Nail 3: Immediate Implementation (No Waiting)
I’m surprised by all these stories about New Year’s resolutions, when you set yourself some goals for the year, start from the New Year, or start something from Monday. Of course, I did all this, like any other person subjected to media.
But at one point, I realized how worthless and pathetic this thing is because it’s just self-justification and looking for some excuse to improve your life. If you want to improve your life, do it immediately and without any excuses; you don’t need to wait for the New Year to start a new habit.
If you want to walk, okay, today is your first day, go for a walk. You can make up as many justifications in your head as you want, come up with reasons why you can’t do it today and need to start tomorrow, but this is the first sign that the habit won’t stay with you for long. Most likely, you’ll give up pretty quickly.
A recurring lesson from both research and my experience is not to wait for a New Year, a Monday, or a burst of motivation to ignite a micro-system. Studies show only about 9% of people keep their New Year’s resolutions. The “fresh start” effect might give a temporary boost, but it often fades quickly.
When I decided to start my daily walking habit, I didn’t wait for some perfect starting point. I made the decision and went for a walk that very same evening. There was no preparation period, no gathering of equipment, no waiting for the right moment. I just started.
This immediate action sends a powerful signal to your brain that you’re serious. It also bypasses the mental negotiation that often leads to procrastination. Studies on behavior change show that “just getting started” (even for a few minutes) often overrides our brain’s tendency to imagine the worst and delay taking action.
If you keep finding excuses not to start, there are only two possibilities: either the habit isn’t truly important to you, or you need to simplify it until it becomes effortless to begin. This is where the next nail comes in.
Nail 4: Simplify Until Failure-Proof
Of course, if you fill your day with such micro-systems, it seems there’s no space at all for maneuver or any freedom. But in reality, this isn’t the case, because if you have an understanding about habits and knowledge that you won’t betray yourself, conditionally, with complete confidence in this, there’s nothing terrible about missing one day of morning training if you’re on a flight today and having a jet lag.
And immediately after the plane, after you get to the hotel, you have nothing left but to lie down to sleep and recover after a long flight. Okay, when you wake up, you’ll exercise again, and everything will fall back into place, that is, it will bring this in order.
This is normal; in life, there are many such things that will knock you off course, but the main thing is to have a mechanism that will put you back on track.
If you notice a pattern that you’re immediately looking for some justifications, then either forget it, you don’t need this habit, and try to change it, or try to overcome this urge with willpower and just do it immediately, without postponing, without transferring to another day.
If you’re looking for justifications, it means either you don’t want to do it, or you don’t need this habit.
When I created my walking habit, I deliberately made it extremely simple. I didn’t worry about tracking exact steps, buying special shoes, or following a specific route. I just put on whatever footwear I had (beach sandals) and went outside. The simpler you make a habit, the more likely it is to stick, especially when traveling.
For digital nomads, simplicity is critical because complexity creates failure points. Equipment-dependent habits become vulnerable when you’re on the move. Location-specific routines collapse when you change cities. The key is to strip each habit down to its essential core that can be performed anywhere, anytime, with minimal requirements.
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All of the nails: https://anticodeguy.substack.com/p/micro-systems-part-2-the-5-nails
I’m surprised by all these stories about New Year’s resolutions, when you set yourself some goals for the year, start from the New Year, or start something from Monday. Of course, I did all this, like any other person subjected to media.
But at one point, I realized how worthless and pathetic this thing is because it’s just self-justification and looking for some excuse to improve your life. If you want to improve your life, do it immediately and without any excuses; you don’t need to wait for the New Year to start a new habit.
If you want to walk, okay, today is your first day, go for a walk. You can make up as many justifications in your head as you want, come up with reasons why you can’t do it today and need to start tomorrow, but this is the first sign that the habit won’t stay with you for long. Most likely, you’ll give up pretty quickly.
A recurring lesson from both research and my experience is not to wait for a New Year, a Monday, or a burst of motivation to ignite a micro-system. Studies show only about 9% of people keep their New Year’s resolutions. The “fresh start” effect might give a temporary boost, but it often fades quickly.
When I decided to start my daily walking habit, I didn’t wait for some perfect starting point. I made the decision and went for a walk that very same evening. There was no preparation period, no gathering of equipment, no waiting for the right moment. I just started.
This immediate action sends a powerful signal to your brain that you’re serious. It also bypasses the mental negotiation that often leads to procrastination. Studies on behavior change show that “just getting started” (even for a few minutes) often overrides our brain’s tendency to imagine the worst and delay taking action.
If you keep finding excuses not to start, there are only two possibilities: either the habit isn’t truly important to you, or you need to simplify it until it becomes effortless to begin. This is where the next nail comes in.
Nail 4: Simplify Until Failure-Proof
Of course, if you fill your day with such micro-systems, it seems there’s no space at all for maneuver or any freedom. But in reality, this isn’t the case, because if you have an understanding about habits and knowledge that you won’t betray yourself, conditionally, with complete confidence in this, there’s nothing terrible about missing one day of morning training if you’re on a flight today and having a jet lag.
And immediately after the plane, after you get to the hotel, you have nothing left but to lie down to sleep and recover after a long flight. Okay, when you wake up, you’ll exercise again, and everything will fall back into place, that is, it will bring this in order.
This is normal; in life, there are many such things that will knock you off course, but the main thing is to have a mechanism that will put you back on track.
If you notice a pattern that you’re immediately looking for some justifications, then either forget it, you don’t need this habit, and try to change it, or try to overcome this urge with willpower and just do it immediately, without postponing, without transferring to another day.
