I've worked with hundreds of young men, many of whom are paralyzed with the prospect of answering the titular question: "what should I do with my life?" This is obviously an important inquiry; however, most have never been taught how to go about arriving at an answer. This often means that they will spend months -- if not years -- thinking through a solution through a process I can "chessing." Unfortunately, this effort is entirely wasted, as the only way to answer this question is by taking action in the world. Book a paid consultation: oriontarabanpsyd.com/consultations Social Media Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090053889622 LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/orion-taraban-070b45168/ Instagram: instagram.com/psyc.hacks Twitter: twitter.com/oriontaraban Website: oriontarabanpsyd.com Orion's Theme: ruclips.net/video/WrXBzQ2HDEQ/видео.html Thinking of going to grad school? Check out STELLAR, my top-rated GRE self-study program based on the world's only empirically-validated test prep system. Use the code "PSYCH" for 10% off all membership plans: stellargre.com. Become a Stellar affiliate and earn a 10% commission for every membership purchased by a new student you conduct into the program: stellargre.tapfiliate.com. GRE Bites: www.youtube.com/@grebites4993 Become a Psychonaut and join PsycHack's member community: ruclips.net/channel/UCSduXBjCHkLoo_y9ss2xzXwjoin Sound mixing/editing by: valntinomusic.com Presented by Orion Taraban, Psy.D. PsycHacks provides viewers with a brief, thought-provoking video several days a week on a variety of psychological topics, inspired by his clinical practice. The intention is for the core idea contained within each video to inspire viewers to see something about themselves or their world in a slightly different light. The ultimate mission of the channel is to reduce the amount of unnecessary suffering in the world. #psychology #men #life
Piglet "chesses it out" in Winnie the Pooh, mapping out a long, thoughtful dialogue with the Heffalump. But, contrary to this meticulously-laid plan, the very 1st thing out of the Heffalump's mouth is . Piglet flees.
Men are made in the image of God. While allowing for the fact that this doesn't mean we POSSESS any of his attributes in their true or full reality/expression (that is what is unique about Christ), we nevertheless display his attributes, and amongv these are the fact that there is no distance between God thinking about / willing to do / and doing a thing. As creatures there is a distance, but as men we glorify God uniquely compared to women, when we take action - thoughtfully, to be sure - without a long intermission of analysis paralysis between the thought and the action. God DOES whatever he pleases. Likewise, men DO things. We are meant to be disruptive to the status quo and change things. Women are recognized as women by how they respond to the initiative of men. Men are recognized as men by the impact they have on the world, imaging God by taking and reshaping what exists into yet more excellent things. That is what we are on earth to do, men.
I'm in quite a precarious situation. I was obligated to be a unpaid caregiver to the elders in my step family in my mid- late 20s. So all I did was work for 15 + years and the majority without pay. Eventually I had to take care of my mom as well when she was dying from cancer. She passed away when I was in my late 30s. I was collateral damage in a police chase in 2020 and the brain damage made me a less effective caregiver and person all around. I was unable to get any help and was eventually relieved of my unpaid duties and cast out into homelessness by the heir. I find myself at 43, I'm finally free, and recently worked my way out of homelessness. I have no idea what to do with what life I have remaining. I was an aspiring concept artist in my 20s, but never had opportunities to cultivate my talents because of my obligations. The idea of a 43 year old aspiring artist probably wouldn't fly. I have a lot of work experience but no life experience. I never had the freedom to go out and pursue friendships or relationships. So I'm a 43 year old that needs to pick up where I left off at 25
Well, I just remembered one of your previous video in where you stated that you found it easier to date in your 20s when you went to some sort of acting classes than now as a 41 year old fully accomplished, successful male. That seemingly means that it's more complicated than just saying that young men are unattractive to women.
For men, some common objectives should be: (1) to improve health, (2) to maximize wealth, (3) to develop new skills. *Avoid Paralysis through Analysis.*
Hot damn these ring true. Also, I have completed mostly all of these, , but I admit the last one gets me all the time. I've been planning to travel for awhile. I secured a mid-level passive income, large cash reserves, Wise Card (lol), passport card and book, 900,000 4 star intl. hotel points, STILL haven't had the PERFECT travel opportunity. WTH am i waiting on???? I have the map in front of me and get that ANALYSIS PARALYSIS.
Excellent video! I am now 67 years old, and all of this is absolutely true. I wish someone had told me this when I was 18 or 20 or 25, but instead I had to find it all out for myself. The most important thing is, don't ask what you should do with your life. That's the wrong question. Instead, ask what you should do with TODAY. Remember, a "happy life" is nothing but a long series of happy days. Good luck, young men!
You are exactly twice as old as I am and I think you are right. I am quite often guilty of overthinking things, but it turns out, that the solutions come as you go. I am not saying you should always blindly jump ahead, but you can't be too much afraid of doing mistakes. It's the harm done to us by schools. They do punish you for mistakes, but they don't appreciate you for your good work. So you learn to avoid mistakes and thus you can freeze like a statue and be afraid to make a move. Sometimes you just gotta go for it and if it fails - so be it.
I didn’t find a career until I was 35 and a wife till I was 42. Neither were conventional choices. Trust your instincts, ignore naysayers, grab every opportunity and learn from the best.
What kind of approach would you recommend to men in their 40s & 50s who swallowed the red pill a bit 'too late' and have found out about the essential truths and lies regarding women and their illusionary life these men had been living?
This video came at the perfect time. I’m in the middle of fighting a crippling porn addiction and general laziness and came to the realisation that consuming motivational videos isn’t cutting it. I was in search of a deep meaning to my existence and this video really helped clarify a lot of things. Thanks Dr. Taraban
Thanks for your honesty. I don't know how old you are but if you're in your 20's early 30's I wouldn't give yourself a hard time for using porn. Men have to do something with all that excess sexual energy! Might be more realistic to just cut down on it to an hour a day, for example. Re: procrastination, I'm sure you have some good skills which you can develop into means of making a livelihood. Sometimes it's very useful to get out of the comfort zone & do some travelling overseas for a while. A change of perspective can work wonders. Enjoy life & all the best mate👍
Bro im struggling with porn addiction so bad too , just im getting amphetamined and watching it on that stuff too is so hard to quit it .. but im trying
As someone in similar situation, I learned that it’s best to go through a dopamine detoxing towards repairing your dopamine receptors by desexalizing women based on your exposure to pron or anything related to it. Also, sexual discipline will be imperative towards solving this issue through transmutation of your sexual energy into something beneficial than pleasing yourself too. Keep up the good fight and all will work out eventually. ✊
The psychology of thinking versus doing. Some even say 1 hour of doing is better than 10 hours of thinking. I think of it like a feedback loop. Action > Review > Improve > Action. In business I think this is called the "fail fast" principle.
