From the moment you were born, you began copying the people around you. This is how you learned to function within society. However, this can lead you down two distinct paths. The first path is that of the NPC, or non-player character. In a game, an NPC is someone who is programmed to execute specific actions without requiring conscious input from the player. Similarly, in real life, NPCs are people who are slaves to their programming. They never question their beliefs or the thoughts in their head, nor do they become aware of what they’re saying or doing, and the impact it has on their own life and others. NPCs never seek to change the default path of going to school, getting a job, and retiring at 65, and they never discover new potentials for their life.
On the other hand, the second path is that of the main character, someone with a clear vision for the future, self-generated goals to achieve it, and non-negotiable actions they must take daily. They are aware that following the conventional school-career-retirement path leads to a mediocre lifestyle. Main characters understand that they must take control of their lives and create their own success, regardless of the odds.
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You Are A Perspective Vessel
As a perspective vessel in a subjective reality, you have the ability to expand and collect new perspectives. You shape how you perceive the world through the lenses of different belief systems, such as spirituality, religious beliefs, business models, and relationship ideologies. These lenses are not meant to become static or a part of you, but rather used and shared. To be a shape-shifter in reality means bending it to your will rather than allowing your expectations to clash with reality, which creates negative emotions.
The NPC and main character move through reality in the way they do because of their perspective, which is forged over time through conditioning. Conditioning for your mind is like conditioning for your body, repetition to get stronger and more efficient at lifting that specific weight. Habit formation is a great thing if it is intentional and in alignment with a specific self-generated goal, not a goal assigned to you. Your perspective and identity are closely tied, as your personality creates your personal reality.
The NPC’s perspective is very narrow, closed-minded, and focused on a goal that society projected onto them. Their identity pulls them to do things that align with that identity, such as making similar friends or changing their external appearance to fit in with a particular clique. They consume movies, media, and information that reinforce that identity, all of which narrows their mind through conditioning on specific problems and potentialities they have access to with their awareness or conscious mind.
If you are not a successful person, it’s usually because you haven’t fixed the foundation, filtering the negative information that goes into your head, getting rid of it, and replacing it with information that is conducive to a positive future, making success inevitable. The most dangerous threat to society is someone who isn’t reliant on it. From the conditioned perspective of the NPC, they will interpret situations and opportunities in that way. By expanding your perspective, you can gain new experiences and ideas, leading to personal growth and success.
Create a perspective you can grow into
Let’s talk about step one for how to begin this intelligent imitation process. Step one is to create a perspective that you can grow into. Think of it as an expanding and contracting thing that determines your open-mindedness or close-mindedness. The highest perspective you can adopt is that of God or the universe.
When you expand to your ideal self or the universe, you can hold a wider perspective for a longer period of time. When you face a problem, you can zoom out, open your perspective, and train your mind to do this. For example, if you’re focused on a problem like your girlfriend breaking up with you, you can open up to the perspective of the universe and realize that there are billions of other women on this earth, and this is only a temporary situation.
If you encounter a problem, feel stressed or negative, or have a problem, zoom out first. Ask yourself, “What would my ideal self do?” or “How would they interpret the situation?” To help practice this further and grow into the perspective of your ideal self, ask yourself questions like “What does my ideal day look like?” and “What do I want to do as my life’s work?”
From there, practice putting on your new perspective as you go about your days.
Choose 3–5 “mentors” that you aspire to be like
Step two of the intelligent imitation process is about choosing 3 to 5 mentors who you aspire to be like. The idea here is that you become what you consume, so it’s important to consume content that aligns with who you want to become. To make this process easy, start by writing down the names of the 3 to 5 people who have changed your perspective. Then, think about your favorite book and write down the author’s name. You can also think about who your favorite YouTuber, podcaster, blogger, or social media influencer is, and add their name to the list.
The combination and connection of the ideas that you pull from each of these 3 to 5 mentors will help shape who you are. This is because the 3 to 5 people are your choice, and the information that you consciously interpret and make your own from them is also your conscious choice. Nobody can replicate that, so it’s an authentic process.
To make it even easier, consider rereading the first chapter of your favorite book and see if it changes your perspective again. This will help solidify your choice of mentors and give you a better understanding of the ideas and concepts that resonate with you. By doing this, you can develop a unique perspective that is influenced by the people you admire, and use it to achieve your goals.
Become a mad scientist
Step three in becoming the main character is to become a mad scientist. This means that the good life is a series of experiments that cannot be copied from someone else. You have to try, fail, and collect the pieces that make your individual life great. Unlike the NPC, who takes what was put in front of them, the main character leans into the trial and error that reflects nature towards evolution and growth.
As you immerse yourself in the information from your mentors, it’s wise to keep the scientific method at the top of your mind to help with trial and error and overcoming challenges. The first step is to research, not to mindlessly consume content, but to gather it and apply it to your goals. As you test, don’t take advice or information as law; test if it works for your situation. This is called critical thinking.
The next step is to experiment and not be dogmatic about one method. Try different diets, business models, and religious ideologies until the truth of each blurs in the middle. Then you discover patterns that get results in alignment with your goals. And you document your findings by writing down what gets you results. This is the valuable information that you can sell or leverage, or just use in your life to help other people with.
When you treat your life as a project, it becomes profitable when you turn it into a product. So a personal brand is just discovering yourself in public and getting paid for the research that you do.
Create or be created
Step four to becoming the main character is all about creating yourself or being created. The main difference between the NPC and the main character is that the NPC is created through years of conditioning, while the main character creates themselves through years of conscious conditioning. It’s important to choose your inputs because nobody escapes conditioning — it’s happening all around you, even in this video which is hopefully conditioning you in a good way.
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