If you’re looking for justifications, it means either you don’t want to do it, or you don’t need this habit.
When I created my walking habit, I deliberately made it extremely simple. I didn’t worry about tracking exact steps, buying special shoes, or following a specific route. I just put on whatever footwear I had (beach sandals) and went outside. The simpler you make a habit, the more likely it is to stick, especially when traveling.
For digital nomads, simplicity is critical because complexity creates failure points. Equipment-dependent habits become vulnerable when you’re on the move. Location-specific routines collapse when you change cities. The key is to strip each habit down to its essential core that can be performed anywhere, anytime, with minimal requirements.
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All of the nails: https://anticodeguy.substack.com/p/micro-systems-part-2-the-5-nails
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Micro-Systems [Part 2]: The 5 Nails You Need To Nail to Create Micro-Systems That Follow You Anywhere
Discover the 5 steps to design micro-systems that stay consistent anywhere and give you more freedom, not less.
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Red Pill Your Career: From Replaceable Employee To Irreplaceable Creator
Most people in today’s society build their lives along pre-beaten paths. These scripts, written by someone else, get transmitted through upbringing, culture, education, and the examples of others around you.
It’s a matrix that society has built around itself because it’s incredibly convenient for existence – the path of least resistance where you essentially don’t need to do anything. The answers to your questions already exist. You don’t even need to think about the meaning of the life you’re living.
You become an NPC – someone who never receives the red pill to exit to the other side of this matrix. But if you’re reading this, there’s likely something that distinguishes you from an NPC. You’re like Mr. Thomas Anderson, who doesn’t yet know he’s Neo, but is ready to swallow the red pill if offered one.
Why Most People Stay Trapped In The Matrix
Here’s the problem though – Morpheus never shows up. The white rabbit you should follow never appears. And what seems like a white rabbit turns out to be a scam or another fairy tale designed merely to attract attention and generate online discussions. Everything veers off from where you actually want to go.
So you continue living, walking in the same circle, the same beaten path that thousands, millions, hundreds of millions of people have already walked. Perhaps even billions, with billions more to follow behind you.
Because finding the red pill isn’t so simple. Finding your own Morpheus takes serious effort. And it seems not every person can be Thomas Anderson, the chosen Neo.
In human life, it’s not as simple as shown in films where there’s one main hero, one Neo, one Matrix, one Morpheus, and one red pill. One chance to exit the Matrix.
Each person has their own Matrix. Each person is the main character in their own film. Each person can find their own red pill, swallow it, and begin to see the Matrix from the other side of the screen.
We’ll return to a significant quote from Naval Ravikant, who once tweeted that someday there will be 8 billion monopolies. This will mean that each person living on Earth will exit the Matrix and become that Neo who swallowed the red pill, creating something for this world, creating their own version of reality.
They won’t remain in that programmed environment where they can only be an NPC. So how do you do this? Even if your life is already following a beaten path, a script not written by you, and Morpheus doesn’t exactly want to come and give you the pill – in fact, he’s hiding from you, concealing himself and trying to stay as far away as possible.
How We Become Dependent
You don’t need Morpheus. You don’t even need the red pill. The trick is that you can invent your own. And you can connect to the Matrix and learn kung fu if necessary to achieve your goals, just like Neo in the film.
So where do we start? You’re somewhere in the middle. Before you read these lines or watch this video, you’ve already lived a certain part of life. And likely, part of this life followed convention, that same script you want to break free from.
You already have education, probably some school or university. It doesn’t really matter. You have some job. Maybe even remote, meeting modern digital nomad standards, but it’s still a job.
Your income depends on it, and essentially your survival depends on it, because as soon as this job disappears, your income will immediately decrease or vanish completely, and you won’t even be able to pay for housing. Maybe you’re luckier and already have your own place, but then the question becomes what to buy food with.
Basically, everything depends on some other person, by whose will you currently work and receive money. One day a decision might be made not in your favor, and suddenly everything changes. And unfortunately, this decision doesn’t depend on you, not on your will.
Most people in today’s society build their lives along pre-beaten paths. These scripts, written by someone else, get transmitted through upbringing, culture, education, and the examples of others around you.
It’s a matrix that society has built around itself because it’s incredibly convenient for existence – the path of least resistance where you essentially don’t need to do anything. The answers to your questions already exist. You don’t even need to think about the meaning of the life you’re living.
You become an NPC – someone who never receives the red pill to exit to the other side of this matrix. But if you’re reading this, there’s likely something that distinguishes you from an NPC. You’re like Mr. Thomas Anderson, who doesn’t yet know he’s Neo, but is ready to swallow the red pill if offered one.
Why Most People Stay Trapped In The Matrix
Here’s the problem though – Morpheus never shows up. The white rabbit you should follow never appears. And what seems like a white rabbit turns out to be a scam or another fairy tale designed merely to attract attention and generate online discussions. Everything veers off from where you actually want to go.
So you continue living, walking in the same circle, the same beaten path that thousands, millions, hundreds of millions of people have already walked. Perhaps even billions, with billions more to follow behind you.
Because finding the red pill isn’t so simple. Finding your own Morpheus takes serious effort. And it seems not every person can be Thomas Anderson, the chosen Neo.
In human life, it’s not as simple as shown in films where there’s one main hero, one Neo, one Matrix, one Morpheus, and one red pill. One chance to exit the Matrix.
Each person has their own Matrix. Each person is the main character in their own film. Each person can find their own red pill, swallow it, and begin to see the Matrix from the other side of the screen.
