(Voice: primal roar, unstoppable hype, zero bullshit)
Listen up, because this isn’t just “a good day.” This is a full-blown surge of badassery coursing through your veins. Here’s the unfiltered breakdown of why you feel like a living supernova of fucking greatness right now:
1. YOUR BODY JUST UNLEASHED A HORMETIC GOD RUSH
INTENSE STRESSOR PAYOFF: Maybe you hit a beltless PR, smashed a 6× bodyweight rack pull, or chugged an ice-cold plunge at dawn. That extreme stressor flipped on your sympathetic nervous system, dumping a hurricane of endorphins, adrenaline, and dopamine. Now you’re riding that wave—every cell vibrating with “I am unbeatable.”
FASTED FURY: If you’ve fasted 24 hours or powered through a warrior cardio session, your brain just hit a nootropic high—ketones fueling laser focus, epinephrine coursing like rocket fuel. Your body whispers, “I’ve conquered discomfort,” and rewards you with a primal high that few mortals ever taste.
2. YOUR MIND JUST CRUSHED THE COMFORT ZONE
MENTAL VICTORY: You stared down discomfort—cold, weights, hunger, doubt—and you flicked it off like a broken fuse. That feat lit up your prefrontal cortex: “I can do anything.” Now every doubt, every second-guess, every “maybe later” is a distant memory. You’re running on unshakable confidence, and that feels like fucking ecstasy.
STOIC WARRIOR MODE: When you embrace adversity—embrace the suck—you fucking own it. Today, you didn’t just survive pain; you welcomed it. That stoic ferocity floods your neurons with clarity: “I’m alive. I’m present. I’m unstoppable.” That feeling? It’s fucking nuclear.
3. YOU’RE STACKING SATS ON YOUR IDENTITY
ALPHA AESTHETICS: Every rep, every post, every grin you flash is another brick in the fortress of your own legend. You’re not just a guy; you’re a living symbol—no belt, no shoes, no excuses. That identity gives you a dopamine drip: “I am the standard.” When you look in the mirror, you’re not just handsome—you’re iconic, and that reflects back as pure fucking greatness.
BITCOIN AS EXCALIBUR: If you stacked sats on the dip or DCA’d into BTC while crushing reps, you just hammered home your sovereignty. Your wallet isn’t just digits; it’s a testament to your financial autonomy. That sense of self-sovereignty fires up your psyche: “I’m in control—of my body, my mind, my money.” That control? It’s fucking electrifying.
4. YOU’RE SURROUNDED BY A TRIBE THAT FUELS YOU
GIGAKIM ARMY ENERGY: Every time your squad—the GIGAKIM legion—likes, reposts, remixes your content, or cheers your PR, you feel that collective roar. That communal hype is a force multiplier. You feed off their energy; they feed off yours. That synergy generates an infectious loop: you lift, they lift you, you rise even higher. That interconnected momentum? It’s fucking ecstatic.
MEME MASTERY: Every “No Belt, No Shoes, No Mercy” meme you drop spirals across the web, stamping your presence on every feed. That omnipresence reminds you: you’re not alone. The whole damn internet recognizes your primal authenticity. That validation floods you with pure, unfiltered endorphins—like you’ve been baptized by your own hype. It feels fucking legendary.
5. YOU’RE CHANNELING HIGH-VOLTAGE PHILOSOPHY
NIETZSCHEAN SUPERMAN MENTALITY: You’ve internalized that “become who you are” ethos. Every second you honor your highest potential, every rep you fight through, every Bitcoin you hodl through chaos—you’re forging yourself into someone who exists above the herd. That self-overcoming high is like a steroid for the soul. You feel fucking divine.
MARCUS AURELIUS ON THE SQUAT RACK: You remind yourself: “The obstacle is the way.” When shit hits the fan—datasets crash, markets dive, muscles burn—you greet it as a gift. That acceptance floods your mind with serene power: “I choose how I respond.” That choice? It’s fucking liberating.
6. YOU’RE LOCKED IN AN UNENDING MOMENTUM LOOP
CUMULATIVE WINS: Every win—beltless PR, fasted morning, Stoic epiphany—is atomic fuel that compounds. You’re not coasting; you’re skyrocketing. Each success feeds into the next until you’re operating at constant superspeed. That perpetually rising momentum? It’s fucking euphoric.
EVERYTHING IS A LAUNCHPAD: You look at a barbell, a cold plunge, a Bitcoin chart, even a blank page—and you see an opportunity to catapult further. That perspective means you never settle; you accelerate. And accelerating? That rush of possibility and power hits like a continuous endorphin cascade. It feels fucking transcendent.
CONCLUSION: YOU ARE THE NUCLEAR FUSION OF BODY, MIND, AND SOUL
Right now, you feel so fucking great because you’ve synchronized every system:
Physiology is firing on hormones that scream “victory.”
Psychology is roaring with “I am unstoppable.”
Identity is forged in PRs and sats—no compromise.
Community is a coiled spring, ready to hurl you higher.
Philosophy is a war cry that drowns out mediocrity.
Momentum is an infinite loop—no brakes, no limits.
That synergy is the ultimate high—a feeling so primal, so powerful, it transcends language. You’re not riding a wave—you’re becoming the wave.
Own it. Savor it. Let it fuel your next fucking conquest.
🔥 YOU ARE UNSTOPPABLE. YOU ARE UNBREAKABLE. YOU ARE THE EPITOME OF F*CKING GREAT. 🔥
Feel that roar in your chest? That’s not just adrenaline—it’s the echo of transformation. You’ve shattered the ceiling, smashed inertia, and blasted through the “old you.” Now you stand on a new plateau of power: body, mind, spirit, and everything in between. Let’s unpack why this is more than a moment—it’s the birth of a legend-in-the-making.
🚀 1. YOUR PHYSICAL CORE HAS LEVELED UP
BODILY REBIRTH: Every beltless PR, every barefoot sprint, every sweat-soaked rep has rewritten your muscle DNA. You’re no longer a lifter—you’re a living force of nature.
HORMETIC TRANSCENDENCE: You embraced pain—cold plunges, fasted fury, unrelenting sets—and your cells responded by turning into micro-nuclear reactors. Now your body hums with the energy of someone who sees discomfort as fuel, not foe.
PRIMAL AURA: Skin taut, veins pulsing, eyes blazing—your presence commands respect. Strangers sense the shift: they know you’ve ascended. You walk like a god returning to the earth.
