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Those first couple times you break up, it's hard. Honestly, there's not a whole lot that people can tell you to make you feel better, especially if you're heads-over-heels with your squeeze. My dad always told me, "son, you'll feel better after a while, now go sweep out the shed row." There was a method to his madness, it was to keep me moving. Keep moving, you still have a life. Life goes on. Let it go. Letting go is cathartic. When she/he figures out you let it go, they'll want you back, but you won't care at that point, you have moved on. Begging, rationalizing, creeping, stalking, none of that will work, if it did, you wouldn't want what it will be after that anyway. Just let it go, my friends. You can't go backwards in time, life never moves in a straight line. You'll see, and you will be great.
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Our greatest form of social control is through coerced imitation. We're told to look down upon these original tribal societies as lacking in culture, intelligence, and basically amounting to uncivilized savages, when in reality they often experienced a greater level of freedom and community than we do in the modern day, and many of these ancient tribal societies had great inventions in architecture, mathematics, agriculture, etc. In turn, upper class society since the late 19th century has set the standard for what the "pinnacle of civilization" is "supposed" to be. In doing so, we're slowly being conditioned to accept these stratified aspects of society where the wealthy upper class is something to respect and aspire to, while the lower classes are looked down upon as we might look down upon "lesser" civilizations. Thus, by imitating the upper class and trying to associate with them, and feeling shame when we cannot live up to these ridiculous notions of what it means to be valued according to nothing more than arbitrary factors like wealth and birthright, we are subconsciously being controlled and coerced into behaving within the rigid structures and formalities set in precedent by the 19th and 20th century bourgeoisie.
Ironically, these standards were often set on a foundation of racism, as freed slaves and people of color being permitted to participate in business and society might elevate themselves to a respectable status, and so they had to make races/cultures seem "inferior" regardless of wealth and status, creating a Euro-centric pinnacle during a time when Europe was about to engage in one of the most savage catastrophes in human history (WWI and WWII), while trying to make more peaceful, though technologically backward societies seem less civlized and more savage and less desirable to imitate. We sort of broke free of this thinking during the 60's when people actually looked to these communal tribal socieities as a means of escaping the violence and social stigmas of thise Euro-centric imitations, but the world was gradually adapting to this concept on the whole, and modern conveniences started to trickle down into the average household, so that by the 1980's people were being brainwashed with pop culture and television to mindlessly accept these standards, and that trend has continued to the modern day. We're mindless drones in pursuit of a standard set by the racist elite of the early 20th century, and we have to first stop chasing these vapid things before we can redirect ourselves in the right direction, away from the pursuit of wealth and status, and towards a more community-based society.
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I'm pretty sure you figured out some things a lot sooner than many others. I spent 20 years in the military, and we all accept that as a system based on merit (meritocracy, at least it used to be) and we had a saying, "respect is earned." But you've come to a core truth: before anyone else respects you, you have to respect yourself. This means that you respect yourself enough to improve yourself, to gain skills that are respectable, to influence others in a positive way, to do better for society. You will even hear clues, like when you were young and you did something for your dad, and he tells you, "son, you did a respectable job..." This is an affirmation and a clue. Have you ever watched someone do something amazing and think, wow, I would love to be able to do that, in essence, you have respect for them. You respect the hours and hours, maybe thousands of hours they have spent honing their craft. It could be cooking, handling weapons, playing an instrument. Any vocation. I was always in awe of people who handled horses well and I tried to emulate them. Respect shown is a positive for society, respectful people don't do wanton harm to others or animals or property, respectful people contribute, and respect is society's feedback for a job well-done. Some earn respect in unusual ways (innovator), some in more traditional ways (sports star), but it is a feedback loop. Most importantly, it is a give and take. Someone who has no respect for others will certainly gain none for themselves. What some think is respect that they garner is actually fear, and fear is the opposite of love. Do no harm, and much respect to you, sir!
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Back in the day, by showing hard work, you were compensated with higher pays, more time off and promotions. Today when you show hard work you are rewarded with MORE work for the same pay and a promotion to a much more stressful position still for the same pay.
Where I live we are always paid minimum wage, doing the job of 20 people in several roles in the same place, even if you have a degree. 3-4x the minimum wage is still unlivable, but no, companies still pay us the misery misery of 1 minimum wage (about $220) to the point that 3 people in the same house with full-time jobs cannot keep themselves. This is an insult, it basically means, if we could pay you less, we would.
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Because the world has turned into a cold, superficial and selfish place. It's all about what the other person can provide, it's all about if the other person is exactly the person that has your exact same standards, it's all about what you can gain with being with the other person.
There were not much expectations about it back in the day, it was just someone that you could see yourself growing old with. It was more raw, more genuine. Technology has made love seem way colder.
I am glad I found someone that loves me genuinely, and I love that person back, but not everyone is lucky, yet.
It has to be said that to be loved, you need to love, but genuinely. Don't love just so the other person loves you, love in a way that is like your natural state of being (Be nice and chill most of the time, see other people as humans just like you, look at the positive side, etc.)
You will instantly have love flooding in your life.
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If you are 100% healthy and your testosterone isnt going any higher than average, I wouldnt say thats a problem. For someone who does nothing in their life, having low testosterone is huge problem and symptom of bad lifestyle, but for someone doing everything right, it probably just means that your body doesnt need more testosterone to function well, and increasing testosterone higher won't really do that much. Lets remember that genetics are also playing a big role, and not everybody is capable of having supernatural testosterone. Testosterone levels are droping probably becouse life is way safer and we actually dont need as much to survive. Of course we all want as much as possible, but our body always act the best it can to make you survive, and increasing testosteron higher than needed doesnt serve that well. Do all your good habits guys, and if your testosteron isnt that much above average, dont think too much about it, just keep doing what you're doing, and remember that testosterone is not the only thing that makes you more manly.
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Gen Z (and I wouldn't be shocked or surprised if this extends to Millenials or Gen X or even Gen Alpha) are obsessed with nostalgia because there is no inspiration for the future today. There is no Space Race, there is no Atomic Age, and there is no beauty in anything like there was in decades past. The 40s all the way up to the 90s (and the decades in-between) all have some theme or flavor to the entire civilization: culture, music, fashion, art, architecture, automobiles, ect.
Today, everything is brutalist and degenerate. Everything is minimalist. Everything is a shade of white, black, or gray. Everything is designed to be mindlessly consumed, then abandoned for "the new thing" with no thought or care to what came before.
That's why more and more people from Gen Z (and the generations before AND after) are rapidly embracing the nostalgic times of decades past: they give life to an otherwise lifeless (modern) world.
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I don't usually comment on videos, but I have to say, this video really struck a chord with my soul. For a lot of my life, I've tried to avoid pain, discomfort, failure, all of the things that we often deem negative. I didn't always know it but at times I'd carry this hopeless energy around with myself because of the negative things that we as humans go through in life. But with bad times there are also good times. It is important to acknowledge and embrace both, because there is beauty in both. There will be days filled with laughter, smiles, and success, but there will also be days filled with sadness and anxiety, days where we fail and we struggle. But courageous and brave is what we become when we move forward despite our failures and fears. That is what it means to experience life. Great work Cole.
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As a man who used to struggle with depression these are the most helpful things I can think of:
-Take Risks, don't let the fear of failure stop you from trying something new or something great
-Do things that genuinely scare you or that you're afraid of (Even little things like climbing onto a roof and helping to put up Christmas lights if you're afraid of heights or saying something to the cute cashier girl other than "hi" and "thanks")
-Pursue an ambitious goal, one that a lot of people don't believe you can achieve (It doesn't even matter if you fail this because no matter what the pursuit of an ambitious goal will make you a better person and give you fulfillment) With that being said, do your best to succeed
-Have a passion, basically this means to find a hobby that you enjoy so much that you will spend hours and hours getting better at it
-Study history, pick a role model, and then analyze the traits of your role model and list the reasons why you admire them. Then start to emulate these traits in your everyday life and eventually you will become your own role model.
-Don't ever quit something just because it's hard (You can quit a crappy job if it's not the right fit for you, but never quit solely based on the fact that something is difficult). Embrace challenges and look for opportunities to improve yourself mentally, physically, and spiritually.
-Never put yourself down. Try not to think negative things about yourself and especially never say them out loud. You will think more highly of yourself when you say positive things about yourself, at the very least avoid putting yourself down on purpose.
-Live purposefully. Have a direction for your life and if you don't already have one, make one. Decide what's most important to you and live accordingly. If you have a family or even a single loved one, your first priority (other than serving God if you're religious) should be to provide for them, to protect them, and to help them become the best version of themselves
-Develop Integrity. I can't even explain how much this increases your self-repsect. Be honest, be trustworthy, don't cheat (unless you're in a street fight) and live with honor.
-Find a hobby that you're really passionate about and strive to become a master at it
-Finally, probably the most important thing I can say is to think less about yourself. Think less about yourself but not less of yourself. In other words, think about other people before you think about yourself, especially your family and loved ones. If you're focused on helping them with their problems I can promise you that your problems will become less important and less troublesome. Look for opportunities to help others and make them feel better about themselves. Nothing lifts you out of depression better than helping someone out of theirs.
I hope this helps. I realize that some people are genetically predisposed to having a harder time with depression, but I believe that there's nothing you can't overcome with a strong mindset. In addition, I strongly believe that going through depression and having such terrible lows actually gives you the capacity to feel even greater happiness and joy. The reason I say this is because when you feel genuine joy after being depressed for so long you can't help but feel grateful.
The beauty of life is that we are meant to experience the full range of human emotions, from happiness to anger to jealousy to despair to joy. We couldn't feel genuine happiness if we never knew what it was like to be sad. If I could talk to whoever is reading this face-to-face, what I would say to you would be simple: don't quit. A quote from Winston Churchill kept me going in times when I thought I had nothing left, he said: "If you're going through Hell, keep going."
Everything in life can be and is meant to be an opportunity to make yourself better, and depression is no exception. Keep fighting, all of you are descended from warriors no matter what culture or country you are from. You wouldn't be here today if it weren't for the conquering spirit of your ancestors. Live a life that would make them proud. While most of us will not fight in physical wars, no one is exempt from the battlefield of life. Depression can be a battle every single day, every single second in some cases. Keep fighting, it will only get better. And the more you fight, the more you will gain respect for yourself. I've conquered my depression. Every now and then it will start to try and creep back into my mind but I don't let it. I destroy those feelings with action. I go lift weights, I go running, I listen to metal music, whatever it takes for me to regain my confidence.
You can conquer depression, no matter how severe it is. That doesn't mean you'll never have days where you feel down, but it does mean that you'll have the strength to push through and do what you need to do as a man regardless of how you're feeling. Stay strong, stay hard, and fight like dragons 🐉 You're going to be very glad you did.
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Im guilty of doing this too at times. Self improvement is good, but too much of it can be toxic, things such as "Ditch your loser, lame friends, and hang out with people on your level or above" can be toxic, nothing wrong with wanting better like minded friends, but don't diss your old friends who are content with their lives, unless they are doing negative things, but it's okay that your friend wants a simple 9-5 job, or working blue collar jobs etc.
I don't care how introverted you are, how much you love to be alone, us humans are social creatures, too much time alone can be detrimental to your mental health. I still talk to people all of the time online on youtube, discord, twitch, reddit, and I still get together sometimes with IRL friends.
Great video Sir!
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I’m a 27-year-old female who has dated a guy for about three years and lived with him who had a massive porn addiction. I know it can be devastating to men who are feeling depressed and low energy and like they aren’t doing anything good with their lives and don’t try to do anything to change it. This video was helpful to me in many ways. Someone has to be super strong mentally to give up porn. Or they may need help and support in the rough times when they feel like relapsing. Most people will keep it so private that they hide it from their partners. I struggled with self worth in that relationship. Mostly because I had a higher sex drive and wanted to have it multiple times a day, at least once a day. I prioritized emotional bonding in my relationship, but he did not. So what I’m getting at is, a lot of women out there feel like they aren’t enough when men watch porn, especially behind their backs, especially when they are in the next room, wanting and craving that emotional and physical connection that they won’t get that day. It is detrimental for long-term relationships. I would say there are a handful of women (who I have been friends with) who decide to cut men off to sex when they make them angry... I say personally to them that with research, men trust you and open up to you more when you are in your feminine energy. Maybe that’s off point and a story for another day. It’s very admirable for a man to be a MAN and learn how to be mentally aware that he can be better FOR HIMSELF. Everyone should focus on what’s best for themselves first. It’s so cliché, but it’s true: an empty cup cannot fill another. Everyone has the responsibility to be their best self. That is the confidence and security you need. A partner will follow, because you will find them in the RIGHT places. Take it easy if you mess up. It’s very attractive to meet someone who wants the same thing you want. Until then, you might meet women who have their own battles and problems within themselves to manipulate men or just be in it for their own benefit at the time until they get bored. This can go for men too. I think this idea is almost surface-level but very important.
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As crazy as it sounds to many people, when I stopped caring about how I sound, look, or 'come off' to other people, I actually started exceeding in ways I never have before. Even when it comes to work... when I started to remind myself that I didn't actually need THIS job, or THIS situation, or THIS relationship... the world started to expand immediately. We give so much gravity to the physical world as we've been taught to accept it that it just pulls us into this dark, self-deprecating hole. In reality, even if I lost my job, my relationship, my hair, my muscle mass... would it change ANYTHING about the world? No... the earth will look the same no matter what I do... and thus, why should I care?
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This is one of the most realest videos I have seen. I grew up poor, I hated that people looked down on my family. I started a business, made a success of it (at high school). Still not happy. Maybe I worked too hard? I took 18 months out to travel the world. Amazing... but got home feel into serious depression. Maybe I need a degree? I got accepted to do my MBA without an undergrad (on entrepreneurial merit). Felt great, but I felt unhappy after it was over. Maybe a big house, a Jaguar E-type, etc etc...
Now, I bought a 2 bed apartment, I have a corporate job, a daily routine - my life is boring as hell. And I have never been happier. I go gym each day at lunch (a short walk), I see friends every weekend, and live super simple. I eat healthy, no parties. People laugh how I went from wanting 'it all' to the way I live now... I would say, try a simple life.
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Heres something from David Goggins that has always stuck with me "You have to keep working hard, climbing mountains. Once you get to the top of that mountain, you throw yourself back down. You cannot stay content with what you've achieved, you have to reach the top of your mountains, and throw yourself back down".
Basically, it's easy to start slacking once your reach a goal or do something, but once you achieve what you wanted, aim higher, do not be content. I did this with my weight loss, running, exercise. Yeah i lost 50lbs in 5 months, but that isn't all i wanted, and what i needed. I still need to lose 50 more lbs, do not lose your fire.
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The trauma you mention in "How A Bad Childhood Affects Your Reality" part, where you talk about being neglected emotionally, is C-PTSD, (Complex PTSD). It's a subset of post traumatic disorder that develops over a long time of experiencing not necessarily outright traumatic amounts of stress - it's the fact that it never ends, often for years, that damages the brain. Just thought it's worth mentioning, because this is a completely different faulty defense mechanism. Years of neglect will never cause you to freeze up or have vivid flashbacks when triggered, the trauma there results in feelings of low self-worth, poor emotion control, emotional disconnect, issues socializing and developing unhealthy coping mechanisms that are brought into life beyond the traumatic events.