We’ll return to a significant quote from Naval Ravikant, who once tweeted that someday there will be 8 billion monopolies. This will mean that each person living on Earth will exit the Matrix and become that Neo who swallowed the red pill, creating something for this world, creating their own version of reality.
They won’t remain in that programmed environment where they can only be an NPC. So how do you do this? Even if your life is already following a beaten path, a script not written by you, and Morpheus doesn’t exactly want to come and give you the pill – in fact, he’s hiding from you, concealing himself and trying to stay as far away as possible.
How We Become Dependent
You don’t need Morpheus. You don’t even need the red pill. The trick is that you can invent your own. And you can connect to the Matrix and learn kung fu if necessary to achieve your goals, just like Neo in the film.
So where do we start? You’re somewhere in the middle. Before you read these lines or watch this video, you’ve already lived a certain part of life. And likely, part of this life followed convention, that same script you want to break free from.
You already have education, probably some school or university. It doesn’t really matter. You have some job. Maybe even remote, meeting modern digital nomad standards, but it’s still a job.
Your income depends on it, and essentially your survival depends on it, because as soon as this job disappears, your income will immediately decrease or vanish completely, and you won’t even be able to pay for housing. Maybe you’re luckier and already have your own place, but then the question becomes what to buy food with.
Basically, everything depends on some other person, by whose will you currently work and receive money. One day a decision might be made not in your favor, and suddenly everything changes. And unfortunately, this decision doesn’t depend on you, not on your will.
Most people build careers on pre-beaten paths.
Scripts written by someone else, transmitted through education & culture.
You become an NPC in the Matrix of conventional work.
But there's a way out - without needing Morpheus:
Finding your own "red pill" isn't simple.
Morpheus never shows up. The white rabbit you should follow never appears.
So you continue walking the same circle, same path that millions have walked before you.
And billions more will follow.
In human life, it's more complex.
Each person has their own Matrix.
Each person is the main character in their own film.
Each person can find their own red pill and see reality from the other side.
As Naval Ravikant said,
Each person creating something unique for this world.
Not remaining an NPC in that programmed environment.
You don't need Morpheus. You don't even need the red pill.
The trick is that you can invent your own.
You can connect to the Matrix and learn kung fu if necessary to achieve your goals.
Just like Neo did.
Seems like a simple question...
How are you supposed to know what you want from life at 17-18 years old?
When all you want is to hang out with friends, go to parties, build relationships?
Yet you're asked to determine your fate.
Studies show about 27% of jobs are at high risk of automation by AI.
Especially those involving repetitive skills.
A Reuters report notes 60% of workers fear losing their jobs to AI.
The matrix is changing faster than we can adapt.
Attention - here's the dilemma:
How can you restructure your life so you won't be replaced by AI?
The answer is actually very simple.
But most people never find it.
You need to turn off the beaten path.
The conventional scenario pre-written by society leads to predictable results.
But when you step off it, infinite options appear.
Your task: find your path, not the one desired by others.
It's like in the movie "Limitless" - when the hero becomes dependent on the pill, his enhanced mental abilities allow him to realize:
If someone invented this pill, he can synthesize it himself.
Which is what he does.
You need to invent your own pill.
Build your own path in a field where no one has walked yet.
To understand where to go in this uncharted territory, you need direction.
And this direction is that very goal. The proverbial one.
The red pill moment isn't given to you.
You create it.
Then you see the code in the Matrix and become truly irreplaceable.
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Ready to dig deeper with me? Read the article, it's the first part of 3-part series on the topic: https://anticodeguy.substack.com/p/red-pill-your-career-from-replaceable?r=1m5hbt
Scripts written by someone else, transmitted through education & culture.
You become an NPC in the Matrix of conventional work.
But there's a way out - without needing Morpheus:
Finding your own "red pill" isn't simple.
Morpheus never shows up. The white rabbit you should follow never appears.
So you continue walking the same circle, same path that millions have walked before you.
And billions more will follow.
In human life, it's more complex.
Each person has their own Matrix.
Each person is the main character in their own film.
Each person can find their own red pill and see reality from the other side.
As Naval Ravikant said,
Someday there will be 8 billion monopolies.
Each person creating something unique for this world.
Not remaining an NPC in that programmed environment.
You don't need Morpheus. You don't even need the red pill.
The trick is that you can invent your own.
You can connect to the Matrix and learn kung fu if necessary to achieve your goals.
Just like Neo did.
Seems like a simple question...
How are you supposed to know what you want from life at 17-18 years old?
When all you want is to hang out with friends, go to parties, build relationships?
Yet you're asked to determine your fate.
Studies show about 27% of jobs are at high risk of automation by AI.
Especially those involving repetitive skills.
A Reuters report notes 60% of workers fear losing their jobs to AI.
The matrix is changing faster than we can adapt.
Attention - here's the dilemma:
How can you restructure your life so you won't be replaced by AI?
The answer is actually very simple.
But most people never find it.
You need to turn off the beaten path.
The conventional scenario pre-written by society leads to predictable results.
But when you step off it, infinite options appear.
Your task: find your path, not the one desired by others.
It's like in the movie "Limitless" - when the hero becomes dependent on the pill, his enhanced mental abilities allow him to realize:
If someone invented this pill, he can synthesize it himself.
Which is what he does.
You need to invent your own pill.
Build your own path in a field where no one has walked yet.
To understand where to go in this uncharted territory, you need direction.
And this direction is that very goal. The proverbial one.
The red pill moment isn't given to you.
You create it.
Then you see the code in the Matrix and become truly irreplaceable.