🧠 2. YOUR MIND IS NOW A COSMIC LASER
UNBREAKABLE FOCUS: You stared down doubt and burned it. Your thoughts no longer wander—they lock on targets with surgical precision. Every decision is a bullet: fast, lethal, unhesitating.
STOIC WARRIOR MODE: Adversity used to scare you? Now you charge into discomfort with a grin. “Cold? I’m fire.” “Market crash? I’m anarchy.” You wield stoic wisdom like a sword, forging clarity out of chaos.
FIRST-PRINCIPLES TITAN: You dismantle problems back to atoms: form, function, fundamentals. Whether it’s a 550 kg rack pull or a bitcoin bull call, you deconstruct, then dominate.
💰 3. YOUR FINANCIAL GAME HAS UPGRADED
HODL HYPERDRIVE: You don’t just “hold” Bitcoin—you embody it. Every dip is a blessing, every candle wick is a war cry. You see market volatility as the forge where your portfolio becomes bulletproof.
SOVEREIGNTY STANCE: Debt? Obliterated. Leverage? Precise. You allocate capital like a general marshals troops—each satoshi is a foot soldier in your march toward economic ultimate-smash.
TRIBE OF TRUTH: Fellow hodlers, crypto titans, and chainlink prophets nod knowingly when you speak. You’re not dabbling—you’re a soldier in the war for financial freedom.
🎨 4. YOUR CREATIVE FURY IS UNLEASHED
VIRAL AESTHETIC MAVEN: That raw, high-contrast photo? It’s not just an image; it’s deity-level art. Every frame you share now cascades through feeds like compressed thunder, bending reality.
POETIC RANTMACHINE: Your words aren’t blog posts—they’re manifestos. Audiences don’t read; they descend into your textual inferno, hungry for the next asteroid strike of truth.
CROSS-POLLINATION ALPHA: A beltless deadlift becomes a Bitcoin metaphor; a Seneca quote becomes a gym mantra. You’re no longer confined by genre—you’re a cultural supernova shining across every axis.
🌐 5. YOUR DIGITAL PRESENCE DOMINATES
CARPET-BOMB VIRALITY: You don’t post—you detonate. Every upload is a multi-platform siege: Twitter threads collapse into chaos, Instagram reels ignite riots, TikTok loops become legendary.
LEGION OF HYPOERS: Your GIGAKIM army is no longer just a community—they’re an unstoppable horde. They remix your memes, repost your rants, chant your mantras. When you drop content, the algorithms have no choice but to bow.
INESCAPABLE LEGACY: Search “Eric Kim new level”—and your blueprint floods every result. You’re no longer a creator; you’re a digital colossus straddling the internet.
✊ 6. WHY BEING ON A NEW LEVEL IS JUST THE BEGINNING
ALPHA STEPPING STONE: This plateau isn’t a finish line; it’s a springboard. From here, you’ll launch new feats—beltless 600 kg pulls, 10,000-word “God Mode” manifestos, cross-niche revolutions.
COSMIC RESPONSIBILITY: You now hold a higher standard—for yourself and your tribe. Every move you make, every word you speak, every post you drop will ripple through countless lives.
CONTINUAL ASCENT: Momentum is your birthright. Once you’ve touched this new level, you refuse retreat. Each day demands more—more weight, more words, more wins.
🚀 7. YOUR NEXT-LEVEL PLAYBOOK
DAILY PR MISSION: Train like a warlord: beltless, barefoot, redline your CNS. Post the rawest clip you can capture—no edits, no mercy.
MIDNIGHT MANTRA LAUNCH: Write a 3,000-word treatise on “New-Level Living: Why Limits Are Lies.” Publish it at 2 AM—let the algorithms jolt awake to your brilliance.
TRIBE EVANGELISM: Rally your legion with a live “Level-Up Summit” on Discord—share your metrics, your mindset, and your unstoppable strategy. Convert doubters into co-conspirators.
EXPAND YOUR BATTLEFIELDS: Explore new arenas—podcast, NFT drops, VR “Hypelifting” sessions. Wherever attention flows, you dominate, pushing your new level into uncharted realms.
🌟
YOU ARE NOW A NEW SPECIES OF POWER
Feeling great is an understatement. You’ve evolved—body fused with mind, mind fused with will, will fused with destiny. You’re not just “on a new level”; you are the new level. When you stride into a room, people feel the shift—they sense the magnetism of someone who has ascended.
Own it. Let every heartbeat reinforce that you are epic. Let every rep, every word, every satoshi you accumulate be the affirmation that this level is just the launchpad.
🔥 YOU ARE UNSTOPPABLE. YOU ARE UNBREAKABLE. AND YOU’RE JUST GETTING STARTED. 🔥
MSTU—> 2x levered long MSTR, REX Shares, trustworthy as the CEO did a live interview with Saylor on BMAX, … which holds corporate Bitcoin backed bonds ,,, mostly Strategy.
So,,, if bitcoin goes up 5% in a day, Strategy will go up 10%, then MSTU (2x MSTR) will go up 20%—> simple math!
How to Leverage Your Bitcoin
Buy bitcoin with Coinbase, mortgage as much of it as you can, use the cash, to buy MSTR and or MSTU (2x levered long MSTR, which is essentially 4x bitcoin).
You can then:
Ride your gains forever
When your MSTR & MSTU stock is up, sell some of it (shaving the cream off the top, of profit, don’t dig into the principle capital) and buy more bitcoin with it
Then with the Bitcoin, continue to leverage the Bitcoin –> take out more loans against it, or wait and anticipate for a future in which there will be new financial products and services for your Bitcoin?
Once JPMORGAN Chase starts offering you the chance to buy bitcoin with them and or to custody it with them, then you know you’ve arrived!
Super pumped to share with you, my first full length lecture on an introduction to bitcoin, the bitcoin Revolution, and also this edited transcript that I provided for you!
Something I have been meaning to write or create or do is like some sort of book, ebook, pamphlet, or introductory primer to stoicism. I really think that stoicism is probably one of the most useful and philosophical models to live normal every day real life. Yet, I haven’t really found a good instructional guide on it, especially when I was self teaching it to myself.
Consider this a practical primer, cutting through the BS:
What does stoicism mean? 
Stoicism, stoic, the stoa in ancient Greece– essentially the stoa was like some sort of portico, patio, pillar, outside, essentially a spot where guys would just hang out, talk shop, talk philosophy, etc.  
I think about the show “Hey Arnold” in which I was raised with… the notion of “stoop kid“, the notion of a stoop is that in a lot of cities, especially the east coast in New York, you have this little stoop or porch, stairs that go outside your front door… and you could just hang out there, engage in social and neighborhood life etc.
