Crazy or brilliant

I was at a birthday party where I was talking to the grandfather of one of the attendants.

I remember talking to him at a previous birthday. I don't exactly remember how we started talking. I remember he was a very philosophical person, and the last time he rambled about all sorts of philosophies.

"We all have full control over our experience..." He started off. Whilst talking to him I thought, is this man brilliant or outright crazy? He reminded me a lot of when I hear Wim Hof talking. There's a certain type of wording, pronunication, and the way their eyes look when they speak. They are determined, and will not look away while telling you what it is they believe in.

"We don't know whether an atomic bomb will fall. We can think about it, but it doesn't make sense. If you just think about now, there's no past, there's no future. You're free."

The man looked happy. He certainly looked free. But you could say that of everyone drinking there on a Friday night.

What did all this philosophy babble really do if I just cycled home afterwards and continued my day? Would my life change if I would take this man extremely seriously? What if I believed this man as if he was my personal portal to the truth?

It's the same with all these self development books. I've read a lot of these over the years. Atomic habits, The Daily Stoic, Flow. They each have their influence.

This weekend I was listening to Grant Cardone's Ten X Rule. The first part of the 10x rule, Cardone says, is that you should 10x the goal you dream of. We tend to underestimate ourselves. And even if you reach half of the 10x goal, you're still 5x further than the original goal.

The second part of the 10x is about action. People tend to forget that acquiring a goal requires action. In the case of the 10x goal it requires massive action, as Cardone calls it.

I finished my weekend energised to start applying this immediately when the alarm went off on Monday. Then real life hit. My girlfriend turned around. Hugged me. I snoozed. Yet another truth not believed in.