How to Change Your Attitude to Change Your Life

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Second watching...

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Salute to you for watching them and bettering yourself!

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Good for your bro. What actions did you take to get out of your darkness?

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Whenever I was at my lowest point this last year I was homeless and a girl I really liked broke up with me. With all the chaos in my life it caused me to have to introspect, and learn about the imbalances in my personality that I've had since I was a little kid. I listen to a lot Jordan Peterson as well, I learned to take responsibility for myself and my actions rather than getting angry with reality. That was the first step and then I learned it's okay to be alone. Next I started thinking back to when I was a kid, I always hung out with kids two or three grades ahead of me which at an early age I believe caused me to repress the disagreeable side into my shadow and to become overly nice and I was now letting people walk on me because it. Feeling I'd never be able to be complete unless I let that side of my personality show through, I began to care less what other's think and to be more self companionate, not just having compassion for others. I picked up boxing, I have my own apartment now. I never thought being in that situation that I would be so grateful for the turmoil but without being at rock bottom I never would have seen it necessary to go into my own mind.

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@@draintheswampnews3656 I recommend Dr Gabor Mate (if you haven't heard of him) and what he calls, "compassionate inquiry"

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"Perhaps we are an individual who has spent years drifting through life accomplishing little to be proud of entrapped in an attitude of apathy and despondency". Yes. Perhaps.

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that's pretty accurate for me actually

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Or perhaps we are an individual who keeps chasing goals that are deemed valuable in the eyes of the masses, but they never have any reflection or peace of mind. Either way, it seems, it's never good enough. Maybe question the critic?

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@@WillemMartinot Yes this could be one of the causes. For some people though, it's rather a matter of anxiety and fear of failing that paralyzes them. Then apathy kicks in as a self defense mechanism for the mind.

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Used to be me before I decided to get my shit together and wanted to get my God given desires

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"A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions." - Marcus Aurelius

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What if my ambitions are just vague grandiose dreams? What good is that?

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@@ZahdShah No good at all you'll never reach your goals if you don't know what they even are. Try to get a specific thing you want to achieve. Like instead of your goal being "Too lose weight" make it "Lose 25 pounds in a year" give yourself a specific goal and a timeframe to achieve the goal. Also write out the steps you'll have to do to accomplish your admonitions

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@@ZahdShah Pretty good as long as you're taking some action, just keep moving forward towards it.

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I do not agree, as with time a person can change and ambitions from non existent, can reach any height or form.

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Step 1: Write out the answers to these questions: Who would you like to be? What do you value? What do you want out of life? This is the end goal. Step 2: Is there anything about yourself or the world that absolutely precludes the possibility of this end? If none, then now you have a living option. Step 3: Perform mental contrasting: write out how you see your life unfolding if you remain as you are now, in contrast to how your life will become if you move towards the ideal of your living option. Step 4: Write out a brief life narrative in a way that frames the events of the past in such a way that by the end of the narrative, you are firmly planted on the path of your living option(Eg: if your past consisted of aimless drifting-reframe it and think about it as a positive experience that taught you importance of having goals and which lead you to your living option instead of thinking about it as wasted time) Step 5: develop a journaling habit- challenge who you think you are and where you think you are going.

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Sounds awfully similar to the self-authoring program by Jordan Peterson. It always struck me how AOI and JBP's work overlap, but this is just amusing. Thanks for taking the time and effort to summarize it.

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You rule! awesome. Im going to follow these. You broke it down to make my work easier. Thanks! lol

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Step 6: just what I was willing to share, thank you!

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Jordan B Peterson has something called "The Self-Authoring Program" that is where you write out your past, present and future. It's more or less what was mentioned in this video and I cannot recommend it enough. Being able to write my past allowed me to come to terms with it and move on. Nowadays, I no longer wish so badly that I can step back in time and redo it. In fact, I know that it's only because I went through my past, the troubles and trials that I am where I am today.

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@@hsaengerp its Not a book, but a Programm. Selfauthoring.com i think

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Something was said here that floored me and I had to stop for five minutes and think about it. Could it be that the purpose of my experience is redemption? To not waste my life like my other family members, stewing in regret and envy. To not walk through life, looking at other people with selfish ambivalence. To live with humility, and not pride. To look for wisdom and truth, and not greed. To find it impossible to live, while other people are suffering.

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I like the addition of live action footage. Very tasteful selections set at the right moments for reinforcing your points, also, nice pacing (not too busy or distracting). Thank you, as well, for the topic🙂🌞.

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Gonna rewatch and try these exercises. One of many people who started watching these vids in a dark place and am well on my way to fulfilling my living idea.

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these videos are pure gold, but you have to stay focused through out the time. The reward is really valuable afterwards.