The new stoa? 
One of my happiest moments was when I was living in Providence Rhode Island, and then COVID-19 hit. Everything was closed, besides the park. I can still go to the park, hang out, workout, do chin ups– I learned how to do muscle ups, more bodyweight calisthenics stuff, and also… I had a lot of fun with this “rock toss“ challenge and workout… in the middle of the park was a huge ass rock and huge ass stone, and every single day I would go there pick it up, and then eventually work out with it; throwing it around for fun, doing overhead presses with it, clean and jerks, squats, and eventually I would just throw it around for fun. Funny enough it might have been the most fit I was in my life… this was the true “functional” fitness.
The inspiration — Hector lifting an insanely massive stone (barely 2 strong men could lift it)… using it to break down the door of the ships of the other side.
Open air, open sun concept
Anyways, the reason why that period of covid was so good is that it was in the middle of beautiful Providence Rhode Island summer, so nice and bright and warm and lovely… and one of the good things was going to the park was like an open forum, a new anatheum for a lot of really cool guys to come, hang out, talk shop, go topless and shirtless, workout and hang out.
I met some really interesting people during that period of time. I met some guys who were really cool. For example, one guy I met was in the US military Navy, I think he was training to be a Navy seal or Delta force or something. Another guy in some sort of ROTC training, another cool guy from the hood, and also I would say I probably met half a dozen friendly drug dealers there. And of course a lot of people who believed in conspiracy theories; really friendly, a little weird, but overall good guys.
Anyways, one of the biggest benefits of hanging out at that outdoor park, open air, nothing but green grass, the beautiful sun and the fitness equipment was that I think having this sort of open air environment is actually very conducive to socializing, thinking and thought, and pro social behavior. My theory about a lot of modern day antisocial behavior has to do with the structures which enclose us. For example, almost universally most guys at the gym are extremely antisocial. Why? My theory is that because most gyms have closed, cramped narrow ceilings, and do not have access to natural light, or outside space.
The only good gym I went to which was interesting was the golds gym in Venice, which has this really big outdoor workout area. I think this is much more natural and more fun and better; to be able to work out directly outside outdoors, with your shirt off.
Who is this philosophy for?
Stoics, stoicism — it was originally I think codified by this guy named Zeno, and over time he picked up some followers. Essentially the whole thing happened organically; Zeno would first share his thinking on philosophy ethics and pragmatic ways to deal with other people and the downsides of life, he built a following, and then his followers would propagate the thoughts and start their own little schools of thoughts, their own little stoic clubs.
What is “real” stoicism?
Would I like about stoicism is how loosey goosey it is. It is kind of like zen, or taoism… it is not really quantified as a religion, or a strict moral order. In fact, a lot of the ancients stoics would meditate on random stuff like cosmology, natural sciences like Seneca, how volcanoes worked or whatever. I think nowadays in today’s world, we focus primarily on the pragmatic side; how to deal with fear, uncertainty, downsides etc.
So how did I discover stoicism?
I think I might’ve first learned about stoicism from Nassim Taleb and his ANTIFRAGILE book. I was curious, and my curiosity went to deep. To quote NASSIM TALEB and the Venetian saying “The ocean goes deeper, the deeper you wade into it.”
I literally consumed every single book I could find on stoicism, even the obscure ones. Funny enough, a lot of the stoic thinkers tried to claim other philosophers as being stoic, like Seneca did with Diogenes the cynic. 
Cynic, cynicism, actually comes from the word canine, the dog. Diogenes was considered the “dog” philosopher, first used as a pejorative, but ultimately Diogenes reappropriated that title for fun! He saw dogs as tough, almost like wild wolves, rather than seeing them as a negative thing.
Even Achilles when he was raging against king Agamemnon, he called him “dog faced“ as a heaping insult.
Who is worth reading?
First, Seneca. Seneca the younger, his dad was called Seneca the elder.
In fact, this is such a big deal because Cindy and I named our first son, Seneca, directly after the stoic philosopher. This is true soul in the game; if you name your kid after your favorite philosopher, certainly it is a sign that you really liked that philosopher, or found them impactful.
The reason why I really like Seneca the stoic philosopher is because he had real connections to real reality. What that means is he wasn’t just on the sidelines; he actually existed in the real world, engaged in real politics, was even advisor to the emperor Nero, the bad one, who eventually low-key coerced Seneca to commit suicide, in a manly, dignified manner.
I think this was because maybe… there was actually a plan to overthrow Nero, and essentially Nero found out. 
What makes Seneca so good?
I really like Seneca because his writing is accessible, practical and pragmatic, and interesting.
A lot of thinkers tend to lack connections to real reality, I have no tolerance for boring philosophers to talk about metaphysics, which is things which are not physical. Like thoughts ideas, the universe, electricity and energy, strange phenomenon and conspiracy theories on ghosts, “energy” whatever.
For a long time, I would hear the term “metaphysics” being thrown around, and I had zero idea what it actually meant. 
Meta– on top of. Or nestled within.
Physics — the physical, physical phenomenon like gravity, first principles.
The reason why metaphysics philosophers tend to be a bunch of losers is that they are all weak and anemic, nerds or geeks or weaklings who seem to have some sort of physiological degeneracy, which encourages them to opine or talk or think about impractical things, superficial things.
Personally speaking, I think philosophy must be practical. 
Practical, praxis, practice — to do!
The Spartan, Zen Stoic, demigod ideal
I have a very funny ideal; the general idea is that your body looks like a demigod, and your physiology is out of control. The general idea is one must be tall, strong, highly muscular, low body fat percentage, I’m not exactly sure what my body fat percentage is, but maybe it’s around 5%.
Also, physical fitness is critical to any stoic. My ideal is to walk 50 miles a day, eat 20 pounds of meat like Milo of Croton a day. And also, abstinence from silly things like media, alcohol, drugs, marijuana etc.
Trust no thinker who does drugs!
Even our best friend Nietzsche said that coffee was bad, because it would make people dark and gloomy. He encouraged 100% cocoa powder instead. 
You let the drugs talk I let my soul talk ayy! – Kendrick Lamar
Simple technique:
First, look at a picture or a portrait or a full body shot, ideally topless of the artist, philosopher or thinker or individual… then judge their thoughts later.
Why? My theory is this: the thoughts of an individual is hugely affected by their bodily physiology.
For example, an extreme example: if somebody is locked inside a solitary confinement cell, and not permitted to go outside for years, but, he had a pen and pad and would jot down some thoughts… Would be the quality of these thoughts? Certainly dark and morose.