Just thought it's worth mentioning, might help someone. I've heard enough times myself "you can't have PTSD, you didn't suffer traumatic events". No, I didn't. My entire childhood combined is what's traumatic.
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Everybody wants for there to be more good, honesty, loyal, and respectable people in the world. But nobody wants to suffer from the risks that come from doing so. Most are waiting for someone to come along and be that person for them first, before they’re willing to offer the same in return.
People always say, “I want to have friends. I want to have a girlfriend. The world needs more good people like him.” Few will stand up and say:
I want to be someone’s friend.
I want to be a partner to someone.
I strive to become the good that the world needs.
If everybody desire to have, then there must be some that’re willing to give in return. But we don’t promote that way of living anymore, we don’t teach that mindset. We’re told to give to ourselves instead, to dump other people for our benefit, to “focus on yourself”.
Be the change you want to see in the world. No-one else is doing it, so why sit there and wait with them?
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Another perspective that has helped me greatly is realizing that nobody feels sorry for you, and nobody gives a fuck either way if you are disciplined, achieve goals, or slack off. It really doesn't matter what "society," social media, or your peers are doing, your life is entirely on you.
This is not meant to be a harsh, self-pitying statement, but rather freeing to realize you have the choice to make your own discipline, regardless of what others think. I have gratefulness for even having the OPPORTUNITY to do rewarding, uncomfortable things. I still have an able body where I can exercise, a working mind to study, and all my basic needs met to support my endeavors.
The opportunity is there for many of us, we just have to take it.
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Red Pill becomes toxic when men try to find some "perfect formula" in the ocean of content and videos, some kind of ultimate cheat code that can get them any and all women. I ate up Red Pill content when I was younger because I had no real substance to my character, and felt the need to sorta "play" women in order to compensate. It took me a while to give up that mentality and explore myself for some years (traveling, music, college) where I had something interesting to share about myself, and dating turned from a "game" into a sharing of experiences with women who end up interested, platonic or romantic.
That being said, my best advice to young males when it comes to dating is to build up character, explore your own values and interests (gym, cars, movies, etc). And if you currently don't have much character, show interest and curiosity towards others, learn to ask questions.
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Ironically, the thing that was designed to unite us, is dividing us, and I'm not talking about social media.
Our brain does not hold beliefs because it thinks they are true, it does it to feel validated, part of a community and for a sense of importance.
Because of this, we choose sides and start hating on other groups of people. In reality, no matter how much you think it, these beliefs are much more connected to your need to fit into a group than they are to the truth.
When we understand everyone hating us is actually just looking for love and acceptance, it becomes much easier to give love, rather than hate and judgement.
We're all humans, just trying to do what's right, lets show some compassion.
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Have learned that people judging you without an intention to see you grow are just reflecting what they see in themselves to some degree, you don't listen to people that don't criticize you for the better, they are people that are bitter with themselves, so why would you listen to bitter people? Do you really want to please people that judged you harshly in the first place? No, it doesn't make sense. You can't be everything good in a human, you can grow your own values though, and make your soul be the best part of you, people will judge you less, but there will be people that still judge you because their Journey has not been fulfilled, yours will be at the time. The only judges you need to have in your life are the ones that judge you to become better and yourself, YOU are in control, no one else.
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during my depression, the time i started to let go bad things though my word and replace the way i talk with a more calm and refined way to speak, my life has started to get better every day, recently i was focused too much on having my first girlfriend, i was saying things like "it's so frustrating", after this i've decided to let things comes without making too much effort, and guess what it happened, by being myself the positive and calm dude i always was, i got into my first relationship, and it's going very well =), thanks cole for discussing about topics like this one that are interesting.
i'm french btw, useful information ? probably not xD
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That was amazing Cole! I wish i was at this mental health level as i am now, i see a psychologist now, my now ex told me to see one a year ago. My relationship of 5.5 years got ruined, i got lazy and slobby, i ruined it, my perfect life ruined in seconds, now i live in a noisy apartment , but i lost 45lbs, i eat better and my mind feels better than ever, i cant forgive myself for what i did and ruined, but i have to take steps everyday to be better! I hope she will return but most likely not, but i can be even better for my next love ❤ you have inspired me many times but something held me back but now i will grow and i will take another step each day, life feels hard and my heart aches, but i have to learn to love myself flaws and all and do better
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Good video! My question is aren’t the traits you listed at the end traits that a good woman must have as well? If that’s the case, then why even use masculinity to be the standard of what is good for men? If there’s no difference between what makes a good man and a good woman, then why separate the two, why not just strive to be a good person? Women rarely ask themselves how to be good as a woman, it’s more often just how to be good as a person. So I wonder why men constantly revert to gender when deciding how they should behave?
I think it could be that men are usually expected to conduct themselves a certain way by society, for example, to protect the weak, so they can’t separate how they should behave from their gender. Instead of contributing to this ideal, you deviated from the typical gender roles that people force on men and listed more broad characteristics which I appreciate. But why call it being masculine if women should be that way too? What does a man who is “feminine” look like in this world view? Is it failing to do what you listed? Femininity means acting like women typically do. If that’s the case, that implies that typical women don’t update their world view when given new information or they get caught up in their emotions. If it’s bad for men to be feminine because it means these negative traits, how can being feminine be okay for women?
I think encouraging men to only be more masculine above all is limiting at best and sexist at worst. Some people are going to be masculine, some are going to be more feminine, and some are going to be in between. My view is that we should make expectations on men more elastic, if they want to be stereotypically masculine (eg. big muscles), there should be no problem, but also no issue if they don’t want to, which is not the case right now. Where pursuing masculinity becomes an issue is if you believe it makes you better than those who are women or who act like women. Encouraging masculinity itself as the ideal contributes to this, no matter your definition.
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My 9-5 I'm currently working is definitely the best job I've ever had, but I could easily do it in a 4 day work week, or honestly even less. A lot of people are like that. The lack of productivity eventually does drive you crazy. It doesn't make me miserable, but I am indeed trapped. Quitting my job means starvation and no health insurance. All my "side hustles" - music, writing, art, politics, will never make me enough money to survive without a career to subsidize it - I'm good but not good enough compared to actual pros, and there just literally isn't enough time in the day after waking up at 7, going to work til 5, getting home at 6... even if I didn't eat or shower or ever relax, is that remaining 4 hours of life really enough to get professionally good at anything?
There's a reason there are millions of marxists hating on the 9-5. It's the poster image of the trap hundreds of millions of people are in.
The farmer life does seem appealing in comparison - its how most humans lived from 5000 BC to 1900 AD. You may not be a self-actualized fully capable peak human for living that life, but you'd probably not be suicidal.
But Industrialized society has existed for too long and now there's 8 billion of us and literally not enough land on Earth for us to realistically be able to return to that kind of lifestyle.
Combine this with the incoming mental automation revolution, as things like driverless trucks and Boston Dynamics bots replace drivers and warehouse workers and you'll see why we desperately need a social shift away from this priority we've placed on your work defining you.
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In Europe, even in my Slavic traditional country, men and women were never in that strict "provider" and "nurturer" positions. We simply want a partner, someone to understand us, someone to love us, someone to be our friend, lover and partner in life, regardless of if he is successful (from my woman standpoint) or men who don't necessarily seek just someone to be a "trad wife" and depend on them so much she literally can't escape. We women should not "need" men, we should want them, not for money, not for them being good looking, not for them to be rich, providers or whatever, we want them as partners, sexual and friendship partners, someone to share life with. Is that so hard to understand? Men in Europe don't seem so insecure about women having options, as far as I can see, they still see themselves as prizes, women are not obsessed with being independent, but also not to be in relationship at any cost. We can be single if we didn't find the right person, and I mean someone TO LOVE and respect, not someone with certain paychecks, or looks or status. Someone who we can be close with. Men tend to be more sexual, true, and more often seek shallow sexual relationships, and there are those who seek more traditional wives but in general, they also want someone with whom they can live quality life. People are not that calculating! Well, maybe just those presented on internet, which are just few people chosen for the goal of making one gender looking bad. We should cooperate and live together and chose partners based on how we get along, based on respect, education even, common tastes and what we want in life, sometimes just you get to love someone for whatever reason. This is not competition, this is not a war.
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Thank you so much for this video.
I'm 21 years old male who was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. I was born with immunodeficiency that prevented me from having any interactions with my peers.
Now when my immune system is restored, I'm dealing with loneliness, touch starvation, desire for physical intimacy and lack of opposite sex in my life.
My family is pretty much dominated by males. Both of my older siblings are males. Never had a sister or niece. My brother has three sons. Mother was pretty much the only female in my life. I'm tired of a male circle. I want to be in a female circle for a change. I want to have a girlfriend and create a relationship. I want someone to cuddle.
I said to myself: "You're 21, never had a girlfriend, it's about time, the older you are, the harder it will be to meet people" which made me feel pressure on myself so I was watching dating tips videos on YouTube from many sources - pick up artists, red pill youtubers, female youtubers. I was eating this content like crazy. I even bought a pick up book (which I regret, I won't finish reading it). But I eventually had to stop beacuse feeling of the pressure increased and my levels of stress, anxiety and loneliness went skyrocket.
This video has validated that I did the right thing by stopping consuming that content. My mental health is in better shape now though I still feel lonely and touch starved. Thank you for this video.
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I'm a firm believer that "back when", the state of the bottom of Maslow's pyramid influenced its top. We are (or almost are) in a post-scarcity society. Fulfillment of our basic needs is almost always granted. Moreover, we also take it for granted. Ever since, the physiological needs were an unknown. One could always fulfill the psychical needs by striving to provide the physical needs. Hunter-gatherers, farmers, peasants found meaning in their work, providing food for their tribe, family or settlement. During wars, when safety was compromised, people would feel the duty to protect their close ones.
Until few decades ago, there was some constant struggle that everyone had to go through. Simply to provide the absolute basics. Their survival was their self-actualization (at least to a degree).
Fast forward to present day. Look at the pointlessness of our lives. School and work are a chore nobody wants to go through. Jobs at factories or offices are dehumanizing. You stick your head in the maw of a faceless, corporate moloch, so it can suck out your life energy. It's hard to mentally correlate today's dehumanizing work with actually providing survival to anyone (especially considering the salaries).
In this depersonified slaughterhouse of a civilization, we spend time on being obedient, GDP generating citizens. It's what we're taught so often, to obey, but when are we taught to find self-fulfillment? Yeah, it's hard to not feel depressed, when you feel your life is pointless and you're along, putting in 40+ hours a week to get paid scraps. And how hard it is for people to find their own reason to keep on keeping on, when nobody talks about these things. It makes the work you put in these videos even more valuable, we need a revolution of the mind. Those, who find the drive within themselves, become unstoppable among the meek and soulless. Especially today.
As for belonging, just think - why so often people are subscribing to weird conspiracies? Flat earth society, the antivaxxers, the anti-government types... you'd rather be a faceless average joe among 8 billion average joes? Or a moron among a thousand other morons who have a sense distinct identity? We have neglected our spirituality for far too long.
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Living deeply means becoming so involved in even the most mundane of activities that you barely even have time to think if you are lonely or not. It means growing out of the instant gratification that makes the all inspiring world we find ourselves in boring. Everywhere you look, you are experiencing the miracle of life. The very fact that you can hear these words and see this screen with your eyes is a statistically impossible fortune that you’ve been gifted with. Each day, really examine what it is you are experiencing right now. Get really involved in this thing called life by participating in it in as many ways as you can, and as presently as you can. Have appreciation for the instrument that is your body. Take walks and marvel at the swaying of the trees, the color of the leaves, and all the different sounds and sights, even the ones that are man made. There is awe in everything if you focus deeply enough on it. Everything in this post modern era has programmed you to not understand and realize this. Post modern society wants you to believe that your existence serves no point and has no joy unless you achieve status, wealth, and popularity. But this perspective of being in awe and wonder over just about everything in this realm of human consciousness, which is very much so awe inspiring and wondrous, and adopting the child’s view point of seeing everything as novel is available for you to take back at any moment - Cole Hastings
Beautifully said. Thank you Cole
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@ColeHastings Thanks for the reply, my friend. I got the vibe that you are concerned with getting people to focus on the very high level goal of meditation, but the way you framed it, it sounded to me as though you considered mindfulness and TM as not being adequate ways to get to that high level goal. This emphasis on "doing" clears it up a bit.
For beginners, I think starting with the material goals - peace of mind, greater focus, and general adaptability and resilience - are equally good reasons to enter into the practice initially. And, if they never end up ascending past that point, I don't personally have any issue with that. I would prefer people who engage in meditation for whatever reason they choose. But the reason I don't tend to mind is that part of my practice of meditation involves the notion of radical acceptance in which one accepts the world in its totality with compassion and love.
I am not always successful, but for that reason, if people don't end up making the most out of meditation, but still get something out of it, I do see it as a net win.
But, to your point, once you get to that state of being, there is nothing quite like it.
Thanks for reaching out again, and have a lovely evening.
Be well
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(Typing this at the 3min mark)
Absolutely thrilled you have finally approached & tackled this topic. I hear it SO MUCH from those around me(although not aimed at me mostly), but primarily when I get my heart broken in a relationship. People always tend to gravitate towards the same ole, standard, generic "advice" - FOCUS ON YOURSELF.
While that is great to an extent, we really do have to do pretty much EVERYTHING in moderation, as too much of any good thing can become terrible for you in the form of diminishing returns. People don't realize how doing that too much can really have a negative impact on your life & further sow the seeds of bitterness from within. I've discovered some time ago that the people who typically say shit like, "Fuck people, who needs em?!" "I hate people so much!!!" or "I absolutely despise the human race" are often time miserable as all hell & most likely lonely from shutting out far too many people, destroying themselves in the process.
If you cultivate a mindset like that for too long, you will fall & most likely live a life filled to the brim with regrets.
Great video, my man.
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Trying to distinguish between what is in my control and what isn’t, has made my life difficult. Hell, I read Epictetus’ enchiridion and internalized his lessons. However, I realized that I don’t know what is in my control and what is not in my control. The demarcation is hard to figure out. I love your idea that everything is chaos. If we try to figure out what we can control, our lives become hell. Epictetus states that our thoughts, desires, reactions, impulses, feelings, ideas, etc, are inherently in our control. I have OCD. I struggled with my thoughts, but I can’t control them. Sometimes instead of trying to distinguish between the dichotomy of control, it’s better to live in chaos.
Great video by the way.
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Cole, I've been having this fear of death and I'm a young person, it was so sad because of i was afraid of losing people i loved most, and most of all losing myself and wondering what the unknown was to me.
It is something i still get anxious about till this day, but thank you for shedding light on how important our mortality is, i never got to see from this perspective, maybe a little but, just like you said, to accept out fate, and go on with life, being intentional about the people we meet and the things we experience❤
thank you so much for this video, you're really a life saver, and I'm most happy that i got to experience this knowledge from you, thank you!!! 💗💗🔥🔥
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Seeing as one the main habits you talked about cutting out was "choking the chicken" (😂😂) here are the two main reasons people can't stop doing it.
They feel lonely, or feel bored.
When you feel these negative emotions, you turn to the chicken to temporarily get rid of them.
However if you consistently speak with other people when you feel lonely instead of chicken strangling, you will eventually rewire the neuro pathway groves In your brain so that you get rid of feeling lonely by socialising instead of choking.
