The back as ultimate leverage. Intelligence of backpacks, or just giving your kid a piggyback ride.

My new goal; to strengthen my wrists to Hercules level.

For example, benchpress or any variations of benchpress are legitimately bad. I feel dumb for following this sucker game for so long.

Where does confidence, our self-confidence come from?

Natural testosterone.

Testosterone as the natural healing agent?

Theory; if you’re injured or have an injury, the best way to naturally heal it is consume lots of beef organ meats, foods high in cholesterol, and also naturally boost your testosterone by heavy hypelifting one rep maximum at the gym?

Fragile positions include lying on your back, sitting down?

Fragile in so far much as insecure; when you’re lying on your back, you’re in an inferior, dangerous position. For example in the UFC, or mixed martial arts, to be thrown down and on your back, just like a roach or something on its back; a rhino on its back is not a good position to be in. We cannot imagine a gorilla, a dragon, or anything lying on its back; it is a position of submission? Like someone lying down legs spread in a missionary position?

Sitting down is a similar idea; in school we are taught to shut up and sit down, and kowtow, obey the teacher. This is why I hate sitting; putting you or other people who are smaller or shorter or less dominant than you.

This is why when I get heated, I approach a person straight up, stand directly next to them, in front of them, stand straight up, and communicate to them how much bigger, taller, stronger, and more dominant I am than them.

*solh2–

Theory: safety, simply means for something to be whole?

Remain whole?

A thought and theory; perhaps success, a “successful” person is somebody who has a healthy dose of autism or Asperger’s; being able to ignore avoid or not to placate to traditional desires.

Anti mimetic desires.

Entrepreneurship by KIM

Become the change which you desire to see manifested in the world!

Become you.

1. ZERO FINANCIAL CONCERNS
2. How to Gain Ascendancy
3. Business vs Entrepreneurship?
4. TAKE REAL CHANCES
5. Making Money as a Hobby
6. The Best Exercises for Entrepreneurs
7. INCOME VS EXPENSES MONEY LIFESTYLE PHILOSOPHY
8. Entrepreneurship is the privilege of being able to attempt something new
9. How to Become More Influential
10. The Point of Life is Entrepreneurship?
11. How to Think Like an Entrepreneur
12. Become the Outlier
13. Self Reliance
14. How to Extend Your Reach
15. NEWS: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur
16. PVP (Player vs Player)
17. How I became so influential
18. WE LOVE THE *SENSATION* OF RISK-TAKING
19. WHY HIGH PROFIT MARGINS?
20. INNOVATION THOUGHTS
21. OVERCONFIDENCE IS GOOD.
22. GARAGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
23. PERHAPS IT IS GOOD TO BE “DELUSIONAL”
24. USE YOUR WEALTH TO BUY STUFF, OR TO BUILD AND INNOVATE STUFF?
25. HOW TO THRIVE
26. Target Demographic
27. Ambition Over Happiness
28. Anti Collaboration
29. The Will to Economy
30. Why New?
31. CHOOSE ADRENALINE.
32. No Looking Back.
33. 1000x Different
34. BECOME SPENDTHRIFT
35. THE BENEFIT OF JUST ONE.
36. EXTREME INNOVATION.
37. Practicality is Boring
38. BECOME YOUR OWN STANDARD.
39. NEVER STOP ITERATING.
40. CONDENSE.
41. Take Lots of Small Financial Risks
42. Control Over Convenience
43. Why Are Chinese Companies So Innovative?
44. INSANELY DIFFERENT.
45. Why Doesn’t Anything Ever Satisfy Me?
46. THE GREAT PASSION.
47. Perhaps Dissatisfaction is Good
48. ONE REP MAX.
49. WHAT DO YOU *REALLY* WANT IN LIFE?
50. LIFE IS ABOUT STRIVING FOR MORE.
51. NEVER STOP LINKING.
52. THE GREATEST.
53. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!
54. THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
55. ERIC KIM CRITIQUE OF ROMANTICISM
56. COMPLACENCY.
57. JUST BUY IT.
58. ALL ABOUT YOU.
59. MOVE THE WORLD
60. Boring or Not Boring?
61. What if Your Past Self were Inferior to Your Present Self?
62. THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROGRESS
63. CULTURE IS YOUR ENEMY.
64. Difficulty & Interest
65. The Will to Expansion
66. What is Work?
67. SOUL IN THE GAME.
68. JUST START IT.
69. Not Boring
70. PRIDE IN YOUR OWN NAME / BRAND
71. AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TOLERATE.
72. Speed is Paramount
73. TAKE IT BACK TO THE BEGINNING.
74. A Life With No Risk Taking is *NOT* a Life Worth Living
75. Dissatisfaction is Good
76. GREATER STRENGTH, GREATER CHALLENGES.
77. In Praise of the New
78. Uncorrupted Desires
79. You Cannot Fake Passion
80. SELF-OVERGOING
81. FORM YOURSELF.
82. Personal Entrepreneurship
83. RELENTLESS.
84. PUT YOUR NAME ON IT.
85. A Life of Expansion
86. SELF-ENTREPRENEURSHIP
87. YOU ARE THE EXCEPTION.
88. Use Your Life as an Experiment to Self-Develop Yourself to Heights Never Seen Before
89. Invest in New Developments
90. Investing Towards What End?
91. The 90%/10% Principle in Entrepreneurship
92. Speed Wins
93. The Philosophy of Happiness
94. When to Over-Estimate, When to Under-Estimate?
95. Never Stop Iterating
96. Money as a Tool for Life and Artistic Experimentation
97. Less But More Premium
98. Mainstream vs Low-Key Success
99. Why Dissatisfaction is Good
100. SEEK YOUR OWN PERSONAL MAXIMAL BENEFIT INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING
101. Manifest Your Destiny
102. Is it Best to *Not* Communicate Your Inner Thoughts or Ideas With Others?
103. CREATE THINGS YOU WISH TO SEE MANIFESTED IN THE WORLD
104. How to Do More Work
105. CONTROL.
106. Competition is for Losers
107. Change.
108. Your Competitive Advantage with Insanely Fast Wifi and High Speed Internet
109. Pseudo Individualism
110. Natural Internal Promoting vs External Promptings

