 43 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:41,120 changed in me yesterday where I actually read, I read through that reading list 44 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:47,720 and on his list of essential reads for human beings were a bunch of books about 45 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:53,080 the state of where the earth is headed. And for even more context, I'm working 46 00:05:53,080 --> 00:06:01,360 on basically escaping the game that we live in as a society. I'm basically 47 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:08,600 working on getting out of the 40 hour work week and the nine to five job. And 48 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:16,120 I'm basically working on freeing myself from all of the everything about society. 49 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:23,800 I'm basically trying to free myself from where I was headed, which was going to 50 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:30,280 college, working a nine to five for the rest of my life, living up to nothing, 51 00:06:30,280 --> 00:06:43,440 becoming nobody. And to bring it back to the reading list, his comments about the 52 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:50,160 books were very astounding to me. They he was saying so as a matter of factly that 53 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:57,640 the world is dying in 2050, and we're all going to be gone. Or at least it's 54 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:04,800 going to be miserable. And he was saying that and the reason why I believe it now 55 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:09,760 is because I feel like the reason I believe in now is because he's not just 56 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:15,040 saying it. He's saying, yeah, this is happening, but still live your life and 57 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:21,880 still love life and still enjoy life. Like this is happening. Yes. But continue on 58 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:27,800 with your happiness and just find the joy of life. And so that's another reason 59 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:33,000 why that book, though that reading list is going to be so valuable because it'll 60 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:40,560 open up a lot of perspective to just new perspective about life because I've been 61 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:46,160 shaped for seven. My mind has been shaped for 17 years to basically stay in the 62 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:53,680 concrete jungle that I live in and never go off. And that's probably why I never 63 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:58,320 really noticed global warming because I've lived in a concrete jungle all my 64 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:09,400 life. I live in the suburbs. I live in the city. And I never really know what I 65 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:14,360 don't really know what I'm missing. I don't know what I'm losing when the 66 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:19,560 earth dies. I don't know all the nature. I've never had a chance to actually 67 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:28,600 experience nature in its entirety. And over the past couple, over the past couple 68 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:33,800 months during summer break, me and my friend would go to the park, which is 69 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:43,360 just this one block chunk of grass in the middle of my town. Just one block. So if 70 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:48,280 you don't know what a block is, it's basically one city block of houses. So 71 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:57,040 maybe 10, 15 houses just aligned next to each other. And then this is just one 72 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:07,440 block. And it's two houses. So imagine 10 houses just aligned next to each other. 73 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:12,280 And then imagine that twice with an alley in between. So that's one block is 74 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:17,720 what I'm defining as a block right now. And imagine no houses but that same 75 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:26,400 area but just grass. So it's not that big of a grass, but us going there has 76 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:31,520 started to shift our lives and change our lives. And that's just a tiny little 77 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:38,520 bit of grass. And so I and we were just we're in the grass, but our vision was 78 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:46,760 full of houses and civilization and structure. So I've never really experienced 79 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:54,080 true nature and just the jungle of the world. I never really experienced a 80 00:09:54,080 --> 00:10:00,360 jungle. I never experienced Antarctica. I've never experienced anywhere that is 81 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:09,360 not civilized. So I never really had the human experience that humans have had 82 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:24,240 over the past millennia. And so that's what I'm trying to say. Even if I hope 83 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:29,880 that the world doesn't die in 2050. But the fact that he said it as such a 84 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:35,600 matter of fact like the statement, it was just no nothing attributed to it. He was 85 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:43,760 just saying it like a normal conversation. That kind of struck a chord in me. And 86 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:50,080 then it made me think that I'm spending hours every day sitting in my room 87 00:10:50,080 --> 00:11:02,440 sitting in class inside of a building disconnected from nature. And in 30 years 88 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:09,520 nature is going to be gone. Nature as we know it will be gone. We're the last 89 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:18,600 generation to experience the earth as we know it. Now I'm not qualified at all to 90 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:22,880 speak on any of these anything about global warming because I haven't done 91 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:30,520 any research about it. But I'm using this not as a sense of despair and 92 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:39,360 sadness. I'm using it as a sense to help me push forward towards where I want 93 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:48,440 to be in life and push towards my goals and realize that I really am given a 94 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:56,400 special opportunity in life because if I'm the last generation to experience 95 00:11:56,400 --> 00:12:09,240 the earth as we know it, I sure as heck don't want to waste it. So another key 96 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:18,880 part that I want to speak on is a transfer for stays awake is always aware. 