______________________________________
Ready to dig deeper with me? Read the article, it's the first part of 3-part series on the topic: https://anticodeguy.substack.com/p/red-pill-your-career-from-replaceable?r=1m5hbt
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Red Pill Your Career: From Replaceable Employee To Irreplaceable Creator [Part 1]
Break free from the career matrix. Learn how to take the red pill and transform from a replaceable employee into an irreplaceable creator.
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Specialize Or Die
You’d like to change this situation exactly in the opposite direction, so that all this happens exclusively according to your desire. Traditional education is structured in such a way that it implies a certain program. That is, there’s a template, schedule, and list of specific disciplines you need to learn and master.
These disciplines are done in a specific order, and from the combination of different disciplines, a specialization is formed – the profession you’ll get, for which you’ll receive a diploma once you finish your education. A specialization you’ll be tied to for the rest of your life, or until you get another education, when another one will appear.
And then your choice will be whether to follow this discipline, work in it, or go somewhere else. Of course, the combination of this education, your existing skills, and acquired skills can change this trajectory and direct you in different directions.
For example, my specialty is systems analysis. But since I’ve been interested in computers, IT, web development, and so on since childhood, my career was built immediately in the IT field, and my first paid job was as a programmer. Since then, that’s how it’s been set.
Although most of my classmates, even those who went to work in their specialty, started working in logistics because there was a specialization in systems analysis in that field. But for some reason, I always saw it differently.
Systems analysis is an area that is used very widely and deeply specifically in information technology, and for me, it was always a path to IT. But the other guys saw it as a direct guide to action – that is, logistics is the specialization and, accordingly, the discipline of systems analysis. Okay.
Determine your future
– Mark Twain, author.
Well, please answer me this question. How are you supposed to know what you want from life or which interests you want to pursue, what goals you want to achieve at 17-18 years old? How are you supposed to make this choice at 17 when all you want is to hang out with friends, go to parties, build relationships, and basically learn about life?
How are you supposed to answer a question that essentially determines your fate – how your life will unfold? Because if the choice is made incorrectly, in a decade (put your own timeframe), some new technology appearing on the horizon might replace you. Hello, artificial intelligence.
Studies show about 27% of jobs in OECD countries are at high risk of automation by AI, especially those involving repetitive skills. Indeed, jobs that follow a conventional template (the ones “thousands of people have done”) are exactly those AI can easily replicate. A Reuters report notes 60% of workers fear losing their jobs to AI.
How are you supposed to see the future and understand that you could be easily replaced, that your life will simply be predetermined this way? You can’t, because the education system was built in an entirely different time, when everything was fairly predictable – much more predictable than now.
When technological progress wasn’t changing the global landscape at today’s speed. When it was assumed that society’s development followed a certain trajectory, and it was clear that its advancement depended on human effort, on the direct impact of human labor, and how people invested their resources of time, strength (physical and mental), and intellect into societal development.
However, even back then, science fiction writers speculated about how, at the very least, part of human labor would be replaced by robots, also created by humans but automated, and that humans wouldn’t need to perform complex physical tasks, for example. Well, now it’s the turn of intellectual tasks as well. We can delegate all this to machines, robots, AI.
Attention, this opens up a dilemma about how I can restructure my life so as not to end up being replaced by robots, machines, or AI. And the answer here is actually very simple.
You’d like to change this situation exactly in the opposite direction, so that all this happens exclusively according to your desire. Traditional education is structured in such a way that it implies a certain program. That is, there’s a template, schedule, and list of specific disciplines you need to learn and master.
These disciplines are done in a specific order, and from the combination of different disciplines, a specialization is formed – the profession you’ll get, for which you’ll receive a diploma once you finish your education. A specialization you’ll be tied to for the rest of your life, or until you get another education, when another one will appear.
And then your choice will be whether to follow this discipline, work in it, or go somewhere else. Of course, the combination of this education, your existing skills, and acquired skills can change this trajectory and direct you in different directions.
For example, my specialty is systems analysis. But since I’ve been interested in computers, IT, web development, and so on since childhood, my career was built immediately in the IT field, and my first paid job was as a programmer. Since then, that’s how it’s been set.
Although most of my classmates, even those who went to work in their specialty, started working in logistics because there was a specialization in systems analysis in that field. But for some reason, I always saw it differently.
Systems analysis is an area that is used very widely and deeply specifically in information technology, and for me, it was always a path to IT. But the other guys saw it as a direct guide to action – that is, logistics is the specialization and, accordingly, the discipline of systems analysis. Okay.
Determine your future
“I never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
– Mark Twain, author.
Well, please answer me this question. How are you supposed to know what you want from life or which interests you want to pursue, what goals you want to achieve at 17-18 years old? How are you supposed to make this choice at 17 when all you want is to hang out with friends, go to parties, build relationships, and basically learn about life?
How are you supposed to answer a question that essentially determines your fate – how your life will unfold? Because if the choice is made incorrectly, in a decade (put your own timeframe), some new technology appearing on the horizon might replace you. Hello, artificial intelligence.
Studies show about 27% of jobs in OECD countries are at high risk of automation by AI, especially those involving repetitive skills. Indeed, jobs that follow a conventional template (the ones “thousands of people have done”) are exactly those AI can easily replicate. A Reuters report notes 60% of workers fear losing their jobs to AI.
How are you supposed to see the future and understand that you could be easily replaced, that your life will simply be predetermined this way? You can’t, because the education system was built in an entirely different time, when everything was fairly predictable – much more predictable than now.