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*What I perceive is what I see* There is no good or bad, those are projections of the mind. We can choose to see the positive in everything.

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There are Good and Evil, though.

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We must imagine Sisyphus happy. --Albery Camus.

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Escape is impossible without direction. Mindfulness is not enough, it takes daily practice and time.

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Which part?

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Our attitudes highly impact our life!

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I don’t remember who said it, but I heard Tony Robbins quote it, “A life worth living is a life worth recording.”

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I am lucky-I go outside for a walk or ski to sort myself out. Nature speaks volumes and nutures gently. 🙋🏼‍♀️🏔🌟

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Thank u man. Your videos about creativity made me feel as my creative journey was valuable, even though I liked doing it, I thought of it as nothing more than a means of reaching mastery to escape my life with wealth. But your videos helped me on the path towards self-reliaztion and I´ve made creativity a duty which my personality has always wished to fufill. In fufilling the trait of openess, it also flourished it´s opposing values and I´ve realized my paradoxical nature.

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Like always, your content is a glass of water in the middle of a desert, pleasing our thirsty souls!

[@charliecarp4227]

This is very true, rehab and a half way house gave me the time to journal and much more and the shift in mind was more amazing then words can express, I had threw it all away 3 months after for years of what has felt like suffering everyday, the tough part is relearning everything you already know and not feeling like an idiot for it, it's quite the journey, going through it not around it though.

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We choose a lot more then we'd like to admit, its easier to blame the world then to admit that we made the wrong choice in being bitter. Its mental illness, its my fate, its... Admitting that we have this choice and realising how much choice we actually do have is very scary, but also the first step towards more agency in our lives.

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First I tell my self what kind of person I want to be, then I must do what I have to do. I must build up my life action by action, and be content if each action achieves its goal as far as possible-- and nothing can keep this from happening. Concentrate on what I have to do right now-- at this very moment. Fix my eyes on it. It is during our darkest moment that we must focus to see the light. Remind my self that my task is to be a good human being. Remind my self what nature demands of me. Then do it, without hesitation, and speak the truth as I see it. But with kindness. With humility. Without hypocrisy.

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7:22 Hearing this in that familiar calm, informative voice makes me smile.

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You must discover your bliss and find your peak experience, then you will be able to move forward because your soul itself will be ignited to overcome the stagnation and the obstacles in your way.

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This transistion between the videos and the paintings is a good surprise

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I recommend everyone read "Man's Search For Himself" by Rollo May. Incredible book.

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What does it talk about ?

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@@prickyguy2353 it talks about a kangaroo living without its family meeting a koala who found its lost brother......😋😂

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skander ben achour it talks about loneliness, anxiety, boredom, and how to view life in an “age of anxiety”. This was written in the 50s but it could have been written yesterday for how relevant it still is. It touches on living authentically through self-discovery, freedom, love, etc. The “laid back” and calm demeanor in which Dr. Rollo May wrote this book keeps me turning the pages, unable to put the book down. I’m not even done with it but I’ve seen myself, my family, and other loved ones in these pages. Like I said, it’s an incredible book.

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Title reminds me of mans search for meaning

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"...and these wasted years, could be interpreted as setting the stage for redemption."

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Man the timing on your videos is actually next level. What are the odds that today I took out my old journal and wrote one page about how I wanted to start using it again, and here you are again, like 4th vid in a row with perfect timing 👌

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I don't know about improvement, but journalling got me through a dark period, still gets me through days where needed, and asks of more of myself each day. My situation stays the same, but I am in a far better mental state than before.

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Ayyee AoI changed their channel emblem , I liked the old one a lot better , but I have been waiting this video for a bit thank you

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Would recommend Jordan Peterson's self authoring program for anyone who might not be sure where to start with the practices mentioned in this video. Great video as always AoI!

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Great video as always

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great video. reminds me of jbp's self authoring

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Maybe I am wrong but it sounds that the speaker is talking in a lower voice than normally. I actually loved the way he used to talk in older videos. More vitality and expression. Otherwise, great video.

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It's incredible to bear witness to synchronicity. I was just listening to scarfaces "The Diary" and was thinking how progressive it was for him to format the diary that way. On another rap related note, it'd be interesting to hear your thoughts on Black Thought's keynote speech. He goes over very similar topics that you go through in your videos, especially on patterns and reinvention.

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My favourite video of yours

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Attitude is hard to modify

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Worthy things are not easy.

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what you say is reflective of your attitude, so, ironically, perhaps therein lies why you see such a thing to be difficult

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Cognitive reframing is the shit, it has helped me through life. The journaling idea sounds great though.

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Cognitive reframing is used in therapy. I don't know if it will work, but I began writing this morning. I'm not into therapy, at all. Let's see how this goes.

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Relentless logic and reason here.....

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