ITT: We become alpha / self development thread (10 daily steps)

[macw]

This information is all over the misc, we need one place with all these tips/tricks/habits.

1. Cold Shower/ Contrast shower
- basic protocol :
take shower as normal in warm/hot water, this is where you clean yourself (3-5 mins)
Turn hot water completely off and stay under the water until it no longer feels cold (.5-1.5 mins)
Turn hot water back on and stay under until it no longer feels too hot (.5 to 1.5 mins)

Do this for 3-6 cycles, always ending on cold. You will feel like Zeus.

http://voices.yahoo.com/the-untold-b...g-2208225.html

2. Meditation
- basic protocol that works for me:
10-20 minutes listening to theta wave sounds


Guided Meditation
http://www.fragrantheart.com/cms/fre...o-meditations/

Awareness Meditation for as long as possible
http://www.meditationoasis.com/2010/...ss-meditation/


Informative thread : http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...3525223&page=1


3. Read good books
- I go for 1 book per week, so I divide the amount of pages in the book by 7, and read that amount of pages per day

Misc 52 week challenge(look here for book suggestions): http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...0440553&page=1

4. Clean
- Having a spotless room/car and always having clean clothes has made a huge difference in how I feel. I make "cleaning" a daily habit. Usually spend about 15 minutes on cleaning per day and do my laundry as soon as I have enough dirty clothes for a load.

5. Financial Plan
- Figure out your goal lifestyle, and what your monthly cash flow would need to look like to facitilitate that.
For example, I need to make $1600/month right now working no more than 25 hours a week to drive the car I want, eat how I want, and save money. So, my goal right now is to find a job that pays $17.60/hour, which makes my take home pay 1600. Now Im just taking some time each day to find this opportunity.

(read Rich Dad Poor Dad and 40 Hour Work Week)

6. Family
- spend 15 minutes of your day to call a grandmother/parent/cousin etc.

7. Power Poses
- consciously try to be in a power pose as often as possible.


Informative thread :

Thread on Body Language: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=149048893

8. Get good at something difficult
- Whether it be a martial art, an instrument, a video game, get good at something.
" If You Know the Way Broadly, You Will See It in All Things " - Musashi

9. Whiten teeth

- get one of these kits
http://www.ebay.com/itm/USA-36-Carba...item4abd1c430e

Read this thread : http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...0440563&page=1





10. Track Productivity
- use https://chains.cc/ to stay productive.
- try to see how much from this list you can get done within a few hours. I'm working towards finishing every daily habit before noon. "Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise".


11. Learn how to be happy

Informative thread: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...7469153&page=1

12. Objectively look at yourself
Go through your ******** profile and look at things you post, does that represent you well?

13. Do something new.
I don't care if its a new tv show, different route home, rare steak instead of medium etc. just do something new. Every single day should include a new experience. Dat der broadening of horizon.

14. Journal

The thing I've found most useful over the last year and a half is writing in a journal daily. You begin to understand your own thought process and learn your values, ideologies and who you really are. I love reading over old entries and triggering great memories that I would have otherwise forgotten. I've also found that my writing has improved greatly over the last year. I am better able to articulate myself in writing.

15. Avoid less than admirable habits
Self explanatory

Good thread of specific things to avoid

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=149619793

Credit to RobertPett





Practical example: my chains

$$$ - do something to add value to myself. Today I improved my résumé

Lift - stay on my lifting schedule, rest day counts.

Diet - hit macros / take supps

Meditate - had a long session today

No contact - trying to get over oneitis ex.

Harmonica - practice for an hour or so. Today I practiced a simple blues lick

Clean - changed my sheets and did the dishes

Read - currently reading the way of the superior man, definitely recommend. Read 38 pages today

Teeth - will bleach the 40inchvert method tonight

Family - talked to Grandma on the phone

School - registered for next semester.






Effect on hormones :
Power stance lowers cortisol and raises test.
http://www.psychworld.com/the-secret...-there-2010-09

Cold showers do the same thing.
http://tnation.t-nation.com/free_onl...estosteronehow



Lifting does the same thing

http://www.livestrong.com/article/35...fting-weights/


Eating enough (especially fats) does the same thing
http://www.musculardevelopment.com/a...tosterone.html

Meditation does the same thing
http://www.ergo-log.com/meditationhormones.html





Stay hungry

If you really want to take control of your life and succeed,you need to look at ET's videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/etthehiphoppreacher

the man has amazing energy and has significantly changed how i view the world(srs).

SELF DEVELOPMENT CREW

[philosobrah]

fukin in on this. Subbed/repped

[excess34]

i might do some of this. somewhat in.