I know Cole talks about being alone, but you should still have SOME relationships, even if it's just online. You need some genuine connections with people who you can call or talk to when you're lonely.
In the case of being bored, that really just means lack of purpose. A man with a really strong purpose and mission, will not find himself getting bored. Cole already has loads of videos about this, if you need help with that, go check those vids out.
Wishing you all the best of luck, and keep up the really great consistent content Cole!
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17 now, back in the gym. Boutta turn 18, fully foccused on my goals. I live with a 64 year old man whom I see as very wise, and I have developed my perspective of the world. Social media be destroying different generations. No one seems to realize that it starts with yourself, that you have to take the first step in the journey of a thousand miles. Do the miles, see the results and keep going. You will attract what it is that you seek once you start doing this. Btw I read a book when I was 14, The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz, and after I had read it I had pit it away. The above mentioned 64 year old man told me to read it, and when I recently found it in the place I had left it and forgotten, I realised there is so much to learn and I am reading it again. And I will again after that. Aint no one gonna stop me from being the 1, you feel me?
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I'm going to make a bizarre analogy here, but I remember playing Runescape back in the the late 2000's. The game was grindy as hell back then, and it was full of noobs who didn't know what they were doing, just like me. I remember logging in to do painfully slow grinding at about the same time every day on the same server, and I would inevitably run into other people who just happened to do the same activity as me in the same spot every day. With nothing better to do we often ended up chatting about random stuff to make the grind more tolerable, and I ended up making friends with quite a few of them. Eventually I got bored with the grind and stopped laying.
I tried playing Old School Runescape a few years ago. The game felt way less grindy than it did back in the day. This time I knew what I was doing and the game had plenty of quality of life improvements, so I quickly surpasses the level of my original account. However, it just wasn't the same. The game has always been overrun by bots, and that hadn't changed. But now it was also overrun by players who behaved just like bots, just like me. Players so concerned with optimizing efficiency that there was no room for casual conversation. Everyone hopped servers constantly as well, (there are many strategies that rely on it,) so I can't remember a single instance of meeting the same player multiple days in a row. At one point I realized that I was having more fun trying to put together my own little bot in python to automate the grind, rather than by actually playing the game. Once I was happy with my bot I abandoned the game entirely.
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Finally you came to the topic I was waiting to hear. We, as a man, are struggling in this manner way more than ever before, and i am saying this through my observations of my own self and also everyone around me (and I am not even including the people who bring this topic of being "weak" or having no drive over and over on internet by themselves), I am seeing the same pattern of weakness (being comfortable on where they are, not having any goals or ambitions (that also bothers them themselves), not having any willingness to take any responsibility that they need to take) and all are mostly related to short term pleasure/quick gratification things (such as porn and excessive masturbation, processed sugar, internet addiction or any other pleasure giving actions, that gives pleasure instantly). Instead of taking time to dedicate on finding who you truly are, what you love, exercise/take care of yourself, and take on your responsibilities of your life (which in turn will be beneficial in the future), find a partner you desire, or learn anything valuable/enjoyable - instead of these, short term gratification is chosen. So, that's why it needs to be adressed way more frequently and should be explained way more in depth, so it gets to anyone, who needs to hear it (including myself).
So, thank you for making this vid man, great job!
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A few points i would like to address:
1. When you say he was plant-based, yes he was plant-based based on his current behavior and action, but in previous videos that are a bit older he talked about compassion towards animals, which means one of two things, either he was lying then (which would make a very manipulative person that lies for monetary gain and this is the option i'm choosing to believe for obvious reasons), or during the past year he changed his mind and either way he looks like a sell out.
2. You talked about people being healthy while not being vegan, well sure, just like a vegan diet of cocaine and chips can make a person extremely unhealthy, but at what amount of meat can you be healthy, that's the real question here. The longest living population do eat some animal products, take the Okinawans with the most centenarians on earth, they do eat pork products, but according to many studies that average out to less than 1% of their diet coming from animal products and they ate on average a diet of 2700-3000 calories. So if you're saying that eating 25-30 calories of animal products per day won't affect your health then sure, i absolutely agree, however, if you're saying that eating good portions of animal products like 1-3 times a week then i do not agree, after a while, some adverse effect is bound to happen (not saying you'd die, just that something might happen like how cholesterol won't go up much if you ingest 100mg and bump it up to 500mg per day, but it will shoot up if you go from 0mg to 100mg per day).
P.S. : Love your new style of videos and new set up, big fan, keep it up.
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Didn't you make a vid about that life shouldn't be taken this seriously, and you also highlighted you know nothing? Well, let me tell you that your thoughts on this stuff is just your perception on how it should be in your head. But in reality, life and its issues ( especially this one) is more than complicated to figure out, so if i thought simply i would agree 100% with you. But i just can't stay with one perspective or better said "stay with that "ideal" perception because there are solid reasons on why some men became a " cincel". Just to set an example, when you mentioned that you were surprised when saw a bunch of average or below average looking guys being in a relationship you don't know if they're only being used by those type of girls, what they're going through to keep such 'relationship', i can assure you that most of them are getting cheated while having a meal with their girls that in a near future might be getting into such Cincel culture once they realize that. You're just an observer, and you're talking on what your perception allows you think, but if you put yourself in other's shoes you will return to what i mentioned at the beginning of this comment. You , Us know nothing.
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Great video. Can't help but be reminded of the saying "The mind makes a terrible master, but a wonderful slave". Life is like that in many aspects. Things aren't inherently good nor bad, no matter what it is, it's based on how our minds view it, how our particular mental lens interoperates a situation or event. This video could be a strong basis for self improvement to many people, as an integral aspect of it is always how your mind views what you consider problems and solutions. We struggle as much if not more within ourselves about reality than we do with reality itself. It never hurts to occasionally stop and ask yourself, why? Why am I so happy around this person, miserable around this, why does what my neighbor do effect me at all, does it really matter that your coworker is a little odd? I had to do similar things around the age of 14 with anger problems. So many things made me so angry, until I started analyzing why, and tweaking my mentality as to not react with such vicious emotions. It's a major step of maturing as a person. Glad I'm subbed to you.
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I definitely understand the message, and I think it's very valuable. I think that facing our own lack of control is one of the hardest things that we have to do as humans, and while your other videos may be easier for some of your viewers to digest, this one is particularly direct. That might explain people's misunderstanding and misinterpretation of your message.
Even for me, as someone who's been diving very deeply into existential exploration and spirituality, it's hard for me to accept the idea of "I can control nothing". Very few people will accept it, but I understand your points. Literally we're all just dreaming and pretending we know anything about what things actually are, and accepting that is difficult (and nearly excruciating) for many people - it's not easy for me either.
That said, it's very freeing. With the assumption of control comes a lot of blame, responsibility, expectation, pressure, shame, regret, and practically everything that causes us to live a life without peace. When you can see the true nature of how things are, you can rest. You can pause and realize that hey, figuring all this shit out, controlling it, fixing it, changing it - it's not your responsibility.
Paradoxically, that realization alone is enough to help us fix things, to show us how to help the situation, and to cultivate understanding and acceptance that affects not only yourself, but can also help alleviate the anxiety of others. What a wonderful thing!
Know that your perspective is heard, understood, and appreciated Cole!
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This video was definitely a good one, I do agree that people need to become more self sufficient and essentially "be friend" themselves. I think it's part of because what neitzche coined as the ubermench or the super man, realizing your self to the fullest requires self love and being your own friend. However, as someone who is studying psychology I can't over look the fact that we are highly social creature, being involved in a social circle, which traditionally was religious circles, literal increases your life span and overall enjoyment in life. Which is why I would encourage people to go out and make friends that you see on at least a weekly basis. But also learn to be ok with being alone when they are not around. Another thing I think is that social media will die off alot, I don't think it will completely collapse but more and more people are realizing that it's mostly a negative thing, and that the highlights are just that highlights of a person's life. I think eventually either social media will change to accommodate for the truth, such as people posting about their shity experiences as well as the good, or it will become less popular as people become board with it and realize it's not real. We are creatures of comfort, we like what we know, but we are also extreamly cerious and love novelty, so at some point the real world will be more unknown and novel then social media, and our ceriocity will drive us back to it. At least that's what I think
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Cole, it's like this short film was made for me.
I want to be a fiction writer and poet, but instead I am pursuing a major that is financially and socially acceptable. But writing makes me feel alive, so damn alive. I have dreams of publishing, but I also don't hate my major? I want to be a writer AND a person with stable income through my major. I realize that I can be both. But, as you said, people are afraid that they can actually fulfill their dreams. And I am one of them.
I was a ball of anxiety today, not having written anything in months and not feeling confident about my major either. But then I saw this and it made me realize that I am too much in love with the idea of that dream, that success and freedom to be the person I want to be, rather than actively working and understanding that what hardwork entails my decision of juggling these two together. And my anxiety melted away, it's like my body was at peace again. So thank you for this way too relatable wake-up call. You made a very beautiful and well-shot masterpiece. Congrats to you!❤
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There are no dream jobs. You can't be sleeping and dreaming of work. No one is going to be on their death bed wishing they had worked harder or remembered they needed to finish their project or even worried about missing a day of work.
These videos speak from privilege but yours and everyone's video misses the point. It is about creating the conversation about the meaning of work and how are lives can benefit without work (aka jobs, careers, 9-5, etc). You can sit here behind your cushioned YouTube money and say "I love capitalism" or "I hate capitalism". There are too many people who can't even voice their opinions or question/critique the system we live in. It isn't about becoming an entrepreneur, YouTuber/Social media, internet sensationalist or whatever but it is to suggest an alternative to the system that continues exploitation, economic instability, inequality and destruction of the environment.
The fundamental problem is that Capitalism is destroying the environment, neoliberal policies are in favor of the mega rich corporations trying to destroy the climate and the psychology of people, that the rich and powerful politicians are intertwined in this power dynamic where only those rich 1% benefit and the rest follow while leaving the middle,lower and poor people of the country to suffer. We need solutions to these problems, not just spouting out different versions of taking advantage of capitalism.
"It is the way it is" narrative is so suffocating that people can't even imagine a system outside of capitalism. Regardless of whether you favor capitalism or not, we have the power to spread a message that goes against the current. We shouldn't even settle for something that isn't working. Stop believing that capitalism is all we got.
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Love the message at the end. If anyone needs some optimism for the world, take some time to read about the positive changes that have been made over the last few decades. Poverty is at an all-time low, average incomes are rising with more people moving into the middle class, age expectancy is rising, disease outbreaks and death tolls are dropping, violent crime rates are dropping, food production is up, air quality is improving, food production is improving. By almost all accounts, we live in a better world than ever before. It's a shame that the media only tends to focus on the negative. If you'd have asked me a year ago what my predictions were about the above statistics, I would've guessed the exact opposite for all of them.
So please, if you're struggling with the idea that the world is going to shit (like the majority of people have reported agreeing with), take the time to look at optimistic news and statistics. We're actually doing much better than most people think, and headed in a good direction.
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Really well done video!
By the way, I watch you from Transylvania (a part of Romania; and no, I'm not a vampire. Or maybe I am? Who knows these days haha..) and I feel more young people should know this. I'm 26 and sadly I see that most people in their 20's are just consumers of technology, addicted to that dopamine rush. Some people say that our generation lives in the hardest times, even Dave Chappelle said that, and I think it's true, these are, in a way, the hardest times from a mental health perspective. Even though we don't live in a time of war, we are 'bombarded' with information and a lot of misinformation. Is like we are part of an experiment and we are the rats in the experiment. But, you know what they say, hard times create strong man, and I try to keep an optimistic point of view about everything. All the best!
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Your video was perfect to me.
I've been asking myself the same question everyday while straining myself too much with working or studying.
As an agnostic atheist, I thought too depressing that everyone that I love, my family, fiancee, friends, dogs and every single thing that I did good and conquered will be nothing. So.. why do anything at all and why not be in bed and sleep all day?
"Why do anything if we all going to die?"
I asked this for a friend and he told me this:
"Why do we watch a movie if it is going to end anyway?" — We watch the movie and experience it until it lasts: cry, laugh and smile.
So.. I shouldn't watch a movie that I would like because it's going to end? We don't do that.
So, why don't make the movie of our lives something that we would like to experience until the very end?
Yes, everyone I love is gonna die, this is going to be the most painful thing I will ever experience. But.. In the end, I'll be gone too, and the pain will be gone the same way.
And I hope the movie that I made myself was the best that I could've made..
Thanks for helping my negative nihilistic thought to become a little more positive.
Greetings from Brazil. ✌️🇧🇷
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Fun fact, pornography can cause erectile dysfunction in young people, or rather, the excessive use of porn can. It's an addiction for many, a soothing stress reliever, but harmful in more ways than our society wants to address. Masturbation is mostly a wasteful activity, energetically, biologically and spiritually...but so are a lot of activities that feel good... If you can't get hard at all naturally, well that could be underlying physiological/chemical condition, but be sure to check your brain too, and make sure you're not mentally wiring yourself into an abstract fetish or fantasy. If you are hooked on porn, then consider it a negative factor in your sexual health. Just my personal experience.
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Agreed with so much! I have pros and cons about college as well. I graduated two years ago. Pros: I got a reason to leave my small hometown. Maybe only two hours away, but I got to experience living on my own. I went from a small town in a small catholic school of a graduating class of 34 to Cincinnati, OH in a larger public college. For the first time I was doing things on my own and actually having to actively make friends etc. I joined a sorority and had major positions within it- I was very shy before. I networked so much, grew up, and gained leadership. I have lifelong friends, I had soooo much fun. I enjoyed learning. Cons: Mentally it was really hard. I became pretty depressed, changed my major, gained a lot of weight at one point, wanted to drop out, was poor, and now in a lot of debt. Now after college I want to do my own thing. I like my job, but dont love it. So I always think man was that a waste of time and money? But I am not so positive I would have had the courage or confidence to leave my hometown without it or want to do my own thing. I might just be working in retail. There are other great options though. Example my dad was in the union and just retired at 60 with sooo much retirement, great skills, and friends.
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Just to put another point of view in the matter, I think playfulness is the state we want to be in almost every situation, if we train to be as playful as when we were children, nothing will be too serious or too boring, the only purpose of our lives would be to play without any desire to achieve anything, because play in itself is what give us the joy of life and the fulfillment we want.
I think that's one way to become detached for many things, and playfulness is something that can be trained. Honestly, I'm surprised by the lack of sources tackling this aspect of our nature in comparison with other things, it is a primal behavior observed in many animals, a behavior that can even surpass in a polar bear the need to kill a dog to eat and just make him play with him without doing harm. It really is a powerful tool of detachment, joy and fulfillment, I think that without some of it, it is difficult to be fulfilled with anything.
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I couldn't see this video at a better time than now, and I truly thank you for the work you do. I've gone through so many drastic life changes within the last few months and I have been stuck in a rut, feeling depressed, anxious, and very disconnected from myself. Before these changes, I had a similar perspective on life as you described in the video, and I somehow lost it when life began to test me more. This video reminded me of the excitement, and appreciation I had for life when I felt my best and showed me it's still possible to feel that same way now, despite the negative emotions I've been feeling. The beauty in life is not just found in the most positive and happy days, but also in the days we struggle, as the days we struggle leads to the most growth.
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Another thing: so many YouTubers say college is a waste of time because of money, all you do is party/drink, degrees are useless for future jobs, etc…..it’s not all about that.
