I’m checking out the 67 steps by Tai Lopez and friends. I am keeping a log of the process as I go.
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Table of Contents
This is Part 4. Here’s Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.
Currently, I am just finishing up this week’s steps. They’ve been pretty good and I like the inclusion of the course in my day-to-day life. It helps keep my focus and motivated. I would say almost everything Tai says is inspiring and is definitely, at least, worth considering.
Main points
Use math to help make decisions
This can be particularly useful around questions of money. Basically, you predict the probability of different events occurring and how much each event is worth, then make your decisions (partially) on the analysis. I used this method to predict how much income I’ll probably make this year depending on what business decisions I make.
For example, I can predict that on a given week there’s a 75% chance that I’ll busk and make say $70. And there’s a 25% chance that I’ll busk a second day and make $70. So multiply this all together times about 80% chance that I’ll play that week. You get (75% x $70 + 25% x $70) x (50 weeks) = $3500. So that’s what I can basically expect to make over time, assuming my numbers are correct. If I want to make more money, I can figure out a way to make more money each time I play, or a way to play more often. Say I figure out a way to make an extra $30 each time I play. That’s (75% x $100 + 25% x $100) x (50 weeks) = $5000.
Read 3 books a day
This doesn’t mean read three whole books a day. Rather read a classic in the morning, a how-to book around lunch/nap-time and a biography to wind down as you’re going to bed.
Reading a classic in the morning and a how-to book mid-day works for me, but I don’t have much luck reading a biography at night. It usually make me less sleepy. I do need to get more books from a long time ago, I’m just reading books from 50 years ago as “classics”. I also like fiction and think it is important to read as well. It may not be important in the same way as a how-to book. But it may be important in other ways.
Be a Renaissance Man/Woman
While it’s important to focus on the things you are good at, it’s also important to how some basic understanding and skills in basic subjects. Tai mentions music, arts, literature, poetry, languages, science, math, travel and geography. Having a broad understanding of many disciplines is not only self-fulfilling but may allow you to find where certain areas overlap to produce new ideas. This is the idea of the edge or the lines between ecosystems where most of the life is found.
One of the classic stories of cross-subject innovation is Steve Jobs knowledge of calligraphy (gained from a random class he took), which he applied to making the Mac have great look fonts.
Learn to love the grind
The idea/myth of the four hour workweek is basically a mirage. Certain people in certain industries for certain amounts of time may be able to pull off the four-hour work week, but it’s probably not a good long-term strategy. Rather find good work that you enjoy doing, and learn to enjoy the work you’re doing. Fear of hard work usually has 3 reasons: laziness, not doing the right work for you, or having been deceived into believing it’s better to be lazy (i.e. a get-rich-quick scheme). It is possibly to work 5-8 hours a day and it does depend on the field you choose to pursue. For example, Segovia practiced 1.5 hours in the morning and 1.5 hours in the afternoon.
“Practice as much as you feel you can accomplish with concentration. Once when I became concerned because others around me practiced all day long, I asked [my mentor] Professor Auer how many hours I should practice, and he said, ‘It really doesn’t matter how long. If you practice with your fingers, no amount is enough. If you practice with your head, two hours is plenty.’”
What you want isn’t really that hard to get
Putting a man on the moon is very hard. Painting the Sistine Chapel is very difficult. Discovering the Theory of Relativity is very hard. But earning a million dollars isn’t as hard. Getting 5 gigs a week isn’t that hard.
Sure they all take work, but most of your dreams are probably within realistic grasp, if you work hard enough and smart enough.
For example, Tai says he loves basketball. He’ll never get to play for LA Lakers, but if he really puts in the time, energy and creativity, he may be able to own a professional basketball team.
If you feel what you want is too hard, try comparing it to things that have been accomplished that were probably much harder and took more courage. The comparison may actually help you overcome your personal fears.
Invest in yourself
Tai suggest figuring out how much discretionary income you have.
- Look at how you spend your money every month.
- Figure out your necessary expenses
- Figure our your discretionary income
- Of your discretionary income, invest 1/3 in stock and other investments, use 1/3 to enjoy life and use 1/3 to invest in your education and skills.
- If you have no discretionary income, possibly figure out how to save more money, how to make more money.
- There are plenty of free educational resources where you can learn a great deal. The library, youtube, wikipedia are 3 good examples.
Over several years, your skill development and self-development will help you to fulfill your dreams, plus make you a more well-rounded individual.
Dream big and then re-engineer the dream
Basically, if you have a dream, start with the dream and figure out the steps, in reverse, it would take to get to the dream from where you are.
Understand personality types
Learning to understand personality types will help you be able to relate to different people better.
Check out Myers-Briggs, and Strength Finder. Tai’s personality catergories are P.A.S.E. PASE = Practical, Action, Social and Emotional.
Here’s Phil Smy’s review of the 21st Step.