Think for Yourself.

1. Survival vs Thrivival
2. Become Rich
3. SECRETS.
4. Why it is Better to Beg for Forgiveness than Ask for Permission
5. Thinking About the Past Prevents You From Thinking About the Future
6. How to Predict the Future
7. Tools of Mass Distraction
8. So What?

FREEDOM

• On Leaving a Legacy
• I wanna be me!
• Productivity for personal freedom
• How to Purchase your Freedom

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Never stop innovating.

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Entrepreneurship Mindset

• What is Your Dream in Life?
• 8 Blogging Productivity Tips
• Why Be Normal?
• How Much Suffering Are You Willing to Endure to Achieve Your Dreams?

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Put a Dent in the Universe.

• Innovate for the Sake of Innovating!
• Reality is Malleable!
• Stoic Entrepreneurship
• Against Self-Preservation
• The Purpose of Life is to Make New Stuff!

A lesson; don’t do anything or engage anything that you feel some sort of bad strain. This is critical information.

Is it really wisdom that we are seeking? Wisdom as a means to a greater end, not the end in itself.

And wisdom maybe seems like wise actions which are beneficial to your desired ends or outcomes or process.

For example, some wisdom I learned at the gym; don’t do any really really heavy pressing motions, too much force on your wrists.

What is mobility, why mobility? Is this even a desired goal?

For example, my newsletter as its own platform, and all of my websites as new mini platforms.

Setbacks are a motivator, a turbocharger

In life when you hit a certain setback; use that as additional over motivation, super motivation.

MOTIVATION BY KIM

Become more:

