Die naheliegende Liste, die trotzdem keiner macht

0:00People fail not because there's some magical list nobody has. They fail because it's an obvious list nobody does. >> I'm so happy you like that one. It didn't like I I just just to give kudos to Jay here. You picked out tweets that were not like super banger high performers, but like I wrote these and I was like this is like this is a thing. >> I picked ones that really I didn't pick them based on performance. I picked them based on like I was like I read this I was like yes. Like

0:27>> I like that. So just kudos to you for that because I it makes me feel good. Um but yeah, so I mean this is a super known one, but like the magic isn't the work that we're not doing, right? It's the obvious list. Um if you were trying to get in shape, you know, you should eat less and you should move more. You know that. And so I used to even do these with when I would have a weight loss customer who'd come in the door and they'd be like, "So tell me more about the" and I would just say like, "Do we really need to get into it?" Like you already know what you're supposed to do.

0:52The question is why you aren't doing it. That's what I'm here for. And so in a lot of these situations, like you probably know that if you're going to invest, you should uh, you know, wait 10 years. And if you're not willing to wait 10 years, then you shouldn't buy it. Which means that if you're like, well, I don't have the time to do that research. Then don't invest. Increase your active income, right? Um, and so all these things like, okay, well, how do I increase my active income? Well, I know I need to do more than I currently am. I know I need to put my stuff out there. And so, one of my favorite frames around this is um, it's it's the Solomon paradox, right? And so, for those who don't know, in the Bible, Solomon, wise wise man. Um, but it's called the Solomon paradox because he gave amazing advice, but his life was in shambles.

1:27And so the thing is is that we're exceptionally good at giving advice and very good and very bad at following it for ourselves. And so what's interesting is that you they actually did studies on this where they had people they they whitewashed someone's existing circumstances and their conditions and had the same people not knowing they were criticizing themselves give critiques to this person what to do to improve their lives. And the thing is is that none of the people were actually doing it. And so the thing is um I like that frame because if you parachute your sorry project yourself in the future and look back and say okay what would 80 years old version of me tell me to do for some reason it kind of like disembodies yourself a little bit and you can get back and say well I would tell myself to do this this and this and the thing is is that you have complete context on your situation and so sometimes it's some of the best advice you can get and I know this is kind of like the inverted thing where you're like oh why why just actually go through the process and say I'm going to write down a conversation with myself that's 80 years old what would he or she tell me to do. Um, and it probably is that obvious list that no one does, not the magical list that no one knows because the thing is is that like the clues of success are in plain sight. It's just that the sweat that's require the price tag associated with them is the one that people don't want to pay.

2:34>> So people don't really give up on their dreams. They give up they they see what it takes to get their dreams and then decide it's too expensive. >> And I think that's the big thing is is they think it's mispriced. And maybe it is and I think that's okay. But my my preference would be that many people say you know what that's not worth it to me and then be like great you've won. Like you've won. You don't need to get anywhere. You've already won where you're at. So that's at least my my thought on it. >> Yeah.

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