@@chuntathecat4222Probably do the same as suggested in the video, with the key difference that current social judgment won't treat you nearly as harshly in regards to career choices or performance, and your career achievements play a minor role in dating, and with the difference that hypocritical social norms will judge you harsher in regards to partner choices (dating lifestyle), although social rules do erode in that regard currently.
What I'm doing with my life: -reclaiming and healing my body after 6 years of neglect. -relearning social skills at the age of 38. I wouldn't wish this on my mortal enemies. -relearning how to take care of myself. -relearning how to do things people take for granted (cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, sleeping, saying 'hi' to the cashier.) -quitting my vices and so called copes (videogames, alcohol, adult entertainment, junk food, caffeine, prescription pills I've been on for 20+ years, etc.) -waiting for social services in my country to do their part, and supply me with support groups where I can be my broken self, and engage in some damaged social interaction. While I'm waiting, I'm working out, changed my diet, and spend the days overcoming my traumas through introspection. My goal is to hit 85kg before spring, then book hostels in various cities in my country. Crash course in learning how the modern person here works and communicates. Once I'm past this goal, I'm going to book tickets to various EU countries, and mingle with the locals, while getting a well needed change of scenery.
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”
Unless you have the practical means to wait until you get more information. If so then waiting and doing nothing can be a wise move but only if the deadline is at a later date.
Unless you have the practical means to wait until you get more information. If so then waiting and doing nothing can be a wise move but only if the deadline is at a later date.
Hi Orion--I have applied exactly what you are teaching on this video but I have phrased it a bit differently. I learned when I was 19 years old (I am now 71) to figure out what pisses me off the most and then DON'T DO IT. I taught this rule to all 5 of my sons and all 5 have diligently applied it and all 5 are doing very well in their lives. All of the women in our lives have screamed FOLLOW YOUR HEART. My response is ABSOLUTELY DO NOT FOLLOW YOUR HEART. Stay away from what pisses you off the most and you will end up exactly where you should be.
As a chessplayer and chess coach myself I loved the chess analogy. Not only it's true, but also works quite well. I would have loved to hear this video in my twenties or teens.
Don Antonio Machado says this beautifully: “Caminante no hay camino, se hace camino al andar” which translates as “Walker, there is no path, the path is made as you walk”
A smart man learns from his mistakes, whereas a wise man learns from the mistakes of others. I don't need to experience everything to find out who I am and what I stand for. I'd rather look before I leap, and consider my steps, than to throw caution to the wind. That said, I believe in living life to the fullest and being the best I can be.
There are very few times in your life where you will have freedom of action. Mostly you will be constrained by necessity and/or obligation. But when true freedom arrives, most people will give it away, because it is far more comforting to blame failure on circumstance than on yourself. Freedom means the possibility of failure. That's what makes success so meaningful. It also means that success is not the point; using your freedom to act as you see fit is the point. Thank you for your work Dr. Taraban.
I have found what’s worked for me is put myself into as many interactions with strangers and humanly possible. I am 27 now and I have a career and network I didn’t even think about in my early 20’s. I have also taken every job and trip that has come my way. It can be scary but I’ve never regretted introducing myself to someone
Agree 100%. “Just do it!” “Doing”, moving and maintaining the state of flow will prevent most of the psychological symptoms people complain about while “sitting”!
I heard a similar analogy to the chess one used here. Sit on your bike in the middle of the street and turn the handlebars, nothing happens until you start peddling. Just start peddling and once your moving you can go in any direction you choose, take a wrong turn, turn around and go someplace else. Nothing happens until you are in motion.
I would add constant learning, finding people who are ahead of you and who you respect and admire to learn from and improve on their work. Buffett said that he learned more in ten minutes by the feet of his teacher (Benjamin Graham) than in ten years of "so called independent thinking".
Buffett was in the age before the internet. Now we can just pull out a sheet of paper and look up information and then quiz yourself if you want to know more things from memory. Even more so now since we have copilot and other GPT AI tools.
We fixed this problem long ago with the patriarchy. The young mans' job was to take care of the family as the dad got old. The dad even passed resources down to help get you started. Your job/life responsibility was given to you (forced on you in a way) and it provided enormous self worth and guidance in your other life decisions by extension without you even needing to waste time looking for it. If you didn't like this, then you had the option to study other ideas and trade, but this required internal motivation. If you're sitting in your room pondering, you most likely don't have this self motivated personality type (which is fine, even natural) and you would be much more productive with a job delegated to you which brings us full circle to the patriarchy. This new system of every man for himself at 18 years old is not optimal to everyone and it shows. And its destruction by western ideals is shame. It's also why Immigrant families out perform other having not been tainted by the post modernist theories.
True but pointless statement, things are not going back to the way they were in either of our lifetimes, so you are just 'chessing' about the good ol days.
@@MickyAvStickyHands : If you took Orion's chess analogy to heart, then one could safely assume that instead of thinking about cause, effect, and the consequences of every move, one would use whimsy as one's guide, while letting the chips fall where they may (to whatever end).
Agreed. I come from a long line of farmers on my dads side but my dad instead of following in his fathers and brothers footsteps he went to college and moved to the USA. Sometimes I think it would have been nice to learn my dad’s trade or my uncles farming trade when I was young instead of trying the carousel of jobs.
Straight facts as always. As someone who played too much “chess”, I can say I regret not taking more action and gaining more experience in my early and mid 20’s.
This is 100% spot-on and very well formulated. That said, having arrived at the exact same conclusions through my own life experience, I strongly doubt that a young man without corresponding experience can ever truly comprehend the message :)
The other thing I have to add is that as someone who is 38, I get really sick and tired of ageist advice. I constantly see lists and articles for “men in their 20s” as if when you turn 30 you suddenly have it all figured out. Not only is it ageist it’s also deeply classist. People don’t have the same starting point and for many men just surviving is succeeding if you come from a background of poverty or abuse. I’m sick of men who are 23 and having a full on existential meltdown. Every young guy thinks by the time he is 40 or 30 he will be rich and have it all together. I can assure you that life comes at you fast and most things are not in your control. Stop saying oh I’m 25 I’m a failure oh I’m 30 im a failure. Stop being so obsessed with age and just keep moving. How you tell your story and how your understand your life believe me you have always been doing your best. Its your mental state and your mental health and physical health and the resources you have available that provide the results in life. this process of not knowing never ends. Even if you have a very secure career path and aren’t in need of a career change, you will always wonder and not “know what you want” the idea that you just try and fail and then find your way once is wishful thinking. Men in general not just young men need to know that you always need to just keep taking action. And if you haven’t been able to take action for one reason or another to pick yourself up and keep doing what is needed because remember life could always be better and life could always be worse. Just keep moving , anyway great advice doc
Thank you, I am not 20 yo as the target of this video but someone in mid 30s hearing for the first time. Your comment spoke right to me. It gets discouraging when I am hearing advice for people in their 20s for the first time
"Your path in life is the one under your feet, and so your path in life is only revealed in the walking. You cannot determine this in advance of the journey. You can only recognize this once you have made some progress along the way." LOVE it !!!!
