Hiya everyone. Just wanna say I appreciate all of your contributions in the comment section of part 1 - some really interesting points that made for a good read. As mentioned in the video I may revisit some fitness bits soon, but will always throw in some random videos on random topics like this one, just for my own sanity really. Enjoy the vid people 🤙
its getting unrealistic too .. give up and work hard in your teens and twenties and you could be making 10 million a year with a loft appartment in NYC yeah , you could ,you really could or you could sacrafice your youth and be nowhere near it and entirely unfullfiled and left wanting .
Chiropractic in a nutshell. Physios (me) try to have you not come back because you've done the work we've prescribed and healed yourself, chiros do a few joint manipulations that bring very short-term relief (if that) then book you in next week to do the same thing while never addressing the core weaknesses or deficiencies.
I don't believe this. What about people being born who will eventually grow up to have their own battles and need self help? There will always be people needing self improvement. Also you could say this about any industry, dentist fixing your teeth, hospital treating you, car salesman selling a car. That person might be okay today (new car, teeth fixed and no mental battles), but tomorrow their car might break down and their battles might continue.
@@staebsInteresting take you have, and you’re certainly not alone in thinking it. I actually am a UK registered Chiropractor, and like you, I believe that my job is to get my patients as biomechanically stable as I can, as quickly as I can, and then give them the tools to improve, via home exercises, that are prescribed in much the same fashion as you, and functionally assessed 1month to 6 weeks later. I’m sure my bank manager would love it if my patients all attended weekly for the rest of their lives, but that would be morally repugnant, ethically indefensible, and it’s not the way I’ve run my (successful) practice for the last 20years. I have no shortage of patients, GP and other health care professional referrals, and , yes, we have to pay the bills like everyone else, but I don’t personally know ANY registered chiropractors that would fleece their patients. (Apart from the moral questionability, to be generous, it’s not a good business practice. Nobody would refer, feel satisfied with their treatment, or even come back after being disillusioned.). I don’t think you could do that for long. At least, not in this country, where we’re pretty tightly regulated. I do understand that may not be the case in the rest of the world, though….
“Spend more time looking outside” - really resonates with me. Went through my own “self improvement” phase at 18. Spent days upon days consuming countless videos, books and podcasts. I barely actually changed my habits and honestly just felt worse about myself. Later I phased out the bullshit and started putting myself out there and just doing shit like solo trips etc. I learned much more, picked up hobbies and developed a real passion for life.
If you picked up some actual valuable info along the way then that’s ok too. It’s not a bad thing to want to learn even some very basic stuff. It’s when we start telling ourselves “I’m nothing unless I resemble this guru person” that it’s probably a waste of time
Usually those books and podcast (least the ones I read and listen to) will always encourage doing the work you are learning. For instance, if maybe you feel lonely, they will encourage you to also go outside and put yourself out there. I'm reading a book related to the topic of fear and how 50 cent has this trait of fearlessness (it isn't not having fear that is never going to be a thing). One thing brought up was how the ones who learn this are the ones who practice pushing through the fear instead of running away. An example would be when I fell off my skateboard going down a slightly downward hill while pushing too much that I was going insanely fast. My wheels caught my deck (the trucks that hold the wheels together will wobble if the speed is too much for it's tightness) and I fell. I was hurt for a few minutes but pushed on and still practiced since I wasn't hurt and still wanted to skate (also believing that stopping it while only slightly hurt was not a good excuse at all). I end up going down that hill again but without pushing the board so much. I pushed through the fear of having fallen off this hill I went down countless times and conquered it. I did it again two weeks later when the weather was better and my knees were healed up. There is a verse in Meditations by Marcus Aurelius that expresses this and I think he does a bit more throughout his journals. He tells himself to put the books down and experience life. Basically, don't confine yourself to just books. Reading, watching videos, hell even going on social media is fine. Just don't do it so much that you neglect so much other aspects of your life. While you are reading on how others have achieved success, you could be doing.
One of my favourite Instagram creators said, "self improvement is not the solution. Character development is where it's at". This video indirectly says the same thing, and i love it.
Amen to that, I aim to be 1% better everyday if I can through working out, trying out my hobbies, making sure I better myself, etc. It can be difficult maintaining progress, but that's part of it. Cheers!