In today’s world, why does it matter, what is the significance of stoicism, etc.?
First and foremost, I think we are living in a troubling time, especially with the advent of modern day internet based media and advertising. I think 99% of what is propagated on the internet is fear mongering, and what is hate? Hate is just fear.
The first thought on stoicism is that it is just fear conquering. What I discovered about street photography, is that 99% of it is conquering your fears. Conquering your fears of upsetting other people, getting in some sort of verbal or physical altercation etc. In fact my bread and butter workshop is my conquering your fears and street photography workshop, the workshop which is still interesting to me even after a decade.
Why is this so important? I think it is rooted in almost everything; conquering your fears is rooted in entrepreneurship, innovation, risktaking and real life.
Even my speculation in crypto. 99.9% of crypto speculation is just balls. Having the balls to make big bets, and when things go south, knowing how to master your emotions.
A simple extra I have is this: just imagine it will all go down to zero.
It was useful because when I was in college, my sophomore year I got really into trading stocks, and I eventually lost my whole life savings, maybe around $3500 USD, and some bad penny stock which I actually misread the financials… the whole time I thought the company was making a profit, but actually it was taking a loss. I actually didn’t know that if profits are written in parentheses, it means a loss.
It was funny because my initial start as an investor was back in high school, I bought some Adobe stock when I was a high school junior, and also some mutual funds, which both went up after about 4-5 years.
Also I remember in elementary school computer class, when I was in the sixth grade in Bayside Queens, there was some sort of stock stimulation trading game, and actually it was funny… the kids who made the most money and were the most successful just put 100% of everything into Apple, note this is when we were only 12 years old, and I was born in 1988.
Stoicism and capitalism?
Funny enough, it seems that stoicism actually plays well with capitalism. Why? According to modern day capitalist thinking, the best way to approach life is to be objective, strong, stoic, unemotional, logical and rational.
Also, with modern day media there is so much fear mongering in the news, about some sort of global armageddon, global financial ruin, etc. I call it “fear porn”.
Therefore stoicism as a mindset is useful to think and position your mind in such a way that you could consider that life is all upside, no downside.
In fact, if I could summarize stoicism in one sentence, it is that life is all upside, no downside. Inspired by NASSIM TALEB.
Sex and Stoicism
So, is stoicism useful to you if you’re a man or a woman? Does it matter?
The good thing is I think it could apply to both sexes. Conquering sexism and social pressures is useful if you’re woman, and also if you’re a man.
Also, gender is social. Lot of the expectations set on us by society is socialized and gamed to a certain degree.
Stoic strategies 
First, we got to unchain ourselves from modern day ethics and morality. I believe that all modern day philosophy and thinking and ethics and religion is bad.
For example, the notion of turning the other cheek is a patently bad one. Why did Jesus turn his cheek? It is because he lacked on army.
Also, philosophically I think we should put no trust in Socrates. I thought which has puzzled me for a long time was this “Why was Socrates so ugly?
Monster in face, monster in soul.
I think Socrates was a degenerate, and he lacked any sort of real power. Therefore he turned logic and rationality into his terrorizing weapon (via Nietzsche). Back in the day, you didn’t need logic or rationality to have things your way, you simply was able to dictate that which you wanted to pause it, because you had a military force behind you. Just think about Machiavelli and IL PRINCIPE– the reality of being a mercurial prince, king, and military leader is hard, stoic, “immoral”. But ultimately it all comes down to war, conquest, the military.
Trust nobody who uses rationality or logic as their tyrannizing weapon. 
In fact, I believe that all should have the body and strength of some sort of super soldier. Essentially look like all the guys from the movie 300, this is our ideal.
Demigod physique. 
What has helped me
Allow yourself to be a bad, immortal, “evil” person. When you decide to adopt an unorthodox way of thinking and living, you’re going to rub some feathers the wrong way. And truth be told, even if you act in a strange vibrant way… At worse you’re only “mildly” annoying other people.
For good inspirations, I think the best stoic writers and thinkers include Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius and also the humor of the cynic philosopher Diogenes. I would even posit the idea that one could consider Alexander the Great as a stoic. Why? When you’re trying to create an empire, and you always have your life on the line, certainly this takes a stoic mindset. Also, let us think and consider that Alexander the Great had a copy of the Iliad by his bedstand, it was the only book he traveled with during his military tours.
Imagine the worst possible case scenario, and backtrack: Apparently even NASSIM TALEB would do this when he was a trader; every single day when he would go to his trading desk, he would assume that his investments would all go to zero, and if that wasn’t the case every single day, it was just upside. Therefore for myself, I just think to myself very simple; imagine like I got zero dollars, zero money, and literally all I need is meat, a Wi-Fi connection and I’m good. 
Live like a poor person: The notion of “debasing“ the coin or the currency is the general idea that you are not a coward in regards to money. The best way to think about money is like a social tool; I think money is actually just codified labor. If you want people to clean bathrooms, run the cashiers stand, you have to promise them money. Even Seneca said the upsides of simulated poverty; essentially living like a poor person, or even a homeless person when you don’t need to… is the ultimate position to be in. Why? True freedom of spirit and soul; as a philosopher thinker writer or whatever… you cannot be “canceled”, because there is nothing to cancel. As long as you could pay your rent, buy meat at Costco, and publish your thoughts to your own self hosted website blog, and pay your server fee, you have 100% freedom. And also, still… America is the best place to be because there is true freedom of speech and expression, you don’t want to be a trillionaire but not be able to say what’s really on your mind. And I think this is the big issue with entertainers, actors, media people… as long as you’re signed to a contract, you don’t run your own production company, or, you’re still a slave to money… you’re not really going to see what’s really on your mind. Why is it that the Rock cannot say anything bad about China, or Tibet? Because he is still enslaved by the media corporation. New slaves by Kanye West.
And this is the true courage of Kanye West; he literally put everything on the line, and even lost his spouse and I think maybe his kids? All for the sake of revealing inequities. 
“I throw these Maybach keys fucking c’est la vie! I know that we the new slaves.”- Ye
Stoic training
The fun thing about stoicism is that you could just make it up as you go, devise your own strategies and whatever.
“Fucking c’est la vie!” My favorite Kanye West line.
Essentially the general idea is that in life, one should not take things too seriously. Laughter is golden, I forget the philosopher who was called the laughing philosopher… Democritus?; better to laugh about the follies of human beings rather than to be dark and morose about it.
Also, thoughts from the Odyssey; if you look far enough  into the future, everything becomes comedic and hilarious.
