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How to Use Self-Improvement When Shit Hits the Fan
Self-improvement sounds amazing until you really have to put it into practice.
Everyone preaches stoicism, but few could use it in truly dire times. How many Ryan Holiday readers are practicing Amor Fati during the co-vid 19 epidemic?
Mental toughness is great in theory, but when the time comes to exercise it, staying resilient in tough times is an entirely different story.
Millions of people have read the book Grit, but how many people actually practice it?
I’ve even seen other writers buckle under the pressure of current times — some self-improvement writers — when this is the exact time to do the opposite.
If self-improvement doesn’t pass the sniff test during true adversity, then what’s the fucking point of it?
Self-improvement is simultaneously the most useful and useless concept at the same time. One person can use self-improvement to genuinely change their life.
Other people can be all in on the theoretical aspects of self-improvement, but get nothing done in their real lives.
We all want the upside, but what about practicing these lessons when they really count? I try to train myself to be as serious about this as possible. I never preach what I don’t, at a minimum…