[colossus73]

I'll bite. Subbed/repped. Finishing off "Total Recall" by Schwarzenegger tonight, staring "Lincoln" tomorrow (big into biographies about alpha males). Is training just a given itt??

[macw]

I'll bite. Subbed/repped. Finishing off "Total Recall" by Schwarzenegger tonight, staring "Lincoln" tomorrow (big into biographies about alpha males). Is training just a given itt??

Yes, I stupidly assumed miscers lift. Editing op

[mebby]

In for 3 and 5.

[LeeTage]

Will try

In.

[SOCALNINER]

So, my goal right now is to find a job that pays $17.60/hour, which makes my take home pay 1600. Now Im just taking some time each day to find this opportunity.

Unless you have a degree, or some experience in waiting tables ... all I gotta say is GOOD LUCK lmao. Most mechanics are barely pushing $25/hr

[phillyeagles91]

OP I love miscers like you. Always tryin to help out...measly reps

[esmile]

**** yea!

[macw]

Unless you have a degree, or some experience in waiting tables ... all I gotta say is GOOD LUCK lmao. Most mechanics are barely pushing $25/hr

Well I was offered a job as a longshoreman in the SF harbor, paying 25-33/hr. problem is it will conflict with my school schedule. Apple store around here pays well, and the local dump pays the toll booth guys 19/hr. also, it's not what ya know its who ya know. Gotta aim high.

[Amillion]

Let's do this, brahhhhs. I think it's best to keep a short list of absolute must so it doesn't become difficult.

[Swampduck]

i'll bite, in.

[Zackad]

posting for later reading

[BDPfit]

intredasting


I love meditation, srs

[wolfram22]

subd. in for more advice/daily alpha tips

[macw]

Let's do this, brahhhhs. I think it's best to keep a short list of absolute must so it doesn't become difficult.

For me, it seems to be better to make self improvement like a full time job. It's easier to be consistent when it's a routine and not just some habits. I get up, meditate, read, eat, clean, call family, lift, finances, school, contrast shower, eat, work, go out, harmonica, then play fallout or something, eat, sleep.. In that order. Also, I'm trying to stay busy to keep my mind off my ex. The busier I am the Better.

[StammeringAnus]

So that video is telling me if I power pose 24/7 I'll increase my test by 20% and decrease cortisol


... Dem gains

[Metalhead44]

If you really want to take control of your life and succeed,you need to look at ET's videos.

http://www.youtube.com/user/etthehiphoppreacher





the man has amazing energy and has significantly changed how i view the world(srs).

[MAC250]

I'll bite. Subbed/repped. Finishing off "Total Recall" by Schwarzenegger tonight, staring "Lincoln" tomorrow (big into biographies about alpha males). Is training just a given itt??

Is "total recall" good? Was going to read it for my enlist project but it's an autobiography.

[macw]

If you really want to take control of your life and succeed,you need to look at ET's videos.

http://www.youtube.com/user/etthehiphoppreacher





the man has amazing energy and has significantly changed how i view the world(srs).

Yes. I watch one of his videos at least once a week.

[kingpreme]

in for better days (a lil offset)

[Playmaker95]

in. thanks op

[wildchild11]

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10. Track Productivity
- use https://chains.cc/ to stay productive.
- try to see how much from this list you can get done within a few hours. I'm working towards finishing every daily habit before noon. "Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise".

THANK YOU!!!! this site is da SHYT

[colossus73]

Is "total recall" good? Was going to read it for my enlist project but it's an autobiography.

Yup, it was great. Drags on towards the end. But the first 500 pages were awesome.

[portgaz1]

in........

[BrianDaMan]

lol'd hard because I just happened to have the meditation thread opened before i opened this thread









I was confused for a good five minutes

[NoFace525]

I was just thinking about this the other day and was wondering if there was already a group with this theme. I dig your setup and approach. I find that when you are on a path to improve yourself that you tend to attract other like minded individuals and that includes the wiminz.

I kind of keep mine simple hitting up a foundation on three things; mental strength, physical strength, and spiritual strength

Everyday I try to do something that covers each. Also, I try to learn something hard, or different, as much as possible. Stuff that we take for granted like how to tell time only using a stick and the sun, or baking really good bread, or sushi. Learning how different supplements and chemicals effect our bodies etc. I guess its a fight between boredom and the hatred of television.

Nice job OP, measly reps.

[AgentSquish]

Love positive threads. In on this bitch

[GetOutDaWhey]

In on this, will try my hardest not to fail.