1. THERE IS SO MUCH OF THE WORLD TO PHOTOGRAPH!
2. The Philosophy of Optimism
3. What Slows You Down?
4. Meta Editing
5. Move Mass
6. What’s “Cool”?
7. No In-Between
8. Independent Aspirations
9. COMPULSION.
10. *BEYOND* PERFECT.
11. BUY BOOKS WHEN YOU WANT TO BUY GEAR.
12. How to Make More Photos
13. JUST MAKE MORE PHOTOS.
14. MY DESIRE TO CAPTURE IT ALL.
15. VISUAL DETOX.
16. Photography is Our Addiction
17. A BILLION PHOTOS
18. THE MOTIVATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER.
19. CURIOUS.
20. PROVOKE.
21. How to Do More Photography
22. PRACTICE.
23. TURBOCHARGE YOURSELF, TURBOCHARGE OTHERS.
24. LIFE IS ALL UPSIDE, NO DOWNSIDE.
25. PHOTO TURBO THOUGHTS
26. No Such Thing as Good or Bad; Simply Stimulating or Not Stimulating
27. The Best Genre is No Genre
28. The Key to Photographic Motivation
29. Pacifying Media, Motivational Media
30. Our Hunger for New Experiences
31. Mental Motivation
32. ALL ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY.
33. The Photographer as Creator
34. Create *BEYOND* Yourself
35. Let Your Curiosity Drive Your Photography
36. LOVE YOUR PHOTOS.
37. Abstract Monochrome Photography
38. SHOOT WITHOUT THINKING.
39. Just Have Fun With Photography
40. Wu-Wei Effortless Motivation
41. CONSISTENCY x NOVELTY
42. Easily Bored?
43. Face Photography
44. How to Become More Self-Motivated in Your Photography
45. YOUR OWN PHOTOS ARE THE BEST PHOTOS.
46. On Sharing Your Favorite Photos
47. UBERABUNDANCE.
48. Peak Photographic Productivity
49. When to Review Your Photos
50. Serotonin and Photos
51. The Photos You Have Yet Shot are Your Most Important Photos
52. 3 Tips How to Master Photography
53. Do You Like Your Own Photos?
54. The Beauty of Mundane, Everyday Moments
55. Reasons Why to Be Optimistic About the Future
56. A Photography-Full Future
57. The More You Shoot, the Better
58. How Many Photos Should You Shoot Everyday?
59. Why Do We Love Motion?
60. Now is Your Chance to Shoot History in the Making
61. Photo by Photo
62. How and Why Photography Remains So Interesting to Me
63. How to Conquer Your Inner Photographic Critic
64. Thoughts on HDR Photography
65. New Year, New Photos
66. Why Exhibit Your Photos?
67. Photography is Visual Poetry
68. What’s the Purpose of Art?
69. Why Do We Photographers Have Such a Hard Time Staying Inspired and Motivated?
70. On Becoming a More Optimistic Photographer
71. Philosophy of Weather
72. How to Become a More Optimistic Photographer and Human
73. You Are a Creative Photographer
74. JUST SHARE YOUR ARTISTIC PROCESS WITH OTHERS.
75. What Motivates Me to Shoot?
76. How to Maximize Yourself to the Fullest
77. HOW TO MOVE AND MOTIVATE PEOPLE
78. Autotelic Photography
79. The more I go out and photograph the world, the more interesting and beautiful the world becomes
80. Why Photographers Have Such Low Self-Esteem
81. ERIC KIM MOTIVATION
82. Why Am I So Unmotivated?
83. EVERY DAY IS A NEW DAY
84. WHY ARE YOU SO UNMOTIVATED?
85. Movement is Motivation
86. How to Motivate Myself to Make New Photos
87. Never Stop Optimizing
88. How to Help and Motivate Others
89. Feed On Your Own Photos; Let Them Nourish You!
90. Competition is for Suckers
91. A Future Without Travel
92. How Google Can Improve Your Photography
93. DEVELOP YOURSELF.
94. NEVER STOP MOVING!
95. How I Self-Motivate Myself
96. Every Day the Sun is Birthed Anew
97. A Life Without Photography Isn’t a Life Worth Living
98. WIN.
99. 8 Practical Photography Assignments for You
100. Tabula Rasa, Blank Slate, Carte Blanche
101. RELENTLESS
102. LIFE IS THE ULTIMATE RPG
103. HYPER VIGOR
104. FRESH AIR PHOTOS
105. WHO IS GONNA THRIVE IN TODAY’S BRAVE NEW WORLD?
106. ARTISTIC OPTIMISM
107. PASSION, not Discipline
108. Better Bad Photos than No Photos
109. The Empowering Feeling of Failure
110. To Be Human is to Move
111. Enjoy the Process
112. Better Bad Photos than No Photos
113. Why Keep Making New Art and Photos, Indefinitely?
114. Photography Motivation: What if There is Nothing Interesting to Photograph?
115. Move First, Motivation Later
116. Motivation Follows the Action
117. In Praise of Heroes
118. 5 Tips How to Boost Your Creativity
119. How to Have Inspiration to Take Photos in the Suburbs
120. Anything that Motivates You to Move is Good!
121. The Productive Photographer is the Happiest Photographer!
122. Make Today Count!
123. How to Break Through Photographer’s Block
124. The Joyful Photographer
125. The Dancing Photographer
126. The Kaizen Process of Gradual Self-Improvement in Photography
127. It is Your Duty to Make Beautiful Pictures!
128. Making Pictures IS Happiness!
129. NO EXCUSES.
130. The Pomodoro Photography Technique
131. The ABC of Photography
132. Just Shoot It.
133. How to Change the World With Photography
134. How to Find Inspiration in Photography and Life
135. How to Overcome Resistance
136. Create Against the Past
137. How I Motivate Myself to Make Photos
138. Wear Your Camera Like a Necklace or Bracelet
139. Have Your Photos Come to You
140. How to Level Up in Your Photography
141. How Not to Give a Fuck of What Others Think of You
142. How to Overcome Procrastination in Your Photography
143. How to Reinspire Your Photography
144. What is Your Mission in Photography and Life?
145. How to Overcome Photographer’s Block
146. Be a Photographer Now
147. How to Overcome Boredom with Photography
148. Never Stop Growing as a Photographer
149. Why Do You Need “Inspiration” to Shoot?
150. Just Shoot.
151. 5 Things to Do If You’ve Lost Your Passion for Photography
152. How to Have Unshakeable Confidence in Yourself
153. Don’t Give Up On Your Dream
154. Don’t Waste Your Potential
155. Unlock Your Potential
156. Empower Others With Your Photography
157. Why You Shouldn’t Follow Your Passion in Photography

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Make some insanely great beef meat dinner, your natural steroids, sleep insanely good like a god, then start off the day with ERIC KIM OMAKASE COFFEE! Easy.

For example, a lot of guys get really really depressed when they get injured at the gym, because their gym is their solo identity, their only life. Same thing happens with people who are influential in certain domains; when there is a small setback, injury, or wound which happens which dehabilitates them or takes away their ability from the domain, they get depressed.

I am fortunate that I have multiple personalities and interests. For example, if I get injured at the gym, and I lose some sort of ability, it doesn’t perturbed me that much, because I have other things going for myself. Photography, creativity, blogging, vlogging, philosophy, fitness, innovation etc.

For example, I am currently 35 years old. In a decade, I will only be 45, or 55 yearsq old! Still young.

And also, Seneca will only be 12 years old, 22 years old! Still young.

Perhaps with things, possessions, cars, devices, property, situation’s, investments etc.; think to yourself, will it still be tenable in 10 years or 20 years?

