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Decisiveness – Interactive Lesson B

Hi, this is AJ, welcome to VIP interactive B lesson. Same essay, just with some very easy questions. Answer the questions, one word, two words that’s fine.

Let’s begin. If we follow The Do Something Principle

Should we follow the do something principle?

Yes, yes we should follow the do something principle.

Which principle should we follow?

The Do Something Principle. We should follow The Do Something Principle

When we follow The Do Something Principle failure feels what?

Unimportant. Failure feels unimportant.

When the standard of success becomes what?

Merely acting. When the standard of success becomes merely acting, just acting.

What should the standard of success be?

Merely acting. The standard of success should be merely acting.

Any result should be regarded as progress.

Should some results be regarded as progress?

No, not some, any, all results should be regarded as progress.

Inspiration should be seen as a reward rather than a what?

Prerequisite. A prerequisite.

Is inspiration a prerequisite for action?

No, no it’s not. Inspiration is not a prerequisite for action. Action is a prerequisite for inspiration.

So which is a prerequisite, which is required first action or inspiration?

Action. Action is required first. Action is a prerequisite for inspiration. That’s how we propel ourselves ahead.

Do we push ourselves ahead or do we walk slowly ahead?

We push ourselves ahead. We propel ourselves ahead.

Do we propel ourselves ahead or do we propel ourselves backwards, behind?

We propel ourselves ahead.

When we propel ourselves ahead we feel free to fail. That failure moves us forward. The Do Something Principle not only helps us overcome procrastination.

What helps us overcome procrastination?

The Do Something Principle. The Do Something Principle helps us overcome procrastination.

Does it make procrastination worse?

No it doesn’t make procrastination worse it helps us overcome procrastination.

And it’s also the process by which we adopt new values, we get new values from action.

We adopt new values from only thinking is that right?

No. We don’t adopt new values from only thinking.

We adopt new values from what?

From action, from The Do Something Principle. That’s how we adopt new values.

If you’re in the midst of an existential shit storm

That means if you’re in the midst of a good time right?

No, no, not a good time. An existential shit storm is not a good time it’s a life crisis. It’s a big, big life problem or problems.

What’s it called?

An existential shit storm.

Is shit storm polite or rude?

A little bit rude. A little bit casual.

So, if you’re outside of an existential shit storm, right? No, not outside of, in the midst of, in the middle of. In the midst of an existential shit storm.

If everything feels meaningless and everything you used to measure yourself with comes up short.

So, if you’re successful is that what he means, if you’re successful?

No, no, no, if you come up short. If you come up short means fail. So if you come up short and have no idea what’s next.

Also, if you’ve been hurting yourself chasing what?

False dreams.

Do you help yourself when you chase false dreams?

No you don’t help yourself when you chase false dreams, you hurt yourself when you chase false dreams.

What kinds of dreams hurt you?

False dreams. Chasing false dreams hurts you.

What’s the answer to these problems?

The answer is the same, do something.

What’s the answer?

Do something.

That something can be the smallest what?

Viable action. The smallest viable action.

Does that mean the smallest unsuccessful action?

No, no, no, no it doesn’t mean unsuccessful action, viable action means effective action. The smallest viable action.

So what kind of action should you take?

Viable, you should take viable action.

Do you want a viable action or a meaningless action?

You want a viable action, an effective action, a possibly successful action. Does the viable action need to be big?

No. No. He says it can be the smallest viable action towards something else. It can be anything.

What can be anything?

The viable action. The viable action can be anything, any type of action. That action is all that’s necessary to get the what rolling?

Ball, to get the ball rolling. It’s an idiom.

This means to stop something right, to get the ball rolling means to stop?

No, no, the opposite. To get the ball rolling means to start something, get something started.

So get something started what’s the idiom?

Get the ball rolling. To get the ball rolling.

Acton is all that’s necessary to get the ball rolling.

You can become your own source of inspiration.

Will you get inspiration from someone else?

No, it will not come from someone else. The source is not someone else the source is you. You become your own source of inspiration.

What about motivation?

Same. You can become your own source of motivation.

How do you get the ball rolling?

You take action. You take action.

What kind of action?

Any viable action. If you take a small viable action you will get the ball rolling.

When you get the ball rolling you become the source of what?

Your own inspiration.

When you start, when you take action you become the source of your own inspiration and you become the source of your own motivation. Action is always within reach.

Is action always possible or not possible?

Action is always possible. Action is always within reach. It’s always possible. It’s always nearby. Action is always an available choice, it is always within reach. Action is always within reach. Action is always within reach.

With simply doing something as your only metric for success.

What should your measurement for success be?

Action. Doing something. Just doing something, that’s your only measurement of success.

If you do something are you successful?

Yes. If you do something you are successful.

If you don’t do something are you successful?

No. If you don’t do something, if you do nothing, you are a failure.

What’s your only metric for success?

Doing something. Doing something is your only metric, your only measurement of success.

When your only metric for success is doing something, then even failure pushes you forward.

Do failures stop you or help you?

Well he says they actually help you. They push you forward.

What pushes you forward?

Failure. Failure pushes you forward, because you learn, you grow, you get stronger from failure.

So failure actually pushes you what backward or forward?

Failure actually pushes you forward.

Does failure push you closer to success or farther from success?

Closer to success. Failure pushes you closer to success.

Okay, that is the end of our interactive B lesson. Listen to it every day, one time, two times, three times. Answer the questions with a nice strong loud voice

All right I’ll see you in the commentary, bye for now.