Insightful Creator #8 - You're Allowing $1,000,000 Future to Slip from Your Hands

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Welcome back, creators.

Many people get caught up in this endless loop of overthinking and feedback - without actually acting on anything.

And when they do act.... The results are not that great. The problem?

• People focus on actual tools more than themselves

Today I'm going to discuss with you this problem - and how to get ahead of your competition in no time.

Non-negotiables of success

Discipline is overrated. So is motivation.

You disagree? Good. But that's the truth.

Everyone focuses on:

• Consistency

• Motivation

• Good mood

• Distractions etc.

While most people miss those two little golden nuggets - and never expand them in detail:

• Vision

• Flow

"Seb, what do you even mean? This doesn't make any sense to me."

Then allow me to explain the idea behind it all:

• Vision is what allows you to set goals while simultaneously accomplish them - it grants you purpose and drive which allows you to keep going no matter what.

• Flow allows you to reiterate and repeat the same process over and over again without draining all of your energy on early fails and mistakes along the way.

Now, it's time to explain each in detail.

Vision - your vehicle to success

Now, you might have seen numerous people mention goal setting systems.

"Hey man, without deadlines and actual goals you won't get any-" - said 90% of people who actually get nowhere near their potential.

Goals are boring and hard to achieve.

Truth is, it's preferably most unsexy model of workflow I have ever heard. Why don't you just create a vision for your life?

"Seb, stop speaking in riddles, just get to the end of it"

Vision allows you to clearly visualise both the end destination and the path towards it easily - giving you clarity as a result.

Here's how to actually make it work towards your purpose:

• Create a list of things you don't want - the anti-vision if you could call it. Much easier to set than predestined set of destinations you want to get to.

• Preferable activities, high value skills and traits - envelop their usage along the way. Try to stick them literally everywhere you can along your daily schedules.

• Self analysis - you must know your current limits, while knowing which ones you can push beyond.

If you do this correctly, you will gain clarity in all areas of life.

Here's an exercise for those who don't believe in it - set of questions I want you to answer:

1. What is one career I don't want to pursue?

2. What are the places and areas I would feel terrible in?

3. What positive and rare traits do I have?

4. Is there a high value skill I posess/can learn?

5. What are 3 primary tasks in which I perform well?

6. What lifestyle do I see fitting for myself to live - for next 10 years?

7. What are my current limitations?

8. Do I have what it truly takes to achieve the results?

9. Am I willing to pursue this path for solid amount of time?

Interconnect both vision and anti-vision. Here is what you gain from this:

• Clarity on your purpose

• Knowledge on the paths you don't want to pursue

• Preferable realisation on abilities you can utilise

• Easier way to serve your own concepts

Try it - and tell me this didn't work for you.

However, even with the right vision we are missing one more crucial element...

Flow - the fuel for your vision

Ever had that rapid spike of motivation or dopamine? Ever felt like you could conquer the world - and you would feel like sh*t moments later?

That's actually pretty common from I can tell you.

Crucial aspect is that you must keep going - no matter if this happens.

• Flow allows you to do exactly that.

Now, you might be thinking either of three following things:

• Discipline is literally vision, it allows us to pursue stuff no matter what happens.

• Motivation is the ultimate tool to achieve our goals if done right.

• This guy has no idea on whatever he is talking about.

Flow is none of them.

Flow is the physical manifestation of struggle and reiteration.

"Now Seb - you really stopped making any sense. What do you even mean by that?"

• Success comes from struggle. And flow allows us to fail our way to success repeatedly.

If one could endlessly fall to rise from their feet once again - stronger than ever he would be absolutely undefeatable.

Here is how you can create a flow - to actually achieve your purpose.

1. Understand the value of actions that make you fail - yet bring you wisdom in result.

2. Analyse everything you've been doing to achieve your purpose - was this truly effective?

3. Separate wheat from the chaff - choose those actions which bring you benefits. Cut everything else.

4. Apply both vision and antivision you already created - to grant you path and purpose.

It's much easier to do than it is to create both vision and antivision - but definitely worth it.

Morale?

Pursue only these things which benefit your purspose.

Modern world is full of distractions, and you must be the savant, willing to embark on this dangerous journey.

Many will fall.

If you have a vision and flow - you probably won't.

• Sebastian, out.