My mistakes: - wasting time - not reading enough - not working out enough - too much alcohol, partying etc. I did little, I wished I did none. - thinking how to be attractive to women instead of how to attract high quality male friends. I terms of my values and people I want in my life, these are similar skills.
You're right, I came to the same conclusions after 10 years of searching. My only regret is that this video wasn't made 10 years earlier :D But at least I didn't get into irreversible obligations. All the best
Career wise: I knew at age 5 what i was going to do. In college, I decided teaching was the most rewarding aspect of my vocation. So I took every job that would help me get my prof's job. They all retired. Now I'm looking at retirement from the college in a few years. I don't want to though. Hopefully some students are thinking like I did. Been a great gig, helping thousands of people get amazing jobs.
@@trentvlak Yes, but there is a distinction between unnecessary suffering and suffering that is required in order to be successful or make important changes in your life. If you're stuck in a vicious cycle of destructive/depressing behavior then there is a lot of suffering and not a lot of happiness, no matter how long you wait.
Dr. Taraban, I've never watched a video of yours without learning something, but I must say this is hands down one of the most powerful videos you've ever produced. Thank you for your work.
I heard somewhere - Passive Knowledge vs Active Knowledge. Many people take in lots of info/knowledge - but never put most of it into action. Action creates motivation!
Great video. Young guys need to get out there. Everybody has that first day on the job. Get used to that feeling. I must have worked 20 jobs before I found an awesome job with great benefits
I just turned 50. When I was younger, there were a lot of years wasted trying to figure out what to do. Now, I have more experience, self-knowledge, skills, and a much clearer idea of a great path forward. BTW, I play chess with a club that ranks 4th in the nation and I'm a good player.
Fits with my experience. The jobs I ended up doing, I didn't know existed when I went to university. Some didn't. I couldn't have chosen at 25 to end up where I was at 35. But the choices I had made left me with the right talent stack for the opportunity when it came.
@@user-uc7qb1su4e I studied engineering and went on to market and trading risk management with computer simulation. Risk management is all the rage now, even taught at universities, but in my day it wasn't a thing and certainly to this day isn't part of engineering, business schools have taken it over. Also the computers were just becoming a thing so back then we were writing our own models on Win95 machines.
I'm 30 years old and begin to lose hope about everything. Suffering from panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder since 2010..my life was consumed by the physical aspect of anxiety. It's HELL
@r3dp1ll You're right ! When im at work i barely notice anxiety until i consciously begin to give it my attention but when im working from home and in my days off..im more panicky than ever.. I'll work on that.
Excellent video. One thing that was missed, though: You must always be honest with yourself along the way about what you are doing, why you are doing it, and how you truly feel about it.
I'm in quite a precarious situation. I was obligated to be a unpaid caregiver to the elders in my step family in my mid- late 20s. So all I did was work for 15 + years and the majority without pay. Eventually I had to take care of my mom as well when she was dying from cancer. She passed away when I was in my late 30s. I was collateral damage in a police chase in 2020 and the brain damage made me a less effective caregiver and person all around. I was unable to get any help and was eventually relieved of my unpaid duties and cast out into homelessness by the heir. I find myself at 43, I'm finally free, and recently worked my way out of homelessness. I have no idea what to do with what life I have remaining. I was an aspiring concept artist in my 20s, but never had opportunities to cultivate my talents because of my obligations. The idea of a 43 year old aspiring artist probably wouldn't fly. I have a lot of work experience but no life experience. I never had the freedom to go out and pursue friendships or relationships. So I'm a 43 year old that needs to pick up where I left off at 25
I like this take. Step by step. One day at a time. One choice at a time. Life cannot be charted as life will vehemently unchart itself. The regret of not having done something is bigger than the regret of doing something (in most cases). So mulling over your future will have been a "not having done something."
You won't learn chess by thinking about what might happen - but neither will you learn by just playing moves: you ACTUALLY need three things to learn: (1) some training (or good books) (2) practice (try playing a few games (3) thinking (spend some time thinking deeply about what you've learned and about what happened in your games). So I'm not in agreement with all the positive comments about this video.
Your path in life is the one under your feet. Profound. You’re really good at what you’re doing. Truly. It’s impressive. I’m glad I found you & may your name & influence be spread far and wide. It’s the hard truths that are the toughest to hear, and then to accept when we can by the Grace of God. No doubt the role of truth teller - well it’s an act of service. And you’re really good at saying things so that they can be heard. Especially the things we don’t want to hear. God bless.
Holy smokes, such clarity. This is line w/ the notion that purpose is created and can't be found. 🤯 I put this in a video playlist called "clarity" and it's the only one lol Great vid
Excellent discourse, Dr. Orion. I haven't heard the maxim: "Winners quit a lot," but it does make sense the way you put it. I have heard "Winners fail a lot," and I can attest to that: that I need to fail often, fast, and hard to learn what not to do and what to lean into, and I agree with your thesis. You don't 'chess out' life, you live it and experience it and learn as you go, accumulating expertise, until years, decades, later, you are the expert and you can say: "this works," or "this doesn't" and people now listen. That transition was amazing for me, but it took me twenty solid years of learning the skills then mastering the skills to get there. Another thing: leadership is showing up. For the young men, you may not have what Dr. Orion says you need to 'win,' but you have your time. You show up, and you volunteer, and the leaders will recognize that and appreciate your efforts, then reciprocate, gladly, to set you on your path, because you did what many do not: you showed up and were willing to help.
Not long ago I was wondering about which path in life to take. My father gave me almost identical advice. I didn't agree with him but now I see his point. Gonna call him tomorrow and thank him. Also thank you. Hope I'll have enough willpower and courage to search for my path.
Hey Orion, enjoyed your interview w/ James Sexton on SWU! "what do i think?"...i think i need to listen to this again at least once a month..& im over 70! Thank you
Not so easy. *Things are more than what they seem to be.* First: you don't start from nothing -- by the time you start thinking about this, your "passion" has been conditioned by circumstances that don't necessarily have anything to do with _you._ Next: passions are often external forms of underlying qualities -- you may want a fancy car, but underlying it might be: status (show off to friends) or aesthetics (how neat it looks) or sexuality (get girls). Etc . . .
