That’s because we’re currently undergoing a mass migration one that will change the physical world greatly, it’s just it hasn’t been understood fully just yet. 

The question is are you going to choose to migrate?

Create a new account on any social media network for your choice. 

Name the account “Your_Name_Learning_Subject_” for example “David_Learning_Realestate.”

Begin training the algorithm to surface information related to this subject by finding the top creators and teachers in this space and then following and liking their work.

Now, whenever you want to learn ____ subject, simply swap to that account and get a customized feed of information in the topic of your choice.

The education space is one of the largest addressable markets ever, because it’s not for everyone, over the course of their entire lives.

Because trust holds a long-term view, we are able to be patient as we believe that things will work themselves out over time.  

Nonetheless, poles, polarities “polar opposites” help us establish a spectrum by which to understand where we are. So they are useful as a framework for understanding ourselves better.

Like a race that has a starting line and a finish line, it helps to know which you are closer to in your journey. 

I wanted to lay out some standard polarities that can help you assess where you are. These polarities are not base-ground truth, meaning, they are not “real.” Think of them more like a useful framework that we’ve created for ourselves to describe and think through how we’re feeling. You can think of where you are between or on a pole based on how you feel. So it’s more about experiencing than it is accomplishing or arriving. 

I think it was Kapil Gupta who said, “The answer is never 1 or 10, it’s usually something like 3.25487.”

This creates a tension between what we perceive as our "Personal Development" – i.e. mindfulness, spirituality, connection, play...

And our "Personal Achievement" – i.e. Money, success, fame....

Most often we try and solve this tension by seeing if we can combine the two. And, while mindfulness DOES overlap and help you at work... it doesn't directly solve your work problems.Sometimes, you just need to learn how to budget, or a new skill, or get more proficient at speaking in public.

And sometimes, you have material success by you're totally burnt out, or despite more money, fame etc. you still feel a huge hole in your life, and no amount of further success will ever fill it.

So embarking on a path of personal growth is what you truly need, rather than doubling down on the comfortable space of work achievement...

Today I want to discuss the difference between the two, and what happens when we mistake one for the other.

Ultimately, to me, we all could use both.

Some of us could recognize with more clarity that a problem you face cannot be directly solved with more meditation. Sometimes you just need to do the work.

And sometimes that extra cash out, that extra incentive for fame...

Well maybe that's not what you're really needing right now, either.

You get this feeling like you're blocked and you need to share but the more you delay, the more it's difficult to get what's inside you out into the world.

It's like the world is moving past me and I’m frozen in time... So I try and stop it from happening and I try and yell "Wait!"

But then I realized that yelling “Wait!” was a strategy.

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