Hey Gordon!
Glad to hear you're doing well. I couldn't imagine going anywhere and not seeing people for 3 weeks! Well, maybe I CAN "IMAGINE" it, but I certainly have never done that in all my ripened years here kicking around this rock. In any case, it sounds very rejuvenating to me, but of course the REAL "diet" would be no electronics of any kind for 3 weeks- To quote the perennial Peter Pan Tom Cruise- "Mission Impossible!" Speaking of Cruise, the last time we went on a week-long cruise, pre-COVID, we had 3 days straight where there was limited to no Internet access- Everybody on the ship commented about how nice it actually was to be disconnected- Not TRULY disconnected I guess because there were still plenty of people with their faces glued to the glass playing Solitaire or Toon Blast or whatever and barely looking up at the spectacular majesty of "They" Nature- (I THINK) that's the pronoun the former Mother Nature is now using...But I digress...
You said: "When you stay focused on a core set of skills you want to develop and repeat the best parts of the teaching material, it ingrains a deeper understanding of it and often (at least for me) sparks new ideas on the best way to use it."
You are absolutely right and I think as we've discussed before, the reality is that it is becoming increasingly harder and harder for people to maintain their focus on ANYTHING- Our brains have truly been reprogrammed to desperately seek out constant Dopamine, and everybody walks around in a constant Dopamine withdrawal state- The problem with this? It destroys our ability to delay ANY KIND of gratification- And without delayed gratification, well, there is no way any business can be created or built- Heck, there's probably almost no way a business can even be CONCEIVED of, due to a lack of ability to get into the meditative, creative and ponderous state we all need to come up with new, fresh ideas, or at least a valuable, novel synthesis of everything that has come before-
Also based on what you said, a quote from Tony Robbins pops in my mind for SOME reason?
"Knowledge isn't power- Knowledge is POTENTIAL power-"
We've probably talked about this many times as well, but just because we have the ILLUSION of knowing something, due to merely being EXPOSED to some information, DOES NOT MEAN we actually KNOW the Information- I KNOW you KNOW what I'm talking about-
Ok just a few thoughts off the top of my head- And, of course, I'm not going to leave anybody hanging here- I have a fantastic share here to reward everyone who has been fortunate enough to stumble upon our thread here- It goes greatly in line with everything that Gordon has been saying about the arguably most highly valuable skill on the planet- Copywriting and, more generally- Persuasion-
I have a funny feeling you're going to LOVE this share- I did share something similar on another "hidden" thread, but let's just keep this share our little secret- Between us? ;^) Enjoy!
Code:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/yuefdqqyznm91zm/Theos_Surprise.zip/file