For example, I can easily see myself driving my Prius for another 10 to 20 years. I am dubious that any electric car or Tesla will last for another 10 or 20 years.

Also, iPhone, computers laptops, devices cameras etc.; none of them will last 10 to 20 years.

Also with building and designing things; maybe with websites, platforms, digital platforms, domains etc., think to yourself… will it still be tenable 10 to 20 years from now?

To seize, to hold.

Restoration. 1530s— the process of reinstating something to the former position rank or standing.

Make fit again. Habilis – able to have, maintain, possess. Habeo:

There are no such thing as plateaus. Rather points in which your leverage needs a changing up!

One of the great quotes from the movie 300; when king Leonidas‘s commander-in-chief pulls up with a handkerchief over one eye, king Leonidas asked him what happened. The commander-in-chief then says; oh sire, it is nothing but an eye. Thank God blessed me with two!

After spraining my right wrist, doing for bench press, using my left hand for more things

The road to greatness will be riddled with great pain, injury yet overcoming!

“A wound stimulates the recuperative properties!” – Nietzsche

Just don’t give me more advertisements or popups!

Not.

Assuming that in the ancient world, it was just some sort of open air gymnasium, in a big plot of dirt, in the direct sun, what type of training exercises would they do, what wouldn’t they?

The first thought is I am highly dubious that an individual would lie on their back, and try to press something really really heavy, while on the floor. You wouldn’t want to get your back dirty.

It would have to do with lifting, throwing, carrying, stuff like that.

Get a dip belt, put on lots of plates, and do weighted chips with a neutral grip instead.

Or maybe do other types of lifts? Like a modified deadlift in which you put the weight in between your legs?

Don’t be angry that you’re in pain; treat the pain with insouciance, just treat it like interesting information

When doing a floor bench press, at 5 plates or six plates, it seems that the weak link is my wrists, my wrist strength.

When I think critically about it, maybe that’s too much force for one’s wrist to handle that much force. It seems a lot of weight lifters use these wrist wraps, which I actually think is more dangerous in the long run, as you never really build your true wrist strength.

I thought I had before is that perhaps any type of pressing or pushing is bad; only focus on doing pulling, or lifting motions instead.

But how does one build a really big chest? Then perhaps the goal is to not build a big chest. Or instead, adopt some sort of neutral grip; doing heavy dumbbell presses off the floor with an arched back.

The problem with a standard overhand grip is that you have less tension or strength in your wrists. To build greater wrist strength, only neutral grip.

How to train with zero chance of injury?

1. Extreme warm-up and yoga
2. No more chest and shoulder exercises. I almost wonder if the best time is to create a new aesthetic in which having oversized chest and shoulders look silly?

Then after that, no regrets!

Perhaps a wise way to approach life is to simply ignore what others do, their technique form and ethos, or even the concept of what is desirable.

For example, what is considered desirable and undesirable. The sociology of mimetic desires; the idea that we don’t really inherently know what we want, but we simply copy and meme and follow others?

Close calls are a blessing!

Texas power bar? Current Texas squat bar.

Next step:

Texas monster squat bar?

Optimized for lethality.

Something that I have learned about web development, coding, etc.; you don’t gotta learn at all; just learn the bare minimum, the pure basics to achieve what he desired to achieve.

Even some thing I noticed with Google and Gmail some by: apparently they’re going to start slowly passing out emails or Google accounts which haven’t been accessed within the last six months or a year; not good news.

You never really on land, or a domain; you simply rent it or lease it?

Rule, power. Domaine

Dominus, master, proprietor, owner. Demh– to tame, domesticate.

The joy of restoration?

Why is modern day posture so poor? My theory; because now our environments are too flat, and also we spend too much time in cramped indoor spaces, which prevents our neck from extending, jutting out, and looking into the distance.

Everyone always says that modern day posture is so poor because of us being on the phone all the time. I don’t think this is necessarily true. Maybe also the problem is we spent too much time sitting and sedentary?

“Life is a game of monopoly, go outside and cop yourself some property.” – MIGOS

A random thing on the road to moving to LA is this — a random thing that was coming into my mind was this idea of finding some sort of property space, like buying a Triplex or a quadPlex, and essentially becoming some sort of noveau slumlord.

I had a funny interesting turbo thought when going to the Costco Business Center the other day, and buying some meat. Essentially the idea is simple:

Essentially the meat you buy and purchase is the raw material, and cooking it yourself is very simple and easy; yet, the reason why so many restaurants and businesses, even all you can eat Korean BBQ restaurants is that they make the process so complex, and intimidating to you.

Real estate is interesting to me because then you have the raw material which is the land, and then you could customize it later to your liking.

Why I love cars

The primary reason why I love cars so much is that ever since I was a kid, around 15 or 16 years old, it was an open creative canvas for me. Note, I actually got into cars before I got into photography; I was into cars ever since I was 15 years old and got my first drivers license permit in California, I only going to photography later, around the age of 18 when I graduated high school and was about to go to college.

Growing up, my family only ever rented. The notion that I could modify or do anything to my house or home was a non-concept.

