You Are Two People - Which One Gets To Shine?

Most people think of themselves as just that - themself.

One person. One body. One mind. One soul.

If you look in the mirror, it will confirm that line of thought.

But the older I get, the more life I live (a whole twenty-nine years, nearly elderly), the more I realize that the singular self is a total farce.

Absolute, utter nonsense.

Skeptical? Allow me to illustrate it for you.

You decide that you are going to get up an hour earlier tomorrow to workout. You have made this decision with the understanding that it will be good for you. You set your alarm, and drift off to sleep.

You wake up in the morning, alarm ringing away. You hit snooze, a voice in your mind whispers “I’ll start tomorrow, I’m too tired.”

You do not go to the gym that day.

Can you see the two people that make up who you are?

The first one made the right decision, and the second undermined it.

What are these two forces within us? Well, it depends who you ask. I refer to them as the “higher-self” and the “lower-self”.

The higher- self pushes you to do what’s right: workout, eat healthy, be courageous, kind, disciplined. Good decisions.

The lower-self lobbies for the opposite: pride, greed, anger, envy, lust, gluttony, and laziness (sound familiar?).

How are you supposed to wrestle the lower-self into submission so that your life can be its best?

Consistent attack.

No one will ever have an undefeated record against the lower-self - imperfection is a fundamental part of being human.

But the more you lean into the whispers of the higher-self, the easier it becomes, and the more momentum it builds.

The lower-self will NEVER go away - but you can continue to develop a greater ability to silence it just as it begins to speak.

Let me emphasize the importance of this strategy - do you think anyone that’s ever accomplished what they were after in life did otherwise?

Sincerely,

Jacob

P.S. Workout insight from this week: focus on the cardio workout the same as you do on dedicated work time - intentionally (learned this Friday on the treadmill).