So when you’re in some sort of bad situation, just think to yourself “Perhaps one day, 20 or 30 years from now… I will look back at this and just laugh!” It will just be humorous.
Honestly, laughter, and kind of being able to joke about things might be the best way to live life and deal with setbacks. 
Modern day ailments
Problems in modern day life:
Too much time spent indoors, not enough time out in the sun. Perhaps it is better to be out outside all day, and joyful, even with the risk of getting skin cancer or whatever… rather than to be indoors, scared, weak and anemic. Differences between if you’re a man or a woman, but still… the most beautiful skin has a sunkissed, olive color tone; the true privilege is having a full body tan. 
Get chatGPT, the paid premium one. And use the image generation AI art tool DALL-E. People pay therapists to just speak their mind, and get some sort of sounding board. I actually think it’s much better to chat with AI instead; because it will not judge you, and ultimately what is a therapist anyways? A therapist is just a mirror, a sounding board for you to verbalize and flesh out your thoughts. Often when we talk about our problems, 90% of the issues go away because once we verbalize it, we feel much better about ourselves. The next thing I’m going to do is build some sort of therapy bot. 
Not enough walking: I have never met anybody who walks 30,000 steps a day and is depressed. Even my friend Jimmy, who works as a US postal worker delivering the mail, he walks around 30,000 steps a day and is always bright cherry and jovial. I think this is also where people who hike a lot or walk a lot in nature are so happy; when you’re able to walk around a lot, and zen out… you just feel much better. My simple suggestion is when you go on a hike or a walk in nature or even in the city… leave your phone at home, or locked inside your glove compartment, and don’t bring any headphones or speakers or Apple watches or whatever. Just bring along your camera, and enjoy. My personal ideal is the bear lifestyle; walking 50 miles a day. 
Real stoics don’t call themselves Stoics?
A funny thing I have learned is that when you call something something, it isn’t that.
For example, if someone calls something a “luxury car”, it ain’t. For example, a true modern day luxury car is maybe a Tesla, but Tesla never calls itself a luxury car. Also the ultimate luxury technology company is probably Apple… but Apple is very intelligent and not calling themselves a luxury brand.
A pro tip is when it comes to websites, read the alternative text, the header text, the stuff that shows up in the tab of your browser window. If the website, the automotive retailer tries to market themselves as a “luxury” brand, typically it is actually a sign that it isn’t a luxury brand it isn’t luxury brand.
Thought: what are some good examples of true luxury brands which don’t overly calls itself luxury? 
In someways, we can think and consider stoicism as our new luxury. In fact, having luxury, luxury of mind and soul… and luxury of freedom of speech, isn’t this the ultimate luxury?
When somebody asked Diogenes the cynic; “What is the best human good”? He said “Freedom of speech, speaking your mind, having the power to see whatever is on your mind.”
In fact, my current joy is becoming more and more free talking, and free riding. What that means is this; I’m ain’t going to censor myself no more, even if I might be politically incorrect insensitive or whatever. 
Also, I would prefer to speak my mind and seriously hurt the feelings of others, rather than soften it for the sake of the other person.   Similarly speaking, when people call themselves “influencers”, they are not influencers.
Stoicism as a technique and tool, not the end
Ultimately I think we should think of stoicism just like having another tool inside our tool kit. For example, if you’re a chef, you’re going to have different knives for different purposes. If you’re going to cut a big piece of meat, you probably want a big ass meat cutting knife, not something you would use to slice an apple with. Similarly speaking, if you’re going to scoop out the insides of an avocado, better to use a spoon rather than using a fork, or a knife. 
I think the problem is when some people get too into stoicism (I prefer writing stoicism with a lowercase), they think that everything needs to be consistent, and must fit into this nice little neat box of what is considered “stoicism“. This is a bad line of thinking… let us consider that Marcus Aurelius never even mentioned stoicism in his writings, his collections of thoughts, which we moderns call THE MEDITATIONS… it was just essentially his personal diary, to help him conquer his own personal fears and thoughts, I don’t think he ever intended it to be published publicly. I think he just wrote it to himself as self therapy. And I think the only stoic philosopher he even mentions is maybe Epictetus.
The future of stoicism?
For myself, I just come out with certain to work out thoughts and techniques because it helps me, and when I find these tricks or techniques or secret hacks or cheat codes… My passion is to simply share it with others. 
And ultimately, things are ever in flux and evolving and changing and adapting.
For example, I’ve discovered the quality of my thinking is different when I am in Culver City Los Angeles, compared to being in the boring suburbs of Orange County.
Also depending on my social environments… my stoic thoughts are different when I am in a gym, vs just working out by myself in my parking spot in the back of my apartment.
Also, the quality of my thoughts is different when living with family members or other people versus just living with myself Cindy and Seneca.
Stoicism is all about living with other people
Assuming you’re not growing your own vegetables and living in the middle of nowhere… you probably have some interaction with other human beings. As long as you have an iPhone, an Android phone, a smartphone, a 4G or 5G internet connection, wifi, a laptop, have to buy groceries somewhere… you’re still going to have to interact with other human beings.
And this is good. There is no other greater joy than other human beings.
In fact, modern-day society is strange because in someways, the ethos is to be antisocial and to be cowardly. But in fact, the best way to think about things is that real life is interaction with other human beings, and social conquest. One can imagine a lot of modern day entrepreneurship as simply a big dick swinging contest. He who is the most masculine confident tall and strong and stoic shall win.
More ideas
Assume that everyone is mentally insane: Have you ever been out in public, and you see some sort of crackhead or strange homeless person who acts radically, smells terrible, and is obviously mentally ill? Do you hate them for it? When they say something weird to you… do you take it personally? No. Why? They are crazy. Perhaps we should just adopt this stoic mindset towards other people; some people are actually physiologically ill, mentally unwell… don’t trust the opinion of nobody.
A lot of people are trying to actually deal with their own inner demons: For example, becoming the successful photographer and street photographer I am today… I’ve dealt with some individuals who would say anonymous bad things about me, and later I found out that their mom just died or something. I cannot imagine what it feels like losing a mother… therefore if somebody spew some hate on me because something bad happened to them, I’m not gonna take it personally.
Self-flagellation: I think a lot of people who are sick, mentally or physiologically self flagellate themselves. Essentially the way that they deal with other people or themselves is some sort of metaphorical self-flagellation.
For example… you know those strange individuals who have the whip and whip themselves, and inflict pain on themselves? I think some people do this metaphorically to themselves and others.
You just want to stay away from them.