When technological progress wasn’t changing the global landscape at today’s speed. When it was assumed that society’s development followed a certain trajectory, and it was clear that its advancement depended on human effort, on the direct impact of human labor, and how people invested their resources of time, strength (physical and mental), and intellect into societal development.
However, even back then, science fiction writers speculated about how, at the very least, part of human labor would be replaced by robots, also created by humans but automated, and that humans wouldn’t need to perform complex physical tasks, for example. Well, now it’s the turn of intellectual tasks as well. We can delegate all this to machines, robots, AI.
Attention, this opens up a dilemma about how I can restructure my life so as not to end up being replaced by robots, machines, or AI. And the answer here is actually very simple.
The Path
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist
You need to turn off the beaten path of that same conventional scenario, which is pre-written by the same society I was just talking about above. If you follow it, the path is definitely predetermined. There’s simply no other option here.
But as soon as you turn off it, many other options appear. And here lies the most interesting part. The number of these options is infinite. And your task becomes to find your own path, find your own road that will lead you to the desired result, not to the result desired by other people.
And you need to start here with setting a goal to exit this matrix, to find that same red pill or, in our case, to create it yourself.
It’s like in the movie “Limitless,” which shows a similar theme but from a slightly different angle, where the main character already received a magic pill that unlocks his mental abilities and allows him to use his brain at a much higher percentage of its real capabilities.
But then, as the hero becomes dependent on this pill, his enhanced mental abilities allow him to realize that if someone invented this pill, he can synthesize it himself. Which is what he does. And this is the very solution that ultimately leads him to success.
All of this is very allegorical and metaphorical. Maybe someday we’ll invent such pills, but the point is that you need to at least try to find another path that differs from the one where all the answers to questions already exist.
You need to figure out how to do roughly the same thing he did. That is, invent your own pill, build your own path, blaze your own trail in a field where no one has walked yet. And in order to at least understand where to go in this field, if you’re not following the road that was built by other people, you need to understand the direction.
And this direction is that very goal. The proverbial one.
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist
You need to turn off the beaten path of that same conventional scenario, which is pre-written by the same society I was just talking about above. If you follow it, the path is definitely predetermined. There’s simply no other option here.
But as soon as you turn off it, many other options appear. And here lies the most interesting part. The number of these options is infinite. And your task becomes to find your own path, find your own road that will lead you to the desired result, not to the result desired by other people.
And you need to start here with setting a goal to exit this matrix, to find that same red pill or, in our case, to create it yourself.
It’s like in the movie “Limitless,” which shows a similar theme but from a slightly different angle, where the main character already received a magic pill that unlocks his mental abilities and allows him to use his brain at a much higher percentage of its real capabilities.
But then, as the hero becomes dependent on this pill, his enhanced mental abilities allow him to realize that if someone invented this pill, he can synthesize it himself. Which is what he does. And this is the very solution that ultimately leads him to success.
All of this is very allegorical and metaphorical. Maybe someday we’ll invent such pills, but the point is that you need to at least try to find another path that differs from the one where all the answers to questions already exist.
You need to figure out how to do roughly the same thing he did. That is, invent your own pill, build your own path, blaze your own trail in a field where no one has walked yet. And in order to at least understand where to go in this field, if you’re not following the road that was built by other people, you need to understand the direction.
And this direction is that very goal. The proverbial one.
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The Neuroscience of Self-Direction
The Power Of Focus
I’m actually not a fan of goal-setting, such worn-out techniques. But from a neuroscience perspective, this thing is explained very simply and banally.
I think you’ve heard, maybe played, a game about focus. You can try to play it yourself. Usually, it’s conducted at various trainings on different topics. But it consists of the following.
You need to sit down, close your eyes, regardless of where you are, or stand up, anywhere you’re currently located, close your eyes and then on command. You can obviously command yourself. Wait for a moment, open your eyes and try to count the number of green objects or objects where there’s green color.
Then close your eyes and wait for some time, think of a new color, open your eyes and count objects, for example, of red color, then blue and so on. Until it becomes obvious what’s happening now.
If you’ve never done this exercise, I highly recommend doing it. Here’s what it involves: As soon as you close your eyes and you’re told to find specific colors, you think there are no green objects around me, there’s nothing green here. Where do I look for them? I’ll count, probably about zero.
Then you open your eyes and somehow can find them. And so you find one, a second, a third, and objects become much more than you imagined. Then you’re given the red color. You say, well, there’s definitely no red.
Most likely, the leader or whoever is running this game saw that there are green objects around, so they suggested it. Actually, it doesn’t even depend on the color you choose.
The point is that as soon as you focus on something specific, your brain will be directed to find what you desire. What you focus on, it will begin to see. It’s a survival mechanism.
The Power Of Focus
I’m actually not a fan of goal-setting, such worn-out techniques. But from a neuroscience perspective, this thing is explained very simply and banally.
I think you’ve heard, maybe played, a game about focus. You can try to play it yourself. Usually, it’s conducted at various trainings on different topics. But it consists of the following.
You need to sit down, close your eyes, regardless of where you are, or stand up, anywhere you’re currently located, close your eyes and then on command. You can obviously command yourself. Wait for a moment, open your eyes and try to count the number of green objects or objects where there’s green color.
Then close your eyes and wait for some time, think of a new color, open your eyes and count objects, for example, of red color, then blue and so on. Until it becomes obvious what’s happening now.
If you’ve never done this exercise, I highly recommend doing it. Here’s what it involves: As soon as you close your eyes and you’re told to find specific colors, you think there are no green objects around me, there’s nothing green here. Where do I look for them? I’ll count, probably about zero.
