This is a simple post from a simple man.

If you’re wondering why you’re struggling to progress, the answer is likely simple. You aren’t doing anything different. You can spend months thinking about things. Talking about things. You can even call it ‘focusing on mental models’ or ‘frame’ or whatever you like.

Congratulations, you're probably wasting your time.

If you want things to change, then you have to change things. Sounds straight forward right? Well, plenty of you are happy thinking about changing things. Talking about changing things. But there’s no action. "But why aren't things changing?" Because you're doing the same things and expecting different outcomes.

Now, I’m not a deep, philosophical thinker. What I’ve experienced is that unless your actions change, nothing changes. You have to do things differently to get different results. It’s almost as if, action is where the work is. And not just the same dumb actions you’ve done in the past.

MRP is a (sigh) toolbox. But you'll never know what works unless you, I dunno... start swinging a hammer about and see what happens. And guess what? That means taking a risk. Action is risky. "But 3KL, it might not work out how I want it to!". Well, what you're doing now isn't working for you. So would you prefer to keep sucking?

The whole process is so dead simple that even I can understand it. You already ‘do’ a bunch of things. The idea is to try a bunch of new things. You check to see whether it had the expected outcome. You calibrate. Then you either add that to the pile of ‘things I can do that add value to my life’, or you discard it as not working for you. Do that enough, and you’ll have a pile of new actions. Actions that work for you, rather than against you.

Then you burn off all the old shit that no longer provides value to you, and you keep the actions that add value.

That's how people change. They 'do things differently'. You're not gonna think your way into change.

And there you have it, that’s the whole MRP in a few words.

It's simple, but it's not easy. That's why most men won't do it. Its why OYS is filled with people 'thinking, reflecting, working on mental models, building frame'. Some of those things have a place. But action comes first.

Now go forth and fucking try to do something differently. What have you got to lose?