Ive litterally found that you can become trapped by self improvement , you find yourself overthinking , video after video , and you dont take action its literally paralysing . so after this vid just quit them.
Worse yet, taking what was supposed to be useful info and then micro-managing every face-to-face interaction in your head instead of just being present and in the moment. My fiancée (a psychologist btw) used to hate when I did that. She’s like “just be yourself. Stop trying to manage people’s impression of you.” It’s as though I was switching roles and playing a different character every time I talk to someone else. 😂 Sounds crazy looking back.
Yeah I think the issue might be some just overload their head with information that they never act. Some I think will read but never actually reflect on what they just read. Some don't take it chapter by chapter and let it rest and practice. They will want as much as they can get now thinking they will get "better" faster. I don't just analyze the information but also what character the author might be expressing, the principals. When you read the same topic in a self improvement book, depending who writes them you might see some similarities. I read 12 Rules to Life and Psychology of Money and noticed the principals are common. You can apply the psychology aspect to investing and now you have something of a hybrid I would say. I read another book on investment and found principal comparisons with that to Psychology of Money. You see patterns and that is a principal or even a character trait you can decide if you want it or not. It was weird because I always read self improvement or Psychology books chapter by chapter or even half of it but stop if there is a new paragraph so I don't lose the information completely. I always try to reflect on it as well as my own experiences. I aim to learn so I can apply it to my life if it is something I decide in the end is good an beneficial. I only found out recently that people will just consume this information but not act on it. That scared me because I thought people read these books like I did. It's like with textbooks, you learn the lesson but then they give you exercise questions to do. Math lesson is explaining the rule, the formula. how it works, then it's "okay let's do a few practice questions so you can see it in work and remember it as well as understand how it works clearly."
Hi Joe. I'm 23 and have been watching RU-vid for more than 10 years. Maybe this is the best video I have ever watched. Thank you for sharing your beautiful mind and thoughts
2000 years ago, Joe would genuinely be touted as a great philosopher. Carry on with all of this, please, it's so refreshing in the face of pretty much the entire internet.
@@panthersprung5161 But Joe isn't just giving life advice, he's offering insights into and observations of all sorts of ways of organising one's mind. Perhaps by modern standards he's more of a speculative socio psychologist than a philosopher, but then many of the renowned ancient "philosophers" didn't write about/study "the fundamental nature of reality and knowledge" (a good definition of philosophy) either.
"Spend less time looking in and more time looking out". As a full time single dad who sits at home nearly all evenings, i often find myself in this vicious cycle of introspection and over analyizing. Some of it may be attributed to my ADHD. This reptitive cycle has often led me to exhaustion, as well as how i find it difficult to put emotions into word. One of the reasons why i started training again (this time using the Push app, Thank you Delaney!) is because i got demons to fight, while also trying to get over a person i fell in love with. In my experience dealing with ADHD paralysis, and getting through challenging phases for the past months or more, hitting the gym again are one of the ways i can improve myself. As a 28 year old father i'm still young in some eyes, but i know from my own experience how dangerous "self improvement" can become if taken too far. Thank you for being so laid back while providing your perspective in a easy to digest. Your content is valuable and very often interesting ❤
I feel like you put a lot of things into words that I've been slowly learning and had in the back of my mind. My favorite thing was the whole: Stop caring what other people think of me and shift it to stop imagining that everyone else is always thinking of me. I think there is a lot of wisdom in that that probably tackles a lot of modern day low self esteem.
This is one of the best improvements videos out there . No surprise the view count is low . No hacks, tricks, routines . Just pure common sense and life experience from a genuine man . Thank you for sharing mate , I truly appreciate it .
The point about thinking about self improvement is so true. It’s so easy to get caught in the trap of planning/envisioning improvement, when in reality you just need to get out and start doing stuff.
The part where Joe talked about how when you get trapped in the whole self improvement cycle, you end up creating this life where you're inner monologuing and narrating your life from one event to the next really resonated with me. I've found it best to be present and in the now with what I care about. Really great video.
I got burned out from self improvement after one of my favorite self improvement guys (Hamza) just started saying polarizing statements for the sake of views and money. At this point, I'm going to do my own thing instead of trying to become a generic hustle bro
Hamza really did become one with the radical hustle bros, he used to be a beacon of hope in the industry, a genuine guy who doesn't sell courses or talks down on women, just uplifts the bros, and now he's become all that and much more and much worse, pretty much one of the tater tots, such a downfall, we got this however, we can do this on our own.
