15:00 The ring is pure evil. It takes away choice and freedom — the thing that one needs to have a moral victory.

11:00 Moral above physical victories

01:42 journey beyond our own world holds a deeper meaning that we can glimpse

Not a mindless army of individuals but a team and crew of spirited and individuals led people leads to great heights. Luffy and Shanks his crew are all well rounded individuals whereas Gecko Moria wanted to build an army of mindless people.

One Piece is about friendship.

10:45 Zoro is obsessive/wants control; strength gives control

07:00 Zoro has fears of not being strong enough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEf5BqzDjbA&t=189s&pp=2AG9AZACAQ%3D%3D

Coffee as wasting time versus saving time; people should be working

See other account that mentions that coffee saves time. Theme of time seems to be present with coffee.

28:00 Neural energy

21:40 You feel purpose in your body; it is emotional, it is visceral

20:50 Huberman his spring of life is flora and fauna memory —something that energises him

17:30 dig deep into your history like an archaeologist to find what moved you

Wilders ruikt de macht en stapt daarom over zijn schaduw heen.

57:00 transition from drunken nation to caffeinated nation supercharging productivity

• see zk on Protestant work ethic and coffee

55:00 coffee was linked to politics early days (bans)

08:35 underneath manga and anime are the author his thoughts and beliefs

Being yourself and not holding up this social persona

05:00 Onizuka is an attainable hero model (that speaks more to people)

11:00 tap into intuition to find your bliss: not something you have to chase, just listen, look out for clues

36:00 caffeine is an adenosine antagonist which reduces fatigue and lethargy

05:00 fighting against biology (chronotypew)

• see notes on forcing and resistance

source: Passion Recipe Masterclass by Rian Doris

17:00 Where does passion intersect with a big problem in the world? That intersection is purpose.

16:00 passion is selfish, so, like an alchemist, turn it into purpose

11:00 passion gives dopamine (which is addictive), making us obsessed with our passion

04:00 passion creates focused attention which, in turn, creates a flow state, which creates more passion (virtuous cycle)

20:47 take on responsibility even if you are wronged or you didn't do anything particularly wrong

13:00 a competent man, even if knocked down, will rise back to the top

10:30 Maximus loses everything at the hands of Commodus "except his character"

08:30 Maximus and Commodus as symbolic Cain and Abel story

06:30 Commodus would use force and power at any cost to achieve his ambitions

02:00 Maximus uses force and power necessary but resorts to being gentle and reserves power

1:05:00 flow checklist: keeping word to yourself

• see Allen on not fulfilling commitments as causing ambient anxiety

46:00 Creativity is state of consciousness, not perse skill

39:00 flow can be misused by people that sell courses or whatever.

Like doping people so "they feel good"

36:00 after a flow experience, "the ego comes roaring back"

The ego takes pride in flow and hijacks it, and then doing and saying all sorts of weird stuff

34:00 passion and purpose can become a prison

32:00 "passion and purpose gives focus for free" Steven Kotler

28:00 generalism to find the intersection for a "match fit"/passion

19:00 people teach personality at coaching, but it fails; what scales is biology, not personality

• see idea on how copy/pasting from someone else doesn't work

16:00 brain conserves energy when you think you don't have internal control (locus of control)

17:00 social justice folks have victim mindset

07:00 flow increases dopamine/pattern recognition

13:00 new media and tech still tries to solve the same ancient desires

13:00 the right flow of information is sweetspot between overwhelm and being bored (too little information)

16:00 balancing consumption and creation is sweetspot

21:00 read books like a hawk (quit books aggressively, be on lookout for what you want and need)

19:00 Managing information flows is one of the best habits in this time

52:00 habits create freedom "create capacity and space to have autonomy"

• see Allen on GTD creating space (allen video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ETZJSXK7zs

36:00 flow ritual James Clear (music playlist)

1:25:00 Structure and some order creates room for creativity, experimentation, and so forth.

56:00 Allen going on an adventure (inner and outer exploration)

• see note on discovering oneself, getting lost, trying many things

13:00 default mode recovers glucose; nap, breaks, vacation

Tv and such is not a break; let your mind wander in breaks

11:00 default mode is non-lineair/creative thinking (problem solving occurs generally)

12:00 depletion from energy of the brain (glucose)

09:00 task positive and default mode network

04:38 multi-tasking doesn't exist; it is "sequential tasking"

15:00 "David, you are so organised, can't you be spontaneous" GTD actually allows for spontaneous action

16:00 habits & routines as systems that we don't have to spend any psychic energy into (if designed well, can be useful)

07:00 structuring the mind with information (away from entropy), via setting a vision, which you break down further into goals, projects, tasks

14:00 noting your inner state as aid for guiding you towards right intention

Very confusing video on zettelkasten.