Then you open your eyes and somehow can find them. And so you find one, a second, a third, and objects become much more than you imagined. Then you’re given the red color. You say, well, there’s definitely no red.
Most likely, the leader or whoever is running this game saw that there are green objects around, so they suggested it. Actually, it doesn’t even depend on the color you choose.
The point is that as soon as you focus on something specific, your brain will be directed to find what you desire. What you focus on, it will begin to see. It’s a survival mechanism.
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Stuck following the same trodden path as everyone else in your career?
Most people don't realize they're on autopilot, following the matrix script for their life.
Here's how to escape replaceable employee thinking:
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Ever played that focus game where you close your eyes and then count objects of a specific color?
At first you think "there's nothing green here"
Then suddenly you see green everywhere.
Your brain is wired to find what you focus on.
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This isn't some esoteric magic. It's simple neuroscience.
When you implant a goal in your subconscious, it starts searching for paths to that goal - even when you're not actively thinking about it.
Like ancient hunters, your focus narrows to what matters.
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Your subconscious is constantly working behind the scenes.
It regulates your body, builds neural connections, and searches for the path to your intended goal.
The clearer your beacon, the more efficiently your brain works to get you there.
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Education and careers are like pre-written songs.
Following the same notes as everyone else? Your melody will sound just like theirs.
Same university, same degree, same skills = interchangeable results.
Predictable paths create replaceable employees.
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There are only 7 musical notes, yet we've created an infinite variety of songs.
Similarly, there are countless skills and interests you can combine uniquely.
The possibilities for career paths are practically endless.
---
Your task is to transform from a listener into a creator.
Stop playing songs written by others.
Start creating your own composition with a unique combination of skills and interests that belong exclusively to you.
---
We all start by imitating others.
First you learn the notes, play other people's songs, develop technical skills.
But at some point, you need to start improvising, adding your own elements, writing your own music.
This is where irreplaceability begins.
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Set yourself a beacon, not a rigid destination.
Your path might be thorny with obstacles - fields, forests, rivers, seas - but that distant light keeps you moving forward.
Your goals can and should evolve as you do.
---
The matrix teaches rigid thinking, but humans are flexible creatures.
Our brains become rigid over time if we don't train them to adapt and learn.
Remember: even Edison didn't invent the light bulb - he discovered 10,000 ways not to make one.
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Most careers are spent performing in someone else's orchestra, playing someone else's composition.
But the most fulfilled people write their own music.
They select unique combinations of skills that make them irreplaceable.
---
What combination of notes will you play?
What unique melody will you create?
Your irreplaceable career starts with a simple decision:
Will you follow the trodden path or create your own?
---
Read the second article of the 3-part series: https://anticodeguy.substack.com/p/red-pill-your-career-from-replaceable-192?r=1m5hbt
Most people don't realize they're on autopilot, following the matrix script for their life.
Here's how to escape replaceable employee thinking:
---
Ever played that focus game where you close your eyes and then count objects of a specific color?
At first you think "there's nothing green here"
Then suddenly you see green everywhere.
Your brain is wired to find what you focus on.
---
This isn't some esoteric magic. It's simple neuroscience.
When you implant a goal in your subconscious, it starts searching for paths to that goal - even when you're not actively thinking about it.
Like ancient hunters, your focus narrows to what matters.
---
Your subconscious is constantly working behind the scenes.
It regulates your body, builds neural connections, and searches for the path to your intended goal.
The clearer your beacon, the more efficiently your brain works to get you there.
---
Education and careers are like pre-written songs.
Following the same notes as everyone else? Your melody will sound just like theirs.
Same university, same degree, same skills = interchangeable results.
Predictable paths create replaceable employees.
---
There are only 7 musical notes, yet we've created an infinite variety of songs.
Similarly, there are countless skills and interests you can combine uniquely.
The possibilities for career paths are practically endless.
---
Your task is to transform from a listener into a creator.
Stop playing songs written by others.
Start creating your own composition with a unique combination of skills and interests that belong exclusively to you.
---
We all start by imitating others.
First you learn the notes, play other people's songs, develop technical skills.
But at some point, you need to start improvising, adding your own elements, writing your own music.
This is where irreplaceability begins.
---
Set yourself a beacon, not a rigid destination.
Your path might be thorny with obstacles - fields, forests, rivers, seas - but that distant light keeps you moving forward.
Your goals can and should evolve as you do.
---
The matrix teaches rigid thinking, but humans are flexible creatures.
Our brains become rigid over time if we don't train them to adapt and learn.
Remember: even Edison didn't invent the light bulb - he discovered 10,000 ways not to make one.
---
Most careers are spent performing in someone else's orchestra, playing someone else's composition.
But the most fulfilled people write their own music.
They select unique combinations of skills that make them irreplaceable.
---
What combination of notes will you play?
What unique melody will you create?
Your irreplaceable career starts with a simple decision:
Will you follow the trodden path or create your own?
---
Read the second article of the 3-part series: https://anticodeguy.substack.com/p/red-pill-your-career-from-replaceable-192?r=1m5hbt
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Ancient Hunters In Concrete Jungles
When we have a task to focus on something, for example, on prey, if we need to get food, as happens with predators around us, everything else simply ceases to exist. The only goal is prey. Because your survival directly depends on it. Whether you will eat today or not.