@@QED_ Don’t overthink it…. There are no problems, only solutions. It all depends on the attitude you choose to have every morning when you get out of bed. When I said “passion”, I mean interests, your aptitudes, what you are good at, etc. Approach life with a childlike curiosity, and you’ll soon find it.
I’m 62 and still don’t know what my purpose in life is apart from having fun! I had a 2 jobs before I joined the Military (army infantry) at 17 and stayed till I was 21. Since 1983 I’ve had hundreds of jobs and moved from town to town looking for the excitement and variety I had in the Army but nothing ever compared. I work for myself now but still drift and luv being with women etc but would be nice to meet a long term partner for the time I have left. I’ve had a life full of variety and I’ve enjoyed it my only regret was my marriage ending because I wanted my freedom and I should of stayed in the Army longer which gave me the variety and excitement I needed
I don't even think about what to do with my life as I already decided to do nothing beyond the basic stuff practically necessary to pay the bills and save some. This video was good comedy by the way. Thanks for the laughs Dr. Orion
Your life, your choice, use your time and energy in whatever way makes you happiest and, ideally, doesn't do harm to others. Living a meaningful and satisfying life doesn't have to just revolve around a job or career, as long as you have something that gives you a genuine sense of purpose and really feels worthwhile to you, that you feel the time you've spent has been spent well, then that's good enough, and when you die, as we all will, hopefully it'll be with a smile on your face.
Get well soon Dr. O ( you have cold ? ) As a girl as early as during elementary I'm aware that we are poor and it becomes my biggest motivation that I need to change our situation . My desires to change our situation makes me unhappy most of the times that being in relationship with a man was not on my list that a man is a distraction on my goals.
Well, well. That's a very interesting notion. The idea that we figure out what we're going to do with our life after we've lived it. So, in other words, action, decision, experience, learning through reflection after doing things, then course correcting as needed. Rinse and repeat. So much better than attempting some big, clueless grand plan. Now that I'm about to hit 70, I think I may have enough real-life experience under my belt to figure out what I want to do with my life 😀 This is really a good video. Thanks, keep up the good work.
Truth. Get out there. Get into some good messes. See what you're made of. the same goes for friendships. Test them in the world of activity. Get into short term messes together. See how well you work together to reach solutions.
For those who are seriously ernest...nondual approach..self enquiry...put your toys, distractions aside, spending as much time alone as possible in silence... exposing the mortal dream....."no one home", keep truckin.....
In the old days, people were willing to take you under their wing and guide you. I'm finding these days people would rather give you their money than their time.
Agree, just do something you are mildly or greatly interested in, dedicate a bit of time and discard those that you don’t really like or just have no talent, then focus on those you do have, for me it’s cooking and growing plants. I also tried martial arts but I don’t particularly enjoy it, so I will just learn a baseline and be good enough then my fitness will just be walking, lifting and hiking.
Oh man, I wish I’d had this intervention when I was ~28 and realized I hated the career I’d trained for. I suffered until about 35 when I finally gave myself permission to leave. Except I’m 40 now and I still haven’t left! Golden handcuffs + fear that I won’t find something I like better. I think/hope/plan that this is the year to do the exploration and experiments to find a compelling alternative.
Thank you for the advice I'm currently 18 y/o jist graduated highschool. I tried to join the navy but got disqualified (medical reasons). Contemplating whether i should go to college or not. Will definitely recommend this to somo of my friends. Thank you for your time and creation of this video.
One of the biggest issues with a lot of advice given “to men in their 20s” also relies on this assumption that people have infinite resources. Studies show that almost all people who start successful and highly profitable companies are people from wealthy backgrounds. People who can afford to just take jobs and “experiment”. Most people have to take whatever job they can to survive. I understand that it’s general advice but for some people the stakes are higher than for others and pressures from outside put demands on you to stay at some jobs over others. And it shouldn’t be advice geared for “men in their 20s”. Life is not just a buffet. In an ideal world if you’re raised in the suburbs and wealthy then yeah great advice just quit whenever you want and let your 20s be a time of “exploration”. Just something to keep in mind people don’t start with equal access to resources of all kinds in life
What does this comment have to do with this video? Orion never mentioned anything about starting your own business or becoming wealthy. Dare I say so, almost all of the things Orion said are applicable to women as well, and on top of that, these are things that poor people can do as well, not just the rich folks. Please elaborate as to why this comment has to be left under this video.
I've worked with hundreds of young men, many of whom are paralyzed with the prospect of answering the titular question: "what should I do with my life?" This is obviously an important inquiry; however, most have never been taught how to go about arriving at an answer. This often means that they will spend months -- if not years -- thinking through a solution through a process I can "chessing." Unfortunately, this effort is entirely wasted, as the only way to answer this question is by taking action in the world.
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Piglet "chesses it out" in Winnie the Pooh, mapping out a long, thoughtful dialogue with the Heffalump. But, contrary to this meticulously-laid plan, the very 1st thing out of the Heffalump's mouth is . Piglet flees.
Men are made in the image of God. While allowing for the fact that this doesn't mean we POSSESS any of his attributes in their true or full reality/expression (that is what is unique about Christ), we nevertheless display his attributes, and amongv these are the fact that there is no distance between God thinking about / willing to do / and doing a thing. As creatures there is a distance, but as men we glorify God uniquely compared to women, when we take action - thoughtfully, to be sure - without a long intermission of analysis paralysis between the thought and the action. God DOES whatever he pleases. Likewise, men DO things. We are meant to be disruptive to the status quo and change things. Women are recognized as women by how they respond to the initiative of men. Men are recognized as men by the impact they have on the world, imaging God by taking and reshaping what exists into yet more excellent things. That is what we are on earth to do, men.
I'm in quite a precarious situation.
I was obligated to be a unpaid caregiver to the elders in my step family in my mid- late 20s. So all I did was work for 15 + years and the majority without pay.
Eventually I had to take care of my mom as well when she was dying from cancer. She passed away when I was in my late 30s.
I was collateral damage in a police chase in 2020 and the brain damage made me a less effective caregiver and person all around.
I was unable to get any help and was eventually relieved of my unpaid duties and cast out into homelessness by the heir.
I find myself at 43, I'm finally free, and recently worked my way out of homelessness.
I have no idea what to do with what life I have remaining. I was an aspiring concept artist in my 20s, but never had opportunities to cultivate my talents because of my obligations.
The idea of a 43 year old aspiring artist probably wouldn't fly. I have a lot of work experience but no life experience. I never had the freedom to go out and pursue friendships or relationships.