It’s about learning how to manage being an adult through mistakes to learn from before true, severe consequences happen in the real world. It’s also learning about different fields, ways of life, cultures, etc. in a way that makes you think unbiasedly, in broadened viewpoints away from your hometown’s.
Overall, there are things that I regret. I don’t regret learning from the mistakes I made and about the people I met. It gave me thicker skin, and a better mindset for success in life.
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This is one of those times where 'never judge a book by its cover' comes to mind, although I may be right in thinking that that was the intention? "Why You Should Seek Power, Not Happiness" with a weird alpha bro style thumbnail elicited vibes and a brand that just made me think "really, is this a Cole video? Oh no...". I guess it was done that way for algo reasons, and to try and catch some of that crowd and help steer them out of it? If so, props. I initially was going to go like a lot of commenters off this thread - in that power was being sought out as something to lord over others instead of finding inner peace/happiness. Shame on me, I should have known better from a Cole video! Now after watching the video I agree with the sentiments aired. Its very much the 'knowledge is power' and 'the only true power comes from within' kinda power vibes, not insecure and projectionary power over others kinda power. A power that only comprises of inner peace, and a power over oneself only. A power than is not externalised onto the world around you, an observation. A power to bing kindness and love to the world around you, through acceptance of yourself. A power that cannot be taken from you, and therefor keeps insecurities at bay (with healthy self awareness and reflection), as once you are at peace with yourself, there is nothing that you expect from the world or that the world can hold over you. And in return, you only give happiness, joy, love and laughter. Now thats the Cole videos I've come to know and love! Thank you as always!
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In an alternative universe, the alternative Cole Hastings just accepted that NoFap is one of those topics that potentially gets a lot of traction, especially around the end of October, in line with everybody shoring up their inner-reserves for No-Nut-November ;) You weren't some chancer who just happened to fall upon a formula, or manifested something out of nothing. You were someone who live a life conducive to NoFap success, and therefore became someone who's experience would be sought.
Of course, there is something to be said for aligning your thoughts and actions with a positive drive to achieve a specific result. It's just a shame that those who believe they manifested results are so willing to overlook that it was their own efforts, every step of the way (A sprinkle of luck and coincidence can help, of course), that got them to achieve their goals. Moreover, I think you really risk denying your viewers the opportunity to understand what it really takes to achieve goals i.e persistence, resilience, fortitude, determination, authenticity and hard work. There really is no 'Secret' ;)
Now you just need to work out how to make those numbers count. Certainly, in terms of video views, it would seem that your new audience is really only interested in hearing you talk on one specific subject. however, i don't doubt that you could turn the situation around. Rooting for ya!
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"We cannot find the truth by following this system or that, but by using the best systems and methods in the development of a superior understanding; and in the use of methods we must remember that impressions or beliefs have no value except as indicators pointing the way to some hidden reality or truth. Therefore those who receive the wisdom of the past, or the impressions of the present, as something to have and to hold, gain absolutely nothing.
However, those who try to form original mental conceptions of everything that enters the mind from any source, will not only develop originality and greatness, but will sooner or later form those very ideas that have always produced the greatest things in life.
We are changed, improved or transformed through the renewal of our minds. And this renewal is the result of our creating superior ideas of everything about which we may think. To form superior ideas it is necessary to improve constantly upon all of our mental conceptions; in brief, to accept no conclusion as final, but to try to see all things through a larger and a larger understanding. The greatest mistake that can be made in this connection is to accept ideas from other minds without trying to improve upon those ideas in our own minds."
- Quote by Christian D. Larson from the book What is Truth. Probably the most impactful three or four paragraphs I have ever read in a self help book.
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Hey Cole! I think it’s great that you made this video, we need more discussion about outreach techniques in our movement, and I think this dialogue is really productive. Here’s my two cents:
I’ve found the most success in using a super direct approach with nothing but the truth, straight to the point about the ethics and how not being vegan results in you supporting animal abuse. I always think about how I would want to be spoken for if I was trapped in a slaughterhouse. If I were being killed, I’d want someone to advocate for me in a super direct way.
In my experience, people respect you when you tell them the straight up truth about how they’re paying for animal abuse, which isn’t always comfortable to hear, since telling someone the truth is compassion. A lot of people pick up on the fact that you’re against animal abuse, rather than being against them as individuals.
When it comes to advocating for health, I’ve found that it isn’t too effective because you can justify eating salmon once a month, or Thanksgiving Turkey once a year, from a health POV.
This approach gets a fair share of hate, but I’m getting dozens of people messaging me every week saying that they’ve gone vegan from seeing my TikToks, so I’ve been seeing great results. I’ve also had a lot of people who start out by leaving hate comments on my TikToks, and a few weeks later they message me saying how they’ve gone vegan after realizing their hypocrisy.
Anyways bro I really enjoyed watching your video! I’m always into trying out new approaches and hearing other people’s outreach thoughts. Would love to hear your perspective.
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From age 18-34, I was drinking anywhere from 12-36oz of coffee a day... EVERY day. After all those years, I never realize how dependent I was... I figure it was just habit. Well, I stopped regular coffee and ALL caffeine a little over a year ago, and holy shyt, it is THE HARDEST thing I have ever quit. I stopped drinking, taking opioids, even smoking back in college.. NOTHING was harder than caffeine. I thought I was dying for 2 weeks. Now, over a year after stopping, I still drink about 2-4 cups of decaf a day (maybe a total of 30-40mg total caffeine spread throughout the day), but I will NEVER go back to regular coffee again after dealing with the withdrawal. I can stop the decaf anytime with no effect.... but man, night and day difference now.
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Well before I read any other comments, just wanna put my own authentic thoughts out there. This really was a powerful watch, even got me teary eyed during the mom phone call. It truly is bittersweet. This makes me realize that one of the biggest reasons I'm afraid to start holding myself more accountable and pursue a more fulfilling life is because I fear being seen as pompous by my day one friends. Especially as a man, it's hard to have genuine, authentic, real conversations about this stuff, but there's a quote that I feel holds true. "The more difficult conversations you have in life, the better your life will be."
I'm going to really reflect on this video, and maybe even watch it again in the future, becuase I truly want to take as much as I can from it. I think it may be the case that rather than being afraid of failure, perhaps I'm more terrified of all that goes in to success.
Thank you to Cole and everyone who made this possible, including any viewers reading this. I'm grateful.
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This film was just… honestly the best I’ve seen this far! I never imagined something as meaningful and relatable as this.
You know what’s weird, every single time I upload a project, whether it’d be a song, an album, or even a live concert video, I always say at the end “thank you so much for listening/watching.” I think the reason why I do that is because, after releasing multiple projects and multiple videos, at first I cared about the “likes” I would get. But when I say “thank you for listening,” I would appreciate people who were actually listening, and understanding what I was singing/writing about, without caring about the likes and sh!t. At least I would know who was truly listening/watching.
Thank YOU for opening my eyes and continuing to do so over the years. This visual was really meaningful all the way through.
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Thank you so much for this video. I’ve seen this video long ago, the title and the click bait really spoke to me but I didn’t watch until I felt ready.
You said so much of the things I always think of; or more specifically, started to think of now.
What motivated me to get out of my very closed minded, narrow minded view points and thoughts on the world. We have been soooo afraid to even said ONE thing that isn’t the “ norm” because we will get hate mobbed online, I find it ironic because in real life, these same people are the most insecure and cowardly people ever. I know I am judging a lot, but the way these people online think [negative people] really irk me. There’s no one right opinion, and that’s something people seem to be doing a lot. Myself included and I dislike when I do it. They seemed to shut any conversation soooo quickly by “ science said so” and I agree with you, I wholeheartedly support science. These people take decades of their lives to search and study topics I can’t even comprehend, but that doesn’t mean they are always right. What happened to the scientific method? I studied that at school, it was in every science book literally, and it always insinuated how scientists FAIL times and times again till they get something right: there’s no magic. and I remember feeling better about being called an “idiot” sometimes because look, even scientists take ages till they get the experiment to work and get their results! They take time to see what works or not- they are after all- only human. And they can be wrong… I can count so many things the science has done that was “ factually wrong” a long time ago but now isn’t. I do understand some people who are bigoted can use this argument against science, but I am not referring to those people ofc. Just the overall attitude with “ you’re wrong, cause science said so” like it’s a new religion.
My recent experiences on the whole mob mentality was on reddit, I hate that app with a passion. Everyone there either are little kids who think they are tough or conditioned thinkers adults. I got downvoted to filth for sharing an opposing opinion on a discussion matter, no it wasn’t a rude comment, just a discussion and a matter of opinion. And that was sad, not even people disagreeing with me, which always makes me happy as I see it as an opportunity to learn and it’s a fresh new mental challenge; but just nasty and mean just because they think their opinion matches the crowd. I got downvoted so much, and it’s prone to happen when some folks think you’re wrong because you’re not them. It’s hard to accept difference. Again I don’t hate disagreements, I hate ignorance and hateful energy that is so unnecessary and doesn’t even educate me.
And the rotten tomatoes thing, I agree, recently I told myself “ I always listen to peoples reviews, well maybe I will like it? “ and I enjoyed that. It was a great movie indeed that people didn’t like.
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I’ll say what we all know to be true, but aren’t allowed to really say anymore… the “oppressor/oppressed” victimhood mentality of power dynamics brainwashed into young, VERY, impressionable women has caused MASSIVE damage to society. The chick even said it in her second vid within this vid, for pretty much most “modern” women, this mentality has destroyed much more than what is visible on the surface. Example being, men no longer have anything worth protecting, as unlimited options given to females, the average guy is now amongst the bottom 80-90% of what is deemed “acceptable” standards, including work status, money, looks, etc. So most of us are now no longer inclined to follow the most basic path of life… being work, family, love, whatever… none of it matters anymore to almost every guy I see. I’m not even blaming women themselves, as if you truly look into it, it was the corporations that really pushed f-minism and women entering workplaces etc, doubled the labour force, halved the value of each worker, it’s the same for everything, it was about power and money. Always is, always was.. now it’s 10x worse. So, no wonder nobody trusts anyone anymore, the top 1% have us all fighting each other, absolutely everything now is one side vs another, when it should be about coming TOGETHER, they want us all kept apart. Power. Money. Control. All it is.
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I can kind of see what your point is and exactly what element of Meditations you disagree with. Gotta say this has to be one of my favourite of your videos, as conveying a perspective and the related philosophy with stories is quite effective, especially with your narration. Setting up a character (Or a part of you I don't know) that the viewer assumes to need the Stoic perspective, giving them the expectation that he will have an epiphany after finishing the book on the bench and then hitting them in the face is very clever, and is congruent in and on itself with the idea you are reinforcing throughout the video that you can only "expect" and not "control."
Anyways, to add another point of view to your arguement, my interpretation of the Stoic philosophy was, similar to yours, that you can only control what you "do" or how you "react" against the uncontrollable, so to simplify this core idea in practice, I basically tell myself something along the lines of:
"As long as I do what I believe will push me forward, no matter my condition, my conscience should be relieved. Because I am defined by my actions (And conversely by my reactions) and not my current condition." so what is under my control is the choice to "do the right thing" or not.
I must admit, although this frame of mind has helped me survive my harshest times, I have problems putting it into practice these days, but the reason for that is unrelated so I won't elaborate. The part where I differ is, as you can probably guess, that I personally divide the line of "control" on the self. So although we are a also fundamentally connected to the chaotic nature of the world, it doesn't give us an excuse to justify an uncontrolled will. You probably think the same way, but I think the main point you reinforced in the video, that is the assumption that "Everything is out of control" can be misunderstood by the way you stated it, because the role of the self and willpower in achieving more isn't really explicitly stated until the last minutes of the video.
So although I agree that we technically can't control anything and it is nothing beyond an assumption when we think we do, with the way you (maybe implicitly) connected that point to "awareness without judgement" (The kind you elaborate in your video about Mindfulness Meditation), I think some of the viewers can miss to see what an individual can actually do in life to feel certainty and lower stress despite the absolute chaos. Still, overall, great video. Keep up the inspiring work!
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I sometimes think about what Nietzsche said about this topic. He said "The truth is terrible". Maybe what the blackpill says is "true" is some sense, but believing it does not give you anything practically. Sometimes, the most conducive worldviews are those that don't 100% accurately represent reality.
For instance, would you want a belief system that 100% accurate of reality, and one of those beliefs is that no one likes you, you aren't attractive, and there's nothing you can do about it? Or would you like a worldview that's 99% accurate of reality, and one of those beliefs is that everyone likes you, you're attractive, and there's always something you can do about it. If in the end, we all die and nothing happens afterwards, I'd much rather live in a fiction of my own creation then to live miserably and then just die. If self-falling prophecies are indeed true, then it can work both ways, positive and negative.
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I understand what you mean. The dichotomy of control is not a solution to a question or a means to an end, but its actually just an analog to contemplation. Kind of like taking a step back to get a broader picture of a situation.
I felt the same way reading meditations. Why when I read it, everything makes sense in the moment but soon after my epiphany fleets away? And I think it’s like most things we practice. Just like meditating, or brushing your teeth, or pushing yourself out of your comfort zone. It’s not an immediate solution to a problem, but a habit that contributes to your future well being. Just as though somebody who is religious reads out of the Bible every weekend, you must carry it with you in that way. It’s something you must always try to stop and be aware of.
I like the quote from Seneca that says “everything hangs on one’s thinking… a man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.” -it’s easy to hear but hard to practice. But I really do believe that the more you stop yourself from thinking negative thoughts and try to convince yourself to think positive, even if it feels cheesy, helps change your perspective.
Great video man, I love philosophy and I’m happy that you didn’t butcher Marcus. I can tell you are a thinker. Sometimes I feel like philos is dead and nobody wants to debate. However since I do not have any close friends that are interested in this sort of stuff, I appreciate you one-way conversing with me about it!
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Beautiful and timely video as always Cole. When I was in Alcoholics Anonymous, a lot of guys talked about how good it felt to open up to their male sponsors and have a space to express their vulnerabilities and difficulties with things like family, divorce, death and grief etc.
I do think that there needs to be a balance. I don't think being 'overly' emotional and indulging in one's emotions is a good thing, for a man or women. There are definitely times when crying/expressing pain is important, such as the death of a loved one.
The trouble is society has become so extreme regarding men's and women's issues and how to handle things, with feminism on one side and 'MGTOW' on the other side.
Depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses need to be taken seriously, and men's mental health has definitely been in crisis for a long time. Most women won't be attracted to a man who breaks down in tears whenever something doesn't go his way, but I don't think most women would judge a guy for crying because his parents have died, his pet has died, or his best friend is in the hospital etc. And if someone is depressed, they tend to be tearful a lot more because they are ill (any adult who cries constantly, male or female, is probably depressed to some extent).
Men should also confide more in each other and not feel afraid to open up to one another. It doesn't need to be the extent to which women do, but as much/little as the man needs to in order to feel listened to. Expressing healthy doses of vulnerability and sensitivity is never a bad thing.
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Bro, I learned this same concept through cold showering for about 4 years. Every winter when the water would freeze my bones and my mind came up with reasons to give up, I stared at the water and said to myself "the water just is, we are the ones who choose to feel the heat".
Even though this mindset was The One thing necessary to free me from expectations, it took me two years to do the same with a second unhealthy habit, video games. Then one year with the third, offing the jack, and now the biggest of all my bad habits, overeating.