For humans, it’s about the same. When, for example, danger comes, the focus narrows very much, nothing else interests you. A huge portion of adrenaline is injected into the blood, which spurs your actions to preserve your life, protect yourself, find yourself in a safe situation, in a safe place, or get rid of the opponent. Narrow focus.
Moreover, this happens even unconsciously, you don’t necessarily need to think about it consciously. The subconscious does all this work, it regulates the body, injecting the necessary hormones into the blood, regulating temperature, muscle work. Read my article about the “Hidden Superpower You Possess: How To Use Your Subconscious To Solve The Hardest Problems In Your Life”.
Stories where, during an adrenaline rush or when your life or your child’s life is threatened, incredible strength appears that cannot be achieved in a normal state – this is not supernatural, it’s simple regulation of the body, which stores these resources and reserves of emergency energy needed precisely for such cases.
We’re used to living in a fairly luxurious state in modern society, where we almost never have situations in life that directly threaten it. Of course, all this is relative, but if we take it as a whole, it’s much safer to live now than it was, for example, 20,000 years ago.
I think this doesn’t need explaining, but the fact is that this is an extremely short period for changing human physiology evolutionarily. And the brain is quite plastic, but it’s still too little time to evolutionarily make it different. Therefore, all these tools remain functional.
When we have a task to focus on something, for example, on prey, if we need to get food, as happens with predators around us, everything else simply ceases to exist. The only goal is prey. Because your survival directly depends on it. Whether you will eat today or not.
For humans, it’s about the same. When, for example, danger comes, the focus narrows very much, nothing else interests you. A huge portion of adrenaline is injected into the blood, which spurs your actions to preserve your life, protect yourself, find yourself in a safe situation, in a safe place, or get rid of the opponent. Narrow focus.
Moreover, this happens even unconsciously, you don’t necessarily need to think about it consciously. The subconscious does all this work, it regulates the body, injecting the necessary hormones into the blood, regulating temperature, muscle work. Read my article about the “Hidden Superpower You Possess: How To Use Your Subconscious To Solve The Hardest Problems In Your Life”.
Stories where, during an adrenaline rush or when your life or your child’s life is threatened, incredible strength appears that cannot be achieved in a normal state – this is not supernatural, it’s simple regulation of the body, which stores these resources and reserves of emergency energy needed precisely for such cases.
We’re used to living in a fairly luxurious state in modern society, where we almost never have situations in life that directly threaten it. Of course, all this is relative, but if we take it as a whole, it’s much safer to live now than it was, for example, 20,000 years ago.
I think this doesn’t need explaining, but the fact is that this is an extremely short period for changing human physiology evolutionarily. And the brain is quite plastic, but it’s still too little time to evolutionarily make it different. Therefore, all these tools remain functional.
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This 3-step method helps you tap into your subconscious and solve problems when conscious effort fails. It’s not magic — it’s neuroscience.
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Don't Wait Until Perfect
Nothing prevents you from coming up with your own music right from the start. A huge number of musicians had no musical education at all. One of my musical favorites, Armin van Buuren, an electronic music composer, the king of trance, a man who has been at the top of world charts of DJs, performers, and producers of musical compositions with a huge number of awards, has no musical education, and he learned everything on his own.
All he did was write music from childhood. Naturally, he was inspired by other composers, other compositions, because at that time it was the dawn of electronic music. Instruments and ways to synthesize such music were appearing, which he, in fact, began to engage with, implementing all this in practice.
Therefore, nothing prevents you from doing the same and trying to write your own music. At first, it will turn out pretty crappy. If someone listens to your first compositions, there won't be anything good there. Most likely, there will be some kind of cacophony, maybe traces of talent will be noticeable.
It's important to determine to what extent this set of interests and skills that you use to write your life composition is your essence. That is, what comes from within you, what you don't need to force yourself to do, what happens on autopilot, what brings you pleasure, what puts you in a flow state.
If you find such a combination, it's one of the most wonderful options. It's that very proverbial "do what you love," and the result won't keep you waiting. If you manage to find such a story, you're simply lucky.
I think that eventually, if we follow the path I'm talking about, the result will be such an occupation. But this requires some effort.
Nothing prevents you from coming up with your own music right from the start. A huge number of musicians had no musical education at all. One of my musical favorites, Armin van Buuren, an electronic music composer, the king of trance, a man who has been at the top of world charts of DJs, performers, and producers of musical compositions with a huge number of awards, has no musical education, and he learned everything on his own.
All he did was write music from childhood. Naturally, he was inspired by other composers, other compositions, because at that time it was the dawn of electronic music. Instruments and ways to synthesize such music were appearing, which he, in fact, began to engage with, implementing all this in practice.
Therefore, nothing prevents you from doing the same and trying to write your own music. At first, it will turn out pretty crappy. If someone listens to your first compositions, there won't be anything good there. Most likely, there will be some kind of cacophony, maybe traces of talent will be noticeable.
It's important to determine to what extent this set of interests and skills that you use to write your life composition is your essence. That is, what comes from within you, what you don't need to force yourself to do, what happens on autopilot, what brings you pleasure, what puts you in a flow state.
If you find such a combination, it's one of the most wonderful options. It's that very proverbial "do what you love," and the result won't keep you waiting. If you manage to find such a story, you're simply lucky.
I think that eventually, if we follow the path I'm talking about, the result will be such an occupation. But this requires some effort.
Anticodeguy
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Most people spend their lives consuming other people's creations.
They stay stuck in jobs they hate, dreaming about freedom while scrolling through Instagram.
Here's how to flip the script and become irreplaceable:
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You don't need perfect skills to start creating.
Armin van Buuren - king of trance music with zero formal education - just started making music from childhood.