The great joy and promise of being able to have my own car was that I could do anything to it that I wanted. The first car I ever got was a 1991 Sentra XE, a four-door sedan, which was surprisingly a five speed manual transmission car, with no tachometer! I had so much fun modifying and customizing and swapping it up, installing headers, intake and exhaust, repainting it, painting the dashboard from the ugly ass brown to black, and also even changing the headliner from the ugly brown beige color to a solid black felt.

Lesson:

Having the freedom, and the ability to modify and change things to your liking is great joy!

Mystifying things?

A funny difference that I’ve noted from my family, my family upbringing, and Cindy‘s family; Cindy grew up to owning their own home and property, therefore things like pouring cement, mixing cement, painting the walls, fixing home stuff was natural. Yet for them, cars were a mysterious black box; therefore the general concept was always buy new.

However, my great pride and joy is that in my whole adult life, I’ve never spent more than $2500 USD on a car. The last two cars which came under my wing including my mom‘s old 2009 Hyundai sonata, which was essentially acquired by me for free, as it sat dormant for about three years in my sister’s garage, collecting dust. About $2000 of repairs at the mechanic, and $1000 of overdue DMV fines, it essentially ran brand new! And a little bit of muscle wax from me, waxing the paint, painting the rims, debadging it, etc.

Then more recently, re-inheriting the family Prius; 2010 Prius. Essentially once again, acquiring it for nothing, spending $2700 to get a new catalytic converter which was stolen earlier, $300 for a catalytic converter shield, and about $2700 on a new ABS brake sensor, and also, about $600 for new Yokohama tires. Otherwise I got the car for free!

Thought:

Real men drive old (used) white Priuses!

How do really rich people do it?

Some fun facts I’ve learned:

1. Real rich people and successful people only ever purchase cars at auction; with some sort of superficial damage, and they buy it at an insanely deep discount, and spend small sums of money to fix it up, they never buy new. And it seems that a lot of successful people that I’ve met just buy old used Priuses at car auctions! For example, my old next-door neighbor used to own an exotic car sports dealership, he told me he even sold a Lamborghini to Mike Tyson. He also owns the infamous old-school Mercedes with the gull wing doors. Anyways, he told me that he for his daily cr just bought an old 2010 Prius at auction for only $7000! Also, he always trolls eBay and these websites for old used BMW M cars, and he says that “I didn’t buy it from him, I stole it from him!” Therefore maybe in the context of cars, to only steal a car, essentially get a car for so insanely cheap or free or under market value is the path. Buying a new brand new car is for idiots!
2. People overpay for home renovations; the true price of fixing up a bathroom should only be around $7000 (some of my friends spent almost $20,000 for this), to do a kitchen, maybe $15,000, and flooring you could essentially do it yourself for free. And it seems that what a lot of these real estate companies do is simple; take some sort of old property, got it, renovate it, which actually doesn’t cost that much money, maybe $30,000 per unit, and then resell it on the market for a higher price tag, and continue this process.

What is a millennial?

I think I have a good definition for millennials; essentially somebody who foolishly uses their money.

For example, it seems that millennials are overeager to buy new cars. Let’s say a modest new car is $30,000, and they down around $10,000. A monthly payment is around $350-$500. Then they forget that they bought a new car, and they probably want full coverage, so insurance wise, it might be another three to $500 a month! Boom, you’ve just added another thousand dollars a month in monthly expenses, which will haunt you for either 3 to 5 years. That’s money that you’re not putting in your bank account.

Or, it seems that any new car is such an insane rip off. Apparently even a Toyota Sienna Hybrid out the door is over $60,000 USD! That’s a lot of money.

Alcohol, food, eating out, weed, drugs, etc

“Fuck I’m broke as fuck! Why? I just came back from Vegas and blew all my money on food! Fuck, I gotta move out of SoCal!” – one of my friends in the gym hot sauna locker room

Another way that young people millennials etc. waste money is silly things like going to “festivals“, doing drugs, smoking marijuana, drinking alcohol, going out to drink alcohol and cocktails, going to Vegas, gambling, eating out at new trendy restaurants, etc.

Also, having too much subscriptions to these media services like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ etc.

The overall bad thing is that many people just cannot save money. Why? The societal bias that one should partake in these activities. But, the wisdom is knowing that these things are not imperatives.

Finance, and loans?

Poking around this real estate and financing market, honestly it all seems like such a scam. For example, let us say that you take out a loan at 7% or 6.5%. But I say you borrow around $700,000. Almost the first 10 yours is devoted to paying off your interest, not even the principal.

What did Elon Musk do? When starting Tesla, he took out a massive loan from the US government, to build factories, battery packs, etc.

Therefore, it seems that if one is going to take out a massive loan, the goal is to quickly pay it back. Borrowing money as leverage to do something very very great and epic, and quickly leapfrog to the next thing.

Bigger and better to infinity and beyond!

Or, the goal is to just flip it. Do not get attached to it, and just think of real estate like a product.

For example, buying a property for $1.5 million, and then hopefully in the next 10 years, flipping it for $3 million USD! Then I suppose the goal is to just cop the profit, and then leapfrog onto the next bigger project.

