🌎 World Domination Newsletter #3

Published: Wed, 06/02/21

WORLD DOMINATION

BY JOE

06/02/21

The day when inspiration, motivation and availability collided.

Have you ever held back saying or doing something because you were afraid that you would look foolish? Maybe if not foolish, not satisfying others' expectations of how you should be or act? Has this maybe held you back from making larger changes in your life?

Do we take these same approaches with our relationships? What is it that brings meaning to our relationships? Is that important to you? Perhaps some of these same reasons keep us from pursuing more meaningful relationships. Potential rejection or fear of appearing foolish certainly is a possible reason for us holding back and not “going deeper” with our relationships.

Do you really want things in your life to go back to the way they were before the onset of Covid-19? Or, in other words, are you content (and that may be okay) with following the path of the crowd?
With schools finally out for the year, have you been considering a change in scenery, career and a return to school? (Let me guess...you may have been considering this two years ago or so before Covid, but NOW you are certain that you need to make a change. But, you still don’t know what to do.)
Do you feel now, as we head into a degree of normalcy, a distinct dissatisfaction with the shallowness of many of our relationships? That is, you see and feel a need for depth in your encounters, interactions and relationships that just isn’t there? This is me. Hopefully, you can feel that here...and come up with ways to think and act on this.

Always,

OUTSTANDING QUOTES

“Wherever the crowd goes, run in the other direction. They are always wrong.” — CHARLES BUKOWSKI

"I have the deepest affection for intellectual conversations. The ability to just sit and talk about love, about life, about anything, about everything. To sit under the moon with all the time in the world. The full-speed train that is our lives slowing to a crawl. Bound by no obligations, barred by no human limitations. To speak without regret or fear of consequence. To talk for hours about what’s really important in life.” — ANONYMOUS

“Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight…” — DYLAN THOMAS

And, it is they who we honored this Memorial Day 2021.

To many, that means people who have faced death have seen what’s most important in life, but for myriad reasons too many veteran experiences are left out of the history books, lost in the annals of time.

The wisdom of these 15 "Average Joe" WWII veterans will break your heart and give you hope.

NUGGET OF WISDOM

You, and only you, can redirect your life. It starts with your thoughts, then literally in one form or another, you have to move your body.

We have the greatest opportunity in front of us right now. Do we go along with the priorities of the masses coming out of Covid? Do we finally focus on our REAL priorities? Do those priorities finally revolve around stopping, looking, listening and seeing those that we connect with on a true substantive level?

“We all make our choices. And those choices, they put us on a road. Sometimes those choices seem small, but they put you on the road. You think about getting off. But eventually, you’re back on it.” | MIKE EHRMANTRAUT (Breaking Bad)

But, contrary to perhaps what Mike meant, you can get back off of the path. It is about pain and pleasure. Pick your passion that might be your goal. It ALWAYS requires the
sacrifice of short-term pain for long-term “pleasure.”

FUN, FUN, FUN

With the summer months upon us, what are you doing for FUN?

Here is a suggestion—don’t follow the crowd; literally or otherwise. Do something. Make some memories. But….CHANGE A HABIT.

Get up before dawn. Yea. Go outside. Sit down on the lawn chair. Don’t think about ANYTHING! Just take it all in.

Here is what I am doing...

ROAD TRIP. Part business, part pleasure. I am going to travel the mountain west—Idaho, Montana, maybe South Dakota, or Wyoming. Very little detailed planning. I am considering expanding the business; moving my base of operations into the mountains!

Here is the point. Do it for the EXPERIENCES. No expectations. For me...

EXPERIENCES = RELATIONSHIPS = FUN!

INSPIRATIONAL VIDEO

I tear up EVERY time I see this. You see, Arthur’s accomplishments were NOT solely the goals he achieved. It was the process; the emotional growth built largely on self-reliance.

My guess is that until Arthur decided that it did not matter how FOOLISH he looked to others, it simply did not matter.

What a lesson for all of us: “Dare to look foolish.”

Watch this with tissue in hand.

ARTHUR'S FOOLISH STORY

READ THIS

If there is anything I really want you to read and consider in this edition, make it this from Tim Ferriss’ blog:

https://tim.blog/2021/01/25/mastery/

(Excerpt from above)

“Consider for a moment the learnings in life you’ve forfeited because your parents, your peers, your school, your society, have not allowed you to be playful, free, and foolish in the learning process. How many times have you failed to try something new out of fear of being thought silly? How often have you censored your spontaneity out of fear of being thought childish?“

If people think you are too serious, and they don’t enjoy listening to you, then okay, so be it. Move on.

If people think you spend too much time looking at the start and think you are boring, then so be it. Move on.

Being yourself isn’t a right or wrong choice, in its absolute sense. Please...be you.

EXPERT ADVICE

From Joe: (True Confessions)

In today’s world, social media will take over your life if you let it. Years ago, I got pulled in (actually chose to be pulled it) to Facebook singles groups. I cringe when I realize the TIME I wasted. This wasn’t the worst of it.

I ALLOWED the opinions of others to shape how I presented myself. Others' opinions didn’t change mine. But, I chose to NOT BE MYSELF. There are a lot of pressures to go along, or be part of the crowd. This is a lot of pressure for people.

DO NOT fall victim to this. It can and will be painful. You WILL have family that will pull away when you choose to be yourself. You must be honest with yourself. Many will be and are threatened when others have an opinion contrary to theirs.

I can tell you that the quality of your relationships will IMPROVE when you first DECIDE who you are. Then, you do not even need to try and be yourself. It is who you are.

At the end of the day, you will have your self-respect. Give others the room to be whoever they want to be and yes, even if they feel justified in judging you. THAT IS THE HARD PART. Modern social media warriors will tell us to throw people away. We don’t have to throw people away, but we can choose to walk away.

Honor your self-respect.

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