The Contrarian

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

Discipline is a delusion.
Goals are NOT as they teach.

[The Contrarian @VukXVuk]

14 fragments of goals (first principles thinking).

Goals come from psychological pain.
Goals are born from a place of lack. You don't have something - you set a goal to have it.
Why is this important? 👇

[The Contrarian @VukXVuk]

@Commentarystef 93

[The Contrarian @VukXVuk]

@mrddmia @realDonaldTrump Mr president, what's going on with president Milord Dodik and a huge wrongdoing in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Kinda similar to what happened to Kosovo and Serbia back in the days. You're the only one who can make it right 🙏
One phone call to president Dodik 🙏

[The Contrarian @VukXVuk]

You wanna learn how to ride a bike...
You don't start with the backflip.

You ride.

Wanna learn basketball...
You don't ask for Kobe's footwork.

You shoot.

You wanna become a writer...
Hooks. Climax. Hero's journey. Conflict. Open loops...

How 'bout some writing? 🤔

[The Contrarian @VukXVuk]

The secret behind the MOST successful writers online...

They write.

[The Contrarian @VukXVuk]

Well, mere understanding of this gives you the ability to “play” with procrastination and appreciate it for doing good for you, while asking for another way to keep you protected from the pain of disappointment while you're taking action towards the achievement of the goal.

[The Contrarian @VukXVuk]

11/14 - the Fragments of Goals (first principles thinking)

Goals give aim. When a goal is aligned with your core human needs, the world shuts down. Silence becomes a thing, focus becomes a byproduct of it and success becomes a byproduct of focus. 👇

[The Contrarian @VukXVuk]

Procrastination is how our psychology saves the goal from dying. Action and execution expose the flaws of the goal and kill its perfection, procrastination keeps it alive and perfect. Why is this important? 👇

[The Contrarian @VukXVuk]

This is why visualization and manifestation are handy to a very small degree. I was visualizing my program and 85,000-word script for years.
However, until I sat down and wrote it, somehow nothing happened.
👉 (10/14 continues in the next thread).

[The Contrarian @VukXVuk]

Making $5,000/m in Hollywood - that's something most people laugh at. Making $5,000 in Thailand, you're pretty much in the top 1% of earners.
Why is this important?
Well, you have to be very careful, because setting “their goals” won't get you far. 👇

[The Contrarian @VukXVuk]

The very nature of goals implies commitment and allocation of resources - time, energy, effort, and later money - towards achieving the desired outcome. It can vary in strength, but it must be present to some degree. 👇