So I'm a 43 year old that needs to pick up where I left off at 25
Can you please do one for women
Well, I just remembered one of your previous video in where you stated that you found it easier to date in your 20s when you went to some sort of acting classes than now as a 41 year old fully accomplished, successful male. That seemingly means that it's more complicated than just saying that young men are unattractive to women.
For men, some common objectives should be: (1) to improve health, (2) to maximize wealth, (3) to develop new skills. *Avoid Paralysis through Analysis.*
Same goes for women
Hot damn these ring true. Also, I have completed mostly all of these, , but I admit the last one gets me all the time.
I've been planning to travel for awhile. I secured a mid-level passive income, large cash reserves, Wise Card (lol), passport card and book, 900,000 4 star intl. hotel points, STILL haven't had the PERFECT travel opportunity. WTH am i waiting on???? I have the map in front of me and get that ANALYSIS PARALYSIS.
Agreed!
@@ernestkhalimov748 Not really, imo. Women and men have different purposes.
@@eQuariuzexactly
Excellent video! I am now 67 years old, and all of this is absolutely true. I wish someone had told me this when I was 18 or 20 or 25, but instead I had to find it all out for myself. The most important thing is, don't ask what you should do with your life. That's the wrong question. Instead, ask what you should do with TODAY. Remember, a "happy life" is nothing but a long series of happy days. Good luck, young men!
"A happy life is nothing but a long series of happy days"
I'm gonna live under this quote from now on
Thanks Pops. I love that 🤙
You are exactly twice as old as I am and I think you are right. I am quite often guilty of overthinking things, but it turns out, that the solutions come as you go. I am not saying you should always blindly jump ahead, but you can't be too much afraid of doing mistakes.
It's the harm done to us by schools. They do punish you for mistakes, but they don't appreciate you for your good work. So you learn to avoid mistakes and thus you can freeze like a statue and be afraid to make a move.
Sometimes you just gotta go for it and if it fails - so be it.
Thanks that is exactly the same conclusion I had recently at 44
WORD
I didn’t find a career until I was 35 and a wife till I was 42. Neither were conventional choices. Trust your instincts, ignore naysayers, grab every opportunity and learn from the best.
What kind of approach would you recommend to men in their 40s & 50s who swallowed the red pill a bit 'too late' and have found out about the essential truths and lies regarding women and their illusionary life these men had been living?
Hey brother I also didn't find a career I am now 34 and what is your opinion about marriage and children what is your current work
This video came at the perfect time. I’m in the middle of fighting a crippling porn addiction and general laziness and came to the realisation that consuming motivational videos isn’t cutting it. I was in search of a deep meaning to my existence and this video really helped clarify a lot of things.
Thanks Dr. Taraban
Keep fighting, you can get there
Thanks for your honesty. I don't know how old you are but if you're in your 20's early 30's I wouldn't give yourself a hard time for using porn. Men have to do something with all that excess sexual energy! Might be more realistic to just cut down on it to an hour a day, for example. Re: procrastination, I'm sure you have some good skills which you can develop into means of making a livelihood. Sometimes it's very useful to get out of the comfort zone & do some travelling overseas for a while. A change of perspective can work wonders. Enjoy life & all the best mate👍
Bro im struggling with porn addiction so bad too , just im getting amphetamined and watching it on that stuff too is so hard to quit it .. but im trying
Getting off pron is takes alot of time. You just have to keep as busy as you can.
As someone in similar situation, I learned that it’s best to go through a dopamine detoxing towards repairing your dopamine receptors by desexalizing women based on your exposure to pron or anything related to it. Also, sexual discipline will be imperative towards solving this issue through transmutation of your sexual energy into something beneficial than pleasing yourself too. Keep up the good fight and all will work out eventually. ✊
The psychology of thinking versus doing. Some even say 1 hour of doing is better than 10 hours of thinking. I think of it like a feedback loop. Action > Review > Improve > Action. In business I think this is called the "fail fast" principle.
OODA-loop!
And as woman?
@@chuntathecat4222Probably do the same as suggested in the video, with the key difference that current social judgment won't treat you nearly as harshly in regards to career choices or performance, and your career achievements play a minor role in dating, and with the difference that hypocritical social norms will judge you harsher in regards to partner choices (dating lifestyle), although social rules do erode in that regard currently.
What I'm doing with my life:
-reclaiming and healing my body after 6 years of neglect.
-relearning social skills at the age of 38. I wouldn't wish this on my mortal enemies.
-relearning how to take care of myself.
-relearning how to do things people take for granted (cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, sleeping, saying 'hi' to the cashier.)
-quitting my vices and so called copes (videogames, alcohol, adult entertainment, junk food, caffeine, prescription pills I've been on for 20+ years, etc.)
-waiting for social services in my country to do their part, and supply me with support groups where I can be my broken self, and engage in some damaged social interaction.
While I'm waiting, I'm working out, changed my diet, and spend the days overcoming my traumas through introspection.
My goal is to hit 85kg before spring, then book hostels in various cities in my country. Crash course in learning how the modern person here works and communicates.
Once I'm past this goal, I'm going to book tickets to various EU countries, and mingle with the locals, while getting a well needed change of scenery.
You've got defined goals, a plan, and are executing. Enjoy the process is my only advice. Good job, man.
Solid and admirable plan. wish you the best ! 💪🏻
Sounds like you have a plan and are sticking to it. Best of luck to you, bro.
In a similar path at 37 my friend, I totally relate to all what you are saying. All the blessings for you 🙌
@@danielprado7101 Same to you.
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”
Unless you have the practical means to wait until you get more information. If so then waiting and doing nothing can be a wise move but only if the deadline is at a later date.
Unless you have the practical means to wait until you get more information. If so then waiting and doing nothing can be a wise move but only if the deadline is at a later date.
Not necessarily
Hi Orion--I have applied exactly what you are teaching on this video but I have phrased it a bit differently. I learned when I was 19 years old (I am now 71) to figure out what pisses me off the most and then DON'T DO IT. I taught this rule to all 5 of my sons and all 5 have diligently applied it and all 5 are doing very well in their lives. All of the women in our lives have screamed FOLLOW YOUR HEART. My response is ABSOLUTELY DO NOT FOLLOW YOUR HEART. Stay away from what pisses you off the most and you will end up exactly where you should be.
I'm not sure I understand your message. Things that piss me off: high taxes, fascism, a horrible dating market, lack of freedom. What should I not do?
What if everything pisses you off?
@@beowulf_of_wall_stooh fun! Now is this the part where someone has to ask you what step 2 might be?