The topic, the answers, the humility at the end. This has to be the best video I've ever watched on youtube. I have struggled with the thoughts you described for the past 8 months, and seeing somebody's point of view resonating so much with the anxiety I have about all of this helped me a lot. Your conclusions are just heartwarming. Just live life, have ambition but don't let it dictate your everyday thoughts, and enjoy every bit of human interaction you can have. Thank you Joe, I hope to get back a year later with this exact philosophy, and say I made it
I’m grateful for your vids and all the wisdom you’ve passed down to me bro. If you focus on self improvement too much, it creates anxiety, which I’ve found to be the case with myself at least. Some anxiety is good, as it gets you to do the things that you know you should be doing. However, a big problem arises when you’ve done all that you can do, and you still don’t feel like you’re enough, you never enjoy being present in the moment and never enjoy the journey itself, which is life. I’ve got the physique of my dreams and I’m constantly setting and hitting goals, but I find myself telling myself that I “should” or “must” do things, rather than reframing it into a playful “I want to hit this goal” or “I get to do this”. Maybe a video on this would help.
Fifty-two year old guy here finally trying to put on some upper body muscle after a lifetime of endurance sports. Love your videos, workout tips, observations, and especially the recipes. Keep 'em coming!
Too much internal investigation is the worst form of procrastination. Too much time wasted in thoughts, get to actually know yourself by doing things, either with others or solo Try new things, do something uncomfortable and find out who you are right now. If you find something you don’t like through that process, it’s lived experience rather than thinking you don’t like something
This is by far one of the most helpful videos I've ever watched. The no BS approach to 'self improvement' is a breath of fresh air in todays society. Thankyou.
I feel like the self-improvement game can be a trap that impacts you from the day-to-day complexities of life. One should strive to be better on the daily but not to an extreme degree. Life is already tough enough, you don't need Instagram gurus telling you to completely revamp your life around 24/7.
yeah , agreed , ive been down this self improvement rabbit hole , you dont improve you legit just become a consumer of content and overthinking everything.
I wholeheartedly agree - I got lost in the self-improvement trap myself. I made a video recently about 'Monk Mode' that seems to have gripped a lot of young guys, but I think like you said, instead of spending your 20s working, go out and experience the world and do stuff. You'll then have a far better idea of what it is you actually want to work on. Thanks for being sound.
Hiya Joe, I watched this and it gave me the courage to take a step back and look in. It’s helped me massively in realigning myself. Over the last few weeks I’ve watched this EOD. Big thank you dude.
Self-improvement by all means is a category in which products are sold. A lot of what you've said revolves around the idea of just doing practical things. That's spot on, but it's actually quite difficult to learn new things and do things to “improve” - so what happens? People don't do it and they look for answers. Enter your “self-improvement” products (retreats, courses, classes, medicine, etc., etc.) In an attempt to be better I think we've confused efficiency with cutting corners - it doesn't work.
Bro honestly you speak some facts. It's funny because after your last video I actually realised I was in the self improvement trap and I started seeing self improvement as a result, not a goal. And evrything else you said in the video I have been realising in the last month. It was crazy to hear my exact thoughts on this video. Love your content bro, thanks 🤙
Mate it's so interesting how you speak out of my brain what I think all day long but formulate it in a digestible way. Didn't learn anything new here but I liked the reassurance I recieved :D
This is the first "self-improvement" video I've watched in a couple of months. Actually,, one of my new years resolutions was to stop watching these videos about certain topics that I "struggle" with and videos about how to become better in whatever kind of way. I realized that focusing on myself, focusing on "improving" just makes me feel like I lack in so many different areas in life. I, now, have to work on being easy on myself because this idea of improving myself has become such a big factor in my life. It's about finding your own path and getting certain basic things right, I think. Thank you for this video!
Keep on doing what you’re doing….. Love the no nonsense down to earth approach… Resonates with me chap. Been watching your stuff for some time now. All good. Thank you
class video Joe, I’m thinking a lot more people are waking up to the work less way of life, you hit the nail on the head on realising what level of wealth actually makes you happy, if most people get out of the social media facade of more materialistic things = better life, people can truly find that they don’t need as much as they think to be happy…I’m saying this after changing careers and halving my income for more leisure time and less work related stress, I’m happier than ever.