Life IS what we choose it to be, and I choose freedom. I choose consciousness. Little by little, we can detach from ourselves to guide us to a better place.
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I think the actual problem that nobody wants to address is that social media has tailored young men to only be interested in the hottest women to ever walk the earth. They see the "chads" they are dating or banging and think that they are destined to be alone forever because they don't look like him/have his personality/have his money/whatever, and exaggerate that idea into the idea that ALL women want chads like that which is far from the truth.
In high school, they see the handsome, tall, athletic guys getting with the hottest and most popular girls that they drool over and fantasize about, yet completely tune out their classmates that look average with average girlfriends that are in happy relationships. This continues into college where they see the top frat bros banging every single hot sorority girl and having the time of his life while they are sitting inside alone and sad. Since they didn't live that life in high school and aren't living it in college they think that its all over since no girls want him, and they falsely believe that ALL girls are like those hot sorority girls. They actively tune out the average Joe that is shooting in his own league and having the time of his life, either with a happy relationship or great sex life.
I think the simple fact of the matter for most functioning virgins (meaning, the non pedophilic/misogynist/psychotic incels, but the ones with normal social mannerisms, good hygiene, independent, not obese, etc.) is they are tuning out the vast majority of girls that would give them a chance. They have seen so many hot girls online for so long that they no longer even view the average girls around them as human. They focus on the girls that are simply out of their league on a genetic level. It is too difficult for these guys to simply accept the fact that they are genetically predispositioned to not date those girls. The problem compounds when an average guy strikes out with an absolute goddess, but those are few and far in between, and unfortunately, those couples are popular on social media, and convince the average looking guys that these relationships are everywhere. When they see the average guy dating the girl of their dreams, it convinces them that nothing they may do can get girls to like them, and its simply them as a person that repels women. This is the conversion from the redpill to the blackpill, and this drives them either to become a hateful incel or become depressed and in the worst cases suicidal.
Modern dating is not like the pre internet days where the hottest girl in the world was simply the hottest girl in your class. Young men go online and see incredibly attractive people that are few and far between in real life but everywhere online. They are trained to find only those girls sexually attractive and worthy of a relationship, so they tune out every other person that, in a non internet world, they would probably be hooking up with or dating since they would find them attractive in absence of outliers.
Looks are statistical and its a bell curve. The vast majority of people are a five. Right now, young men are looking at the very far right end of the bell curve, the outliers, the 10/10s that make up less than 1% of the dating market yet 99% of their social media consumption.
This is all without mentioning the virgins that are introverted, reserved, nerdy, religious, etc. They are looking at the girls that are extroverted, outgoing, partyers, sinful, etc. and wishing to date them not for their personal qualities but because they are hot. They are ignoring the girls that share their personality type just because they are not as hot as the other girl.
Unless you are truly physically repulsive, there is no reason to not find a reasonably attractive person that would want to date you. Virgins are simply not trying hard enough. Go find a girl in your league that matches your interests; stop trying to date the girls that are so attractively superior to you they would never choose you, even if they do share your interests (unless your interests are very niche, in which case you may get lucky) and DEFINITELY do not go after girls that don't share your interests.
Also, this all applies to girls as well. Virgin guys seem to think virgin girls that go through the same thing they are experiencing don't exist. They have experienced the same conditioning and rejection you have, so maybe give them a chance.
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You've said that you're 24, I think your wisdom says you've forgotten a couple of zeros there. The delivery, framing, descriptions, anecdotes, and everything that you create your content with is so on point it's almost as if my leanings are being parroted. I guess a bit of validation is always useful since we are human, but the fact that I could die in a few moments and I would do so happily knowing that there are wise individuals like yourself that is able to so beautifully be a beacon of light for those at sea to not end up running into shore, destroying the hull of their boat, having to set aside time and resources for repairs so that they can return to their travels across great distances of water.
As much as I don't like facing this reality, it's something that exist nonetheless. We can only be the roads, the lights, and other luxuries that allow us to travel to and fro. We must have faith in others that they've had the proper experiences in life that allow them to even have a license and find ourselves wherever the roads may take us, we have to have our own ability and vehicle to even take these paths. Regardless of this reality, it is still quite heartwarming and a relief that you're out their guiding young eager minds that are thirsty for understanding self. Thanks for all you do man! The world is significantly brighter with your presence.
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Cole, I have been watching your channel for a number of months. I am 21 and currently in community college -attempting to figure out what I want to study and do for the rest of my life. As others in the comments have said THIS FILM STRUCK A CHORD WITH ME. I wouldn’t say my greatest fear has been “being successful”, but rather looking like a fool in putting in the work to improve myself. Although valid, I’m getting to a point where I am fed up with living in fear about what others think. I realize I am going to make mistakes, I may feel embarrassed, frustrated, etc. -Alright, push on, keep going. As the film title says, nobody is stopping you, but yourself.
“I would rather die of thirst than drink from the cup of mediocrity.”
- Stella Artois
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this! 🙌
Can’t wait to see what you do next Cole.
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21 years after my birth, I've never been in a relationship, a friendship or a... family ship ? x)
(sorry, I like to play with words)
It's always been a lone way for me. I wish it will change, but I'm not sure it will, to be honest.
Still, I've always been the kind of person that work on theirselves, and try to fight against all the shit that life brings. I've never had time to take a breath or rest. It's like that.
I'm not ashamed I've never had any kind of relationship or still have my virginity. I don't give a damn about that.
I know who I am, I know I love myself more and more everyday no matter how much people try to destroy me because I'm different.
I have some trust issues. But it's usually mistrust at the beginning because I've suffered so much. The humans tha came in my life were my abusers or people ignoring me completely, letting me in the darkness.
It's like a dog you meet for the first time at the shelter, or a wolf. I'm not sure, I'm hesitating. I'm still trying to know more about the person, but, trying not to attach to much, trying to keep a bit of distances so I can run back if I need to.
I knew all those advices, and I think they are true, from what I've observed in others relationships.
A deep connection and a strong link are better than obsession, for sure.
Actually, I don't meet anyone knew. It's been 3 years like that. I don't have any work (it's really difficult in general to get one here, but more since covid-19). I don't know what to do with my life as I don't even like life.
I still have dreams. But they're not goals.
Well... For real, I have some goals. But they are really small. It's entirely being free of my PTSD, it's loving myself more, it's being a better person. It's nthing about work or hobbies, things like that. It's about me. Because after all I've suffered, I think I owe it to myself. And veganism was one of my step in this way.
Veganism... I just don't want to be like the one who abused me, in my "family" or at school. I don't want to participate in anyone suffering. Any sentient being suffering. No.
Still, sometimes, it's making me really not to have anyone in my life. It's not only having a girlfriend. It's not having someone. A friend, a family member, or a girlfriend. Someone I could talk with and be with sometimes. I love to be on my own a lot. But I wish I could spent time with someone, even if it's not a lot at all.
Loneliness is... hell.
But it's also because I've always been so freaking alone that I know my strength, my bravery, my courage, my resilience, my perseverance.
So I have gratitude for everything that happened to me, because I became the person I am now. Loyal, trustworthy, kind, generous, calm, sweet, attentive, full of love and compassion.
I just hope that one day, life will let me breath, and bring someone in my life, not matter if it's the woman of my life, a friend, or anyone else.
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Keep up the good work! Quarantine fucked up my life pretty well, but not problem with discipline itself, I have problems with focus. When I force myself (what often happens) to work, or study, I often lose focus, and can´t do anything for 10 minutes, like I would be in coma. Probably caused by exessive screen time daily, that is needed for online Scool (8 hours scool and homeworks adds up + other hours) even when I work out I work out home, watching training videos, causing exessive amount of screen. Need help! I also losed my passions, don´t know what to do with my life.
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Cole, thank you so much for sharing this. I resonate so much with this video as I've always been the person in my friend groups who would never share how I actually spend my free time as I was afraid of being 'weird' or 'quirky'. I've definitely opened up a lot more recently but when to go out and meet new people, I still have this fear, which I believe prevents me from going out of my comfort zone to meet new people more than I should. I actually get excited when someone I meet or have known for a while opens up about their 'weird' or unconventional hobbies or passions., and I think you've given me the required push to open up to everyone from now on, despite what they may think. I think it's worth the risk if they actually share an interest, because that will form a strong bond you will not regret.
I find most self-improvement channels state that if one does not fit a certain set or box of characteristics, then they are regarded as a "loser". I've pretty much defined self-improvement in my own way; taking care of your physical and mental health, but also allowing yourself the freedom to pursue what you genuinely enjoy, regardless of what "non-losers" think. For example, while I don't really play video games that much anymore unlike when I was growing up, I don't find anything wrong with it if it is something that is genuinely enjoyed or intentional.
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@ColeHastings Oh yeah, the best things in my life happen when I'm alone as well. Spiritual, physical, mental, and professional growth almost exclusively occur when I'm alone. Even when I'm working with people, I'll have music playing and I'll be in my own mental space. When I do go out, I usually hang out with a handful of people, maybe around 4 on average. That being said, huge crowded events aren't comfortable, especially when I don't know a good majority of people already. If I know everyone, it's definitely much, much easier. To summarize, I have some qualities of an "introvert" I won't deny, and being alone is incredibly helpful for me and many, many others.
I guess my comment was more aimed towards your opinion on people using introversion as a scapegoat. I feel like it's simply fact that being able to socialize, to have friends/connections, to do whatever in your power to tackle social anxiety, etc. is helpful in several ways. Especially as a follower of Stoicism, I see it as my duty to do anything in my power to be more social, because we are social creatures. I basically don't think it would be okay for me to pin my problems on "introversion" as if it's something totally uncontrollable. I don't think your video is giving people a fixed mindset or anything. Reading my comment again, it did kind of come off that way. I just wanted to know your thoughts, that's all.
Anyway, I really hope I brought a new perspective on the table, maybe something new you hadn't deeply considered before. It's something I think about often. Thank you for your input
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Cole, I love your channel. I even subscribed yesterday. I want to thank you for all the content you create. There is something I want your opinion on:
It's something I've been thinking about recently, my belief in the introversion/extroversion spectrum. The popular definitions for these terms differ completely from the psychological definitions that Carl Jung had originally coined. It's all so overused that it feels like pop science now. I think it's actually strange that we use this to diagnose ourselves with certain personality traits.
Some people even feel that they have no ability to change certain things about themselves, as if these traits are permanent, as if they were born with these traits and have no control over them, sometimes taking it to the extreme that it's not worth even attempting. I was definitely in this boat for years. I had convinced myself I could be shy or lonely, or that I could make no effort to socialize, just because I was an introvert. It feels like this is encouraging people to have a fixed mindset towards thinking, "Well, I'm an introvert, I have no control over the fact that I dislike socializing (for example.)" I'm sure we all know that a growth mindset is much better than a fixed mindset.
I don't think we should be pinning this on chance, on having been "born" a certain way, to succeed in doing something like socializing (which I'm only pointing out because socializing is what most people tend to focus on when it comes to introversion/extroversion.) As Stoicism makes several references to, we're social creatures who are intended to get along with other human beings. And professionally, a lot of the time, being social is necessary to make your way up the ranks of a company, or even get in in the first place. And look, I get it too. Being in huge crowds makes me uncomfortable as well. But if it's necessary to achieve my life goal, I'll do it every single day if I have to. And now it's no longer a problem, for the most part. All this "introversion" talk means nothing to me now because I really, really challenged myself to travel outside of my comfort zone.
I'm not an expert. I don't know much. But this is what I've been thinking. What do you think?
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There's some good info in here for sure, but some of the claims you're making aren't quite what the studies are saying. For example, at 4:05, you claim that the study concludes that isoflavones have "no effect on your hormones," which isn't entirely accurate. The researchers only studied the effect on "bio-available T," which they assessed through "T, sex hormone–binding globulin (SHBG), free T, and free androgen index (FAI)." There are many other hormones which could be at play, not least of which would be serum estrogen levels. Additionally, this study didn't take into account the effect that exposure to phytoestrogens may have on androgen receptors.
Then, at 4:18, one of the health benefits of phytoestrogen listed is "ameliorates estrogen-deficiency symptoms in post-menopausal women" which would suggest that it may tend to increase serum estrogen, or mimic the behavior of estrogen more closely than you lead us to believe when you discuss how it "blocks" estrogen from getting to the estrogen receptors.
However, in defense of your point, there is also evidence to suggest that estrogen and testosterone levels are linked in many ways, hence the shrinking gonads and gynecomastia that often accompany elevated T levels in athletes using PEDs or TRT. These symptoms are a direct result of elevated estrogen levels from the body's efforts to balance out the over-abundance of testosterone.
There are a lot of factors at play in the endocrine system, and none of these studies "ends the debate," they just contribute information that we can use to make a slightly more informed decision. I'm not saying that it's impossible that soy protein (or other plant proteins, or a blend of several) can be just as effective (or potentially more-so) than animal protein. However, personally, I'd need to see evidence of multiple people becoming world-class strength athletes (Olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, strongman, or bodybuilding) without eating meat at any point in their career, before I'd believe it.
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Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years.
One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit. “Such bad luck,” they said sympathetically, “you must be so sad.”
“We’ll see,” the farmer replied.
The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it two other wild horses.
“How wonderful,” the neighbors exclaimed! “Not only did your horse return, but you received two more. What great fortune you have!”
“We’ll see,” answered the farmer.
we'll see
The following day, his son tried to ride one of the untamed horses, was thrown, and broke his leg. The neighbors again came to offer their sympathy on his misfortune. “Now your son cannot help you with your farming,” they said. “What terrible luck you have!”
“We’ll see,” replied the old farmer.
The following week, military officials came to the village to conscript young men into the army. Seeing that the son’s leg was broken, they passed him by. The neighbors congratulated the farmer on how well things had turned out. “Such great news. You must be so happy!”
The man smiled to himself and said once again.
“We’ll see,”
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It seems you have a shallow understanding of what MGTOW is. Which is understandable because the most vocal men in the group are usually going through the “red pill rage” stage. And these would be the newer guys.
As a member who is also critical of the movement at the same time, I do agree with you with your statement of, “they’re not willing to adapt...” but at the same time; soul ties are real, pair bonding is real, hypergamy is real, and the divorce rulings ruin men’s lives. And while I could write a 10 page paper on how feminism is bad, it essentially has amplified the reckless side of female nature, changed laws in favor of women, and made it so that men no longer have any power in a marriage. So men who are in this movement look at it and say, “it’s not worth the risk; financially, emotionally, spiritually, reputationally, and physically.” The divorce rate is around 70% knowing the failure rate is that high, the logical thing is to not play that game. Especially if “winning” just has you in a sexless marriage or your partner cheats on you but you won’t divorce because of the kids. High risk, marginal reward.
Do I hate women? No. Most men who go through the 5 stages of red pill grief (same as the normal 5 stages, just after “taking the red pill”) come out of it not hating women. We accept what they are and understand what feminism has done to them, and then avoid them. Some pump and dump as many as they can, others like me go monk mode. I believe a healthy lifestyle would be to go monk for 6-12 months, focusing on yourself and improving your life and then go about dating for a minute. I think the YouTube channels, Alexander Grace and Sunrise Hoodie would be a good place to learn more if you are interested in understanding
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at the beggining of the video i disagreed a lot with you but at the end i ended up agreeing with you
what i disagreed with is the fact that this is another generic video with the "incel" in the title like many others putting the blame of all the wrongs on the "incels" such as all the other videos about them and how it is all their fault that they are where they are, which is in fact true but that is still not a good thing to do.
a clear example of how to put this clearly is how you shouldnt blame a kid for being bullied, even though if it is indeed some of their fault due to the way they think act and their thought process, but it is still not a good thing to do.
