mikecarlooch
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Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
I feel like I need to throw this commitment out there into the universe to make it seem more real.
And anyone who wants to do this challenge with me, I'll call it the 1 for 10 challenge.
From now on, reading = entertainment. If you're reading something and it is not going to help you solve something that is right in front of you, it is entertainment, not progressive.
I'm sure many people can relate to this - have you read like 100+ books and FEEL smarter after reading them, but then just go on to the next book because you still feel "incomplete" about business?
Yea, it's cool to impress your friends with, when you pull out some cool wacky tactic from a hypnotic sales book - but did that make you $$..? No.
If reading was what creates fastlane millionaires, don't you think all of us who read for the sake of constantly "learning" about business would be millionaires many times over?
As a matter of fact, I think it was on @Kak or @Vigilante podcast (I don't remember which) I believe they were talking about how Sara Blakely (i think it was her) got through Walmart gatekeepers by doing something that she didn't KNOW she WASN'T supposed to do and that was the big launch to her brand.. Because the thing that everybody else knew they weren't supposed to do WORKED for her when she did it..
As someone who reads a lot, trying to get every damn needle in the haystack of every book, I often find myself denying myself of a lot of actions based on what I've read in books, which causes analysis paralysis and inaction. Starting to realize just how much time it has sucked up.
@Antifragile said it best, that he reads a lot but he doesn't do it to "make money". He does it as a hobby, to keep his mind sharp and enjoy the process.
It REALLY is exactly like Mike Tyson said - "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face".
Information from a book you read the previous day feels good in the moment but then usually, trying to remember it and apply it just goes out the window because you're like "how in the world do I do this?"..
There are those few books that really stick with you - but how many of those have you been like "DAMN this is LIFE CHANGING!" and then two weeks later not even remember reading the book?
So here's what I'm committing to and challenging others who feel this way too - long bouts of reading are now "Netflix" time. They can be enjoyable times at the end of the day to relax when normally you'd start getting tired & unproductive. It can be a replacement from that dog crap TLC 90 day fiance mental junk food.
1 hour of studying = 10 hours of work. Unless it solves an immediate problem.
I think another thing we all need to remember is that for every single person in a book saying one thing, there are 10 others saying something else, and then there are 10 others saying something ELSE. I feel like some of us may get sucked into this facade that there's a right way of doing anything. There are 8 billion different perspectives on the planet.
To one person, carnivore diet is the best thing ever. To another person, vegan is the best thing ever. It's pretty crazy to think about, that there is no right or wrong way of doing things, and that everything we do on this planet are based on our own accumulation of life experiences that create what we believe.
So naturally, if we go out and take on a ton of conflicting viewpoints with one group saying something is bad, and another saying it's good, won't that cause us to feel.. A little stuck if we're unable to take those conflicting viewpoints and just do what we think is right for us?
And anyone who wants to do this challenge with me, I'll call it the 1 for 10 challenge.
From now on, reading = entertainment. If you're reading something and it is not going to help you solve something that is right in front of you, it is entertainment, not progressive.
I'm sure many people can relate to this - have you read like 100+ books and FEEL smarter after reading them, but then just go on to the next book because you still feel "incomplete" about business?
Yea, it's cool to impress your friends with, when you pull out some cool wacky tactic from a hypnotic sales book - but did that make you $$..? No.
If reading was what creates fastlane millionaires, don't you think all of us who read for the sake of constantly "learning" about business would be millionaires many times over?
As a matter of fact, I think it was on @Kak or @Vigilante podcast (I don't remember which) I believe they were talking about how Sara Blakely (i think it was her) got through Walmart gatekeepers by doing something that she didn't KNOW she WASN'T supposed to do and that was the big launch to her brand.. Because the thing that everybody else knew they weren't supposed to do WORKED for her when she did it..
As someone who reads a lot, trying to get every damn needle in the haystack of every book, I often find myself denying myself of a lot of actions based on what I've read in books, which causes analysis paralysis and inaction. Starting to realize just how much time it has sucked up.
@Antifragile said it best, that he reads a lot but he doesn't do it to "make money". He does it as a hobby, to keep his mind sharp and enjoy the process.
It REALLY is exactly like Mike Tyson said - "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face".
Information from a book you read the previous day feels good in the moment but then usually, trying to remember it and apply it just goes out the window because you're like "how in the world do I do this?"..
There are those few books that really stick with you - but how many of those have you been like "DAMN this is LIFE CHANGING!" and then two weeks later not even remember reading the book?
So here's what I'm committing to and challenging others who feel this way too - long bouts of reading are now "Netflix" time. They can be enjoyable times at the end of the day to relax when normally you'd start getting tired & unproductive. It can be a replacement from that dog crap TLC 90 day fiance mental junk food.
1 hour of studying = 10 hours of work. Unless it solves an immediate problem.
I think another thing we all need to remember is that for every single person in a book saying one thing, there are 10 others saying something else, and then there are 10 others saying something ELSE. I feel like some of us may get sucked into this facade that there's a right way of doing anything. There are 8 billion different perspectives on the planet.
To one person, carnivore diet is the best thing ever. To another person, vegan is the best thing ever. It's pretty crazy to think about, that there is no right or wrong way of doing things, and that everything we do on this planet are based on our own accumulation of life experiences that create what we believe.
So naturally, if we go out and take on a ton of conflicting viewpoints with one group saying something is bad, and another saying it's good, won't that cause us to feel.. A little stuck if we're unable to take those conflicting viewpoints and just do what we think is right for us?
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