I gamed that out in elementary school. More success, more goals, more random activities you engage in is just bloat. I'm reasonably intelligent but a super underachiever. I rather chill and fulfill dopamine. I got job now but i can listen to stuff entire time and not communicate with anyone.

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Yes... I have done well at my job, my income has effectively doubled, and I'm working far harder than ever before. If you show that you're competent, reliable and stable, you will steadily accrue responsibilities... Amazing how few people are like this.

Quintus, I believe it can be argued that Watson's view is indeed the correct one, taken in the context of the ancient Greeks. Compare Watson to Achilles, who was the tallest, fastest, strongest, best fighter of the Achaeans, who had the best boats, best armor, best soldiers, best chariot, best horses, best war prize....all this made Achilles a success, not his moral character, which was moody and argumentative right from Book 1.

Bipolar disease used to be called manic-depression...It can devolve into psychosis and patients can be floridly psychotic ( like schizophrenics...). Look at the DSM for the new classifications...

So basically a man needs a why (beliefs, values, family etc.) and a how (physical fitness, knowledge, skills, preparedness) to survive. Sometimes a why can turn into a why not (when he sacrifices himself for the survival of his family for example).

One further factor I may humbly add: preparedness. A man ought to be aware of his surroundings - physically and socially - to know how to react appropriately. True, "everyone has a plan till they get punched in the face", but it doesn't hurt to have a couple aces up your sleeve.

Thank you for this. I found your channel recently while looking into the G manifesto and have watched many of your videos in the last few days. 👌👌

Kanaka is still used . . . by Kanaka Maoli. We often say Native Hawaiians. They want Hawaiian paradise without Hawaiians.

i lost my first boyfriend for being really embarrassing drunk. how can i turn back time. i fcking love him. why was i so strange?

i lost my first boyfriend for being really embarrassing drunk. how can i turn back time. i fcking love him. why was i so strange?

Amazing as always.

Thank you, one of my favorite stories :)

Euclid: "You can draw a straight line between any two points in space" "I FUKIN LUV SOYENCE" soyjak: "SOURCE??!!!"

Thank you. Another fascinating story.

The best.

So goated man.

I used to think there is something sinister or even paranormal in this case but now I think the poor girl was aleady going manic when taking this trip. She was a homebody who spent most of her time at home and I think the idea of this trip was mania induced. Since then I also observed another person in real life book a trip which was actually hidden mania and psychosis followed as well. When people go manic they start feeling overconfident and like they can take on the world. Apparently it's a thing for people. It would have been very hard for her parents to stop her and I strongly suspect they tried. Then naturally the mania evolved into psychotic delusion and hallucinations. In her delusional state I think it is likely she thought she was fleeing from a threat of some sort, they usually become very paranoid as well.

Just added it to my wish list on Amazon. I have Digest and really enjoyed it. Look forward to reading this. Thank You.

more of these plz. I know michael porfirio is gone now but there are other good accounts

is Michael Porfirio Mason still alive?

Fuck plan B

I recommend Napoleon's Glance by William Duggan. He teaches a class about coup d'oeil in Columbia University.

This is absolutely fantastic

Thank you. Really enjoying it.

Scoring luxury items at half, even more at a thrift price is the winner. A very good reviewed Bourbon that nobody bought at 80 bucks cleared down to 20, single barrel, cask strength, and 10 years age is a real winner.

Thank you for the video, I appreciate your advice

Just what I needed today. Great content!

There is an extreme danger in admitting (and then proving for all to see) that you are able to afford the consequences of your low impulse control. Getting angry easily is part of the retinue of low impulse control that some guys are incapable of managing. Probably the greatest success is being the master of our own emotions - recognizing that we are not our emotions, then acting counter to these destructive desires we wish to follow.

This might be a morbid-dark perspective but I think that when you reach that point in life when you purchased a cemetery plot for you and your wife.. That is success. Most do Not Even think of something like this.

Great video!