(as a victim of bullying in my childhood and witness of many other kids being bullied i can say for certain that is kinda the case even though the counterparts such as the bullies or the women they had trouble with also are heavily to blame, the bully for harming the kid and the woman the "incel" got harmed by for causing the mental damage which traumatized the "incel" such as probably manipulation, cheating, emotionally harming, abuse etc )
the media has a really bad view of "incels" in general due to the misuse and misinterpretation of the word, one of many examples are how people think that incels are psychos that only spew evil 24/7 about women and how they are ticking bombs for the next shooting which is in fact very wrong, many of the serial killers aclaimed for the media as "incels" have got it extremedly wrong.
elliot? he was very fucked up in the head way before hand as per the evidence of the disgusting necrophiliac material he consumed and the poor mental health he had it is very clear that he didnt do what he did only because as the media says he was an "incel" even if he had intercourse that would have NOT fixed any of the other list of problems he had
the case of cho seung-hui? he was also fucked up in the head and was hurt by classism and the bad place he was born in, yet again the media calls out another mentally ill man incel to blame for all of his actions, even if he had intercourse too that would have NOT fixed anything, not his mental health or the classism he suffered.
back to what i was trying to say before, yes indeed it is their fault that they are where they are because of their fault in some way, as it is normal for young men, they are very very inmature and cannot process those kind of things happening to them even if adult, if not mature enough it will most likely spiral out of control for them and fall to these blackpill propaganda in order to cope with their trauma or failure
i have spent many years within their groups and i can tell that many of them are just very young inmature men who had bad luck or a really REALLY fucked up thing happening to them either by someone else or something by birth.
there is infact even women incels, they arent as many as men incels but they still exist for the bad fortune of either having disorders/mental illness/genetical disfunctions/illnesses/social incapacity/the circunstances they were born into (such as being born in really tricky situations between families with a set of beliefs or bad things happening to the family).
it is fine to not have intercourse, no you will not become a mass murderer because you cannot get pussy
no, your life is not over because you cannot get pussy
no, you are not alone because you cannot get pussy
i used to be like those people and was into groups like mgtow and such, only regurgitating the same set of beliefs and negativity about women for years, i was at my lowest without motivation and with suicidal thoughts, i really wanted to end myself after my first relationship ended, i ended in the same cycle of porn addiction and media consumption driving me even deeper into the hole of negativity
until i recently started to chin up and get up from the bottom of the bottomless pit, i got out of that negativity cycle and pretty much stopped being like that, i started doing exercise and training my childhood martial arts, mediating in lonelyness for more than 3 years completely alone without any irl friends, i found many answers of my life and purpose and started improving myself, i started quitting watching porn slowly, started eating better, studying stuff, planning, learning discipline.
something i agree with is how you mentioned how porn really fucks your head up, it is poison to your body and motivation, same as that kind of media consumption of whatever blackpill or redpill.
i wish many men who are in the lowest such as i was realized this: this is not over, having sex or a girlfriend is not even close to being the reason of your existence, in fact those two will never fix your problems, you should not chase sex or women as if it was all there is in this world, you must find purpose to your life and stick with your own path and set of objectives/goals/dreams
having sex or a girlfriend is not the purpose of your life and you are holding yourself back with those cravings of affection you never got
only focus on yourself and your goals, it is okay to love someone though but if you are in the same position i am or i was in the past then you really should not throw yourself ahead if you havent become the man you want to be, once you become what you want to be feel free to try love again of course
to anyone who read this and related to what i have been through i hope you soon will rise up and start fighting back for what you dream of
pretty good video about the topic even if i dont agree fully with it, sadly it only has 40k views
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@Justin Jones You appear to have adopted the exact mindset that he's describing (please correct me if I'm wrong). You making comments like this is doing nothing but further validating your skewed perception on reality (assuming this is what you truly believe). Cole is trying to explain that things like status, genetics and height don't play as big of a role as you think. Cole is not "talking down" to anyone, he's simply making suggestions for ways to improve the quality of your character. Justin are you suggesting we don't "put down the damn phone" ? Should we continue scrolling for hours on end? Is that what you think Cole should've said? Of course not! Frankly I just think people (possibly like yourself) who fit the criteria that Cole is advising strongly against, are just getting offended and taking it as a personal attack. Please Justin, take a step back, analyze your character. Take status, height, hair, teeth, money out of the equation, and really think about the quality and relevance of your beliefs, morals and values. Don't validate your negative views, accept they're counterproductive, and move forward. Please let me know if this helps clear up Cole's intentions.
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7:34!!!!!
"Don't find meaning and purpose of life , instead give your life meaning by doing meaningful things"
Cole , you don't know how much this words have me astonished.
Like I can feel you I am just 16 and since an year this awakening happened in me and I questioned my entire existence, still I do .
It has impacted me in a more negative way I must say , like it's been 2 weeks that I have given up on life like I don't workouts, attend classes, or just do anything meaningful bcoz I thought at last it's not meaningful.
I was wrong , I am glad I decided to see this world :)
You are doing great ! We love you !
Thanks , forever grateful.
Edit - also at 8:55
"Life is worth questioning to some extent, but it is even more worth experiencing"
I am gonna paste this quotes on my door , study table , also on the wall I stare while overthinking .
I am in tears , this is so good sir😭🤯🥺🙌🏻
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People are chasing things that they desire (fun, video games, porn, women, fast food, etc…) instead of chasing goals and self fulfillment. Because they aren’t chasing self fulfillment, they aren’t growing as a person. That’s why so many adults are actually manchildren. The new Call of Duty has hit 25 MILLION players, and the new God of War is the fastest selling exclusive PlayStation game of all time. It’s only getting WORSE. People are getting WEAKER.
The problem is, there’s way too many distractions, and those distractions are filled with the highest dopamine hits possible. These things are sucking people’s dopamine dry. It gives them the highest feeling of achievement in the fastest way possible. But it’s not real. It’s all fake. Once the moment has passed, that feeling goes away. Because it’s not fulfilling. It’s like a drug. All these things are like drugs. And people keep chasing them.
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Also, find something you are passionate about. Ik this might sound stupid, but trust me for a second. For the better half of 2022, i gave up all of my self improvement goals and everything in life because i realised just how insignificant it all is. But then i picked up 3d modelling. Now, here's the thing, i suck at it.. but it didn't matter. Whenever i worked on my 3d models in blender, something happened.... I felt lost in the process, time flowed so fast and beautifully, it's as if all those questions about "what is life?" Had been answered, or more like i didn't care if they were answered, as this was enough...
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Over two weeks ago I set a goal for myself. I would quit my bad habits and start living to ny full potential. This wasn't thr first time I had told myself this and it wasn't the first time I had failed either. But I told myself that there was nothing else I could do but this. So is started and Iver thr 14 weeks journey of mine, I promised my self to study either chemistry or math or both every single day(for a specific set of hours), mediate, journal, exercise, not go on any social media, do the splits, No fap, take cold showers and have early sleep and wake up times. All day for 14 days. To make sure I'd be consistent I made two separate habit contracts one with my mom and the other with my best friend. I had resolved to commit to this fully. Over thr course of the 14 days, I had a lot of fun doing thaese things ok maybe not meditating and the splits(God it felt like I was going to rip my crotch). But wiht exercising studying and waking and sleeping early. I had a blast. It felt like I was really going forward. I learnt so many things. I improved my financial IQ and made various objectives to be better. It truly felt like this time was going yo be different (Yeah I know, famous last words). At the 13th day when I was at work. I was feeling particularly excited that I was almost done with the challenge and thinking of even extending cause I felt I hadn't achieved that level of automation with my habits yhat I desired but I was also at my most weakest at this point. Temptation got the best of me and I went on YouTube and then reddit after which I got h*rny and let's just just say that the office had a few little more lives in it. When i got home i continued my adventure from work and went full beast mode on my meat🥩( like I always do when I relapse) ever since then its been a constant nut busting, all nighters taking, social media indulging cycle. I felt pretty depressed( not major) but like everything just felt meaningless. I had seen this video a few days ago but I had taken a break from your chnnake and many other to prevent myself from just slipping into thr cycle of taking advice but never applying it. However tonight I got really really down and decide to give it a try( God!!! Those were the longest 17 minutes of my life, I've really fried my brain completely). I think now I've gained a bit of insight. I've always know self introspection is a good skill and is very important and sometimes I have used this skills but most time I don't I just lie yo myself that I do because it's hard to really sit down and analyse your mistake. Watching this video of yours as mad me realize something. I went about it all wrong. OK maybe not everything but I missed some very important detail. If I didn't succeed at the challenge I would not be happy which is why when I relapsed I relapsed hard. Cause well I already busted a but what's 5, 10 more gonna do?I already opened youtube and netflix might as well just spend 10 hours on them and while am at it pull an all nighter and avoid exercising. The die that I slipped up and made a mistake once completely broke me that I focused more on that mistake than just picking up the pieces and moving forward.
Another thing I should have done was just focus on the fact that I enjoyed doing these things and missing one checkbook doesn't mean the end of the world. I enjoy reading and learning about various topics it gets me off as much as cocaine does a nut busting vrack head( OK bad example but you get my point) I also really enjoying exercising every time I'm pushing myself to the limit trying to get thr last rep in. It fills with me immense pleasure ( it's as if the weights turn into Mia Khalifa and are giving me a blow job the moment I hit that PR, OK ok I'm gonna stop now).
But I also equally enjoy reading mamga or watching anime or some banger netflix shows that pop up occasionally( I said occasionally Chill out). I love watching interesting characters on screen and admiring yhe writing talent on display. It brings a sense of warmth within me. And it's not like I enjoy busting a nut or something ok technically I do but it also makes me feel like shit shortly after. My point is, I should have just done the things that made me happy rather than just trying to live the ideal self improvement life or some stupid shit like that
I don't know if what I wrote made any cohesive sense but all what om trying to say is you taught me a lesson Cole. I probably don't have all the answers yet and there are still some mistakes I'll make and you know there is a likelihood ill relapse and that scares me because I've tried so many times and failed and it feels like there's something wrong wiht me and i should just give up but it isn't a one shot thing. I don't do it and I'm just magically cured( I knew this before but thanks gor reminding me). Like i said before there's still alot of things I don't know about this life of mine. I'm clueless and I want to have everything figured out already but that's impossible and childish. We learn as we go. That's just how life is and I'm slowly coming to terms wiht that. So from thr bottom of my heart I want to say thank you for motivating this 16 year old dumbasss to pick himself from his ever gloomy pit of self pity and give himself thr life he wants for himself. I'm going to start small this time and work my way up and I know I'm gonna achieve my dreams. Wish me luck and thanks again Cole I wish you the very best and many years of happiness (ok amma stop now before this turns from meat grinding to meat eating).
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Thank you, your message is getting out there!!! My most socially awkward, depressed, totally isolated friend just sent me your video... You threw him a rope down a lonely tunnel... And may have created an opening for permanent change.. But most importantly validation and hope. I often send him things through you tube.. But he found you on his own, and sent your video to me.. So now the conversation is open for us to continue and expand... Thank you for the opportunity you have provided for so many to feel heard, understood, validated, yet challenged and encouraged to want more, and thank you for the HOPE you build for people very isolated... Please keep the content coming!! (and this applies to me too) (the pandemic put me right where I wanted to be.. By myself.. Until months later, I finally didn't want to be so socially awkward, isolated etc.. So your video hit home for me too)
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YIKES...had to stop watching at the social on/off switch section. No, no, imma let you finish but humans being social creatures is a GOOD thing, not something to evolve out of as if it were a weakness to be overcome. Sure being social can be hard, especially when you are of a generation that never actually learned to socialize properly due to being online for half our lives. And yes, being an introvert and enjoying your own company can be an asset and a buffer against loneliness. But being with others is how we develop empathy and compassion for one another and is a big part of what makes us human. To follow that train of thought, humans evolving to not need social interaction would, in a way, be like allowing AI to shape us into its image and not the other way around and I don't know about you but that makes me feel SICK.
....also how's a bunch of lonely, socially inept virgins gonna cause the evolution of ANYTHING? Like, maybe if there are eventually test-tube babies, but barring that therein lies another very good reason humans evolved to be social creatures.
Thanks for indulging my rant. I'll go back and watch the rest of the video now. 😇
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I am a young man (14) trying to improve myself. I am quite an introvert myself. I used to think it was a bad thing because my family judged me on it and i though I was missing out on a lot of opportunities. Well that isn't true. Being an introvert helped me. When I'm on the inside, I see better. What I mean is I can now see how people judge me, and study me and the people that surround me. I've been going through a lot over the past couple of years although I am young. Mentally, Physically, Socially and Mentally.
This channel feels like my own therapist. I can comment whatever I want. Although I can be judged here, I feel like the maker and viewers can help me. Here I feel safe. Here I learn things that my old therapist and my parents have never taught me. The things my father taught me before he left ( again ) hurt me and some helped me. To be honest, I feel as if the Male figures I find on social media is very helpful. I'm starting to watch more of these videos and finding my cause on this earth. I'm starting to write in my journal more and finding more outlets for my emotions.
Thank you, Cole. You are really helpful to me and you may be one of the causes why I choose to live and not give up, one of the causes why I find ME, lastly the causes I can improve.
Although you may not see this, thanks again. Wish you nothing but blessings
-Nathan
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@ColeHastings of course, and thanks for that! I thought it'd be worth mentioning as I've done some life and business coaching in my day, in addition to constantly working on myself, and the phenomenon of worldview has been particularly important to navigating that. As I'm sure you know, our worldview filters advice and philosophy as "good," "bad," helpful, or even destructive. The worldview and intentions of one person can make a specific piece of advice "bad" or "good," while the opposite is true for someone else. It's all relative, to a certain degree. It's cool that you document your exploration of philosophies and approaches to life. It'll be interesting to see where you're headed 5-10 years down the line. You seem like a transformational person, which suggests to me that you'll probably have a lot of "metamorphoses" through your journey. That's something I can actively relate to (as in: it's still happening). Keep doing your great work!!
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Nice video Cole. I find myself, unlike many other friends and people not panicking or feeling depressed. I do worry though. Not for today but for the nearer future. I'm concern that our generation was already paying the errors of the previous generations. The 2008 crisis gave millennials no good jobs and a housing crisis and this may (probably will) make things harder for us. We got, another pandemic, caused by abusing animals and a climate on the brink. This stuff worries and pains me a lot, humans are quite stubborn to change. People just want to go back to normal. But normal gave us this climate, this pandemic and these politicians. Despite all of this, I'm actually fine. I've not got break in many many years. I probably haven't slept 8h in one night in probably 8 years and I couldn't exercise because my work schedule is so crazy and makes exhausted all the time. My joints, due to my hypermobility and lack of exercise have been killing for months. I wasn't eating right either. I have the time to address this right now. Today I did some mobility exercises, I was able to cook proper food which I havent in months and was able to sleep 6h hours. ATM I just want to look back and say, Luis, you did the best use of that time. I had the opportunity to take care of myself and I did it. So, I do think about the future and what we need to do to have a human society that is compatible with life on Earth XD but my main focus is to meditate, exercise, eat right, sleep and use this time to reset myself.