97 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:26,120 And in order to master outer intention you have to have awareness, reduced 98 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:32,800 importance, and let go of the goal. And awareness is a huge piece to 99 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:40,520 transurfing. And I believe that awareness is a huge piece to living life on your 100 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:45,560 own accord. And it's just a huge piece to living life because every time I fall 101 00:12:45,560 --> 00:12:53,520 asleep in my day, which if you are new here, falling asleep, I refer to as just 102 00:12:53,520 --> 00:13:02,120 zoning out, losing presence, and immersing yourself in the game of life. So 103 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:06,440 whenever someone has a temper tantrum, they are immersed in the game. And 104 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:11,200 there's a lot of importance placed amongst whatever they're mad at. And 105 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:17,640 they are asleep essentially. So that's what I define as awareness, but that's 106 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:23,000 one extreme. You can still just zone out whenever if you've ever noticed, let's 107 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:28,520 say in class, you just stare at something and then you just zone out. That's 108 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:32,800 falling asleep as well. And if falling asleep can happen in the day to day 109 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:41,280 where you're just in normal conversation, you just fall asleep. So a 110 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:48,520 transfer for is aware and always awake. And if you're in, if let's just talk about 111 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:54,560 our dreams. So when you're sleeping at nighttime and you're dreaming, things 112 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:59,560 just happen to you. That's because you're not aware, you're immersed in the game of 113 00:13:59,560 --> 00:14:05,040 a dream. And you're not aware that it's just a game. You're not aware that you 114 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:12,200 can actually change things and control things. Not necessarily control, but you 115 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:17,040 can choose what you want. 116 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:36,480 What? No. Sorry, this is sorry I was interrupted. But what I was saying is 117 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:43,840 imagine when you're sleeping and you're in a dream when you're actually asleep 118 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:51,720 at nighttime, you're just, things just happen to you and you're kind of the 119 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:56,200 victim of circumstance. Things just happen and you don't really get to choose 120 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:01,600 what happens in life and you kind of just are at the will of others in your 121 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:07,120 dreams. Now what if I were to tell you that that's exactly how it is in real 122 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:15,560 life. And that's why people, that's why most of society work on 9 to 5. And 123 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:24,240 that's why there's only a select few who achieve greatness. And it's because 124 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:31,440 everyone is asleep and they're immersed in the game of life. And they don't 125 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:35,680 understand that they can actually choose. But the way you can just choose, you 126 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:40,440 have to be awake to choose. You have to be vigilant. And that's, if you've ever 127 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,880 heard of a lucid dream, that's essentially what it is. In a dream, if 128 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:50,520 someone realizes that it's just a dream, they wake up in the dream and they're 129 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:54,400 like, oh, it's just a dream. I can do whatever I want now. And then they're 130 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:58,240 lucid. So then they, that's when they have a lot of awareness and a lot of 131 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:03,880 vigilance. And then they basically get to live life of their own accord in the 132 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:08,520 dream. And they get to do whatever they want. They choose whatever they want. Now 133 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:17,640 that's exactly how life is. Life is the same as a dream in that sense. Except 134 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:27,440 life is kind of like tar or resin or molasses where it's slow moving. If you've 135 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:34,400 ever been lucid in a dream and you try to make something appear or you try to 136 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:42,000 shift scenery or you try to fly, it all happens instantly. And that's because a 137 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:47,600 dream is kind of like water. That's the texture. It's easily movable. Or let's 138 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:52,640 just say a dream is like air. You can move through air at your will easily. And 139 00:16:52,640 --> 00:17:03,040 things manifest in a dream as easy as you move around in air. So outer intention 140 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:12,800 has no friction essentially. But then in real life, it's all the same properties 141 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:21,560 except it's not air that you're in. You're in tar or resin or molasses. Some slow 142 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:27,360 moving substance. So things take a little bit longer to manifest into real life. 143 00:17:27,360 --> 00:17:34,880 That's why you can't instantly change. You can't instantly summon an apple on 144 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:45,760 your desk. Because it's where real life is like tar. It's like moving around in a 145 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:55,840 pile of tar. It's slow moving. Dreaming is quick. Like move your hand in the air 146 00:17:55,840 --> 00:18:01,320 around right now. It's quick. There's no tension. There's no resistance. But 147 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:05,560 imagine if you were to move your hand in in water. There'd be a little bit more 148 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:11,120 resistance. It wouldn't be as easy. Now imagine trying to move your hand in 149 00:18:11,120 --> 00:18:17,400 molasses. Have you heard of the term slow as molasses? Because molasses takes a 150 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:30,520 long time to fall out of the jar. So it takes a lot longer. And in the first, 151 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:34,720 remember the first rule of gaining outer intention, which I haven't even 152 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:40,200 explained outer intention yet. Outer intention is basically the will to have. 153 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:45,360 So it's basically allowing yourself to have something. And then the world gets 154 00:18:45,360 --> 00:18:51,520 it for you. And this is what every... this is what all the people are doing that 155 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:56,760 know how the world works. They use outer intention. Outer intention is basically 156 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:03,280 achieving your... letting your goals achieve themselves, basically. Now I don't 157 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:07,280 