Then things get interesting, because the goal isn’t about making money necessarily; but rather using your capital as leverage to keep leapfrogging to bigger and bigger things!

However, towards what ends? I don’t think there’s an end; the goal is bigger and better for the sake of it; the American ethos!

Houses as a project?

It also seems a lot of these real estate corporations, who knows maybe the investment comes from overseas, Saudi Arabia, mainland China, etc., is that somebody will buy at a property all in cash, maybe to wash the money, and then price it up, and then sit on it, and perhaps try to resell it for a profit into the future.

Why do people do this? Honestly a lot of people who have money which is illegit don’t seem to really care; they don’t really think about it too much.

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Capital?

Another thought on capital in capitalism, what is it that the new religion of capital seeks?

Essentially, make money don’t spend it (Kanye West).

And also, accumulating more and more capital towards infinite ends!

Once again, perhaps the best way to think about capital and capitalism is to just think of it like a game of monopoly, a game, and do not take it too seriously.

Economics by KIM >

What do you do when you no longer fear anything?

I just hit a 9 plate rack pull for the first time, and before doing it, I felt zero ounces of fear. This was interesting, because then it is no longer a fear issue; simply it is an issue of ability and capability.

Then before attempting the nine plates, my only concern and focus was focusing, hyping myself up, and also striving to successfully maximally output all of my strength at the same time!

Perhaps than the best way to approach life is first strive to conquer fear, and then the next issue is a matter of technique, form and approach, and the physical and physiological strength to achieve and attempt things!

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Fear versus ability

For example in street photography, a big consideration between the fear of shooting street photos, and then having the compositional ability to make photos you deem beautiful.

Both are critical.

A thought on value, in the context of photos and photography;

Which photos and street photos have the greatest value? Perhaps the photos which required the most courage to shoot!

Street photography is 99% balls.

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Life narrative?

Another big consideration on my mind is in regards to life narrative.

When you’re on your deathbed, looking back at your life, thinking and considering certain parts of your life narrative that you were proud of attempting and doing — it doesn’t really matter whether you’re successful or not, simply, do an attempt what is epic and grand!

I think in America we’re too caught up on the notion of being “successful“ or not. I think my intervention is to think rather, the grandeur and courage of the attempt. To me it doesn’t really matter whether you’re successful or not. What matters more is whether you had the courage to attempt it in the first place!

However, this is where wisdom is critical; I think it’s a good idea to attempt things when you’re interested in it, but at the same time, you don’t want to be foolish about it. For example, to simply attempt something because you want some sort of external validation seems like a poor or a foolish decision. Rather, only attempt that which is personally interesting to you!

What motivates me?

A thought this morning; perhaps that which motivates me is the desire to dominate, to become master, to become number one!

For example, my personal past life goal was to dominate street photography, to become number one on Google for street photography! Also do become number one on Google for “ERIC KIM”.

Now that I have achieved these, perhaps then my next goal is to become number one on Google for philosophy?

Certainly Google is not a good litmus test, because now, I think there are too many foreign factors at play. Yet, the striving and desire to become ascendant, the top dog, number one, is what drives our American passion. Even at the gym, now that I have successfully atlas lifted 995 pounds, I am at least one trillion miles ahead of anyone else in my realm, not even people internationally can touch me!

And truth be told, it seems that it’s all or nothing in America. To live the grandest and best life, you got to be number one. For example, Tesl is one trillion ahead of any electric car company out there; I’m quite certain all of the other electric car companies in the long run or fail. Once the cybertruck comes out, Rivian will go under. And these other electric car companies by China and Vietnam? Good luck.

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We on Bezos, trips to Lagos! – KANYE

When you’re 90 years old on your deathbed, looking back at your life, what will you have regretted not having attempted or done?

Regret minimization framework via Jeff Bezos

When you’re on your deathbed, looking back at your life, thinking and considering certain parts of your life narrative that you were proud of attempting and doing — it doesn’t really matter whether you’re successful or not, simply, do an attempt what is epic and grand!

I think in America we’re too caught up on the notion of being “successful“ or not. I think my intervention is to think rather, the grandeur and courage of the attempt. To me it doesn’t really matter whether you’re successful or not. What matters more is whether you had the courage to attempt it in the first place!

However, this is where wisdom is critical; I think it’s a good idea to attempt things when you’re interested, but at the same time, you don’t want to be foolish about it. For example, to simply attempt some thing because you want some sort of external validation seems like a poor or a foolish decision. Rather, only attempt that which is personally interesting to you!

The best photos and the greatest photos are the ones which require the most courage to attempt:

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Fear vs ability:

For example in street photography, a big consideration between the fear of shooting street photos, and then having the compositional ability to make photos you deem beautiful.

Both are critical.

A thought on value, in the context of photos and photography;

Which photos and street photos have the greatest value? Perhaps the photos which required the most courage to shoot!