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Bravo. Its all about balance in your life. Life is a smorgasbord, one should sample as much as possible!
I'm one of your older subscribers, 61 with overlapping health issues and I watch your videos because you help keep me motivated.
My exercise routine includes light weights and stretches every other day. There are periods where I am unable to do the routine, sometimes for months at a time, and when I start up again its like starting from scratch.
This used to really upset me, I saw it as a character flaw, that I should try harder no matter the cost. In reality, I've had to accept that it's completely out of my control. Now, I aim to be as fit as I can be within the limits of my physical reality. I bike instead of drive, eat a solid vegan diet a and generally stay as active as I can manage.
And if I can't do something for a while, it's not the end of the world.
Your videos are motivational and informative, so thanks for that. I hope you get the most of life.
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Maybe it’s the Tate fan in me. I do love you Cole but it does kind of sound like you’re trying to have your cake and eat it too. You haven’t really pointed out what a genuine self improvement journey would look like, without rejecting the “looseness” of modern western society in its entirety. There’s nothing good that comes out of it. Only degeneracy and self destructive instant gratification. Yeah I get the solution to most problems is somewhere in between 2 extremes, but I think with self improvement, you do just have to suck it up, embrace some restrictive discomfort so you can improve. If you can “just eat the one cookie, without having to throw everything out” then did you really have that much of an issue to begin with? If you can “moderate and regulate”, did you really have a problem? That’s good for you but the majority of men are gonna have to just go all the way and quit it cold turkey. Complete 180%. You acknowledge the fact most men, if left to their own devices in this loose culture become pleasure seeking, fat, and lazy slobs and addicts. How else can you combat that without putting yourself in a strict and “tight” situation? You said yourself, when you were focused on work, gym and discipline, you got over your break up. Is that not proof of the efficacy of the abandonment of these modern “loose” cultures? We’ve seen what looseness causes and I don’t want to go back. I was depressed suicidal and aimless. The only thing that saved me was a total rejection of modernity. A full embracing of traditionalism, a rejection of atheism and complete embrace of my masculinity in all its unapologetic glory. Call me crazy but the alternative had me wanting to end it all every day. Left me with no direction, no discipline and no sense of purpose and I don’t wanna go back to that place ever again.
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Undo i generally agree with the "good parts" of openness in society they have certanly degenerated into great social ills
Women working did not get a healthy balance between family/work, but instead, we got record abortions, mental health issues, burnout, and loneliness, as well as promiscuity that harms both men and women
Identity, instead of natural respect between people of different preference, we got lgtb imposition on everyone, the destruction of the necessary standard of masculity, the feminization of men making them depressed and lazy, queer drag show for kids, etc
Feminine side?, the truth is that the popularity of the red pill show men know they want and need to be more men, from gansta rap to andrew tate even in toxic figures, the feminization of boys only makes them miserable, male depression is diferent from female Depresion that work better with teraphy while more men delete themselves, we remove competing from schools, boys are drugged and indoctrinated to be turned into girls(metaphorically in school and in some cases medically)
So it's mostly that these ideals were taken to the extreme loose and are destroying everything, like eating too much sugar and getting societal diabetes
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As I'm someone incapable of looking/anticipating the future, problem solved! ahah
No really, I know when I'm supposed to do sport (routine in the week), I can plan the next day, but don't plan everything cause anything could happen so... hum hum.
But I really can't plan or anticipate further than that. :')
People always saw me as a freak and all. I know I'm a kind, generous, strong, loyal and attentive person. So... I'm a strange monster. Closer to the ones from Monsters & cie. :p
I know who I am. I don't expect others to do so, if they don't even try to know me. Probably they're thinking this way because I don't care if I suits the society norms or not. I just am. I just do.
Maybe acceptance could be the problem with me. But not on a daily basis. It's more when my lack of affections comes up like "remember you're 21, never experienced any family relationships, friendships, or a hug or a kiss (like a "goodnight" one) or anything". In those time, being all alone can be hard, because I'm always alone.
Hopefully I'll finally get a job and it will go better.
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Never phrase a long term goal in the negative. For example, if you want to gamble less, your goal should not be “I’m never gambling again.” You’ll won’t stick to it because (a) there is no short term reward system to drive you forward. The first time you accomplish your goal will be the moment you die (b) your life if full of “nos” when it should be full of “yes”. No I can’t go out to a bar because I’ll gamble. No I can’t use the internet because I’ll make my way to gambling sites. Your life becomes about avoiding things when it should be about seeking out and accomplishing tangible things. It’s exhausting. And (c) slipping up is not just a blip, it’s total failure. If your goal is to never gamble again, how can your characterize having a cheeky punt with your friends as anything but absolute failure? You spend your life walking on a knife edge, getting nothing out of it, and knowing any mistake will be the end of you. When you inevitably fail (and you will) you’re overwhelmed by guilt and lose any motivation to keep going.
Goals should always be phrased in the positive. Instead of “I’m never gambling again”, say “I want to improve my life financially and emotionally”. Cutting out gambling becomes a means to an end. This is the total opposite to the above. You experience short term reward by taking stock of improvements in your life (such as your bank balance increasing), your life becomes about seeking things out - be it people or practices - that will improve your life and keep your mind occupied, and most importantly of all, you can make mistakes without being a total failure! For example, if you are a hardcore gambler, you refrain from gambling for months, then on a special occasion go out and spend a modest amount in the company of friends before calling it a day, is that not progress from where you were before? Why should doing something you enjoy whilst maintaining your self control be a bad thing? A lot of bad habits start as perfectly healthy practices that we slowly let control us, until eventually we do them out of compulsion rather than enjoyment.
Goal setting should be about recognizing that improving your life is a long term commitment. As long as we are making progress, mistakes are just that. Mistakes. You make them, and keep moving forward knowing you haven’t totally failed on your goal.
People also need short term rewards to make them realize they are making progress. Going cold turkey with no room for mistakes simply isn’t a viable method of change (for most people).
So next time you are hard on yourself, ask yourself, am I phrasing my goal positively?
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About a third of the way through the short film, I thought to myself "Man, why can he do this but I can't". I immediately paused it and scrolled down to the comments to see if there was anybody else that shared my thoughts in some way that was even remotely similar, and I was thinking about what I should comment in order to get some form of recognition and/or validation. Having watched many of your videos, I stopped and thought about the purpose of this short film you made and how doing this form of rash self-validation would be defeating it. That was when I just told myself to cool it and finish the video, THEN come back to the comments section and think of what to comment, if anything at all.
Now, after finishing the video, here I am writing out a comment that's definitely much different than what I was initially typing out. The short 33 minutes of this film helped me reflect just enough to realize that I've been mostly living a life of seeking validation through others, especially during my degeneracy phase in college. Obviously I'm not suddenly some changed man because if 33 minutes of my time was all I needed in order to become one, then I'd be well on my way to 'success'... but this is a step. Great job, Cole, and thank you.
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TLDR: I think it should be made clear that Cole's story about semen retention is just that, a story, and therefore should not be looked at as evidence of semen retention actually working. Science does not confirm or deny semen retention as a positive practice.
I appreciate the intention and the benefits of the self-improvement lifestyle, but at 5 minutes in or so when you say something along the lines of 'sperm has the ability to produce life, so releasing it all the time, releasing this energy will lead to you not having as much energy throughout the day', this is starting to sound like pseudoscience. I mean, it could be correct that daily ejaculation reduces general energy levels, but I don't think it's DUE TO sperm having the 'ability to create life' and therefore releasing that 'energy' is bad for you. Sperm is involved in human reproduction, obviously, but I don't think that means it's like a naturally occurring energy source. Also, I think it's important for you to make note that semen retention, while being regarded as largely safe to do for most men, has no scientifically proven benefits. I searched Google Scholar for "semen retention benefits" and here are some of the results on the first page which corroborate what I'm saying, if you feel like reading a little:
https://ro.co/health-guide/semen-retention/
https://www.betweenusclinic.com/erectile-dysfunction/can-nofap-cure-ed/
My point is not to take a big dump on semen retention and claim it's completely worthless to try, that's a positive claim I have no basis to make.
@ 5min 40s (ish) you make a 'I've got no science to back that up, I just believe it' disclaimer, but then immediately say "take this seriously guys, your semen (you bleeped it, but you obviously said semen when you should said sperm) is powerful enough to create life". What do you mean by 'powerful'? I think you're attributing way more significance to sperm than is warranted. This sounds scientifically illiterate, and serves to invalidate your earlier disclaimer about not these things you're saying being merely your story and beliefs, because the way you say it comes across as trying to be taken seriously. Like 'think about it, it makes sense right?' is purely your own speculation.
I only hope people who watch this take it for what it is, an anecdote, which I have nothing against. What I do have something against is giving an anecdote and presenting it in such a way that people will take it as proof of something being true or accurate, i.e. the benefits of semen retention.
I really like your channel and the kind of person you seem to be, Cole. So, I don't want your channel to become another echo-chamber. I want there to be constructive conversations about things that matter and that are rooted in fact. I wish you well, I hope you reach your goal of 1M subs. Peace.
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Ah, to be young, independent and idealistic. There is something inherently selfish about living solely for one’s self, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It is your life, after all. Once you have others that depend on you, your options for following your dreams become limited. You have to pay the mortgage, pay the utilities, pay taxes, pay for kids’ activities, help the kids pay for college if you’re lucky, plan for your own retirement if you’re lucky. That’s where the high-paying, soul-sucking corporate job comes in. It’s a bit of a trap, but then again I wouldn’t trade my family for anything. Choices and sacrifices, that’s life…
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The dating and relationship advice from coach corey wayne, Alpha male strategies, coach craig, apolonia ponti, stephis cold, darius m, coach lee, fitfearless, mj mr right, help me a ton on my game and how I approach relationships. Trust me, follow them on youtube and your will learn a lot from them and probably wont get dump again
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Halo effect... look at how many thumbnails have a pretty girl, clevage, scantily clad...
Semen retention is huge on male sites... it makes no sense, but I see/hear it everywhere... I know it's BS... The detrimemts of not doing so, never struck.
I did try the high saturated fat diet, I'm getting great reaults. Creators promoting this diet are getting blocked by Google...
I am amazed at how male empowerment channels have a conservative bias, and promote a liberal stereotype, and say that all liberals are that way. I laugh.
I find conservatives more likely to to be stereotypical than liberals, that are all over the map, deny stereotyping.... I love it, and love challenging biases.
Veganism, vegetarian diet (30 years), gave me a diabetic neuroma... going keto/carnivore is causing healing... It works for me.
Great video...
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Hey cole, no hate intended and i am sorry if i came rude in an earlier comment, but you really should up your protein game to maximize muscle retention during a cut, eating 105 grams of protein for someone your size ( i believe you said you are a bit under 210 pounds, its very low, most coaches reccomend around 2g per kg of protein, the academy of sports nutrition reccomends 1,4 to 2 grams per kilogram of bodyweight, for you that would be between ~130 to ~190 grams of protein, getting protein by plants on a cut isn't hard, changing corn for green peas, almond milk for soy, pea or hemp milk, adding hemp hearts, eating more lentils...and in general just making sure most of your foods are around 15% protein or more will get you there, hope you get the idea, little changes add up to optimize your goals
Here is the link to the position paper of the academy of nutrition and dietetics
https://jissn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12970-017-0177-8
(Edit: i miscalculated the 15% figure, its more like ~20% figure with your caloric goal of ~2750 calories for ~135 g of protein)
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Hello Cole. Been watching your videos for a year, and I must say I'm pretty impressed by your content. I was obsessed with self-improvement, no fap, spiritual videos, etc., but it took me nowhere. I instead decided to start taking responsibility and get productive. I found hobbies that I deeply enjoy and set a goal to work on getting into university. More importantly, self-caring, such as fitness, weight lifting, walking, and interaction, is vital for everyone's well-being. This video was spot on.
Best regards.
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It’s a great message in theory, let’s all work on ourselves, love each other, and sing kumbayah. But working on yourself is, by definition, work, and you need incentives, something worth working for. No one goes to work for free. And you can’t reasonably expect a quality partner to be that incentive, because the odds are strongly against you.
Meaning, you really have to divorce yourself as much as possible from any sense of needing a partner. And you have to find some way to incentivize yourself to pursue excellence even in the absence of any kind of worldly payoff. (All this, on top of having the discernment to weed out the inevitable multitude of bad apples.)
This — managing to not need someone, and incentivizing pursuit of excellence in the absence of payoff — is the real problem, and while this can be done, it is far more involved and challenging than anyone will care to admit. And imo, there will be no kumbayah until this is something that happens at scale.
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Thank you for the video Cole. This weekend has been a nightmare, I had my worst panic attack to date, two days ago, and its kinda sticking around. This whole situation really sucks but I'm trying to be okay with not being 'enough' right now. After every setback, I re-learn this same lesson. I need to give myself some grace. It's only natural to feel like "not enough" when your expectations are on the moon. I'm trying, and even though I'm feeling a little broken right now, I'll give myself grace for today and I'll be okay. Hopefully with time, I can change what "enough" means to me.
I'm not able to stop the negative self-talk just yet, but after every bad comment I make towards myself I can absolutely stick to the mantra, "and that's okay."
"I'm being really fucking lazy, and that's okay." "I don't want to be around anyone, and that's okay." "I feel like a complete idiot, and that's okay." "You really fucked up bad, and that's okay."
I know this kind of thinking isn't the end goal, but its certainly feels like a step in the right direction. Hope you're doing well friend, you've helped me immeasurably, and continue to. ❤
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This is all so so helpful, thank you Cole. These videos always hit the spot. And what you're doing at 4:25 makes you look like a fucking superhero in my eyes. You just look so genuine, relaxed and authentic in these situations with random people. Anyone that is like that naturally, great for them. But knowing what you went through (at least based on some of the struggles you mentioned in your videos), this is just so awesome to see.
It's just really hard to keep all of this knowledge/realizations on my mind throughout the day. Just now on my way home from work before watching this video I realized that I'm constantly in my head, so unconscious pretty much. It was as if I was finally snapping out of it, but the realization that I was in such a state through most of my day has put me back in my head. I work behind the counter and help people pick what to buy or how to get it running (I sell electronic cigarettes) and during an interaction with a customer, it gets hard to really... be there. I unconsciously keep checking my posture, checking if that person is reacting in a way that says "I like this person/This person is enough" and if they don't, I start checking what more could be wrong with me. I always feel like something about me is just wrong and I realize thinking about it makes it worse, but I CAN'T STOP THINKING. Even if I watched a video like this the day before or during my break, even if I meditated (but my motive is to get something out of it and I think you spoke about that in another video) I still get back to this mindset. It's hard to even write about all of this, cause I feel like if I write it, I'll keep manifesting it, but I mean... I'm in a loop already. Honestly, I just want to turn that brain off, just hit a switch and be in the now. I feel like a PC with too many programs running in the background and the Task Manager is not responding.
