
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but everything about modern society wants you to be comfortable. The idea of trying hard at anything is frowned upon by everyone now, because you being a success makes other people feel bad. And in case you didn’t notice, people really don’t like feeling bad, especially when it’s their own fault.
People will tell you it’s ok to do just about anything:
Jerk off all the time - after all, it’s a normal urge
Play video games - who am I to judge what you want to do in your spare time?
Eat shit food - hey, so long as it’s part of a balanced diet, right?
Drinking every night - hey, gotta treat yourself after work
Not keeping your space clean and tidy - who has the time?
All of this is what I call low-level shit. It’s stuff that, when I was a kid, wouldn’t have been acceptable for any man who had his act together. You’d be looked at as either immature or a loser who wasn’t worth anyone’s time. But in today’s instant gratification, excuse any behaviour society, it’s absolutely fine. Preferable even, because people want you to remain on their level.
Obviously, all of this is a trap. Don’t fall for it.
If you want to be a 1% man or even just a successful man in general, you have to kick this low-level shit to the kerb. From this point, you have to look at any kind of behaviour you engage in and determine if it’s low-level or high-level. When the temptation to engage in low-level behaviour strikes, there’s just one phrase I want you to tell yourself:
“I’m better than this.”
Because you are. Low-level behaviour is for all the low-level crab people who want to stay at the bottom because they won’t lift themselves to somewhere better. For them, anything that requires effort is too much. Anything that distracts them from pleasure is a waste of time. These are the people whose biggest life achievement will be all the bullshit they’ve watched on Netflix.
We’re covering all of this in the course, but I want you to get your mindset right as soon as possible. I want you to turn away from low-level shit in disgust. Want a list of what I consider to be low-level? Here you go:
Watching porn
Playing video games
Eating a shit diet
Drinking soda
Drinking alcohol every night of the week
Getting messy when you drink
Not exercising
Driving around the parking lot for 5 minutes because you don’t want to walk an extra 100 yards
Not being organised
Making excuses
Wearing clothes that aren’t ironed
Texting instead of being able to talk on the phone
Doing the bare minimum at work
Cursing all the time
Not having basic hygiene
Wearing clothes that don’t suit you
Not admitting (even to yourself) when you’re wrong
Being passive aggressive
Flipping the bird in photos, like it makes you cool or something
Those are just what I threw down off the top of my head. With that as your guideline, I bet you can come up with a bunch more that you do. Write them down and print the list out. Look at it every day. Add others when you think of them. Keep your mind vigilant for these behaviours, and stop yourself from doing them.
You’re better than that.