even understand what outer intention is. And that's why I'm giving you such a vague 158 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:14,680 explanation. But I have a conceptual idea of what it is. And I know how to enact it. 159 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:19,560 And it's activated through the heart, the unity of the heart and mind. So when 160 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:24,560 your heart and when your soul and mind both want something and they agree that 161 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:31,600 you want it, then outer intention will be activated. But you have to be awake. And 162 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:37,000 that's all there is to it. You have to be vigilant and awake and aware. That's the 163 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:46,160 difference between me and Vadim Zellan. There's a lot of differences, but Vadim 164 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:53,360 Zellan is awake. I don't know how much. Let's just say 90% of the day. 100% of the 165 00:19:53,360 --> 00:20:00,800 day. He is awake all the time. So he gets to choose. He's basically living life 166 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:06,320 like a lucid dream in the sense that he gets to choose whatever he wants because 167 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:13,040 he's awake at all times. Now me, I'm awake 10% of the day. 5% of the day. I don't 168 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:23,120 know. Maybe 50% of the day. I don't know. But it's definitely not enough to... It's 169 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:32,200 enough to activate outer intention, but it's not enough to get where I want. Now 170 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:40,240 I'll get where I want, but it'll take a lot longer. And if you want to... And even... 171 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:46,840 Let's just change shift the theme. I'm talking about staying awake to achieve 172 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:52,120 your goals. What about staying awake to live life? Because if everyone knows that 173 00:20:52,120 --> 00:20:56,800 once you fall asleep, you kind of just skip time and you kind of teleport to the 174 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:02,600 next time where you're awake. That's how I feel at least. And so if you want to 175 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:12,080 start living your life fully to its fullest, then stay awake all the time. 176 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:18,560 And that's another thing I want to talk about. The reason why people fall asleep... 177 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:24,280 The reason why people fall asleep is because it's a defense mechanism. You're 178 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:28,840 trying to hide away from the harshness of reality. People don't like reality. And 179 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:38,080 so they fall asleep to protect themselves from that reality. But what it 180 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:43,000 actually is doing is reducing your influence on the world and it's taking 181 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:56,720 away your ability of choice. Let me get some water. 182 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:19,920 So this is all there is to it. That's all there is to it. Staying awake all day. 183 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:30,360 Realizing that it's just a game. Life is not all that. It's not the game that you 184 00:22:30,360 --> 00:22:39,440 think it is. And I'm just beginning on this journey. And I'm starting to realize 185 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:45,480 that there's so much more to life and there's so much more to learn. And that's 186 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:50,880 why I've been talking about this reading list so much lately. It's because this is 187 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:55,520 really the next part of my life, I believe. I believe that this is the next 188 00:22:55,520 --> 00:23:04,520 stage of reading. After I've before a couple weeks ago, my plan for when I was 189 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:14,720 finishing Transurfing was to read business books more, reread.com secrets, 190 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:23,640 finish expert secrets, read The Lynch Pin by Russell Brunson, and do all this 191 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:33,080 stuff. But I know that the next stage is reading these books in the reading list. 192 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:39,720 Because a lot of these books he was saying are unheard of. No one knows about 193 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:48,760 them. And a lot of these books he's saying that you need to read it. And I'm 194 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:53,520 gonna I'm believing him, I'm trusting him on this. He's done a good job selling 195 00:23:53,520 --> 00:24:00,280 me. Maybe I sold myself. I don't know but there's something there is something to 196 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:07,320 it. And the last time I felt this, I just know that there is something to it. And I 197 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,800 don't even remember the last time I felt this, but I know that I felt this before. 198 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:14,840 I can't put my finger to what. 199 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:27,200 But with that said, let's switch topics to comfort zone. As you guys here, let me 200 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:32,800 give you some context just in case you guys aren't, haven't heard. A couple 201 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:37,960 weeks ago I started expanding my comfort zone. I started out through emailing 202 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:43,440 random businesses, local businesses. And then I started cold calling random 203 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:51,320 businesses. And then, and then once that got too easy, I started going in person 204 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:57,080 to random businesses and talking to them. And I did this once a day for five 205 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:03,120 days. And then on the fifth day, it became easy and it became comfortable. And it 206 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:09,640 entered into my comfort zone. Now my framework is it takes five days once a 207 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:14,840 day every five days until it gets into your comfort zone. And the first day is 208 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:21,480 100% difficulty. It's 100% discomfort and you 100% don't want to do it. The 209 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:29,040 second day is 50%. It becomes that much easier. And then the third day 25%, that 210 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:34,680 much easier. And then the fourth day, 10%. And then the fifth day, it's in your 211 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:43,960 comfort zone. And so far I've only tested it really with going in person to 212 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:52,520 businesses. And now I'm testing it with cold approaching girls. So three weeks 213 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:57,960 ago probably I went to the mall for the first time. I think it was probably two 214 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:04,960 and a half weeks ago. I don't know. It was on episode 20, I believe it was. And I 215 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:10,800 went to the mall for the first time and cold approached girls my age and just 216 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:16,440 asked for their numbers and talked to them. That was extremely uncomfortable. And 217 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:24,040 then the second time last weekend, I think it was, we did the same thing. Me and 218 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:32,640 my friend Franklin, we did the same thing and it was still uncomfortable. Maybe 219 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:41,520 50% or 60%. Now we're gonna go again tomorrow, which is Saturday, and we're 220 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:48,000 gonna go again on Sunday. And I'm gonna try and figure out how to make it happen. 