THE HUMAN TENDENCY to prefer bite size media. It’s less of an intimidation than having to listen to a 2 hour piece whilst allowing the maximum possible information potential. 1
It is a scientific fact that humans on average forget 50% of what they learn within an hour and 70% of what they learn in 24 hours. Our natural ability to concentrate wanes after 10 -40 minutes. When we spend any longer on a task we get diminishing returns from our time spent.
PRIMACY AND RECENCY:
The effect of PRIMACY is that you are more likely to remember what you learn in the beginning of a video, class, presentation or interaction, RECENCY is the higher likelihood of remembering what was learnt at the end of said video, class etc.
We figured by reducing the time of our videos to below 30 minutes, we maximize the attentive timespan of our viewers and get whatever points and information across in a secure and effective way.
ACCEPTANCE: WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO ACCEPT OUR LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES.
ACCEPTANCE IS A MENTAL SWITCH... "Life is the way it is, what can we do about it?". When we approach problems and challenges with a positive mindset based on a desire to grow and learn, every obstacle becomes an opportunity for self development. The alternative is "LIFE IS THE WAY IT IS, why bother trying to change anything at all?"
"IT IS WHAT IT IS" (IIWII) can be one of your greatest tools for creation or self destruction. You can find yourself in a bad situation doing something, stupid, shady and unwise all because you decided "F*Ck the outcome, YOLO". You Only Live Once, so why not live in a way that actually matters, because the alternative is living a life devoid of meaning where nothing matters and you are just counting days until your death.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE MISTAKES IN ORDER TO GROW: There are some mistakes you should avoid at all costs. REGGIE mentions in episode 10 about the MIDAS TOUCH, how we must go about life learning to make mistakes in the most effective way possible that leads to the greatest amount of learning and progress.
THERE ARE LIMITS TO THIS!!!: You don't need to murder someone, get sentenced to 30 years in prison, get educated while inside then return outside in order to realize murder is bad. Some people who have had horrendous life circumstances, brutal childhoods,
horrendous abuse, traumatic social circumstances know no other way other than rough roads and dark means to get ahead.
There are many convicted felons who do return to society with a desire to make a positive difference and in many ways we could say that this is part of their story. Karmically we could say that it took them going to prison and learning how to overcome their circumstances to act as an example to other inmates to show them what is possible. By same token, can we not also ask why it is necessary for the original murder and sentencing to occur before lesson is learn't?
I Monk, noticed I was developing this mindset of "Allowing the Temptation to get the better of me voluntarily. Video games, weed, masturbation, porn, cigarettes and laziness were excused as "WHAT IF I NEED TO BE TRYING OUT THESE TEMPTATIONS IN ORDER TO FEEL SHITTY ABOUT THEM AND REMIND MYSELF WHY I SHOULDN'T BE DOING THESE THINGS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
This mindset morphed into " WHAT IF I CAN MAKE FALLING INTO TEMPTATION THE GREATEST THING THAT CAN EVER HAPPEN TO ME". Not saying that it cannot happen, but simply that you are rolling the dice every time you try to get away with trying to turn a bad habit into a good outcome. The same time that was spent slacking off and messing around, could have been spent developing one's business, mindset, and good habits.
