Stephen Erle (2014). Navy Seals Workout.

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Hide Your Abilities

“Once you can follow Tao with skill, hide your abilities.

Privately accumulate extraordinary knowledge and skill, but keep a plain appearance.

There is great wisdom in being inconspicuous.

Do not brag or try anything beyond your means. Don’t let yourself become unbalanced before you have fully mastered an art.

Thus, you will not be expected to use your talents on behalf of others unless you yourself volunteer, you will not become the victim of others’ resentment, and the depth of your character will not be judged.

When you know how to hide, you avoid the attention and scorn of others, but retain the strategic advantage of surprise. You need to do this not for personal advantage, but to manage yourself and your skills well.

Knowledge and skill are neutral. They are meant to be used. That is all.

Mastery should not be used to bolster self-image.

We should not allow ourselves to be categorized by what we do know.

It is far better to simplify ourselves and free ourselves from the limits of tightly defined identities.”

The way to stop procrastination is to stop doing something and start doing NOTHING

Yes you read that correctly

When people procrastinate they usually substitute their desired activity for another non productive activity like scrolling, listening to music, playing vidya etc

(Note: it doesn’t even have to be a negative activity to be procrastination. Sometimes you’ll workout, or read, or go for a walk, when what you really know you need to do is work. Procrastination is about priority vs non priority)

Because of this they never get to feel the full weight of their inaction in the moment because they’re burying it by substituting positive action for time passing action

Whenever you feel there’s something you need to do and you just can’t quite bring yourself to do it STOP EVERYTHING YOU’RE DOING

Sit down and stare at the f*cking wall or stare off into space. no talking, no moving, no activity. Just you and your inner voice.

In a short amount of time you start to feel how much time and life is being wasted, you get sick of hearing your mind tell you what you should be doing.

Eventually you get forced into action