221 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:57,040 This is one of another very important thing. And we did that, but 222 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:01,840 we're also gonna add another piece to it. I just read the other day in 223 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:09,920 Transurfing that if you create a positive slide in your head, so a slide is 224 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,680 something that you hold in your head that others are not. So for example, if 225 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:20,040 you're thinking I'm ugly and you just constantly repeat that in your head over 226 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:23,160 and over again, no one else is thinking that because everyone else is just 227 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:28,520 thinking about themselves. And if you want proof, just ask yourself, do you ever 228 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:33,360 think about other people? No, you think about yourself. Or at least you think 229 00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:42,320 about how you yourself is. And then that slide affects your actions and then 230 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:54,760 also affects just your thoughts too. So then, but you can flip it, you can have a 231 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:59,400 positive slide to where you imagine yourself, you visualize yourself in the 232 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:04,680 first person perspective, like it's in real life. You visualize yourself 233 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:12,960 calmly, confidently talking to girls. That's actually my side, confidence around 234 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:20,560 girls and comfortable around girls. And so I started that slide maybe two nights 235 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:30,160 ago. And I'm planning on using it tomorrow. And let me explain. If you have 236 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:35,880 that slide, it will slowly start to ingrain into your life until it dissolves. 237 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:43,120 And then once it dissolves, it's in your life. And you are that slide. But that 238 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:48,800 process is slow. And like I said, that slide affects your actions. So you run 239 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:52,800 that slide in your head and it starts to increase your comfort zone. And then 240 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:58,120 you'll start to act like that slide slowly, but surely. And then eventually you 241 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:02,720 will take that slide into you and it will dissolve into you and it will become 242 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:11,360 you. But there's a way you can quickly and effectively speed up the process. And 243 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:17,400 it's to talk to strangers while running the slide. And it's because they don't 244 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:22,680 have any impression on you. They've just met you. So if you run that slide, acting 245 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:30,600 confidently and being who you are in that side, living that slide out, then they 246 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:36,120 will have that impression on you of you. And then that side will become quicker 247 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:44,480 and quicker to ingrain into you. And so that's what we plan on on doing tomorrow 248 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,560 when we go to the mall. We're going to run that slide of being confident and 249 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:51,840 comfortable. And then we're going to talk to a bunch of random girls, 250 00:29:51,840 --> 00:30:02,840 strangers that we've never met before. And that will have a double effect. It 251 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:08,080 will that slide will materialize and it will be quicker to materialize. But we 252 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:14,320 will also be practicing our comfort zone. So we're practicing in real life, in 253 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:24,840 reality. But we're also practicing mentally. So it's a double effect. And 254 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:30,360 tomorrow will be the third. And then on Sunday will be the fourth day that we do 255 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:41,680 cold approach. So as you can imagine, we are getting closer to being comfortable 256 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:49,240 around girls. And I actually experienced this this morning in my gym class. So if 257 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:54,400 you for context, if you guys didn't hear previous episodes, in my gym class, I'm 258 00:30:54,400 --> 00:31:01,960 a senior in high school, by the way, in my gym class, we are in a class called 259 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:07,280 adventure ed in a unit, our unit right now that we're in is as a kayaking unit. 260 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:12,640 So we're in the pool. So we're in our pool attire swimsuit shirtless. And it's a 261 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:22,280 coed class. So the girls are in there too, in their swimsuits. And there's this 262 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:27,880 one girl in my class that is cute. There's multiple girls, but there's this 263 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:33,680 one girl in particular that's cute that I hadn't had the privilege to talk to 264 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:39,800 her until today. And then today we were talking. And I was comfortable. I was 265 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:47,200 calm and confident talking to her. And so that just shows me how much I've grown 266 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:53,120 because if I had that same situation two or four weeks ago, I definitely would 267 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:59,520 not have been so comfortable and calm and confident. And that situation would 268 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:07,400 not have played out so well. Because it's also another thing. There's a mental 269 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:14,640 aspect to this. It's that I'm trying to say this humbly, and I'm just giving 270 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:19,640 context. But this is how I speak to myself. When I'm alone, I just speak to 271 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:25,560 myself. I'm like, I'm jacked, I can do whatever I want. And I just say that to 272 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:30,160 myself in response to whenever I feel insecure about certain things. For 273 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:41,520 example, I felt insecure that I went commando and I wasn't wearing underwear, 274 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:45,800 but I was wearing shorts. And I was like, I'm jacked, I can do whatever I want. And 275 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:51,720 then this is just self talk that I talk to myself. And it's completely positive. 