This 1 Idea Got Me Off The Couch to Build a $1B Business

At one point in my 20s, I was laying in bed for 4 to 5 hours a day, every day. I was terrified of discovering that I wasn't capable of winning.

No money, no direction, no self-belief.

But then I had a single thought that changed my life.

Maybe I'm not permanently stuck. Maybe I'm temporarily stuck because I'm wrong about how humans work.

The idea that I latched on to was brain plasticity.

That people can learn and get better at any age.

I focused on getting better. Just a little bit every day.

The compounding effects of that decision improve my life across every metric a thousandfold.

Here's how it works:

Your frame of reference is a lie.

Your frame of reference comes from three things.

1. Your Biology.

2. Your Beliefs

3. Your Values.

Much of our frame of reference is inherited.

You obviously inherit your biology, but you also inherit your beliefs and your values from your parents, from your school, from the culture around you.

Few people realize that their frame of reference isn't the truth. It's just programing.

It is a law of human nature that we do what feels right far faster than we do what works.

If you wanted to change your frame of reference, you could. But it's hard and most people will never do it.

That's because changing your frame of reference requires you to take control of your biology and edit your beliefs and values.

If you've locked in your answer already or not, you live out a worldview that was given to you by people who didn't design it intentionally and who probably aren't even winning.

At least that's what most people do. But it is a trap, and the only way out is thinking from first principles.

You stop asking, "What do people say about this?" - and you start asking "What is actually true?" from a cause and effect level.

What's functionally effective in the real world?

That's how I'm trying to think at all times to make progress.