Your Brain Is Being Programmed (Here's How to Fight Back)

Imagine yourself watching a podcast, then Naval drops a bar:

“The only true test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life.”

You hear this. What happens?

You add it to your notes. Never look at it again. Keep being programmed by everyone else’s propaganda. You grow your mental cemetery. But what you need is a mental algorithm.

The only thing keeping you on the right path is the right information at the right moment giving you the impulse to keep moving forward.

This is why you can’t just rely on a large database of information that gets forgotten. It needs to be prompted to you on a regular basis. But how?

I have 70 reminders inside my phone. A few examples:

You are exactly where you chose to be.

Naval tweet: “Go for a walk. Reconsider what you’re doing. If it’s not fun, you’re unlikely to be great at it anyway.”

“Days are long, decades are short.” (Coach Red Pill)

These kill the consistent objections I make to myself. You are your worst enemy. You need to consistently fight it with clarity. Just like going to the gym and destroying the same muscle group every week. Why wouldn’t you do the same with thoughts?

I use those reminders daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly.

The formula is simple:

Expose yourself to new info

Retreat to digest it

Repeat to learn it

Reinforce your new identity

Not by consuming more, but by programming better.

You’ll always feel anxiety whispering about information you might be missing. This keeps you on the hamster wheel of more info, more confusion. Resist it.

Start listening with your gut. When something resonates, create a reminder. Daily if it’s very important.

Program or be programmed.

See you in the trenches,

— Kassimi