What keeps you on the right path?

tepper2 · 2015-06-09T12:46:27+00:00

When you make enough positive change and people start noticing. Getting looks from women wherever you go. Other men in your life asking you how you're crushing shit so hard. Women in your life asking how you keep getting better looking. Increased confidence in every situation.

You need to appreciate every small victory you make in the start and consistently build on those results.

"You don't set out to build a wall. You don't say 'I'm going to build the biggest, baddest, greatest wall that's ever been built.' You don't start there. You say, 'I'm going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can be laid. You do that every single day. And soon you have a wall." - Will Smith

Use whatever metaphor you need to in order to keep your progress building. You can undo a lot of progress by letting yourself slip. At some point, you have to convince yourself that you are, in fact, the baddest motherfucker around and that it's your job to keep yourself on point. Because it is. Nobody else is going to do it for you.

We all slip from time to time. But you have to minimize the effects of your failures by constantly building on your successes.

It's because I don't want to believe TRP or something?

You don't want to believe that you have the power to change everything.

abdada · 2015-06-09T14:37:50+00:00

I learned about the SMP pretty young -- I went from being low on the totem pole at 15 in my Chicago area to being the BMOC when I went to Poland for a summer at 15. I realized one simple fact: your SMV is subjectively gauged against your competition, not against some objective chart.

As such, what has always kept me on my path is seeing what my competition is doing, or what they become by not sticking to their own paths.

Now in my 40s, I am thankful for this realization 26 years ago. I don't necessarily do things because of other guys, but I definitely DON'T do things that other guys do that leads them to failure.

My path is about me and my needs and what I want, but I've dodged plenty of bullets paying attention to the society that surrounds me. Mortgage? Never. Big car payment? Not anymore. Drinking beer with buddies at a bar on Friday night? No, thanks.

My path is clear because it's the one that says "this is where a man needs to be in order to be above the pack."

fnordsnord · 2015-06-09T14:59:33+00:00

Nothing. I make decisions and choose paths that, a little while down them make me say, "Fuck. This sucks." And I change my path.

Gouden_Eeuw · 2015-06-09T14:04:26+00:00

Inspirational people and stories like here on the /r/TheRedPill and people like Arnold Schwarzenegger keep me going. Sometimes when I have a day with low motivation/discipline I look at the people around me and realize that I don't want to become like the a.k.a the low disciplined instant gratification and validation depend people. It would to be a waste to not be the greatest version of myself, especially because I found this sub which makes this easier.

FelixCopy · 2015-06-09T19:55:32+00:00

You have to actually want it.

And it is a 'discipline thing,' but discipline is a learned skill.

Title	What keeps you on the right path?
Author	1n33d4d0774r
Upvotes	5
Comments	12
Date	June 9, 2015 12:37 PM UTC (11 years ago)
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