276 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:59,880 It's entirely constructive. There's no toxic around it. And then another way 277 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:04,640 that I talk to myself is, but I don't talk to myself this way. I just remind 278 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:08,240 myself that this is what I'm working towards and this is what I need to fix. 279 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:16,920 And it's that I'm jacked. I shouldn't be uncomfortable in social situations. I 280 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:24,840 shouldn't be nervous around girls. I shouldn't be not confident. I should be 281 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:33,760 confident. I'm jacked. I deserve more. I need more. And so that pushes me because 282 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:41,000 I'm thinking, man, this is embarrassing how I'm nervous around girls. This is 283 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:46,440 embarrassing how I'm nervous in social situations. And I'm still like this 284 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,680 today. I'm still nervous around girls. I'm still embarrassed in social 285 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:57,680 situations. And so this pushes me to do the hard things that are required to get 286 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:01,560 to that point to where I'm no longer nervous around girls and I'm confident 287 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:08,840 and I'm no longer nervous in social situations. But you got to make sure 288 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:15,080 that you do it entirely constructive because a lot of the times self talk 289 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:24,760 can go on its own and go off on its own tangent and become toxic and be to your 290 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:29,400 detriment. And that when that happens, that's when you fall asleep. You have to 291 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:36,080 be awake and conscious and present when you're doing self talk. Or else a lot of 292 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:42,920 the times it can go off to the negative. And once you realize and 293 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:49,560 you're attuned to that and you realize that, oh, this is negative, just note that 294 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:55,840 it happened and just switch immediately switch to a more positive or just 295 00:34:55,840 --> 00:35:01,600 immediately clear your mind. Don't beat yourself up that you failed. Because let 296 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:11,080 me tell you another story. Maybe a month ago, I was, I started being present and I 297 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:15,600 started learning about this thing. Actually, I learned a long time ago, but 298 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:19,960 maybe five months ago is when I started actually learning about 299 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:25,120 Transurfing. But a couple months ago is when I actually started applying being 300 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:31,120 present and actually realizing that being awake is the next thing that I need 301 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:36,840 to focus on and actually focusing on it. So let's say a month ago I started waking 302 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:45,120 up in life. So I woke up five times. That means I woke up from my sleep five 303 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:57,440 times in a day. And then today, let's talk about four days ago because this is 304 00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:02,360 when I was, I'll talk about this from the perspective of four days ago. Four days 305 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:11,160 ago, I would wake up maybe 40 times per day. And now I interpreted that as me 306 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:16,440 falling down and me failing because I realized that I was waking up from my 307 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:27,200 sleep way more. So I, a month ago, I was only waking up five times. So that means 308 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:34,600 that I interpreted it as it meaning I was, I only needed to wake up five times 309 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:38,480 per day. So I was only asleep five times per day. That's what I was 310 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:44,760 interpreting it as. I was asleep five times per day. But then four days ago, 311 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:51,600 after all that progress of getting better, I was waking, I was asleep 40 times 312 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:55,760 per day and I was waking up 40 times per day. That's what I interpreted as that 313 00:36:55,760 --> 00:37:01,040 I was asleep 40 times per day. So I saw that as negative. I saw that as a 314 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:08,120 downhill growth. I saw that as the opposite of growth, me failing. But then I 315 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:16,800 came to the epiphany the other day that it's not actually like that. It's a month 316 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:21,560 ago I was awake. I only had the opportunity to wake up five times per day. 317 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:29,640 But four days ago, I had the opportunity to wake up 40 times per day. So I was up 318 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:37,880 eight times more than I was a month ago. And that is growth. And then once I 319 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:42,720 realized that my mood in the day immediately shifted. It was actually 320 00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:48,320 crazy because the whole morning I was down and I was just going through the 321 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:53,440 motions of the day. And I was asleep a lot of the day because of my low mood. But 322 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:57,040 then once I realized that I was interpreting the whole thing absolutely 323 00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:09,080 wrong, my mood shifted just like that, just in an instant. And then I had a 324 00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:20,920 positive outlook into life and I was positive. I had a positive mood. So when 325 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:28,360 you start, and this is one of the things