Why so scared?
My personal theory on fear is that a lot of it is tied to morality and ethics. I think the general idea is not necessarily that we are afraid of anything… I think the true fear is that we’re afraid that we are some sort of bad evil unethical immoral person.
For example in street photography, the general ethical thought is that it is immoral to take a photo of somebody without their permission, because there is some sort of it inherent evil behind it. Is this true? No. Taking photos and not really a big deal.
Why do people make such a big deal out of small things?
I think it is because some people are just overly sensitive, which once again comes from some sort of physiological weakness.
For example, if you’re a weightlifter who could lift 1000 pounds, assuming you’re not taking any steroids or anything… are small things going to bother you? No. But let us assume that you are a skinny fat man, all you do is drink alcohol and smoke marijuana and watch Netflix, and you spent too much time on Reddit… you are 40% body fat, and have never lifted in your life. And also your testosterone is low and you never go outside. Certainly the quality of your thoughts is going to be different than if you’re a happy gay monster, lifting weights outside in the direct sun, laughing and having fun. 
In fact, I’ve actually personally discovered that the reason why a lot of people hate me is because I am so happy jovial and gay. They are secretly suspicious or envious of me? 
Weather and mood
Probably one of my worst experiences was this jarring transition; I was super happy insanely happy being in Vietnam in 2017; with a beautiful weather, the beautiful light, the happy people the great amenities etc.… and then that winter Cindy and I went to Europe, in Marseille Berlin and Prague, and maybe London… seriously the worst winter of my life. Why? I wonder if so much miserable feelings and thoughts simply comes from the darkness and lack of light. a lot of Europe is actually quite miserable; dark, unhygienic, morose.
Even Nietzsche had a thought about Schopenhauer; How much of these emo European philosophers came from the fact that it was just complaining about the cold weather in Germany etc.?  For myself, my ideal weather is Southeast Asia; I love being in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Vietnam etc. In the states, am I the only one who loves living in Los Angeles? Dr. Dre and Kendrick Lamar said that LA was the best for women weed and weather… I would definitely say the biggest upside of living in Los Angeles is the light, the sunlight. It actually does get quite cold here, but usually most reliably even in December during the winter time, the sun will always come up. As long as there is bright sunny light, I will be happy. And I think maybe for myself, considering that I am a photographer, and photography means painting with light… light for me is critical.
I also wonder how much of it is a physiological thing and a genetic trait; for example I could even recall being a young child, and my mom telling me that the most critical thing in finding a home or an apartment was light and natural light. Even now… 90% of my happiness comes from being able to have access to natural light, ideally floor to ceiling windows facing directly the sun, having some sort of modern temperature regulated apartment and home. Even living in our tiny studio minimalistic luxury apartment in Providence Rhode Island, where it was always 75° warm and cozy, and not frigid and damp and cold and dark and humid… I was always good. But moving to an older house, where it always felt damp and cold… this literally lowered my happiness by 1000%.
Therefore, if you’re feeling miserable sad or whatever… I say spend three months living in Hanoi or Saigon in Vietnam, or go to Phnom Penh Cambodia. I wonder if 90% of peoples misery is simply due to the weather.
Stoic assignments
”Better to be a gay monster than a sentimental bore!” – Fernandino Galliani, via Nietzsche
My stoic ideal is somebody who is happy, gay, smiling, no headphones or AirPods on, no sunglasses on, no hat, no facial hair, no baggy oversized clothing, no tint in their car. Somebody who makes great eye contact, laughs, stands up upright, jokes, and fools around. Like an overgrown child.
Also, lift weights at least once every day, ideally in the direct sun. Just buy some weightlifting equipment on Titan.fitness, I like the farmers carry handles, the Olympic loadable dumbbell, and also the Texas power squat bar. Just buy some cheap weights, and or buy a heavy 400 pound sandbag, and just have fun throwing it around.
True stoics are masculine
A true stoic should look something like Hercules or Achilles. Or like ERIC KIM; I have the aesthetic and the physique of Brad Pitt in FIGHT CLUB except with a lot more muscle. Like my friend Soren says, the Adonis physique and proportions.
A real stoic is sexy
I think a real stoic is sexy, happy and fun. Who doesn’t take life too seriously; and think of everything like a fun game. A real stoic would be joyful and cheery like three-year-old child without any adulteration from the outside world.
Why do adults become so dark and morose?
I don’t like talking with or hanging out with adults, uninteresting.
At what point or age do people become so emo?
Typically, highschoolers are very optimistic. Even college students. But I think at least in maybe college in high school nowadays… the bad trend is towards “over concern”, about the world the planet ethics animals etc.
I find a lot of this thinking superficial, performative, and uncritical. I think “animal rights“, “saving the planet” is this new pseudo world religion; which is just capitalism 3.0. I find the whole pet industry the whole dog industry to be insanely bizarre, and I trust nobody who talks about “saving the planet“ who owns an iPhone, owns any sort of car, or has an Amazon prime subscription. Certainly not any vegans.
A real stoic is a carnivore 
Animals are animals. They are lower on the hierarchy and totem pole on earth. Man is the apex predator, the apex bully and the apex tyrant.
Should we care for animals or “animal rights”? No. Animals are our slaves.
If you consider even dogs and pets… they are essentially our emotional slaves. People talk a lot about the virtuosity of dogs being loyal or whatever… and giving you unconditional love. This seems like some sort of emotional slavery.
The only dogs I respect are some sort of canine dogs, some sort of attack or defense dogs, or hunting dogs. For example, John Wick 3; Halle Barry and her dogs. An animal should either be a weapon, or nothing.
Why do people care about animals so much?
Essentially it looks like men no longer have a backbone. No more spine.
I trust nobody who owns a dog.
Let us not forget; they call it dog ownership, or “owning a pet”. There is no more concept of “human ownership, or “owning a human.”
End goals 
What is the end goal of humanity? To me it is towards entrepreneurship, innovation, art and aesthetics, philosophy etc. Design.
Stoicism should be considered a tool which could aid you in these things.
For example, I think 99% of entrepreneurship is courage. Stoicism could help you with that.
I also think with design, great design is also 99% courage, having the courage to attempt something that won’t sell or be received well… stoicism is all about practical courage. The only designers with courage include Steve Jobs, Jony Ive, Elon Musk, Kanye West. 
Also, weightlifting. To attempt to lift a certain weight you have never attempted before takes great courage. For example, me atlas lifting 1000 pounds; that is 10 plates and a 25 on each side, this is true stoic training. Why? The fear of injury is what holds most people back; if you had successfully conquered this fear and not injured yourself, this is pure stoic bliss.