Your first attempts will be awful. That's normal.
The diamond needs cutting before it shines.
---
The critical shift happens when you move from music listener to composer.
At a campfire, who gets all the attention? Not the listeners.
The performer becomes the center - even if they're average.
Because most people never even try.
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Your unique combination of skills creates a melody only you can play.
I'm an IT specialist who talks about personal development, psychology, and online business.
This exact combination is mine alone.
Someone out there will resonate with it.
---
The most important thing: create for others.
Your music needs to bring value to at least one person besides yourself.
Feel what it's like to give something to the world instead of just taking from it.
---
Pay attention to what puts you in a flow state.
What activities make you lose track of time?
What comes naturally that others find difficult?
That intersection is where your unique genius lives.
---
Forget about niching down.
Write about all your interests in your personal blog.
You'll attract a much wider audience than those who focus on one narrow topic.
The most profitable niche is yourself.
---
Business is the broadest canvas for your creativity.
It allows you to play your unique melody on instruments that suit you specifically.
There's room for everyone - just like in music genres.
New bands emerge daily and find their listeners.
---
Start small.
You don't need to immediately perform on a world stage.
Begin with simple guitar parts at home.
The main thing is to start creating something - anything - that helps someone else.
---
Set yourself a lighthouse goal that pulls you forward.
Even if you're not ready to change course immediately, you'll find yourself looking at it.
Eventually, you'll turn away from the well-trodden path.
Ask what you truly want from this life.
---
Become a person who creates something.
This is our main strength as a species - we create, transmit information, make decisions.
Create your own red pill.
Finally get out of the matrix.
---
Don't let this be just entertainment content you read and do nothing with.
Set a goal.
Start creating.
Share it with others.
No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
---
To read all three articles on the topic, follow the links:
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
They stay stuck in jobs they hate, dreaming about freedom while scrolling through Instagram.
Here's how to flip the script and become irreplaceable:
---
You don't need perfect skills to start creating.
Armin van Buuren - king of trance music with zero formal education - just started making music from childhood.
Your first attempts will be awful. That's normal.
The diamond needs cutting before it shines.
---
The critical shift happens when you move from music listener to composer.
At a campfire, who gets all the attention? Not the listeners.
The performer becomes the center - even if they're average.
Because most people never even try.
---
Your unique combination of skills creates a melody only you can play.
I'm an IT specialist who talks about personal development, psychology, and online business.
This exact combination is mine alone.
Someone out there will resonate with it.
---
The most important thing: create for others.
Your music needs to bring value to at least one person besides yourself.
Feel what it's like to give something to the world instead of just taking from it.
---
Pay attention to what puts you in a flow state.
What activities make you lose track of time?
What comes naturally that others find difficult?
That intersection is where your unique genius lives.
---
Forget about niching down.
Write about all your interests in your personal blog.
You'll attract a much wider audience than those who focus on one narrow topic.
The most profitable niche is yourself.
---
Business is the broadest canvas for your creativity.
It allows you to play your unique melody on instruments that suit you specifically.
There's room for everyone - just like in music genres.
New bands emerge daily and find their listeners.
---
Start small.
You don't need to immediately perform on a world stage.
Begin with simple guitar parts at home.
The main thing is to start creating something - anything - that helps someone else.
---
Set yourself a lighthouse goal that pulls you forward.
Even if you're not ready to change course immediately, you'll find yourself looking at it.
Eventually, you'll turn away from the well-trodden path.
Ask what you truly want from this life.
---
Become a person who creates something.
This is our main strength as a species - we create, transmit information, make decisions.
Create your own red pill.
Finally get out of the matrix.
---
Don't let this be just entertainment content you read and do nothing with.
Set a goal.
Start creating.
Share it with others.
No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
---
To read all three articles on the topic, follow the links:
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
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Discover how to stop just listening and start composing — the red pill career path that transforms you into a true creator.
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Your Taste Matters
– Henry David Thoreau, writer (Thoreau 1854)
So, this is the stage of switching your life paradigm from consumption to creation. Become a creator of anything. This absolutely depends on you. What instruments you will play, how you will select notes for your melody, how you will play them, at what speed, what sequence you will perform – entirely depends on you.
Here your uniqueness already begins to play a role, because even if you will try to imitate other people, play their compositions written by someone else, quite soon you’ll want to bring something of your own, some of your own shade.
Any cover performed by a cover band still sounds different. It sounds in the style of this band. They bring something of their own to it, making it better or worse, that’s another question. But the main thing is that they have their own audience, their own listeners, who like it.
This is a very important point to understand: if you create something useful and interesting for someone else, it can turn out to be useful and interesting. You need to create something. You need to create a product, content, community, benefit, and value in this world.
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”
– Henry David Thoreau, writer (Thoreau 1854)
So, this is the stage of switching your life paradigm from consumption to creation. Become a creator of anything. This absolutely depends on you. What instruments you will play, how you will select notes for your melody, how you will play them, at what speed, what sequence you will perform – entirely depends on you.
Here your uniqueness already begins to play a role, because even if you will try to imitate other people, play their compositions written by someone else, quite soon you’ll want to bring something of your own, some of your own shade.
Any cover performed by a cover band still sounds different. It sounds in the style of this band. They bring something of their own to it, making it better or worse, that’s another question. But the main thing is that they have their own audience, their own listeners, who like it.
This is a very important point to understand: if you create something useful and interesting for someone else, it can turn out to be useful and interesting. You need to create something. You need to create a product, content, community, benefit, and value in this world.