Shredbundy, I want to say you've always been in my top 3 favourite RU-vidrs. Thank you for putting yourself out there brother, if I can grow a pair and just put myself out there, then I hope I can take inspiration from your style of content and create similar vibes through my videos. Much love from New Zealand
You're such a great messenger in this field. Also, I just watched Ted Lasso for the first time and I can't stop seeing Jamie when I hear your dialect, lol.
I like the more abstract videos just as much as the fitness content. And you have made a great deal of fitness content. So this is like your Super Saiyan 3 mode. A natural evolution from a discussion about tracking macros and caloric deficit to a broader topic about why do we even want to be fit? And what makes us happier? I remember when you started these videos about "peak happiness." I enjoy these so much. They are more about quality of life and not just look at how shredded I am. I appreciate them because they show you aren't just another content creator finding ways to rephrase the same 5 topics you have done for years. It makes me feel like as your life has evolved, so have you. Wife. Baby. House. Keep doing your thing Joey D. You're the fucking man. 👏🏾💪🏾✊🏾
Self improvement is focused on teaching the basics. Otherwise, where do you learn them? The curse of knowledge is powerful in these comments. Introspection answers the questions that you cannot find externally. The fundamental question that I believe most people are asking is why? Why do I care what people think? Why do I make promises and not keep them? Why can’t I commit? If you don’t do the internal work, how do you plan on fixing the problems? If you don’t know the cause, how can you find a cure? Just my thoughts. Great video. I’m a new follower. Love the workout stuff too
Fiction, specifically Anime/Manga, really helped me become more interested and learn from characters. Some incredible stories can be found in them and they are fun 😊
Just finishing uni. Was feeling really lost and unsure of myself. I definitely agree with the introspection stuff. This definitely felt encouraging. Thanks mate.
Totally agree with the idea of self-improvement being a by-product of the pursuit of that which you find engaging and meaningful. I'll add this, if something is engaging, you also want to better yourself to improve at that thing. Self-improvement is a necessary pre-requisite for improvement at the thing. But improvement at the pursuit creates lessons for you to apply elsewhere in life. It is both a precondition and byproduct of improvement in a given enterprise
So the engagement feeds the passion to improve the self, then that improvement feeds the passion to improve the self further, upwardly spiralling 🌀 I’m not the most articulate communicator but I think I see what you mean
Good, Joe. Adding a gloss - since the start of the year we have been bombarded by the media telling us how to lose weight … get fit .. get EVERYTHING we want in 2024. None of them ask “How do you feel?” Fact is, setting aside all the media crap telling me I’m fat, poor, ugly and lazy I actually feel great!
I think the main thing is just find a hobby i know a lot of people go "I don't have time" but everyone has time for at least 1 hobby that seems interesting it can be as simple as "I kinda wanna learn guitar" then get a cheap guitar and start it doesn't need to be super expensive just try things out see what you enjoy note learning things sucks, but it's time/effort in accounts for all your progress so if you do really enjoy it or wanna learn it do it. We will always make time for what we wanna do even if we "don't have time" you don't need to do it all the time just whatever feels right. I feel a lot of people don't pick up hobbies out of fear of failure or the whole "an old dog can't learn new tricks" you absolutely can learn at any age and failure is part of learning you cannot grow or learn without failing first and realizing what went wrong I've met a ton of people that are unhappy and when i talk to them about their day it's "I go to work, go home and watch tv" that's why. working out is a great mental clearer and helps loads with depression and picking up a hobby that hobby can even be working out granted i think everyone should but picking up a hobby will significantly help with stress can also cause stress so when it does take a break but end it on a good note so you don't hate your hobby or start to dislike it because ending on a bad note makes it harder to go back to
You're a cool and funny dude, and I appreciate your vids. Albeit, your long hair days were not my fave...but that doesn't matter. I appreciate you're ability to grow into your own self understanding. It makes the content way cooler.
Top man Joe. I’ve found your channel in Covid times. I’ve binned most of the other channels I found around that time. Keep it up lad. Great physical and mental advice. 💪💪
