5 Ways to Hack Your Mind For Success

The way you think about the world and your place in it can have a huge impact on your life. And yet, when it comes to evaluating the way we think, we’re rarely able to smell our own bullshit.

So today, Drew and I break down five different mindsets you can adopt to live a more examined, successful life. This requires you to reject many of the mindless beliefs you’ve been force fed your entire life.

Let’s do it.

CHAPTERS

Chapters

• 00:00:00 Introduction: The Success Hack Problem
• 00:01:22 Find the Pain You Enjoy
• 00:04:14 Ass Power and the Dogs That Don't Quit
• 00:05:57 Mark's Cross Country Disaster: An Obliviousness Advantage
• 00:09:16 Focus on What You Can Control and Ignore What You Can't
• 00:14:09 Media Consumption, Bad Netflix Shows, and Personal Responsibility
• 00:16:13 Can You Choose Who You Love?
• 00:20:21 Turn Off the Autopilot
• 00:24:21 The Costanza Theorem: Do the Opposite
• 00:26:42 Adopt a 10X Mindset
• 00:30:20 10X in Relationships: Don't Run Your Love Life Like a Business
• 00:34:35 Focus on Fewer Things for Longer Periods of Time
• 00:42:31 Wrap-Up: Still Not Successful

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