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1. Street Photography Mastery
2. How I Became the Greatest Street Photographer Alive
3. Antifragile Photography
4. How to Conquer Your Fears in Street Photography
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6. 5 Simple Street Photography Techniques
7. STREET PHOTOGRAPHER.
8. The Street Photographer Ideal
9. 50 Street Photography Tips, Techniques and Ideas
10. Street Photography Values
11. STREET PHOTOGRAPHY DOESN’T NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE IN IT.
12. Why Street Photography is So Great
13. WHY BECOME A STREET PHOTOGRAPHER?
14. Society Photography, Not “Street” Photography
15. How to Street Photography
16. STREET PHOTOGRAPHY OPTIONALITY.
17. 10 Street Photography Tips
18. The Street Photographer as the Apex Photographer
19. Street Photography & Adrenaline
20. STREETTOGS STARTING GUIDE
21. 50 Street Photography Tips by ERIC KIM
22. What I Wish I Knew If I Started Street Photography All Over Again
23. Photograph like it’s not a big deal
24. Suburb Street Photography
25. What is Our Personal Motivation Behind Street Photography?
26. WHY I’M SO PASSIONATE ABOUT STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
27. Personal Street Photography
28. STREET PHOTOGRAPHY AS A PRACTICE.
29. Pandemic Street Photography
30. AIRPORT STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
31. How to Shoot Street Photography Right Now
32. Towards a More Independent Street Photography Approach
33. How Street Photography Improves Your Life
34. How to Tell Stories in Your Street Photos
35. Face Street Photography
36. How to Start Shooting Street Photography
37. How to Shoot Street Photography During a Pandemic
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• Street Photography is an Approach, a Technique, and an Ethos

Street Photographs

1. How to Shoot Street Photography with Dads and Kids
2. HOW I BECAME SUCH A GREAT STREET PHOTOGRAPHER
3. Use Quarantine as an Opportunity to Pick up Film Photography
4. Hong Kong Street Photography by ERIC KIM

Street Photography Philosophy

• Brave New Street Photographer
• How to Talk to Strangers
• How to Shoot More Dynamic Street Photographs
• WHY I LOVE ARCHITECTURE AND STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
• Why Street Photography Brings Me So Much Joy
• How to Shoot Street Photography Video
• How to Shoot Street Photography in the Brave New COVID World
• The Future for Street Photography
• ALL STREET PHOTOGRAPHS ARE GOOD PHOTOGRAPHS.
• AMERICA by KIM
• Street Photography in a Non-Travel World?
• How to Shoot Street Photography During COVID-19
• You’ve Never Shot Photography Until You’ve Shot Street Photography
• Xenophilia: Love of Strangers
• My Street Photography Philosophy
• Why Street Photography is Important for Society
• HOW STREET PHOTOGRAPHY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
• STREET PHOTOGRAPHY IS ABOUT LOVING ALL PEOPLE
• Real Life People vs Abstract People
• Is it OK to Piss Off or Annoy People in Photography?
• ANTI PURISM IN STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
• Street Photography of People You Know
• Street Photography is Courage
• MY STREET PHOTOGRAPHY PHILOSOPHY
• Street Photography Motivation from ERIC KIM
• I AM STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
• WHY TALK TO STRANGERS?
• Why Street Photography is Supreme
• How to Make Great Street Photos
• Street Photography Ideas by ERIC KIM
• Why Street Photography?
• The Street Photographer’s Soul
• How to Become a Fearless Street Photographer
• Black and White or Color for Travel Street Photography?
• Street Photographers are Adrenaline Junkies
• How to Master Street Photography
• Almost Anything and Everything is Street Photography
• Advice for Aspiring Street Photographers
• Street Photography Sociology
• Why There’s No Right or Wrong Way to Shoot Street Photography
• The Street Photographer as a Soldier-Artist
• Why Street Photography is the Best Photography
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• How to Conquer Anxiety
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Street Photography Articles

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• Lingering Technique: How to Work the Scene in Street Photography
• Why Photograph People?
• No Guilt in Street Photography
• Street Photography is Hard.
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• 5 Simple Tips How to Shoot Better Street Photos
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• How to Shoot Head-On in Street Photography
• The Decapitation Technique in Street Photography
• Be Brazen in Street Photography
• How to Shoot Better Street Photographs
• Drive-By Technique in Street Photography
• How to Shoot a Wedding Like a Street Photographer
• Street Photography is 80% Risk Taking!
• 10 Simple Street Photography Principles
• 5 Fundamental Street Photography Principles
• 10 Street Photography Assignment Ideas
• How to Tell Stories in Street Photography

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Street Photography Techniques

• How to Shoot Head-On Street Photography
• Street Photography Composition Tips
• In Praise of Street Vlogging
• How to Shoot Video Street Photography
• Street Photography Technique: The Stalker Technique
• Photography Technique: Take Photos While Walking!
• New Tokyo GoPro Fusion POV Street Photography YouTube Videos
• ERIC KIM Street Photography Tips and Technique
• The 360 Degree Technique in Street Photography
• How to Work the Scene in Street Photography
• How to Shoot Layers and the Bookend Technique in Street Photography
• Street Photography Technique: GET CLOSE & FILL THE FRAME + GOLDEN DIAGONAL COMPOSITION
• Street Photography Techniques: The 3D Scan/360 Degree Technique (Shooting Head-on) and Holding Your Camera High in the Air and Point Downwards (and Use Your LCD Screen to Frame the Scene)
• The Walking Alongside Someone and Shooting Until They Notice You Street Photography Technique
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• Street Photography Technique/Composition: Leading Lines and Crouching Down Low
• How to Shoot Layers in Street Photography: GoPRO POV Video Composition Tutorial
• How to Shoot Street Photography with a 24mm Lens
• The Cutoff Technique in Street Photography
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Street Photography Ideas