• reference note and literate note as separate; though I get the workflow of summarising highlights (just call it only literature or reference notes, call the highlights, highlights, or marginalia)
• fleeting notes seen as todo (which it shouldn't)

These add up to be a lot of "homework" for the user: fleeting notes tasks, going from reference notes to literature notes.

• Then goes on to say that keeping two different notes (reference and literature notes) "gives him permission to not be so selective for highlighting".

Being selective with a book (or anything you read), is actually very important. Making short annotations of what you read, be it marginalia, whatever, is a way we can subvert the homework process (because we already did the thinking as we read it).

04:23 he says that making the literature note forces him to think about the book, but we can be more active when reading, annotating and stuff, so that we don't need to do his process.

11:00 intense suffering can become gateway to enlightenment

MV summers on shining light unto darkness

07:00 running away from a monster doesn't work after a while; it is at this time you should face it, transform it

05:35 consciously pulling out darkness/fear/terror gives more control over it (before doing so, however, you need to be conscious and aware), surrendering to it (not fighting it)

• see zk on bringing out darkness to shine light unto it (4 section)

47:00 Piers makes the argument that Israel defend themselves (Hijab on "define defence")

• Romans used to use a strategy in war: they would say they defended themselves, but they used it as justification to attack

37:00 solving problems/goals (projects) as creating flow (see this as challenge, seeking improvement)

And also have a vision, which you then break down into goals, projects, etc. (Horizons)

06:30 focus on info (input/output) as building identity

source on how coffee was reported to bring "vigor", "liveliness and "drove away fatigue and lethargy"

coffee bans were overturned by Sultan Suleyman I in 1524

first coffeehouses grew/were associated from Sufism (see history)

(see first annotation) coffee as concentration for sufis

"coffee" stems it root from "koffie" (and from kahve, qahwah)

coffeehouses in Western Europe

Sufis, coffee as aid for focus during prayer

04:30 education business as scam (bec information is not tangible)

• information and knowledge, historically speaking, is fundamental to society and culture

10:50 prioritising education (attracting one’s own audience)

07:50 sharing what excites (writing as stream of consciousness)

Capture as first step in value creation (see my framework wherein it starts with capture)

04:00 technology as solving solutions vs creating them

04:40 high highs and low lows: trauma as catalyst for growth (throwing oneself into the unknown) creates meaning

04:40 stories that give us something we could be (give hope, meaning)

• see "a rising sun" as a fitting metaphor

02:55 death as a gift for men

03:40 fear of death as corruption/weakening (via Melkor): seeking long life and other ways as coping (not embracing it)

00:30 sun rises when gondor arrives

02:00 nederlanders een pavlov reactie op alle rumoer (onbewust israel supporten zonder na te denken)

03:00 Netanyahu frustreert tweestatenoplossing

04:43 Amerika probeert vrede te stichten

• is Amerika juist niet degene die pal achter Israel staat?

04:10 hamas maakt tweestatenoplossing onmogelijk

1993 oslo akkoord: palestijns zelfbestuur

2:52 1967 oorlog: israel bezet veel grondgebied

1948 onafhankelijkheid israel, oorlog, wapenstilstand in 1949

1:40 voorstel van 1947: joden 55%, palestijnen rest, zij weigeren

0:50 1920 Brits mandaatgebied (ottomanen verloren)

05:00 hustle culture: do what you love, and do it aggressively, not loving the thing and working hard leads to burnout

18:00 overarching mission/obsession for travel (like photography, surfing, etc.)

20:30 habit strength: context dependence & how much limbic friction required

17:00 lynchpin habits that make other habits easier (see temporal landmarks and domino habit)

15:30 limbic friction making habits harder (getting into right state of mind for habits)

08:50 neuroplasticity as connections between neurons

11:40 dopamine important in sticking to/dropping a habit

22:00 no external rewards for pushing self in private life

18:00 discipline as muscle (is transferable)

16:00 happiness happens as a byproduct (as result of doing things)

Also systems, processes, routines, habits as way to get outcome (not a feeling, or outcome itself)

• See zk on not chasing outcomes, but process

09:00 discipline as sensing, is this good/bad

Also see this as idea of 6th sense. Sensing when something is working, isn’t working, is flowing and also not)

04:00 fear as information of oneself, environment, others

01:30 embracing fear (reaction to fear is important)

06:00 experience in childhood, anxiety happening in later stages of life

04:50 stress vs perceived stress, threats

04:00 anxiety as worry on projected threats,

05:00 heightened awareness/emphasis on it

02:53 anxiety not limited to the mind

06:00 avoiding shame as taking away ability to rewire/grow

07:00 earlier societies were confined physically, so they had to feel shame (and grow)

08:00 growth is also avoidance of shame: the more an emotion hurts, the more it is important for progress

