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Earlier today I came up with this "great idea" to summarize Tai Lopez's 67 steps (which cost $67.) Many people hate him for his shameless self-promotion on Youtube (many of you have seen ads with his lamborghini and mansions).
This is surprisingly hard work. Each of his lessons are an hour long and is basically him rambling. I'm distilling them into a few paragraphs.
I'm basically doing this to find "gems". I'm sure there are some things that matter.
So far, I'm sure you could say it's common sense (like most of self help). I think there's a "guru" factor involved. Basically if you admire a "guru" and he/she tells you to do something, you're more willing to believe it and have it affect your life.
The Billionaire’s Brain and Jennifer Lopez’s Voice
Tai says this is a core foundational lesson and impossible to reverse if you get it wrong. It is summarized by a quote form billionaire investor and Warren Buffet’s business partner Charlie Munger:
“To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. The world is not yet a crazy enough place to reward a whole bunch of undeserving people.”
World acts according to rules, like physics. The world is more fair than the media lets you know.
He then brings up a quote from Warren Buffet. To paraphrase, imagine a genie takes you to your high school graduation and says you can choose someone and get 10% of the money they make for the rest of their life. Who would you choose? The valedictorian? The captain of the football team? Would you choose yourself?
There is no guaranteed way to know. There are a lot of intangibles, which is what the 67 steps will get into.
Awareness is important. According to a research study, the best way to know if a 2-3 year old is “exceptional gifted” is if he or she makes observations that no one else notices. It’s the best indicator of future potential.
Jennifer Lopez’s voice not very good but she’s a renowned entertainer. She is savvy at managing PR, her team, etc. It balances out and she deserves success.
MY THOUGHTS: Excellent quote from Charlie Munger. I greatly admire Munger so this saying really resonates with me.
Interesting intellectual exercise from Buffet as well. Would I choose myself? Hard to say.
Blue footed booby birds , ESS and the 500 year old mind.
This lesson can best be summarized by a quote from the scientist Charles Darwin.
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, but rather, that which is most adaptable to change. Society says strength and IQ is most important to success, however adaptability is far more important. Tai says that most of us are hardwired to not be successful. This can be applied to life in many ways, how many of us have stayed in a relationship too long. To adapt, you need to be able to read external stimulus (awareness) and project into the future. Don’t waste years of your life expecting something you should have changed and adapted much quicker.
I wasn’t sure what he meant by the 500 year old mind. But it is someone who takes things too personally. Be moderate in your reactions.
Psychologically, don’t view things as black and white. It’s not failure, it’s experimentation. Don’t judge yourself too much. Be an adaptability machine. There are many business success stories where failures have pivoted into successes (such as instagram). Failure is in fact learning. Life is a series of experiments.
ESS stands for evolutionary stable strategy. You should be able to adapt a stable strategy that is able to repel an invasion. You need to cut deals with yourself and other dynamics. If there is disagreement between partners, try to resolve it early on and strike a new ESS.
MY THOUGHTS: Very good point about adaptability being the most important trait. Too much is made of IQ in our society.
Please comment freely. If I don't feel the project is worth it I'm not going to continue it. This is extremely time consuming. If this post doesn't get a good response there's a good chance I'll quit lol
This is surprisingly hard work. Each of his lessons are an hour long and is basically him rambling. I'm distilling them into a few paragraphs.
I'm basically doing this to find "gems". I'm sure there are some things that matter.
So far, I'm sure you could say it's common sense (like most of self help). I think there's a "guru" factor involved. Basically if you admire a "guru" and he/she tells you to do something, you're more willing to believe it and have it affect your life.
The Billionaire’s Brain and Jennifer Lopez’s Voice
Tai says this is a core foundational lesson and impossible to reverse if you get it wrong. It is summarized by a quote form billionaire investor and Warren Buffet’s business partner Charlie Munger:
“To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. The world is not yet a crazy enough place to reward a whole bunch of undeserving people.”
World acts according to rules, like physics. The world is more fair than the media lets you know.
He then brings up a quote from Warren Buffet. To paraphrase, imagine a genie takes you to your high school graduation and says you can choose someone and get 10% of the money they make for the rest of their life. Who would you choose? The valedictorian? The captain of the football team? Would you choose yourself?
There is no guaranteed way to know. There are a lot of intangibles, which is what the 67 steps will get into.
Awareness is important. According to a research study, the best way to know if a 2-3 year old is “exceptional gifted” is if he or she makes observations that no one else notices. It’s the best indicator of future potential.
Jennifer Lopez’s voice not very good but she’s a renowned entertainer. She is savvy at managing PR, her team, etc. It balances out and she deserves success.
MY THOUGHTS: Excellent quote from Charlie Munger. I greatly admire Munger so this saying really resonates with me.
Interesting intellectual exercise from Buffet as well. Would I choose myself? Hard to say.
Blue footed booby birds , ESS and the 500 year old mind.
This lesson can best be summarized by a quote from the scientist Charles Darwin.
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, but rather, that which is most adaptable to change. Society says strength and IQ is most important to success, however adaptability is far more important. Tai says that most of us are hardwired to not be successful. This can be applied to life in many ways, how many of us have stayed in a relationship too long. To adapt, you need to be able to read external stimulus (awareness) and project into the future. Don’t waste years of your life expecting something you should have changed and adapted much quicker.
I wasn’t sure what he meant by the 500 year old mind. But it is someone who takes things too personally. Be moderate in your reactions.
Psychologically, don’t view things as black and white. It’s not failure, it’s experimentation. Don’t judge yourself too much. Be an adaptability machine. There are many business success stories where failures have pivoted into successes (such as instagram). Failure is in fact learning. Life is a series of experiments.
ESS stands for evolutionary stable strategy. You should be able to adapt a stable strategy that is able to repel an invasion. You need to cut deals with yourself and other dynamics. If there is disagreement between partners, try to resolve it early on and strike a new ESS.
MY THOUGHTS: Very good point about adaptability being the most important trait. Too much is made of IQ in our society.
Please comment freely. If I don't feel the project is worth it I'm not going to continue it. This is extremely time consuming. If this post doesn't get a good response there's a good chance I'll quit lol
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