@@beowulf_of_wall_st ok so stop pretending fascism is a big obstacle. Should people also just stop pretending to be poor if they are homeless
❤
As a chessplayer and chess coach myself I loved the chess analogy. Not only it's true, but also works quite well. I would have loved to hear this video in my twenties or teens.
Don Antonio Machado says this beautifully: “Caminante no hay camino, se hace camino al andar” which translates as “Walker, there is no path, the path is made as you walk”
Buen dicho, 'mano
Muy buena frase. Es cierto
Love this!
The Path is made of YOU!
A smart man learns from his mistakes, whereas a wise man learns from the mistakes of others. I don't need to experience everything to find out who I am and what I stand for. I'd rather look before I leap, and consider my steps, than to throw caution to the wind. That said, I believe in living life to the fullest and being the best I can be.
There are very few times in your life where you will have freedom of action. Mostly you will be constrained by necessity and/or obligation. But when true freedom arrives, most people will give it away, because it is far more comforting to blame failure on circumstance than on yourself. Freedom means the possibility of failure. That's what makes success so meaningful. It also means that success is not the point; using your freedom to act as you see fit is the point.
Thank you for your work Dr. Taraban.
Freedom is difficult to handle when we are raised to fit in.
I have found what’s worked for me is put myself into as many interactions with strangers and humanly possible. I am 27 now and I have a career and network I didn’t even think about in my early 20’s. I have also taken every job and trip that has come my way. It can be scary but I’ve never regretted introducing myself to someone
Agree 100%. “Just do it!”
“Doing”, moving and maintaining the state of flow will prevent most of the psychological symptoms people complain about while “sitting”!
As a 57 year old I found this helpful 😊
I heard a similar analogy to the chess one used here. Sit on your bike in the middle of the street and turn the handlebars, nothing happens until you start peddling. Just start peddling and once your moving you can go in any direction you choose, take a wrong turn, turn around and go someplace else. Nothing happens until you are in motion.
I would add constant learning, finding people who are ahead of you and who you respect and admire to learn from and improve on their work. Buffett said that he learned more in ten minutes by the feet of his teacher (Benjamin Graham) than in ten years of "so called independent thinking".
Buffett was in the age before the internet. Now we can just pull out a sheet of paper and look up information and then quiz yourself if you want to know more things from memory. Even more so now since we have copilot and other GPT AI tools.
We fixed this problem long ago with the patriarchy. The young mans' job was to take care of the family as the dad got old. The dad even passed resources down to help get you started. Your job/life responsibility was given to you (forced on you in a way) and it provided enormous self worth and guidance in your other life decisions by extension without you even needing to waste time looking for it. If you didn't like this, then you had the option to study other ideas and trade, but this required internal motivation. If you're sitting in your room pondering, you most likely don't have this self motivated personality type (which is fine, even natural) and you would be much more productive with a job delegated to you which brings us full circle to the patriarchy. This new system of every man for himself at 18 years old is not optimal to everyone and it shows. And its destruction by western ideals is shame. It's also why Immigrant families out perform other having not been tainted by the post modernist theories.
True but pointless statement, things are not going back to the way they were in either of our lifetimes, so you are just 'chessing' about the good ol days.
@@hizzle1885Not 'chessing'. I'm living it. I just thought it would be nice of me to let everyone hear a different perspective. Spread the love.
@@MickyAvStickyHands : If you took Orion's chess analogy to heart, then one could safely assume that instead of thinking about cause, effect, and the consequences of every move, one would use whimsy as one's guide, while letting the chips fall where they may (to whatever end).
Agreed. I come from a long line of farmers on my dads side but my dad instead of following in his fathers and brothers footsteps he went to college and moved to the USA. Sometimes I think it would have been nice to learn my dad’s trade or my uncles farming trade when I was young instead of trying the carousel of jobs.
Straight facts as always. As someone who played too much “chess”, I can say I regret not taking more action and gaining more experience in my early and mid 20’s.
This is a very good video. Very good.
This is 100% spot-on and very well formulated. That said, having arrived at the exact same conclusions through my own life experience, I strongly doubt that a young man without corresponding experience can ever truly comprehend the message :)
Me too
Still, we have to try! 😊
The other thing I have to add is that as someone who is 38, I get really sick and tired of ageist advice. I constantly see lists and articles for “men in their 20s” as if when you turn 30 you suddenly have it all figured out. Not only is it ageist it’s also deeply classist. People don’t have the same starting point and for many men just surviving is succeeding if you come from a background of poverty or abuse. I’m sick of men who are 23 and having a full on existential meltdown. Every young guy thinks by the time he is 40 or 30 he will be rich and have it all together. I can assure you that life comes at you fast and most things are not in your control. Stop saying oh I’m 25 I’m a failure oh I’m 30 im a failure. Stop being so obsessed with age and just keep moving. How you tell your story and how your understand your life believe me you have always been doing your best. Its your mental state and your mental health and physical health and the resources you have available that provide the results in life. this process of not knowing never ends. Even if you have a very secure career path and aren’t in need of a career change, you will always wonder and not “know what you want” the idea that you just try and fail and then find your way once is wishful thinking. Men in general not just young men need to know that you always need to just keep taking action. And if you haven’t been able to take action for one reason or another to pick yourself up and keep doing what is needed because remember life could always be better and life could always be worse. Just keep moving , anyway great advice doc
Thank you, I am not 20 yo as the target of this video but someone in mid 30s hearing for the first time. Your comment spoke right to me. It gets discouraging when I am hearing advice for people in their 20s for the first time
i'm 46 and still haven't figured it all out
"Your path in life is the one under your feet, and so your path in life is only revealed in the walking. You cannot determine this in advance of the journey. You can only recognize this once you have made some progress along the way." LOVE it !!!!
My mistakes:
- wasting time
- not reading enough
- not working out enough
- too much alcohol, partying etc. I did little, I wished I did none.
- thinking how to be attractive to women instead of how to attract high quality male friends. I terms of my values and people I want in my life, these are similar skills.
Hands down the best piece of advice I've received in my 24 years of life. Thank you.
You're right, I came to the same conclusions after 10 years of searching. My only regret is that this video wasn't made 10 years earlier :D But at least I didn't get into irreversible obligations. All the best
Career wise: I knew at age 5 what i was going to do. In college, I decided teaching was the most rewarding aspect of my vocation. So I took every job that would help me get my prof's job. They all retired. Now I'm looking at retirement from the college in a few years. I don't want to though. Hopefully some students are thinking like I did. Been a great gig, helping thousands of people get amazing jobs.
One of your best, Doc. You're hitting it out of the park these days.
