It doesn’t help when we try to make a complicated problem simple by just ignoring parts of it. The true underlying structure may be complex but once we understand the whole picture we reach simplicity.
Why podcasts and books mostly don’t work? Why does it feel hard to make progress and easy to lose it? We think the problems really start with our Intuition, the chances that a piece of advice is understood. For a concept to truly resonate, it needs to go deeper. It must touch our identity and core values, to become part of our intuition. Intuition isn’t just about comprehension, it’s about creating a personal feel.
We must accept that our current words are not the best to intuitively describe what lacks most in self-help. There are many concepts in I Grow Younger that we have to define first because there are no established definitions for them or they use confusing vocabulary.
The resulting model is intentionally broad and intuitive. It’s designed to be easily understood and applied differently by each individual. In fact the building blocks are simple and the focus is on their relations. This reflects the interconnected nature of life itself, but avoids unnecessary complexity. The core concepts are so fundamental that even a child could grasp them.
We separate the processes in your head and everything in the real world into two categories and never mix them up – The Game of Self and The Game of Life. What is missing in popular books is their application in areas like Money or Love or the hidden fear of being a bad person. Humans struggle the most in changing and fighting Inertia. Self-initiated change is possible only when we have the freedom to consider it, the environment to stimulate it and the drive to relentlessly pursue it.
Self-help requires different approaches and skills in long, mid and short term. We make Long Term Freedom our success-measuring stick for growth, our long term vision and our Why. We shape our environment with our choices. When they are Freedom-expanding ones like good Education, being an Entrepreneur, improving Time Management and understanding Structure, Balance and Numbers, we build the best environment for happiness and success. This is our mid-term vision and our What. We prioritize Hunter mode as our main tool in increasing our chances for growth in all of this. This should direct in the very short term ourchoices and is our How.