04:00 shame as feedback and driving growth (most powerful emotion)

• also see how anxiety can be used and leveraged for growth (as a whisper that aids, rather than destroying)

24:30 autotelic motivation as the motivation for the experience itself (flow state)

23:00 intrinsic motivation gives agency, makes you less vulnerable to outside forces (which impose extrinsic motivation)

24:00 “detached like a monk, engaged like a warrior”

09:00 increases performance increasing neurochemicals & lowering cognitive load - these drive you into flow state, which releases a bunch of other neurochemicals - intrinsic motivation leads into flow, the flow state highers intrinsic motivation, (virtuous cycle)

03:33 5 intrinsic motivators 04:20 curiosity 04:50 purpose 05:30 mastery 06:00 autotelic: enjoyment of the activity itself (Doris his enjoyment of the topic, and previous three was fairly high, but he didn’t like spreadsheets etc.) 07:00 autonomy

Aligning these 5 as driving tremendous intrinsic motivation

02:05 intrinsic motivation as fusion energy, made out of things like passion, purpose, curiosity, etc.

• see zk on flow triggers that are intrinsic (as contributing to intrinsic motivation)

05:25 “fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself” (Dumbledore on how nit mentioning Voldemort his name contributes to fearing the name)

pattern recognition as discernment of patterns and connections between info (complementary to creativity)

What about discerning patterns between your interests, combining them, and so forth? (combining first and twelfth flow trigger)

First flow trigger is passion, purpose, curiosity

• see zk: on how discernment of these is important to achieve flow (discoverable in many sections), and how we have to figure these out in a bottom-up manner, with tools that aid us

flow can be induced internally, externally, creatively (ie things that get you into a creative process), and group flow triggers

• see external, creative, and group flow triggers as perhaps something that has to do with extended cognition?

flow triggers are diff for everyone, ie. identify the right one for the right person

13:00 adversity/challenge as tool for enlightenment & self-improvement

08:00 his sword technique was adaptable, mendable, consistent with the complex nature of reality, that changes constantly, not resisting change but adapting self to it

• see zk on how a more dynamic approach to productivity and systems can help us reflect reality more closely, ever changing

06:00 Musashi his period of self-isolation as grappling with the mind, the journey within, self-discovery

08:00 True mastery lies in flow, where action is not forced (Musashi on flow)

09:00 harmonising mind, body, and universe, as way to reach flow & detachment

• see zk on following natural interest, our following the quickening of the spirit, as a process of understanding and harmony

54:00 motivation isn’t permanent, training the mind beyond motivation

I kind of agree, but for a lot of things, if we find the interest, motivation and enthusiasm, things do come more natural. Goggins does go on to say that motivation is good, could be used to “burn a whole village”.

• see zk on using enthusiasm, for gateway to productive work, not the work itself

24:30 “one second decision”

26:30 navy seals in cold water (during hell week), mind goes “fight or flight”

28:00 calming the mind in these fight or flight situations

23:00 “can I take one more step” as way for improving self (achieving succes), creating momentum

12:00 being humble/humility after achieving succes (always being on same level as others)

09:35 doing hard stuff, and then sharing knowledge/wisdom

• see zk on becoming hero, and then sharing the boon

07:00 new book is “never finished”: growth never finishes (see idea on continuous self-discovery)

54:30 Max utopian in his head, trust in random people

• see index zk on Apollonian and Dionysian theory (idealism, good or bad?)

57:00 inherently, people are good, but they get corrupted (good and evil)

57:44 “there is some light” (life can be good): see zk 9 section on light & darkness

31:30 what do you want to say vs what do you want people to feel

17:00 authenticity runs against barriers, story not telling everything

• see on how stories/language can be limited

18:00 story as providing a lot (see symbolism as achieving this, telling something broader)

13:25 coming of age stories as transformation

• see as stage in hero’s journey

as place of information exchange (breaking down social barriers)

• also see point on coffee as aiding protestant work ethic (combining information exchange, and mentally stimulating effects of coffee)

see previous coffee as place of social gathering

Coffee as consistent with protestant work ethic

• see coffee as source for flow (in combination with distributed cognition)

coffeehouses as place of social gathering

gathering public opinion from Ottoman Coffeehouses

09:00 Taboo Curse being used by father of Luna in last movie, to betray Harry (the curse very obviously in action)

03:30 theory: Voldemort tatooing Taboo Curse on death eaters

01:00 saying Voldemort his name as worry in First Wizarding War: he, and death eaters, might hunt you?

Also, he “Taboo Curse” placed upon himself (see above). Members of the Order of the Phoenix say his name, so people can find him.