Jordan Peterson:
1) Reduce suffering
2) Pick up something heavy and carry it
3) Clean your room
and then find out that suffering is necessary to happiness.
@@trentvlakYes indeed. The reduction of it is a great way to grow and develop, and is a weight to carry.
@@trentvlak Yes, but there is a distinction between unnecessary suffering and suffering that is required in order to be successful or make important changes in your life. If you're stuck in a vicious cycle of destructive/depressing behavior then there is a lot of suffering and not a lot of happiness, no matter how long you wait.
Dr. Taraban, I've never watched a video of yours without learning something, but I must say this is hands down one of the most powerful videos you've ever produced. Thank you for your work.
I heard somewhere - Passive Knowledge vs Active Knowledge. Many people take in lots of info/knowledge - but never put most of it into action. Action creates motivation!
Great video. Young guys need to get out there. Everybody has that first day on the job. Get used to that feeling. I must have worked 20 jobs before I found an awesome job with great benefits
I just turned 50. When I was younger, there were a lot of years wasted trying to figure out what to do. Now, I have more experience, self-knowledge, skills, and a much clearer idea of a great path forward. BTW, I play chess with a club that ranks 4th in the nation and I'm a good player.
Fits with my experience. The jobs I ended up doing, I didn't know existed when I went to university. Some didn't. I couldn't have chosen at 25 to end up where I was at 35. But the choices I had made left me with the right talent stack for the opportunity when it came.
What jobs are these?
@@user-uc7qb1su4e I studied engineering and went on to market and trading risk management with computer simulation. Risk management is all the rage now, even taught at universities, but in my day it wasn't a thing and certainly to this day isn't part of engineering, business schools have taken it over. Also the computers were just becoming a thing so back then we were writing our own models on Win95 machines.
Very helpful
Fantastically put. Chronic rumination and procrastination is a fatal trap
This is the best advice I’ve heard anyone give on this subject. So true
I'm 30 years old and begin to lose hope about everything. Suffering from panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder since 2010..my life was consumed by the physical aspect of anxiety. It's HELL
Get out of the house everyday, progressive exposure, have hobbies / projects, find positive people.
@@stratelite1337 Thank you for your advice..for me it's more health anxiety than social anxiety.
@@unknown1993E keep yourself busy all the time so you don't give space to the anxiety. Cleaning dishes, video games, seeing friends ...
@r3dp1ll You're right ! When im at work i barely notice anxiety until i consciously begin to give it my attention but when im working from home and in my days off..im more panicky than ever..
I'll work on that.
@@unknown1993E same here. I realized i'm not made to work on my own / remotely. I need to work with people and be busy.
I know a guy who's 72 and he's still trying to figure out what he wants to do with the rest of his life.
Sometimes those are the most interesting people! 😊
So do I,except for the fact that I am much younger....71....😜🤣🤣🤣🤣
Excellent view point, you figure out life by living it and not thinking about it.
Thanks Orion, for taking care of all of us and being the fatherly figure many of us didn't have.
Your path in life is the one under your feet.
Love this! I'm 39 and made this mistake for years. This is so simple and will apply this today. Thank you
I’m glad you’re expanding to other topics. Congratulations! It’s making us men become better
Excellent video. One thing that was missed, though: You must always be honest with yourself along the way about what you are doing, why you are doing it, and how you truly feel about it.
good stuff man. I wish I would have discovered this 30 years ago
Wise words doctor, that rings true in my being. ‘Your path in life is the one under your feet’ so true.
I'm in quite a precarious situation.
I was obligated to be a unpaid caregiver to the elders in my step family in my mid- late 20s. So all I did was work for 15 + years and the majority without pay.
Eventually I had to take care of my mom as well when she was dying from cancer. She passed away when I was in my late 30s.
I was collateral damage in a police chase in 2020 and the brain damage made me a less effective caregiver and person all around.
I was unable to get any help and was eventually relieved of my unpaid duties and cast out into homelessness by the heir.
I find myself at 43, I'm finally free, and recently worked my way out of homelessness.
I have no idea what to do with what life I have remaining. I was an aspiring concept artist in my 20s, but never had opportunities to cultivate my talents because of my obligations.
The idea of a 43 year old aspiring artist probably wouldn't fly. I have a lot of work experience but no life experience. I never had the freedom to go out and pursue friendships or relationships.
So I'm a 43 year old that needs to pick up where I left off at 25
I like this take. Step by step. One day at a time. One choice at a time. Life cannot be charted as life will vehemently unchart itself. The regret of not having done something is bigger than the regret of doing something (in most cases). So mulling over your future will have been a "not having done something."
I love when Doc also delves into philosophical and spiritual hacks!
You won't learn chess by thinking about what might happen - but neither will you learn by just playing moves: you ACTUALLY need three things to learn: (1) some training (or good books) (2) practice (try playing a few games (3) thinking (spend some time thinking deeply about what you've learned and about what happened in your games). So I'm not in agreement with all the positive comments about this video.
very greatful that theres still people who will give out knowledge like this for free
Your path in life is the one under your feet. Profound. You’re really good at what you’re doing. Truly. It’s impressive. I’m glad I found you & may your name & influence be spread far and wide. It’s the hard truths that are the toughest to hear, and then to accept when we can by the Grace of God. No doubt the role of truth teller - well it’s an act of service. And you’re really good at saying things so that they can be heard. Especially the things we don’t want to hear. God bless.
Holy smokes, such clarity. This is line w/ the notion that purpose is created and can't be found. 🤯 I put this in a video playlist called "clarity" and it's the only one lol Great vid
My favorite videos from you are the ones that don't focus on women. This was a masterpiece.
Excellent discourse, Dr. Orion. I haven't heard the maxim: "Winners quit a lot," but it does make sense the way you put it. I have heard "Winners fail a lot," and I can attest to that: that I need to fail often, fast, and hard to learn what not to do and what to lean into, and I agree with your thesis. You don't 'chess out' life, you live it and experience it and learn as you go, accumulating expertise, until years, decades, later, you are the expert and you can say: "this works," or "this doesn't" and people now listen. That transition was amazing for me, but it took me twenty solid years of learning the skills then mastering the skills to get there.
Another thing: leadership is showing up. For the young men, you may not have what Dr. Orion says you need to 'win,' but you have your time. You show up, and you volunteer, and the leaders will recognize that and appreciate your efforts, then reciprocate, gladly, to set you on your path, because you did what many do not: you showed up and were willing to help.
Not long ago I was wondering about which path in life to take.
My father gave me almost identical advice. I didn't agree with him but now I see his point.
Gonna call him tomorrow and thank him. Also thank you. Hope I'll have enough willpower and courage to search for my path.
