The Truth is naked dancing right in front of you but you don’t see it.
Truth is often a brutal reality about life. It hurts us knowing there’s millions of children suffering the genocide in Gaza, but we can’t do anything about it. So we just sweep it under the rug and forget about it.
A drug addict injects heroin to forget about his 4-year-old child who died in a car crash. You take drugs to numb the pain of your fucked up life. I understand, and God understands.
Truth is looking at yourself in the mirror naked. It never judges.
People ask, “Why God would let a virus spread across the world and kill millions?”
Because God loves the virus as much as he loves you.
When you see Truth, you see God’s face. Ignorance is Bliss. But the problem with ignoring reality is it always come back to bite you in the ass.
A business owner must be ruthless in order for the business to survive in the real world. Feedback is crucial, if a strategy is not working, throw it away immediately.
Winning a war for your tribe requires that you prioritize brutal truth over warmth and feelings. There is no room for compassion and empathy in war. Nor in business, which is just war by other means.
Business leaders require making brutal, cold, calculated, rational decisions. This is most noticeable at the highest business positions where billions and trillions of dollars are at stake. I’m talking about Fortune 500 companies, not small mom-and-pop shops where ruthlessness is not needed.
The denial of reality in every aspect of your life will all lead to liquidation.
But how can we as lil ignorant apes on a fucking rock that’s hurling through infinity can face the Truth?
What are the actionable steps we can do every day to get good at swallowing the Redpill?
Let me tell you a story on how I did it.
I was depressed. Smoking weed and playing Dota 2 from the moment I wake up until I’m nodded off while playing.
Nothing works anymore, nothing interests me.
Everything is mundane, lost all meaning.
Nowhere to go, what should I do? I don’t know.
Stagnant between Apathy, Void, and Disassociation.
Lost. Distracted. Afraid.
But there was one thing I still loved. Reading. So I read for 45 minutes a day.
I come across “12 rules for Life by Jordan Peterson”, I read it cover to cover, dude it’s beautiful. Almost like it had been written just for me.
One concept stuck with me.
He claims that if you just try to face a brutal reality of life voluntarily, and Act on it. Then, give yourself a reward after doing so. You’ll find that your life begins to function again.
It made sense.
I aim low and find something bothering me, and determine one thing I can and will do right now to move forward towards its rectification.
I’d stare at the pile of dirty plates on my table that has been there for weeks. Get ONLY one plate to wash, because one plate is what I’ll do Voluntarily, meaning I can do it, and I’m willing to do it. After it has been washed, I can now watch Fight club 1999 as reward.
I implemented it in every aspect of my life. Slowly, but surely, things got better.
The beauty of living in the darkness it that light can be seen from a distance.
The bitterness, the resentment, the vengeance inside of my psyche began to dissipate bit by bit. I realize that these emotions we’re signals saying, “Your life is shit”, and they act out as a source of motivation to get your shit together.
Life for me began to gain traction again, and it made all the difference. Hope is all you need, hope is the light in the darkness, hope is the Faith and Belief that one day all will be better than before. The beauty of living in the dark is that light can be seen from a distance.
The Beauty of living in the dark is that light can be seen from a distance.
Train hard.
Do the right thing.
Love everybody around you.
You are saving the world.
What is bothering you? Look at your life, or look around you.
Maybe there’s a stuck of dishes on your table piled up for weeks.
What are you avoiding to look at?
Define it precisely. Dishes piled up on my table.
The first step of solving a problem is knowing what it is.
Just this first step might be hard for you.
Defining it means facing the Truth, and probably a painful one.
But still do it. Look at the Monster under your bed.
Then ask yourself, what actionable step I can do to fix it? and am I willing to do it?
If one answer is a No, Aim Lower.
To Fix that piled up Dirty dishes, you need to put them on the sink and wash em all.
Let’s say you can do it, but NOT willing to.
Aim lower, Negotiate with yourself.
How about just wash one plate? Ask yourself for a voluntary contribution.
If you ask nicely, and listen carefully, and don’t try any treachery, you might be offered one. Work it out until it’s a clear YES.
Finally, what reward would I want in return of executing it? What would satisfy me?
Give yourself that reward, make sure you never betray yourself. Honor your words.
Copy this System on your Notes.
- What is something that’s bothering me?
- What actionable step must be done to Resolve this?
Can I do it?
Am I willing to do it?
If No on either questions, Aim Lower. Until it’s both Yes.
- What reward would I want in return after I executed it? You negotiate with yourself until both parties sign a contract. If you’re honest and Honor your end of the deal, both of you will work together, in simpatico, to building a good life.
Face your fears voluntarily, that’s the cure.
Swallow the redpill, and Act on it with permission from your bitter and resentful ego.
Follow through the Task even if it's done Imperfectly.
Do it 365 days a year.
Small wins. One step at a time.
One foot in front of the other.
Give it a year or two, and I promise you, you’ll be way ahead than 99.99% of normies.