In last movie, Harry said Voldemort, and they were caught by snatchers. (and other examples)

50:00:00 his future authoring program as making employees more productive

• see note on productivity as flow, aligning your interests & vision

47:00 you don’t pick interests, interests pick you, going deepest in what grips you

• see zk on interest as emerging in an autonomous manner

47:00 you don’t pick interests, interests pick you

38:00 psychotherapy as entangling lies, religious confession also

30:00 confronting chaos, generating order

• see zk on flow as ordering consciousness

21:00 joy and optimism in face of suffering

13:30 treasure hoard of dragon as symbol for something you most need to find, but least want to look

1:12:00 dragon as symbol of predator

10:00 hero’s journey as non-deterministic, growing possibility of horizons for individuals

seeing day as potential horizons, facing the dragons of the day

see in Hobbit, Harry Potter, Star Wars

1. 09:00 archetypes as overarching stories

09:30 hero’s journey as overarching story, and also the story of adventure

03:40 look through world at a story, maybe not looking through the right story (maybe all you see is suffering, bad lens to view world with)

• see zk on being in darkness, seeing it in the wrong way

02:22:00 stories as aligning emotions

• see idea of using media for inspiration and visualisation after

1:22:00 getting back up, not giving in to losing/suffering

1:18:00 goosebumps, using media as inspiration and self-discovery, using as visualisation

1:20:00 Goggins listening to one song for 17 hours “going to distance”

1:12:00 mind-body connection completely, as becoming “cyborg”

• see zk on awareness

1:11:00 giving “space” to mind

• see “space” writing

1:10:00 forgetting your badass when suffering, using reminder “cookie jar”

1:06:00 becoming a hero, going through hero’s journey, and only then sharing the boon

1:05:00 going to dark places, not media & technology

• see zk on using media as distraction

58:30 going to colosseum, suffering, as way to become baddest motherfucker

59:30 suffering that brings out the best of people

59:00 changing mindset, attack everything

57:00 accepting misery, pain, in hell week

• see zk on letting emotions flow, etc.

56:00 inspiration and motivation in hard environment is different

• see zk on using inspiration as getaway to flow

52:00 continue trying, even with pain etc. (Hell week)

44:00 continuous self-discovery (constant war), “this is life”, “life is not a movie”

43:00 starting war

• see zk on Wu Wei (and try to rhyme these)

37:00 going to war with self

• see zk notes on self-discovery & finding meaning in darkness

36:00 compassion to father

34:00 potential to be special, choosing path of least resistance

08:00 didn’t tell all his life problems

• see Zoro “nothing happened”

07:00 circumstances making a person hard; not getting picked up by his mom, but standing up himself

meaningful suffering (if faced, and recovered, cam become an asset to ones life)

07:00 nagasu/ do not resist (same as flow)

• see “let it rain” as example of nagasu

05;20 suki/momentum (using gap of stillness/lack of focus, to strike in battle)

04:30 sei/stilness (dou/movement as opposite)

01:46 samurai ryu (ryu = flow)

Tiago Forte makes a “Hemingway bridge” for his projects

• see zk on trails of interest

35:00 Zettelkasten not for everyone (more timeless, ideas, not best for doctors etc.)

31:00 Zettelkasten as system for ongoing learning (not bound to an outcome)

• see zk on process vs outcomes

21:30 notes as ongoing thinking process, not collection (& comment on student essays) + lack of own ideas (notes as starting this process)

18:00 linking as good friction, low effort as resulting into overlinking etc.

42:00 tools as personalised, not copy/paste

See ZK as well on this

17:11 declarative statements as allowing easier entrance into deep work

• Also see how it could aid in flow?

25:00 so easy to numb in this world, wanna feel alive (shows phone in hand)

• see technology as potential numbing tool (how do we create aliveness?

knowing “why” and “wherefore” of suffering

see Frankl on this

Feeling everything, no resistance, reminds me of wu wei

suffering as gift when we face it

meaningless suffering as suffering created by trying to avoid pain (which leads to repression, etc.)

11:20 dharma as ability to accept good and bad (to choose and accept adversity)

07:00 focus on reward, not process (summit syndrome), “is suffering going to pay off” (see zk fixation on results) “living life in expaction of better future is game of suffering for outcome or avoiding it” (10:00)

Unconscious as nature (“mother”) for Jung — awfulness of humanity, repressed, for Freud

Observing the unconscious, through dreams for example, as predicting the future

11:00 archetypes as part of unconscious

08:00 (see previous, correction): Jung sees “the self” as real, and ego as only empirical knowledge of self

So, in this sense, Jung does seem to align with spiritual teachers?

08:42 he makes the point that the self is an “unconscious personality” 09:00 “we are unaware of many things we do” (that reflects some element of the real personality?)

07:00 ego as real personality, has a more complete knowledge

Jung seems to have a diff concept of ego than, for example, Eckhart Tolle

06:00 people having up to 5 diff personalities

05:00 as leading to neurosis, because of contradicting identities