that I started being conscious of after 326 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:35,600 that experience, I started every single time I wake up, I would be, I would always 327 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:39,480 interpret it as good. I wouldn't interpret it as I failed because that's, that 328 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:44,720 was the negative mindset I had a couple weeks, a couple days ago actually. I would 329 00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:49,880 always interpret me waking up as a failure because that meant that I was 330 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:57,080 asleep before. But now I shifted my mindset and now I always interpret me 331 00:38:57,080 --> 00:39:02,880 waking up as good because I woke up. So that alone is good. Before I was 332 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:09,160 interpreting the fact that I was asleep. But now I disregard that. I know that I 333 00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:14,040 was asleep and I know I have work to do. But I always interpret the fact that I 334 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:19,800 woke up as good because that means my inner guardian was working and it was 335 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:26,600 vigilant. So that's another tip for staying present and staying awake in 336 00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:38,240 life. Always interpret, always always always interpret waking up as good. If you 337 00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:44,080 wake up in any situation it's good. Even if you're asleep the entire day, 12 hours 338 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:51,720 long and you only wake up once in that day, that's good. Now it's not good that 339 00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:56,920 you were asleep 12 hours but it's good that you woke up. Always interpret it as 340 00:39:56,920 --> 00:40:02,600 good. And then if you were asleep for 12 hours straight you got some work to do. 341 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:10,200 Just know that. It's all about your mindset. Everything in life, every self 342 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:16,560 improvement thing is all about your mindset. That's why I'm focusing so hard 343 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:22,360 on mindset. A couple months ago, maybe five months ago, I bought reality 344 00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:30,920 Transurfing in March of 2023 and right now is August of 2023. I bought reality 345 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:40,720 Transurfing because I knew at that point I was focusing on my physical, my health 346 00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:48,600 and I was focusing on my conditioning, my weights, my physique. I was focusing on 347 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:55,720 all these physical aspects. My body was in very good shape. I was healthy, all of 348 00:40:55,720 --> 00:41:02,440 that. But I knew that my mind was not as good and I didn't pay enough attention 349 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:09,520 to my mind. So then I slowly but surely started to learn more about my mind and 350 00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:14,200 it took me five months to get to this point. And to be honest, I didn't actually 351 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:22,960 start getting results and getting progress until the past maybe month or two. 352 00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:30,200 So it's a long journey but it doesn't have to be. Maybe it does, I don't know. 353 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:36,280 But just know that it'll take a little bit. And I'm not sure if that's 354 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:42,280 the best advice to give but it's just what I'm thinking at the moment. 355 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:45,840 Let me get some water. 356 00:41:45,840 --> 00:42:08,960 So I want to talk about reading. As I was talking about earlier in this episode, 357 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:14,440 the next stage in my life will be unlocked through reading. And that's 358 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:21,280 because this guy had lived eight years and written all of these 359 00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:25,400 experiences and all this knowledge from he got from eight years worth of 360 00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:33,960 reading and living life in one book. And all of these other books are knowledge 361 00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:43,480 that these people have lived throughout their lives. So reading really, so think 362 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:48,600 about like this. If you're in a situation that you're not happy about, that's 363 00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:55,200 because, so for example for me right now, I'm happy about this situation I'm in 364 00:42:55,200 --> 00:43:04,040 but if I could go back I would change it for the better. So let me explain what I 365 00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:11,880 mean by that. I'm 17 years old right now. For the past 17 years I've been 366 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:18,240 molded and my brain has been molded and my life as a result has been molded 367 00:43:18,240 --> 00:43:27,120 because your thoughts and your thinking affect your actions. So the society has 368 00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:33,200 molded my brain. Now we all get to choose what we want in life. So we choose 369 00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:40,280 where we get in life but to be able to choose you have to actually choose. And 370 00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:48,380 what society does is it molds your brain to where you choose worse. You choose 371 00:43:48,380 --> 00:43:57,680 less. You choose not good. And so for the past 17 years of my life and still to 372 00:43:57,680 --> 00:44:05,520 this day society is molding my brain to its benefit not to mine. Society is 373 00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:14,240 molding my brain to hold me down to keep me back to keep me down. And now that I'm 374 00:44:14,240 --> 00:44:20,280 become conscious of this I'm going on this journey to reshape my brain and 375 00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:28,280 shape it to how I want and shape it to allow me to achieve whatever I want. Now 376 00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:34,040 this won't take this will this will take a long time. This won't be an easy 377 00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:41,320 this will not be a quick process. And I started doing it maybe five months ago 378 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:48,440 and I'm starting consciously doing it right now because I know that 379 00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:54,680 Transurfing is the foundation to what I need to what I need to live the human 380 00:44:54,680 --> 00:45:03,440 experience the ultimate human experience. And then all these 180 books are the 381 00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:12,080 castle on top of this amazing strong foundation that I'm building. So that's 382 00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:17,280 why I'm finishing Reality Transurfing the second time while studying it. And then 383 00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:24,080 I'm getting right into these books because reading shifts your brain reading 384 00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:30,040 molds your brain. This is already a known thing. Your subconscious takes that 385 00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:35,560 stuff in and then helps you make better decisions. And it actually shifts your 386 00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:41,280 worldview. Transurfing reading Transurfing shifted my worldview. So now I make 387 00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:46,600 better decisions and I'm able to make better decisions. And I just have a 388 00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:53,680 beginner worldview. My worldview is still mostly 17 years of society's conditioning. 