Freedom

Self-efficacy, need for achievement, how easily you get distracted and impulsiveness are all factors we need to consider, work on, and improve if you want to achieve any big goals you set in life. The thing is we try to achieve the things in life that we expect we will succeed in. This of course is because we do not want to harm the ego. The ego is a big part of our self worth concepts. Ego is of course also a greedy fucker; it prefers to get rewarded now instead of delaying a reward. The bigger your tolerance for delays the more you keep it in check and thus open yourself up to bigger rewards. The concept we are talking about here is motivation over time.

A significant number of top chess players throughout history have gone a little crazy including the famous world champion Bobby Fisher. Even Einstein who occasionally forgot where he lived was seen as a little crazy. Could it be that these great men in history had abnormal minds or does going a little crazy work in our favor perhaps? If you have a goal and focus in life then petty things start having no purpose. Our comfortable routines prohibit us from dedication. Now I ask, what is the difference between dedication and crazy? Both will give you the focus you need, but a sense of understanding of these emotions is needed if you are to use them for motivation over time.

I will start explaining on how to understand these emotions physically by first looking at Persuasion.
People develop certain responses to certain stimuli. It is because of these responses to certain stimuli that make it possible to predict behavior and therefore persuade others. Unfortunately it is the same responses that make it possible to manipulate or be manipulated by. Persuasion influences thoughts and action through specific strategies. In Psychology Pleasure and pain can be strong motivators for persuasion but your values will determine how you will interpret it. Persuasion is simply leading people down a path to their most logical conclusion. The thing we need to understand here is that there comes a time when you need to persuade yourself. If you can’t persuade yourself or open yourself up to the “music” then words like dedication and focus are nothing more than words. You need to convince, imagine and feel the pleasure of where your determination can lead you. There is only one person standing in your way, and that person is you. If you are happy with average or are already dead in your comfortable routine then perhaps you need to start building on your imagination first, or else you will never escape the mud that you created. Once you are on your way to your goal and you can actually see the blocks fall in place because of your hard work you open yourself up to some of life’s most beautiful “music” and that is true Freedom.