Hey Orion, enjoyed your interview w/ James Sexton on SWU! "what do i think?"...i think i need to listen to this again at least once a month..& im over 70! Thank you
Every young man should watch this!
Great clip. I like at the end how you essentially describe the difference between 'making a plan' and 'strategy under uncertainy'.
Easy… The meaning of life, is to give life meaning!
Follow your passion, and the rest will fall into place.
Not so easy. *Things are more than what they seem to be.* First: you don't start from nothing -- by the time you start thinking about this, your "passion" has been conditioned by circumstances that don't necessarily have anything to do with _you._ Next: passions are often external forms of underlying qualities -- you may want a fancy car, but underlying it might be: status (show off to friends) or aesthetics (how neat it looks) or sexuality (get girls). Etc . . .
@@QED_ Don’t overthink it…. There are no problems, only solutions. It all depends on the attitude you choose to have every morning when you get out of bed. When I said “passion”, I mean interests, your aptitudes, what you are good at, etc. Approach life with a childlike curiosity, and you’ll soon find it.
Thanks for everything you do. Keep it up big brother.
Sometimes I wish I could hit the like button twice, thank you Dr. T
I’m 62 and still don’t know what my purpose in life is apart from having fun! I had a 2 jobs before I joined the Military (army infantry) at 17 and stayed till I was 21. Since 1983 I’ve had hundreds of jobs and moved from town to town looking for the excitement and variety I had in the Army but nothing ever compared. I work for myself now but still drift and luv being with women etc but would be nice to meet a long term partner for the time I have left. I’ve had a life full of variety and I’ve enjoyed it my only regret was my marriage ending because I wanted my freedom and I should of stayed in the Army longer which gave me the variety and excitement I needed
Thank you Doctor. This teaching was golden
Thanks!
I don't even think about what to do with my life as I already decided to do nothing beyond the basic stuff practically necessary to pay the bills and save some.
This video was good comedy by the way. Thanks for the laughs Dr. Orion
Your life, your choice, use your time and energy in whatever way makes you happiest and, ideally, doesn't do harm to others. Living a meaningful and satisfying life doesn't have to just revolve around a job or career, as long as you have something that gives you a genuine sense of purpose and really feels worthwhile to you, that you feel the time you've spent has been spent well, then that's good enough, and when you die, as we all will, hopefully it'll be with a smile on your face.
So tell me something I don't know dude. You are preaching to the chior.
Definitely it fits with my experience. Thanks for making us understand.
Get well soon Dr. O ( you have cold ? )
As a girl as early as during elementary I'm aware that we are poor and it becomes my biggest motivation that I need to change our situation . My desires to change our situation makes me unhappy most of the times that being in relationship with a man was not on my list that a man is a distraction on my goals.
Well, well. That's a very interesting notion. The idea that we figure out what we're going to do with our life after we've lived it. So, in other words, action, decision, experience, learning through reflection after doing things, then course correcting as needed. Rinse and repeat. So much better than attempting some big, clueless grand plan. Now that I'm about to hit 70, I think I may have enough real-life experience under my belt to figure out what I want to do with my life 😀 This is really a good video. Thanks, keep up the good work.
Truth. Get out there. Get into some good messes. See what you're made of. the same goes for friendships. Test them in the world of activity. Get into short term messes together. See how well you work together to reach solutions.
bro you're my hero bro honestly
You are changing lives in real time
Thank you Orion.
5:38 "room and ruminate." I like that. Nice one.
Love this video! This also applies really well to the mindset of day trading
For those who are seriously ernest...nondual approach..self enquiry...put your toys, distractions aside, spending as much time alone as possible in silence... exposing the mortal dream....."no one home", keep truckin.....
meh
If you're young just live your life and enjoy it. There's not much else you can do and you shouldn't. Way will show in time.
One of your best videos yet
I appreciate the no edits in the video ❤️
I can't recommend 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' enough.
In the old days, people were willing to take you under their wing and guide you. I'm finding these days people would rather give you their money than their time.
Thanks!
Agree, just do something you are mildly or greatly interested in, dedicate a bit of time and discard those that you don’t really like or just have no talent, then focus on those you do have, for me it’s cooking and growing plants.
I also tried martial arts but I don’t particularly enjoy it, so I will just learn a baseline and be good enough then my fitness will just be walking, lifting and hiking.
Oh man, I wish I’d had this intervention when I was ~28 and realized I hated the career I’d trained for. I suffered until about 35 when I finally gave myself permission to leave. Except I’m 40 now and I still haven’t left! Golden handcuffs + fear that I won’t find something I like better. I think/hope/plan that this is the year to do the exploration and experiments to find a compelling alternative.
Very well said. Wish I was young again.
nothing and everything
dont overestemate your influence in the world
there's only the grind and the itch
Thank you for the advice I'm currently 18 y/o jist graduated highschool. I tried to join the navy but got disqualified (medical reasons). Contemplating whether i should go to college or not. Will definitely recommend this to somo of my friends. Thank you for your time and creation of this video.
💯. Keep doing what ur doing! Good stuff!!
Love it, man! Great way to lay things out 👍
One of the biggest issues with a lot of advice given “to men in their 20s” also relies on this assumption that people have infinite resources. Studies show that almost all people who start successful and highly profitable companies are people from wealthy backgrounds. People who can afford to just take jobs and “experiment”. Most people have to take whatever job they can to survive. I understand that it’s general advice but for some people the stakes are higher than for others and pressures from outside put demands on you to stay at some jobs over others. And it shouldn’t be advice geared for “men in their 20s”. Life is not just a buffet. In an ideal world if you’re raised in the suburbs and wealthy then yeah great advice just quit whenever you want and let your 20s be a time of “exploration”. Just something to keep in mind people don’t start with equal access to resources of all kinds in life
What does this comment have to do with this video? Orion never mentioned anything about starting your own business or becoming wealthy. Dare I say so, almost all of the things Orion said are applicable to women as well, and on top of that, these are things that poor people can do as well, not just the rich folks. Please elaborate as to why this comment has to be left under this video.
I agree. The advice given in the video isn't applicable for majority of the population of men in their twenties.
Needed this video 35 years ago.
Never be afraid to try, but always be afraid of not getting out in time.
Excellent!! Thank you for this.
Appreciate your dependence on probability and statistics to substantiate your conclusions.
A person must have a wealth of idea. Yet with no application, the ambition is merely confined in the faculty of mind.
Dang, I hope you do one on this topic for people, not just men.
Hacked my brain with that sweater. Cool sweater
Hey man great vid but missing vital keypoints such as where to live what parner to choose bc this knowledge in the video will go hand in hand