Hello everyone, today I'd like to the discuss the nature of a war which goes on much more subtlety than most are cognizant of. While I will speak solely from my own experience and understanding, I would like to open up the discussion for other strategies and ways we can better prepare ourselves.

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The sort of mental warfare I'm referring to occurs much like chinese water torture yet its subtlety is what makes it so easy to overlook . It takes place in our daily interactions and is made by and large by the majority of people. At the most basic level, what I am going to try to describe relates to the power of belief as well as our own and other people's beliefs.

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In our own lives, the most powerful beliefs are our own. Outside of that is everyone else's beliefs. While there are far more types of beliefs than I will mention, some of the ones I've observed to be the most influential in a person's life are their fears, their desires, what they believe is right as well as wrong. If we lived in a perfect world, all of those things would be clear as day and universally aligned but unfortunately, we don't.

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Now before I go on any further I can already hear some of you thinking "who gives a shit bruh, why does it even matter what anyone else thinks or believes?". If I don't give a shit what anyone thinks then I would obviously never pay attention to what they think, say, or believe because I simply don't care. I guess that's it, problem solved right? If you firmly believe this is the solution then I'm sure your life living alone in a cabin in the mountains will be just fine. But for most of us, we're not hermits nor misanthropes and we do still want to still participate in society, we just don't want to have our energy exposed to spergs with shit belief systems who are much like holes to a ship- our ship. The longer you are surrounded by people with negative mindsets (complain, lazy, no goals, etc.). the more it will wear down your own energy and drive. Who succeeds being surrounded by losers?

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Let's break down the following into 3 major social groups with which their exposure to us can influence our lives- our friends, our family, and acquaintances/strangers.

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My idea of friends is something very close and tightly knit. The idea is to keep around those with good, authentic energy that also happen to benefit to your growth/improvement/well-being. Unfortunately, it is only after we find out that certain ones were shit that they no longer fit that category. The beliefs of friends is something most tend to hold dearly and trust but once again they still hold weight when toe to toe to our own beliefs therefore vying its significance. Always be vigilant of who you call a friend, keep your circle verified from first hand experience.

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Next is our family. We all have a mom and dad, no denying that much. Whether we have a relationship, had a relationship, or never even had one with them at all, there is no way to avoid the weight it holds on our belief system. Someone was there to raise us, or someone wasn't. These experiences inescapably led us towards deeply ingrained beliefs which ultimately affect your destiny and the path you set forward for yourself. I believe your destiny is all up to you, that's just my personal belief but my point is to not overlook nor discredit these other sources of influence as they've shaped and will continue to be a part of the shaping of your perception and furthermore your beliefs.

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Lastly, we have the people you'd expect to have the least amount of influence in your life (and maybe they do) but let's put the strangers you meet maybe once and never again along with those people that you'd consider just acquaintances. Their beliefs displayed in a day to day interaction are the simplest and most naturally occurring evidence of what I began this post about. What you say, what you think, and what you do is all a reflection of your beliefs. You can't filter out people you have yet to meet (including even by chance) or in other circumstances where it may be required of you to work with them met or if you barely even know them but when the time comes, your beliefs will be revealed in whatever it is in the interaction that you shared, as will theirs. The beliefs which do not align will become evident while inversely confirming the others that they believe as well.

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The more that other people share a belief that you do not, the more that it becomes an uphill battle to continue to uphold your own beliefs. Like walking upstream a river, you'll be facing resistance every step of the way because someone "doesn't agree" or they "don't believe that". Think of the bigger implications of this, not about petty shit- we're talking trying to accomplish something big in your life and many times people may be an obstacle whether it is of their intentional doing or not. We want to have enough foresight to see that shit and navigate right around it before it even becomes a problem. If you want to do something that most people never even attempt at pursuing, you're gonna face a lot of non-believers and skeptics. The truth is, if it is something you truly believe there is nothing anyone can say or do that will change that.

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Ultimately, the idea is to build the strongest set of beliefs you can hold. These come from a plethora of iterations and experiences which have proven battle-hardened and are much like a code which is tested and perhaps refined each and every time. The better the code, the smoother it runs.

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If your set of beliefs seem to fail you at every turn then it's a perfect time to grind and sharpen those which will last you and drop the others which are of no service to you (negative self-talk, self-limiting beliefs, & so on). The better your belief system becomes the faster you grow, the more you learn, and the bigger the accomplishments you'll be able to have under your belt.