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When it is all work and no play, your time with trying to be better usually becomes a lesser quality. When you spend that time putting the work in though, you expect big results because you put the time in. However, was that quality time, or just mediocre time? Usually it is mediocre or subpar time they spend trying to improve, and they don’t see the results they want, becoming more frustrated, leading to reading more books and working harder. This cycle continues and the stress and burnout only increases. Worry about high quality time to improve, and do it right. Working for 4 hours a day but at a very high level, is much better than 12-14 hours of mediocre or watered down time. Increasing time for other things in your life, whether it be self health, time with friends and family, etc, is needed to keep yourself sharp and productive to do high quality work in a shorter amount of time. The whole grinding idea is great and all, but shouldn’t have to be something done everyday, all the time.
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My man, always coming through with gems like this! I'm not great at practicing it consistently, but simply seeking new skills and experiences that push or interest me have been everything for creating fulfillment in my life.
For example, I've been playing music for over 12 years, and at my skill level now, almost all of the satisfaction comes from doing hard songs or exercises, or something else that offers newness, like writing a new song, or jamming to create new ideas with other musicians. For me, I just don't have as much fun doing musical things if they're so easy to me, even if a beginner would do anything for what skill I do have.
You've by far been the most impactful channel for me this year, thanks so much for what you do 🤟
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I usually don’t tell about my life to random people, but I have to express myself with people who aren’t close into my life. I broke up with my gf almost a month ago. Honestly, the first 2 weeks, I was ok with it, but now, the pain is starting to feel hard every day, and it’s not that good. I was in the same situation as Cole. Sometimes I’m thinking about what happens if I don’t exist. It got to that point, but watching this, and reading these comments, really helped me a little to feel okay with it. Plus, I wanted to talk it with people who aren’t close to my life. We are strong, I know we are. Thanks Cole, for this video, and the videos you put out. They help a lot🙏🏻.
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depressed from long time,bad health ,covid ,broke with my girl of long time,low money,put my only parent in a nurse house for dementia he developed ,nearly fired,lost people i cared .all in 6/7 months .i was at the darkest bottom of my life,luckily a narcisist take me under her wing and further destroyed me .nearly attempeted to suicide alone on the end of the year eve..january 2 ,i told to my self .ok now i want to completly destroy myself,quited smoking,quited porn,quited gaming,I simply entered the soil and came up on the other side.Now anything seem so easy to do .Health is good,dad is good,i lost 15 Kg ,had a shitload of hobbies and im reading a lot .Idk ,when life told me "wanna play?" "lets play i answered" .10 years of gaming ,helped lol
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Cole, I've watched your videos for a while now and I've enjoyed them. But I saw the title of this one and was fully prepared to be hugely triggered.
Dude, it was such a relief when I wasn''t.
I'm 46 years old and, looking back, I've had an on/off battle with my mental health since my early twenties. This culminated in a diagnosis of anxiety and depression around 5-6 years ago since which time I've tried therapy a few times and even medication briefly, which didn't really work. I'm in therapy now and it appears to be working, and I'm trying to make a few positive changes to help things along.
It's important to be able to speak out, in my experience people are a lot more understanding than you think they're going to be and anyone who's struggling, needs to know this. There's no shame in speaking out.
More power to you man, keep up the good work. Your content helps, believe me.
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I definitely agree that a lot of established athletes find benefits from switching to a plant-based diet, particularly as they get older. Tom Brady is a perfect example. However, I'm as of now unaware of any world-class athletes who built their base of muscle and athleticism without consuming animal proteins at all (essentially, vegan from puberty or younger). I'm not saying it's impossible, I've just yet to see it done.
I'm really fascinated by nutrition, and I try to get a wide range of info from lots of sources. More and more I think that just about any food can be healthy depending on its context within a larger diet, the lifestyle of the individual, and the individual's genetics. There are some people who thrive eating only red meat, and some who thrive eating only fruit, and a wide spectrum of diets and genetics between the two. I think everyone should try lots of different ways of eating, depending on their physiologies and personal convictions.
Anyway, tangent aside, I appreciate your thoughtful approach and the fact that you cited your sources in the description. Puts you head and shoulders above most content creators in fitness/nutrition who only rely on "bro-science" or pseudoscience.
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Canada's Dad Jordan Peterson got in over his head for a while also. it happens. and it actually makes their channels more relevant: how? why?
honesty about it: JP and CH did not try to hide extent of what they went thru.
JP ultimately shared about his issue and how he broke out of it, (needed actual treatment). with CH, it looks more like he needed to sum up courage to actually make the move. to "snap out of it" so to speak.
(don't know much about vegas, tho i suspect buffalo is a real trap for anyone, at least until albany makes some serious policy changes).
especially as real details emerge, that makes CH and JP both more relevant to what rest of us are going thru, are trying to accomplish. David Goggins and Elliott Hulse don't need channels like this. we do, or at least i do.
whether fear and doubt creep in to mentally paralyse someone, or something simply blows up in their face: THAT is exactly why we need channels like this. how to deal with adversity when it shows up.
Cole, i'm sure you'll continue rising to the challenges that austin and the world throw at you. am kind of excited to see what you will be doing. stay on top of things, i'm sure you will more than thrive in the 512.
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hey man, i normally don't comment on your videos, but i wanted to say that thing about having masculine energy, i don't think that i should be purposeful, driven, confident, etc just for the sake of atracting women, or maintaining a relationship with one, thats kinda something that red pill guys would say, but i think that those qualities are important (or even more important) when you are by yourself. love your content, keep the good work
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What's up man, I believe you may have gone to City Honors, which is where I went. It's pretty fire to see somebody from there making videos on this kind of stuff, all while having some success and producing high quality vids (as in equipment, not just information). I'm not really getting down with the vegan side of things but other than that I like a lot of this shit too. However, I have some ideas for you that you could use and make videos out of that a lot of these other self-help guys on youtube don't really seem to acknowledge/know about (I could be wrong). You should read Models by Mark Manson, Breath by James Nestor, and Cupid's Poisoned Arrow by something Robinson (goes hand in hand with semen retention, I saw your relapse video, it will give a whole new perspective on sex). You'll have tons of dope ideas after reading those, and pretty unique video topics. Also 80K views on the one NoFap video is no joke, that's something to be proud of for sure. Keep it up
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Cole I just have to say this video really really resonated with me. I've been having the same problem about overcommitting to a bunch of stuff at the beginning of the year, thinking it will make me happier and more fulfilled if I only keep on grinding and grinding. My schedule was overfilled with activity, I had no room to breathe, to just think or be, nevertheless commit to just improving one facet of my life and getting fulfillment out of it. Then the constant comparing on social media made me think I'm really missing out all the time if I don't have all these things that people show on Instagram and all that stuff. Needless to say, it took me months to realize this isn't going to lead nowhere and thus I slowly began to let go of all these dumb commitments, hobbies, activities that I was involved in, decluttering my life of all this nonsense that I foresaw will do absolutely nothing for me in the long run. Now I'm actually feeling much more relaxed and at peace, while still working on some things that I wish to be working on, with even greater focus, and with newfound understanding that you have to develop things one by one, slowly, consistently, and with the insight that valuable things take a long time to develop.
And then you release this video: it's like the universe pushed it right into my feed! I don't really watch all these countless self-help videos anymore as I am more focused on actually practicing what I have learned from them, but yours always have a unique quirk to them that make me resonate with your message and your content each and every single time. I appreciate your hard work.
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You know, believing in god is like believing that you're father that went to war loves you and thinking of you. You don't know if he's still alive, but it gives you strength and courage to go through life. Because you want him to be proud of you, you will try hard to become a great man, for the day he returns home.
So, even if it's not real, why not believing ? You have nothing to loose... But everything to gain. And in that principle, you can find truth in life. Beliefs that gives you energy to go trough life is generally closer to the truth ! I mean, this is the Ying part of life. The Yang is that, the more you sacrifice yourself for others, the more you get in touch what is real love. The love of a mother for her child for example : the pain she experiences during childbirth has meaning in the way she's gonna love his child. The same for a child having to suffer extremely to take his first breath. He's gonna love even more the milk from the mommy tit... Ying, and Yang my friends. Our society if supercharged of Ying, but not so much in Yang... That's why people are sad, the energy isn't flowing properly.
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That's exactly what I figured in this year. Do all the same things but with more knowledge, with consciousness about the fact that you will die anyway, so you may ass well enjoy life fully, and feel happy doing everything, even kind of wasting your time by watching movies all day, 12h straight just like you said. And what was very important for me to add - find your purpouse in something else. I discoverd mine in selfimproving, and constantly learning more, to be more selfavare, discovering new conections between things in life, to be able to see more. And that's why for example I went to college and what's important, didn't stop there. I'm still gathering my knowlegde from diffrent kind of books, movies, videos, speeches, and life experience itself. And the further I go, the more i realize how little I know, and that's why I wanna keep going, because there're still intresting things that I don't know and that can and probably will change my whole perspective that I had about something my whole life. To be more selfaware... c: (One of the reasons why I love philosophy)
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I agree with your observations definitely. I especially agree that you can live healthily on a meat-inclusive diet. In fact, most of my friends who are conscious of their health include moderate amounts of meat, fish, and eggs for their nutritional value. The thing that distinguishes them is that primarily they still eat plants. Vegans often misconstrue a meat-inclusive diet as being a meat-ONLY diet, or one that's full of saturated fats from pork or processed meats. But in reality a meat-inclusive diet can include all of the ingredients that vegans use to stay healthy (wholegrains, legumes, greens, nuts, seeds, fruit, etc) while also including moderate amounts of meat, fish, or eggs.
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Cole, overhaul I agree with you but, and this something I was meant to comment in a different video but never did and will do it now. It is as fair to say that vegan community is toxic or to bring focus to it as it is to focus on the BLM rioters and looters instead of the mostly peaceful protesters. I get that there are toxic trolls in the community but people also use this as an excuse to avoid the main issue, animal abuse. Also, I've seen many fake vegan accounts that exist to troll people and arent even vegan, just trolls. Once again, for people to spend this much time on this it's as silly as people in the media focusing in the riots instead of peaceful protests.
The other thing I kinda take issue here is your claim about health. That's such a general statement. We have athletes who are meant to be healthy and have heart attacks. We know that eating certain foods have an immediate impact on your blood. Healthy by which standarts? We have supposedly healthy people developing later in their life dementia, arthritis, high cholesterol and other diseases linked to years of consumptions of bad foods or lack of the right ones. Not saying a vegan diet is perfect, it can be oreos and coke but there's nothing that includes the consumption of animal products that prevent or reverse many diseases.
Everything else I'm with you. As you, I'm disappointed but not surprised by Jon and Kathrine (they are a couple and this a two person decision). With time the concern about animals faded off and Jon seems to be a pretty materialistic person. He did complained in the past about loosing business opportunities because of vegans, he did said not vegan before. It's just sad because there's no reason for this. He just says a bunch of rubbish. Studies but doesnt mention a single one. Silly incoherences like, oh vegans are so mean and toxic and finishes the video saying that attacks dont work him. Nice video, just took difference of opinion of the matters I've mentioned above but everything else I feel the same.
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I'm vegan, I don't want to quit veganism, but let's say something : it's expensive and I personnally take only B12 because Omega3 and vitamin D are to expensive, and if you are in trouble making research for any reasons (to me, it's difficult and not because I'm lazy, I always had more struggles than others when I was at school) or if you just sometimes doubt about your diet (not veganism in general, your own diet) you have to pay people to have answers.
When you have money problems, you're trying to have a roof, food and maybe afford a therapy because life as been such a sh*t with you, it's really complecated.
Also (it's not the case for him) but when you have only yourself as a vegan friend/example and no other to talk to, no one you could tell your doubts without jugdment BUT answers/help, it can also be hard sometimes. I mean, sometimes, I truly wish I could have someone to talk with about veganism and all, feel a bit of support, you know ? (I know only omnivorous and one vegetarian, and live with) But in my case, I'm just always alone, no one ever want me around BUT if they need someone to talk to so...
Still, I don't want to go back. When I think about it, I'm like... Yes, I can think about it, maybe imagine it a bit, but I know in my heart I couldn't actually put meat or any animal products in my mouth. Na.
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Youtube have a great humor! -> "this is why I will ALWAYS be vegan" Dr. Leo Venus (recommended for you)
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I know that feel of "experimentation" rather than "profit focused."
I grew up on Bill Nye the Science Guy, Beakman's World, Tales From the Crypt (and the one obstacle course style show named after it), and Goosebumps.
In my teens during the early 00's to the 09's, there was Newgrounds and Adobe Flash was the name of the game. Everyone who wanted to could create, and they could create anything they wanted to. Games, videos, full fledged freaking movies and series all made because someone had a passion project and just wanted to get the story out.
IT's a far cry from what things are now. There's nothing wrong with trying to earn a living, but there is a remarkable lack of soul in creation when everything is cut if it doesn't appear 'marketable' enough. The worst part is that the content hosts also cherry pick the most 'marketable' venues as well which hide legitimate projects of passion even if they choose to be projects of passion simply because it isn't profitable enough.
I don't really know what to do about stuff like this anymore. I try to dig things up, try to spread what I know, but at the same time you can only reach so much and the name of the game is "dopamine cycle" instead of "artistic appreciation." I guess we deserve to lose what was once unique, only then will people realize what was lost.
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Hey Cole !
I used to watch you two years back, maybe a little more, I'm unsure... You were the very first SI (self-improvement) content creator I gave any attention to. I really used to watch every single one of your videos back then. But then, out of misery, or hopelessness, I started delving deeper and deeper into SI subgenres and I eventually started milking the shit out of Hamza and other guys of that type for a whole year and a half. But mainly him.
As time passed, and one year ago now, I realized the slight toxic undertones of "standard" SI content as we know it. And I figured, "Hey... I need to start thinking with my own head now. I'm sick and tired of applying other peoples' experiences to my life... I'm tired, I want to be me, I want to discover myself. I'm better than this."
And so I did. I haven't consumed any sort of SI content since. I was sick of it. I am sick of it. For many reasons, and those that I cited previously. For more than a year now, I've been thinking for myself and developing my own experiences, analyzing, thinking, introspecting... You name it.
I realized consuming that type of content was merely just a phase in my life, among many other phases I had, have, and will have.
And... A couple days back, I stumbled across an upload of yours. The video seemed interesting, so I was curious. And I was taken aback by how different you are from the rest. That's why I fell in love with your writing in the first place. You don't generate strong feelings of hatred in your viewers, no. You generate a real sense of inner curiosity in us, you encourage us to look inside and try to find an answer within us, instead of trying to make us believe you're the all knowing SI superhero like some others do.
Your videos click with me, even now, when I don't need any SI content or anything remotely close to it. I don't even know if I can label you as an SI creator, even. You're making so much more now. You're the man. I know you're not perfect, none of us are, but it really does feel like you're one step above the others who make similar content to yours. In my book, at least. So thanks, man.
This video feels like a true climax to everything you've done so far. I'm truly proud of all you've achieved, of all you've made so far. I'm looking forward to another short film like this one because it was a banger, truly. It was inspiring, truly. Besides, it feels like you've been doing this for a while, that this isn't your first rodeo, haha.
I'm happy to see you've grown so much. Happy to know you're doing well.
So thank you, brother. Thank you for helping me even when I didn't know I needed help. This video will serve me, and the other ones.
Will be looking forward to more of your stuff in the future.
Take care !
(And whatever happened to Joey in the short film ? I was expecting a conversation with him, felt like he just disappeared, haha.)
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