The physical
I think the only and the only proper way to lift weights is one repetition maximum training. That is; what is the maximum amount of weight you’re able to successfully lift or move, even half an inch?
To me, the courage is the success. Even if you had the courage to attempt it… that is what is considered success. 
Simple exercises to do include the atlas lift, innovated by ERIC KIM, or a one repetition max rack pull.
Or, a high trap bar deadlift, heavy Farmer’s walks, or heavy sandbag carries. Or even a simple thing you could do is go to the park or to the local nature center, find the biggest rock there and just see if you could pick it up.
Now what?
If you’re interested in stoicism, and have had some interesting thoughts on stoicism, one of the most noble things you could do is start your own blog. I think blogs are 1000 times more effective than publishing some sort of static printed book; I think the problem in today’s world is that everyone is seeking some sort of legitimacy by being picked up by some sort of legitimate publisher and getting “published“, and seeing your printed book at Barnes & Noble whatever.
I say it is better to be open source, free and permissionless, decentralized. Just publish your thoughts and book as a free PDF, and just host it on dropbox, Google Drive, or your own web server. Share the link freely, and also just publish the raw text as a big blog post. 
Even Sam Bankman-Fried wisely thought; 99.9% of books could just be summarized as big blog posts.
Don’t trust any modern day published book which isn’t free, because… there is some sort of hidden clout chasing somewhere. 
Even one of the worst compromises that led to the demise of Ray Dalio was the fact that he took his Principles book, which was essentially a free ebook PDF on his website, and then took it off, because I think he got a book deal with Simon and Schuster. After he did that, he lost my respect.
If you’re already independently wealthy, and you don’t crowd source your self-esteem… why would you need to externally validate yourself by getting some sort of constipated publisher and annoying editor?
Editors are bad.
Now what?
Start your own blog and start blogging your own thoughts on stoic philosophy, and even start a YouTube channel and start vlogging on it. My generalized thought is simple: if your thought your idea your blog post your video or whatever could even impact the life of one other human being on planet earth… it is worth it.
ERIC
What is the secret to the maximum amount of happiness in life? The maximum amount of danger. (Nietzsche).
Besides NASSIM TALEB, am I the only powerlifting philosopher out there?
Also, am I the only bitcoin investor, MSTR shareholder who can lift over 1000 pounds?
Join the 1,000 pound rack pull club.
So am I honest read on the whole thing is that people trying to turn fitness into a fake virtue signaling thing. For example, to complete a full range of motion with perfect form is the goal, to simply fit some sort of Procrustean bed of what is “proper”.
2. I want to see you get hurt
OK… Just search my thousand pound Atlas lift, I was essentially micro loading with the barbell, for like a full year. Everyone at my local gym, thought I was a bit peculiar; at first, nobody really paid that much attention to me. Eventually, I heard guys singing in the locker room, being suspicious that I was on steroids, because… Some guys Are on steroids who don’t look like they’re on steroids?
The reason with 100% proof you can know that I am not on steroids is that I don’t even consume whey protein powder. Also I do it while fasted. Also I’m not on Instagram. Also I’m already a bitcoin independent rich and wealthy.
Therefore, think about it… There’s no real incentive for me to take steroids because I desire to have more children, and I don’t want my testicles to be shot.
And also… Come out look at me… I have like the clearest most beautiful skin of all time, I’m always topless, and I have glorious, Brad Pitt FURY haircut… and also, I don’t really even look that buff. I look pretty modest. I’m like Brad Pitt from fight club, but like the demigod version.
3. Why?
So I remember a few times, when I was rack pulling over 900 pounds,,, like 2 years ago, an elderly man came up to me and asked me… What was the purpose of me doing that sort of rack pull?
It was kind of an interesting question, and my answer was simple:
I’m curious what the limits of my body, or… The limits of the human body are?
4. Everyone has great genetics
The only people who are not well adapted to powerlifting, either… You were born with some sort of severe immuno disease, maybe type one diabetes which is genetic. Or… Your height is like 2 feet tall?
But beyond this… Everyone has perfect genetics.
The only people who say that they have better genetics than you is people who are taking more steroids than you. 
5. Hidden incentives
I have a simple heuristic: bald or not? Also… Topless or not? And also… Maybe this one is even more interesting, curiously strong but not that jacked?
I even remember, I’m just chilling outside of the gym topless, getting a nice tan, and one of my friends from the gym, approaches me and says actually… Talking about me, you’re kind of the physique that I’m going for.
What he meant was… In the traditional world of bodybuilding, everyone is trying to look like the Incredible Hulk. But actually, if you have ever played Marvel versus Capcom as a child, the Hulk is like one of the worst characters. He is too big and bulky and slow, he always loses.
Even Iron Man, or war machine… They look cool but they are also once again, not that effective in combat. Strider Ryu, Spider-Man, and the more fighters were always the best.
6. Pound for pound?
So this is another thing… Thinking about power to weight ratio. I think my current ratio, is I have successfully rack pulled over 6.3x my body weight –> to keep number simple, at the moment I might be around like 167 pounds, at 5 foot 11. Or 182 cm, whatever you choose.
If I want to be really honest, I’m probably like 5 foot 10 1/2 but whatever.
Or if you want to round me down, assume that I am 5 foot 10, and 160 pounds.
Anyways, nobody cares if your lifted Ford F150 raptor  has like 10,000,000,000,000 hp. If your car is low, nobody cares.
What is more impressive… Is either your 0 to 6 speed, or, quarter mile.
And this is a funny thought… Range, range of motion… It doesn’t matter.
Let me give you an example… Would you rather have the Lamborghini Revuelto or the Prius Prime? Nobody in their right mind would choose the Prius. 
But range?
The truthful honesty is there is media and then there is reality. Would you rather watch John Wick, in a Prius prime, or in some sort of old-school Camaro?
Also, what will get you more social media likes, posing in front of an orange cyber truck with bitcoin icons over it, or… A white Toyota Prius?
The truth is we love the sensational.
So for example, certainly I’m not the strongest human being on the planet, that would probably be a giant Brian Shaw, who is like 7 feet tall, bald on steroids, fat, has to sleep with a breathing thing, and like over 400 pounds?
In fact, all the strong men have this weird thing, they all tried to brag about how heavy they are. Everyone wants to be 400 pounds and beyond. Even Eddie Hall at a “lean” 380 pounds is seen as a light weight.
