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The Joe Rogan Frame That Changed How I Handle Setbacks

Alex shares a frame he first heard from Joe Rogan: imagine you're the main character in a movie with a guaranteed happy ending, then ask what that character would do right after a setback to keep the story moving forward.

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Key takeaways

  • I don't know about you guys, but for me, this has solely been true.
  • I I I acted worse than I would like to.
  • In what universe would this actually be in a story where the protagonist grows from this?
  • I think I heard this first time on Joe Rogan, but I love the frame, which is that if you were to wake up, right, as the main character in a movie, and you know that that movie has a happy ending, and the character gets passed up for the promotion, doesn't get the girl, you know, the person they cared about most dies, what would the character in the story do to move the plot along towards the happy ending?

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  1. 0:01
    Abschnitt 1 And so, no matter how bad it is, our moments of greatest growth typically come after our biggest upsets.
  2. 0:32
    Abschnitt 2 So, I love this.
  3. 0:53
    Abschnitt 3 Right?

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0:01And so, no matter how bad it is, our moments of greatest growth typically come after our biggest upsets. I don't know about you guys, but for me, this has solely been true. Like, a lot of my greatest growth has come from like very, you know, periods where, you know, my my fortitude was tested. I I I acted worse than I would like to. Um, and and then at that point, you come back to a baseline, but then you look back on the whole experience and you're like, how could this have served me? In what universe would this actually be in a story where the protagonist grows from this?

0:32So, I love this. I think I heard this first time on Joe Rogan, but I love the frame, which is that if you were to wake up, right, as the main character in a movie, and you know that that movie has a happy ending, and the character gets passed up for the promotion, doesn't get the girl, you know, the person they cared about most dies, what would the character in the story do to move the plot along towards the happy ending?

0:53Right? As soon as you recognize it, what would that character do? You do it.