Great video! An antidote to the BS. To succeed in one's aims is to achieve them. Hence, all success depends on one's aims. But, the broader narrative of "success" in public discource is an American fixation. It is also an American invention. Unfortunately it has been a great US export, as well. The success narrative comes hand in hand with the capitalist system (I am not a lefty, just stating the facts). It was related to material/monetary achievement from the get-go. There is no general talk of "success" in the classical world, in the Christian empire, in communism. There is talk of virtue and competence, of heroism and greatness, of intelligence and bravery, but not "success".There have been traditions and narratives where success exists only to be pissed on (see Cioran, for example). Just like the words "winner" and "loser". It always seemed to me that they were used by the least intelligent, most morally deprived people I came across. Money, number of possessions, and other relatively measurable things are usually the way most people look at success. Unmeasurable things are not usually counted. Money/wealth reigns above all metrics as a primordial signal of the ability to survive and provide. "Winning" in the rat race is "success" to the masses. Winning by any means. "Ruthlessness" is sold as a virtue in most leadership textbooks and communicated to students as such in Business Schools. "Success" and "Winning" imply that life is a competition. For fools and suckers, it is. The work of Charles Darwin (correct as it may be) and capitalism (the least of the evils) are perhaps to blame for this. Pre-darwinian, pre-capitalist cultures rarely saw life as a competition. Strife, yes. When you are given a role at birth (the one your father had), then there is little room for "success" talk. Resilience reigns there, not success. Spirit, virtue, and intellect are important for an ever declining number of people. And the times where "failure" by design was a sign of greatness are gone. Socrates failed. The Christ failed. Diogenes and Thoreau are losers. That's what is in most people's mind, even if they say otherwise. Sainthood and sagehood, the art of sacrificing on the somatic/material realm in order to gain on an intellectual or spiritual realm is not in vogue. Was it ever? The somatic rules over the pneumatic. The masses and the rich define what success is for our society, not the spiritual people and the intellectuals. My recommendation would be to ditch the word completely and replace it with higher words. It's use leads one down wrong paths. To replace it with achievement is a good start. Regards from Thessaloniki.

This is a very interesting question. I agree that everyone's definition is different. I think that the constituent parts of a life well-lived are; - to provide for and be the patriarch of a family that loves you, - to have had adventures and be able to reflect fondly on accomplishments, - to be a net positive contributor to society, - to have made some kind of spiritual progression, - swoop mass amounts beaut girls, - to have not tarnished your soul.

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Is there a particular book you have writen, that you would recommend I start with? Much appreciated.

Bravo, thank you.

Thank you Quintus, very encouraging and an apt reminder of the choice we must make every day to maintain a positive attitude!

Inspiring concluding statement.

Thank you! 😊

Quite a moving speech. And it must be said, not merely political theatrics from Caesar - when he held power, he practiced what he preached and was more often bent towards mercy.

Like you said, it probably wasn't a good idea to tamper with that...

I remember New Coke. It was a retarded idea. You either like Coke or Pepsi and changing Coke to Pepsi when people who like Coke liked Coke was the dumbest corporate decision of the 80s.

Just read your translation. It was done brilliantly.

When you destroy the basics, you destroy everything else.

The Colt Dragoon percussion revolver (.44)

Fantastic. QC should be as popular as Huberman or Tate.

daily habits that bring you the discipline.

Nail on the head man, nail on the head. You are a saint & your doing God's work brother.

You are speaking to my soul in this one, Quintus! I was a deep into the self-improvement space. But eventually I noticed that all these techniques for optimising every aspect of your life become a hindrance at some point. It creates new fears and makes you very fragile to the point, where you are incapable of action, except when everything is 'perfect'. No one can achieve perfection so you enter a spiral of endless self-improvment-masturbation. It feels good to do all these things, but still: It does not get you anywhere, because you are not actually doing the work you need to. I think we have to embrace imperfection and failure. Just taking action withiut overthinking is key. As Michael Porfirio put it: 'You have to be extremely smart to be the right kind of dumb'. Thank you for your videos, it's always a pleasure to listen.

What about The GManifesto's plagiarized hitman story?