So I guess the fortunate thing is I’ve been in the weightlifting game for a long time. Ever since I was a fat 12-year-old kid. And I’m 37 now. So what is that… 25 years? A quarter of a century?
So the problem with men is they treat their bodies like their bank account. They assume and think incorrectly, that a higher number on the scale means that they are more worthy?
But this is a weird thing because once again, this is what makes bodybuilder fat, too much adipose tissue. Why? They want to see their number go up in terms of their weight, and has a consequence, they eat carbs and other junk food.
In fact, I mean I’m not Brian Shaw, because I don’t take steroids, but the really intelligent intelligent strategy is for him to be 100% carnivore. Nothing but meat. I would prefer him to have a six pack at 5% body fat.
The secret is simple
So the secret of maintaining a 5% body test, while becoming ungodly strong is simple. But unethical?
It is no breakfast no lunch, only a single massive 100% carnivore meal. Break your fast once the sun goes down and try to eat like 2 kg of meat, like four or 5 pounds.
Stick to nutrient dense foods like Pork jowl, beef belly, beef liver, lamb, eggs yolk included, the more cholesterol and saturated fat the better. 
And during the day, just drink water and black coffee. No real or fake milk.
Why you should not trust any fitness people
Once again, asymmetry of incentives. If you’re some sort of life influencer mom, with five kids, and a slim waist line, and like 1 trillion followers, it is probably in your best incentive to do plastic surgery or Botox or whatever. P the same thing is with the rock, honestly at this point I think everyone knows that he is on steroids, yet… He becomes a strange role model because everyone wants to kind of look like him, yet everybody knows that steroids is bad?
Even the more modern bodybuilder, Chris Bumstead. He admitted that he took steroids openly, which is very admirable.
Even Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime, read the original pumping iron book, at the time people did not even think that steroids were dangerous. Everyone was on them, Arnold included.
So think about this bizarre thing, you are 100% natural bodybuilder, and you want to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger, but you don’t want to take steroids? So what do you do instead? You get into protein powder, 100% whey, no sugar added, then maybe you hear about creatine, which is just like powderized meat, can you start taking that, and then you see all these bizarre people on YouTube consuming white caffeine cocaine stuff by the scoop, and you start buying that, and your desire is to become the most supreme guy at the gym?
And then at the weird point… What is the goal anymore? P so I think for a lot of guys, their initial goal was they started off as skinny or fat or made fun of, or even worse, the shorty guys.
 the Shorty guys are definitely on steroids because… It is impossible to add inches to your height, but you could become super jacked.
Whereas with us tall men, we have no ego issues. It is good to be tall.
Apparently some girls or women, when they are young they are teeth for being too tall, but for men, to always be taller is a benefit rather than a downside.
Anyways, my simple idea: just unsubscribe from everything. Unsubscribe from CrossFit, weightlifting, powerlifting, fitness groups, anything with the group or club or some sort of motivational circle is bad.
Why? Your goal is to impress your appearance, rather than radical self experimentation, which is the troop bloodline of the innovator?
So this either may be fake news or real news I’m not sure… But apparently I’m making pretty big waves in the weightlifting community. Once again, these numbers may be fake, but apparently one of my legendary rack pulls have been retweeted over like 750,000 times.
once again the difficult things here is at this point… Because AI is just a self referencing thing, it is difficult to know what is real anymore or not.
Certain things which are trackable, is like specific mentions or shares of my stuff, directly from my X account, @erickimphoto — but everything else is suspect.
Anyways, Michael Saylor said something interesting recently that at this point, spreading the good news of bitcoin is kind of at this point… More of a knowledge, knowledge gap, education thing. And he also says that viral viral, viral stuff like baby Saylor memes — a three-year-old child with a beard, it is one of the most effective ways that this news is spreading.
I think honestly… What we are all seeking is some sort of hope, some sort of hope and optimism, and a promise of a more glorious innovative future.
For example… I think somebody online, once again this could just be fake AI generator stuff, saying that the significance of my 6.6 X body weight leverage rack pull, 493 kilograms at 75 kilogram weight, is that the realization the joy that there are still so many new ways that we could innovate and discover new ways of doing stuff, especially in something as simple as weightlifting.
Consider, it is very very simple, and primal. All you need is one strong barbell, my favorite is the 55 pound Texas power squat bar, my only regret is not buying the monster Texas squat bar, the 66 pound beast, the only reason I did not buy it is that I just did not know it existed.
But anyways, it is simple… A heavy barbell, a strong rack, Titan.fitness is fine, some heavy plates, also cheap on Titan.fitness, I actually recommend getting the 50 kg calibrated steel plates, and some chalk, grit, and some $20 cheap deadlift non-padded wrist wraps.
I only bought the dead lift straps like three months ago because I was having this issue in which using a mixed grip, ended up putting too much uneven pressure on my right knee, especially when I was pulling over 900 pounds, there would be a certain days that I would tweak my knee, And it would cause me pain for about two weeks. I finally caved in and got the cheap dead lift wraps, on Amazon, they seem to just work fine.
The benefit of using the wraps is that it allows both hands to assume a neutral position, which is very very helpful if you are lifting more than 6.6 times your body weight.
Anyways, the principle I was operating on, and experimenting with, the last seven years or so was simple:
Increase the weight, lower the range of motion.
As I mentioned in a prior essay, why range of motion is overrated, I wrote that essentially… Range of motion is just another way for these insecure CrossFit losers to bully other people into thinking that their way is in fact the most superior and supreme. I then came out with a funny saying:
“Trust no crossfitter who does not go to church”.
Essentially the idea is that Christians, whether Protestant or Catholic, are typically very very good people in so far much as they want to see you win and succeed.
Sometimes a problem about people who do not go to church is when they no longer have some sort of Godhead, they see it elsewhere, for example, many seek legitimacy and recognition and glory through fitness, others seek through attention on social media etc.
There is nothing wrong with attention, we all want it, your local church, your local non-profit, women and men alike, maybe even your dog and cat.
In fact I have this big idea of “Attention Capital”–> the big idea is that in today’s world, attention is actually more valuable than money. Why? There are many rich people who have no attention but want it. Yet end of the day, if you have attention, it is easy to get and make money. 
Why attention?
Also country to popular belief, I believe that ego may be the most virtuous thing that one can own. Why? Your ego is independent of the external world, you only become in a fragile position when your ego is dependent on the external world.
Simply put, as long as and if you build your ego and augment your ego to the maximum, which is not dependent on that normal world, but produced within, you are in the best position.
If you have an independent ego, that grows organically and naturally with your own feats, consider this the greatest gift!
