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something I wish someone would have told me a lot sooner. (+033)
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something I wish someone would have told me a lot sooner. (+033)

or what they did tell me and I didn't listen, or what I did not have ears to hear.

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Nick Sherman
Sep 27, 2024
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1.) a paradigm is a model of something.

we all have one in the world.

Example: Life is like a ___________


2.) a paradigm shift is what happens when the way you look at a thing completely changes because the thing / lense / model you’re looking at it through changes completely.

You aren’t even looking at it with the same eyes.

I feel like I’ve had alot of those.

That’s not a brag. It’s been helpful and unhelpful in the ways you can imagine.

i.e.: The age old advice: YOU DON’T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL.

i.e.:

i.e.: This symbol haunts me.


3.) So what is it that i’d wish someone would have told me?

The problem is I didn’t have ears to hear.

or I was getting bad advice

it’s the blind leading the blind out here.

Or However Im built. Or tempermented.

Or however I had previously refused to repent. Or where fear stopped me. Or where I didn’t believe. Or a combination of all those things.

Here it is:

The thing I needed to know:

There is a proper ordering to all things. And when you order them properly and set them into motion: They work for you.

And not only that, they give you time and headspace to set more things into motion in a way that makes things even better.

We don’t need more tips and tricks

or advice

or guilt

or hustle

you know what we need?


4.) THE ANSWER:

We need good systems.

Everything has a system.

if you find all the ones you need and set them into motion…you win.


5.) Full Video Lecture below for the paid subscribers <3

Recorded September 19th, 2024

A thank you to

Josh Lawson
for the Invitation

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