389 00:45:53,680 --> 00:46:03,000 So now in the upcoming future in the neck over the next year or two I'll be 390 00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:10,240 reading these books and re shifting my brain re shifting my worldview my 391 00:46:10,240 --> 00:46:18,080 mindset and it will change me it will slowly but surely change me if you look 392 00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:26,200 at me now and then you compare me to one year from now you will see the 393 00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:33,720 difference. But if you look at me now and then look at me tomorrow you may be 394 00:46:33,720 --> 00:46:37,520 able to see the difference but it will be minor there will be barely anything 395 00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:45,760 you probably won't even be able to see the difference. That's what it is it's 396 00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:52,000 over the long term. And one year is not even that long it's just reading and 397 00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:57,520 plus I will still be living my life because I don't look at my phone anymore 398 00:46:57,520 --> 00:47:01,800 I don't spend time on my phone I don't waste my time anymore. I used to spend 399 00:47:01,800 --> 00:47:08,280 hours every day on my phone wasting away. Now I don't spend any time on my phone 400 00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:17,880 and now I spend hours every day reading. That's not a waste. I don't want to talk 401 00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:23,320 about the unity of the heart and mind that I touched on earlier. That's that's 402 00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:28,800 one of the that's how you use outer intention at your will by unifying 403 00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:35,520 your heart and mind. So if your heart agrees and your mind agrees on something 404 00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:45,160 that will come true. But in order to for your mind to agree on something it has to 405 00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:54,280 fit into its worldview. So your heart can agree that you can make an apple up here 406 00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:59,400 or your heart can agree that you can move that pen on your desk to the side 407 00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:04,080 without touching it. But your mind will definitely not agree because that's not 408 00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:08,440 in its worldview. Your mind knows your mind thinks that that's not possible 409 00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:14,520 because its worldview of 17 years. I'm just using 17 year old as an example like 410 00:48:14,520 --> 00:48:19,280 myself. Your it's worldview of 17 years says that it's not possible. You have to 411 00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:24,160 actually pick it up and move it with your your hands if it want if you want to 412 00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:30,440 move it. Your heart could agree that your heart could know that it's possible but 413 00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:38,560 your mind does not. And so that's another reason why I want to read because 414 00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:44,720 reading changes your worldview and adds things in. If you read all about how 415 00:48:44,720 --> 00:48:49,560 doing the impossible is possible then that will slowly but surely be 416 00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:55,040 incorporated into your worldview and then you will begin after a while you will 417 00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:59,960 begin to believe in that stuff so then you're you will be able to get your mind 418 00:48:59,960 --> 00:49:05,880 to agree. So your heart will agree that you can move that pen to the side. Right 419 00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:12,280 now your mind cannot but in a year in two years in ten years your mind will 420 00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:19,120 agree finally after all of this change of your worldview your mind will agree that 421 00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:26,560 you can move it and then it will move. And this I was just using the pen as an 422 00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:32,680 example but this is so much deeper than just a pen. This is all about getting 423 00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:38,120 what you want in life choosing your lot in life. This is all about living of your 424 00:49:38,120 --> 00:49:48,000 own accord. This is all about doing what you want living life. Do you want life to 425 00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:52,680 live without you or do you want to live with life? Because right now most people 426 00:49:52,680 --> 00:50:00,920 are kind of just strolling by but you need to bow if you want if you know 427 00:50:00,920 --> 00:50:06,400 there's more if you know there's more to the world and there's more for you out 428 00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:12,760 there you need to start waking up and you need to change your worldview start 429 00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:17,520 shaping it and it will not be easy. You need to cut off all of your electronics 430 00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:23,160 and I hope I'm not scaring you. You need to cut off your phone. Don't don't you 431 00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:26,840 don't need to cut off everything and you don't need to do it abruptly. Just 432 00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:32,480 slowly but surely it took I when I first got into reading I was still using my 433 00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:37,720 phone I was still watching YouTube but I was reading and then I realized that I 434 00:50:37,720 --> 00:50:41,760 wanted more time to read. I wanted and then slowly but surely I was making 435 00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:46,040 tiny little changes over time unconsciously. I was not conscious about 436 00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:52,320 most of this stuff and I didn't realize how it all was connected but then slowly 437 00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:58,440 but surely eventually I cut out my phone and then I I still haven't cut out my 438 00:50:58,440 --> 00:51:02,760 phone I still use it every once in a while but I'm only using it at most 439 00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:06,760 once a day. I don't bring it to school anymore I leave it in my basement all 440 00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:17,320 the time and just this stuff won't happen instantly. You have to slowly but surely 441 00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:24,160 change things and this is something I have to keep reminding myself as well 442 00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:29,640 because I'm still on the grow I'm still on the journey with you guys. I still want 443 00:51:29,640 --> 00:51:36,440 to grow I still am striving for growth. I may or may not be ahead of you or 444 00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:43,280 behind you but the thing I'm trying to say is that you have to have patience 445 00:51:43,280 --> 00:52:10,120 and it does not come instantly. Let me get some water. 