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Degree of difficulty doesn’t count.
“Degree of difficulty doesn’t count. There aren’t more points for accomplishing something really hard.” – Nick Huber
Tattoo this one across your mind so it can never be forgotten:
Degree of difficulty doesn’t count.
Nobody cares how many hours you spend in the gym, they only care how well you deliver on game day.
And, the deeper truth separating big-game players from underperforming gym rats:
Big-game players get the biggest bang from the smallest spark.
They squeeze the largest output from he smallest input; the most reward for the least work.
If the goal can be accomplished with 1% effort, they don’t crank it to 100% just to tickle their own ego:
They tick it off at 1% and move the fxck on.
Which means — no calculator needed:
100x the result for the same amount of work.
The scoreboard doesn’t lie, difficulty doesn’t matter, and work ethic without results is a waste.
Take that, Goggins.
- T
P.S. Along those lines:
Here’s a big-bang, no-cost, zero-time-investment habit that will multiply your results across every domain of life…
- T
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The universe speaks the language of energy
“You are not in this world. This world is in you.” – Nisargadatta Maharaj
There’s a goofy little meme working its way through pop-psychology circles that goes something like…
“Life is not happening to you, life is happening for you.”
It’s a cozy idea:
A sort of psycho-spiritual Xanax (Spanax!) that spreads a soft film of pleasure around life’s sharp edges.
(Spanax: When life sucks, it can feel good too!™)
It’s also not true.
Life is not happening to you, or for you:
Life is responding to you.
In other words:
You’re getting what you’re giving.
Walk into a party off-gassing a bunch of twisted-up negativity, and people will respond in kind.
Now, scale that to the rest of reality, and we’re finally seeing through clear eyes:
The universe speaks the language of energy, and it doesn’t respond the way we want it to, it responds the way we respond to it.
Said another way:
Our outer world is always directly and immediately reflecting of our inner world…
…Which means the responsibility to create it, shape it, and make it our own, is on us.
Freeing, isn’t it?
- T
P.S. This just dropped…
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3 things to check out this weekend | 18.10.24
“Never assume that loud is strong and quiet is weak. The fiercest storms rise from the calmest seas.” – Tommy Shelby, Peaky Blinders
Happy Friday.
Here are three (four) more recs for your weekend, including one that might go on our all-time list if we ever make one.
Enjoy.The Most Dangerous Country On Earth
If life feels hard right now, watch this video.
We all need to be reality-checked once in a while.Craig Ferguson: Stop Being Nervous Around Women
The communication God himself drops well-earned wisdom on how to stop being nervous around women.
(originally shared in The Path during our Advanced Communication release)
For extra points, here’s Craig in action.Peaky Blinders (All Time)
I’m re-watching this show for the first time since 2019 (still haven’t seen the final season), and it’s blowing my mind all over again.
It’s a little (lot) dark in spots, but what it lacks in warm-and-fuzziness is more than made up for in shining, world-class quality.S-Tier.
BONUS: Binaural beats for working
I like to listen to binaural beats / ambient sound while working, and this channel is my current favorite source.
Cool visuals as well.Have an awesome weekend over there.
You deserve it.
- T
P.S. In case you missed it earlier this week…
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More Bangers
“What weapon will slay the dragon? Whatever weapon is in my hands.”
A few weeks ago, we started keeping an Insight Log inside The Path:
A special section where our members share short, quick-hitting insights, quotes, and ideas as they come to mind throughout the day.
It is absolutely popping off.
Here’s a peek at a few of my favorite insights from the past week:The Real Value of Small Talk
shared by Adan Maldonado
“Small talk is basically a short ritual that allows your nervous system to regulate in the presence of another human before you can begin to open up.”The Ultimate Problem-Solving Frame
shared by me
“None of this is a problem, and solutions are abundant.”
The ultimate functional-and-accurate problem-solving frame; applies to damn near everything.
Let it permeate your mind until you feel it in your energy.Simon’s Insights
shared by Simon Bitan
“What weapon will slay the dragon? Whatever weapon is in my hands.”
“A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Perhaps happiness is separate from wanting and not wanting.”Feeding Your Awareness
shared by Callum Suttie
“The more you feed into your awareness the less it can focus on anything; the less you feed into your awareness the sharper and more clear it becomes.”The Shrinking Brain
shared by me, via. Chris Williamson
“The human brain, after growing for millions of years, has begun shrinking over the last ten thousand years.
Such shrinkage is consistent with increased cultural innovation, which allows more people to survive even if they’re not particularly bright.
They can get away with not coming up with the best answers but simply copying what most other people are doing.” – Rob Henderson & Michael MuthukrishnaThere are many more, of course, inside The Path — these are just a few that resonated for me this past week.
I hope you enjoy, and benefit.
- T
P.S. In case you missed it…
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The Fork In The Road
“If there’s anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.” – Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
What is the state of your internal world, right now?
Do you feel clear, centered, and strong?
Or do you feel frustrated, overwhelmed, and cloudy?
The only right answer is the truth, so turn your attention inwards and take a look.
If you feel clear, centered, and strong — bueno.
Carry on.
However:
If you feel frustrated, overwhelmed, cloudy, whiny, cranked, wanked, or otherwise janked…
…My next question for you is this:
Is that state productive, for you?
Is frustration helping you make progress?
Is overwhelm helping you gain clarity?
Is whining about the problem helping you solve the problem?
Is staying janky helping you get un-janky?
Sit with that for a moment, because we’ve reached a fork in the road.
For many, the question alone will crank their jank to new levels of wank, and send them spinning down the side of the road that leads, effectively, nowhere.
(“mrrahhh I’ll be janky if I damn well wanna be!!!”)
Those people are not serious about self-mastery.
They’re also probably not reading this right now, which means you, dear reader, took the side of the road that actually leads somewhere.
So good for you.
On that side of the road sits a big, glowing stop sign with an arrow in front of it and the solution to your problem behind it.
Beneath the arrow, clearly marked, are the words:
Baggage stays here.
The moral of the story?
Our disturbance about a problem does not help solve the problem.
Let go of the disturbance, and the solution appears.
- T
P.S. This new clip just went live.
(and pairs perfectly with today’s email…)
