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Willpower: Lessons in Self-Discipline #3

March 23, 2016 Dom 9 Comments

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The third principle in my willpower series states: You can improve self-discipline when you Optimize Your Environment! The best way to dominate your willpower battles is by winning them before willpower is even demanded. If you wait for temptation in order to resist it, half the battle is already lost. On the other hand, if you avoid temptation, you can win the battle with minimal effort. Watch my introductory video to get the gist of this principle: Self-control needn't always be a … [Read more...]

Mastery discipline, personal-development, self-discipline, willpower

Willpower: Lessons in Self-Discipline #2

March 15, 2016 Dom 9 Comments

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The second principle in my willpower series states: You can teach yourself discipline when you Understand What's Important! Do you sometimes tell yourself "It's (whatever it is) not that important"? A Siren Call of Weakness It's not that serious. There's no need to worry about it. You shouldn't take life so seriously. You should enjoy yourself and be happy. You only live once. These statements contain good advice—if used in proper context. However, if you tell them to … [Read more...]

Mastery discipline, personal-development, self-discipline, willpower

YouTube Addiction: How to Control It

March 9, 2016 Dom 110 Comments

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Even though I have never been a hardcore YouTube addict, I would often lose myself in the endless sea of entertainment where every ounce of water is a new video, and the shore far away. Sure, I will make it to the shore, but it requires a lot of swimming on my part—a lot of watching "just this one last video." Today, I am in firm control of my YouTube consumption, and I can assure you from my personal experience that there are addictions, even behavioral ones, that are harder to get rid of. … [Read more...]

Mastery discipline, freedom, personal-development, procrastination, willpower

Willpower: Lessons in Self-Discipline #1

February 24, 2016 Dom 14 Comments

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The first principle in my willpower series states: Your self-discipline increases when you Minimize Distraction! First of all, no! You (probably) don't have ADHD. Do not take this as medical advice (I'm not a psychiatrist), but for some people attention deficit disorder seems to be just a convenient excuse to not take responsibility for their lack of discipline. The truth is, everybody gets distracted. You can do something about it, but not if you hide behind a mental disorder you (most … [Read more...]

Mastery discipline, emotions, personal-development, self-discipline, willpower

8 Reasons Why You’re Still Not Meditating Every Day

February 17, 2016 Dom 35 Comments

You've read about meditation. You know about its benefits: on health, happiness, vitality, empathy, focus, and success. Every day you hear yet another rhapsody about the wonders of mindfulness exercise. Every day you come across a new scientific study about yet another way in which meditation positively affects your brain and body. Every day twenty new generic blog posts are written to te... You get the picture. Maybe you're already zealously telling others about meditation, and about how you … [Read more...]

Mastery emotions, mindfulness, personal-development

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Dom is a European man keenly devoted to the gods of sylvan wisdom. He is also a cognitive scientist and philosopher by training, a data scientist by trade, and a strength athlete and martial artist at heart. [Read more…]

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Core Concepts

1. Freedom is the degree to which one does one’s True Will.

2. True Will is what one wants to do in a state of mindcoolness.

3. Mindcoolness is the absence of dysfunctional emotions that perturb rational thought and diminish intelligence; more deeply, it is self-knowledge and freedom from egoic identifications.

4. Know thyself, then do what thou wilt.

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