446 00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:24,440 So I started reading a book called The Alchemist and I'm reading it for multiple 447 00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:29,880 reasons. One is because I've had a desire to read this over the course of a 448 00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:35,160 couple months but I never wanted to because it was fiction and I just wanted 449 00:52:35,160 --> 00:52:41,480 to focus on nonfiction but this and I also wanted to read it because it was 450 00:52:41,480 --> 00:52:50,920 on Hamza's reading list. But the reason why I am reading it is because I have to 451 00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:58,640 read a book for 20 minutes a day two times a week. We get reading time in my 452 00:52:58,640 --> 00:53:08,200 class for English two times a week so I am taking advantage of that. I'm not 453 00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:12,880 reading Transurfing during that because I want to have focus and I don't want to 454 00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:17,140 be distracted while I'm reading it. I just want to read Transurfing at full 455 00:53:17,140 --> 00:53:27,280 focus and I'm not reading Expert Secrets for the same reason. So that just leaves 456 00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:32,760 well I also am reading the Alchemist because my teacher is requiring a 457 00:53:32,760 --> 00:53:42,560 novel so I am doing that and yeah I actually think that this book will be 458 00:53:42,560 --> 00:53:50,160 good for me because so far I've seen some pretty good pieces of knowledge and 459 00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:56,840 pieces of wisdom from it. One of the things that I learned about in it was 460 00:53:56,840 --> 00:54:03,640 the most extraordinary things in life are always the simple things. Now I may 461 00:54:03,640 --> 00:54:07,880 be butchering that quote but in the beginning the first I believe it was 462 00:54:07,880 --> 00:54:14,480 page 22 on the book when he was talking to the fortune teller woman or the dream 463 00:54:14,480 --> 00:54:21,680 the dream meaning woman. He was meeting with a woman an old woman who could 464 00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:28,160 interpret dreams because he had a reoccurring dream and the dream was about 465 00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:37,640 the Egyptian temples so in the beginning of the dream he was at his home 466 00:54:37,640 --> 00:54:46,120 which he doesn't he was actually at let me get some context first. He is a 467 00:54:46,120 --> 00:54:55,360 shepherd so he travels around with his flock of sheep so in the dream he was in 468 00:54:55,360 --> 00:55:02,680 a prairie with his sheep and a kid started playing with the sheep and then 469 00:55:02,680 --> 00:55:09,320 the kid grabbed him by his hand and took him to the Egyptian temples or the 470 00:55:09,320 --> 00:55:16,040 Egyptian pyramids and when I read that I immediately thought of the fourth or 471 00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:21,480 fifth book on the reading list which is about the Egyptian pyramids so I'm really 472 00:55:21,480 --> 00:55:29,720 excited to read about those but I also remember outer intention and how they 473 00:55:29,720 --> 00:55:37,560 built the pyramids through outer intention but he took him to the pyramid 474 00:55:37,560 --> 00:55:42,200 and I'm pretty sure he said there's a treasure waiting for you or something 475 00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:49,040 like that and that was the end of the dream he never he woke up before the 476 00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:56,920 dream ended every time so when he went to this woman to interpret his dream the 477 00:55:56,920 --> 00:56:06,200 woman basically said this dream means that you need to go to Egypt and go get 478 00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:14,440 the treasure and he was mad because he wanted an actual interpretation because 479 00:56:14,440 --> 00:56:18,360 he thought there's more to it now I'm just in the beginning so I don't know 480 00:56:18,360 --> 00:56:28,480 what happens I just finished reading that part but the woman said it's always 481 00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:34,320 the simplest things in life that are the most extraordinary or some variation of 482 00:56:34,320 --> 00:56:43,960 that phrase and that really made me realize that that is true because nature 483 00:56:43,960 --> 00:56:50,440 is simple but it's the most extraordinary thing ever and I don't know 484 00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:57,040 anything about it I've never I never got I never really got to experience true 485 00:56:57,040 --> 00:57:06,040 nature and to be honest I never really had a longing for it until recently 486 00:57:06,040 --> 00:57:16,160 especially recently when I realized that it's gonna be gone soon so now I have a 487 00:57:16,160 --> 00:57:31,200 longing to experience nature that's not and that's another motivational factor so 488 00:57:32,200 --> 00:57:38,960 this is this is another thing that I've been another slide that I've been running 489 00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:46,280 trying to get better at podcasting I have a slide where I imagine myself knowing 490 00:57:46,280 --> 00:57:52,280 exactly what to talk about and exactly what to say exactly when to say it 491 00:57:52,280 --> 00:57:59,000 exactly how to say it and I don't really run that slide very often but that is 492 00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:06,520 one of the things that I've been thinking about and I'm on episode 37 I've 493 00:58:06,520 --> 00:58:13,320 recorded 38 episodes I've posted and I've recorded 14 episodes that I haven't 494 00:58:13,320 --> 00:58:20,840 posted before I started recording so I work I've been recording every day for 495 00:58:20,840 --> 00:58:32,000 the past 51 days so I've been practicing every day for the past 51 days and I've 496 00:58:32,000 --> 00:58:48,680 recorded 51 episodes no 52 52 days 52 episodes so that's honestly 52 days very 497 00:58:48,680 --> 00:58:54,160 good practice and I didn't actually start record I didn't actually start doing 498 00:58:54,160 --> 00:59:05,720 one hour long episodes until episode 15 so it's been 22 I probably have 30 to 40 499 00:59:05,720 --> 00:59:13,720 hours of practice on podcasting so right now I'm at 30 to 40 hours of practice 500 00:59:13,720 --> 00:59:26,680 probably even less to be honest maybe 30 hours which is not that much 30 hours 501 00:59:26,680 --> 00:59:29,920 over 51 days 502 00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:39,880 honestly I'm on episode 30 37 I'm really looking forward to I'm on I'm really 503 00:59:39,880 --> 00:59:46,040 happy with my growth things are looking good future is looking great the world 504 00:59:46,040 --> 00:59:53,560 is taking care of me to wrap things up don't forget to download your favorite 505 00:59:53,560 --> 00:59:59,720 episodes and subscribe to the ascend momentum show but before you guys leave 506 00:59:59,720 --> 01:00:15,600 make sure to remember the Eagles