• Street Photography is Like Fishing
• Why Do We Feel Nervous Shooting Street Photography?
• Street Photography Philosophy
• Everyday Street Photography
• Why Street Photography?
• Why You Must Follow Your Own Voice in Street Photography
• How to Overcome Guilt in Street Photography
• 5 Dynamic Off-Center Street Photography Compositions
• 5 Night Street Photography Composition Tips
• How to Talk to Strangers
• How to Overcome Fear in Street Photography
• Street Photography Empowerment
• Eric Kim’s Top 30 Street Photography Tips
• How to Shoot Street Photography on a 35mm Lens
• 7 Tips How to Conquer Your Fears of Shooting Street Photography
• Street Photography Lifestyle
• How to Use Tactful Flattery in Street Photography
• How to Conquer Social Anxiety With Street Photography
• Street Photography Secrets Debunked
• 10 Dynamic Street Photography Tips
• The Benefits of Shooting Street Photography
• The Street Photography Manifesto
• My Experience Shooting Digital Medium Format in Street Photography
• Why Do You Feel Guilty Shooting Street Photography?
• Improvise in Street Photography
• Ethics in Street Photography

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Street Photography Composition Techniques

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• 5 Henri Cartier-Bresson Photography Composition Lessons
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• Is Defining “STREET PHOTOGRAPHY” a Good Thing?
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• 10 COMMANDMENTS OF STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
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• In Praise of Randomness in Street Photography
• How to Become a Fearless Photographer
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Beginner Street Photography Articles

Get started in street photography:

Definitions in Street Photography

• Visual Sociology Street Photography
• Why Street Photography?
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• Why Shoot Street Photography?
• The History of Street Photography

How to Shoot Street Photography

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• Street Portraits 101 by ERIC KIM
• The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Street Photography
• 70 Street Photography Tips for Beginners
• 15 Street Photography Techniques and Tips
• A Letter to My 18 Year Old Self: If I Started Street Photography All Over Again

Street Photography Equipment

• What is the Best Camera for Street Photography?
• What is the Best Lens for Street Photography?
• What to Consider When Buying a Camera

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How to Conquer Your Fears in Street Photography

• How to Conquer Your Fears in Life
• Shoot What You’re Afraid Of
• How to Channel Your Fear into Bravery

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Intermediate Street Photography Articles

Take your street photography to the next level:

• How to Become a Stoic Street Photographer
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• The Street Photography Code of Ethics
• “Taking” vs “Making” Photos in Street Photography
• Follow Your Gut in Street Photography
• 10 Reasons Why You Should Never Chimp While Shooting Street Photography

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Advanced Street Photography Articles

Find deeper meaning in your street photography:

• How to Master Street Photography
• How to Be a Zen Street Photographer
• Personal Street Photography
• The “Bookend” Technique in Street Photography
• Street Photography is Self-Therapy
• Zen in the Art of Street Photography
• Taoism and Street Photography
• How to Find Your Style in Street Photography
• Follow Your Gut in Street Photography

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Street Photography Tips & Technique

Learn how to shoot on the streets:

• 70 Street Photography Tips for Beginners
• 15 Street Photography Techniques and Tips
• Flash Street Photography Guide
• Take More Risks
• Don’t Think About Composition When You’re Shooting Street Photography
• 7 Tips How to Capture “The Decisive Moment” in Street Photography
• 7 Tips How to Make a Great Street Photograph
• Tokyo Street Photography Contact Sheets
• Video: Why it is Important to “Work the Scene” in Street Photography
• Shoot Less, Better
• Make Shitty Photos
• Shoot Effortlessly
• 10 Tips for Candid Street Photography
• 103 Lessons I’ve Learned From Street Photography

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Street Photography Guides

In-depth guides on street photography:

• How to Shoot Candid Street Photography
• How to Shoot Street Portraits with Permission
• How to Shoot Black and White Street Photography
• How to Shoot Color Street Photography
• How to Shoot Street Portraits with Permission
• How to Shoot Layers in Street Photography
• How to Shoot Urban Landscapes

Street Photography Equipment

The best equipment for street photography:

• What is the Best Camera for Street Photography?
• What is the Best Lens for Street Photography?
• Why I Love Cameras with Non-Interchangeable Lenses
• The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide for Cameras in Street Photography
• What to Consider When Buying a Camera for Street Photography
• In Street Photography, The Smaller the Camera, the Better
• Why Sharpness is Overrated in Street Photography
• How to Shoot Street Photography on a DSLR

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Street Photography Editing and Workflow

• Video: Introduction to Editing, Processing, and Workflow in Lightroom
• How to Edit (Choose Your Best Photos) in Street Photography
• How Studying Contact Sheets Can Make You a Better Street Photographer
• Debunking the “Myth of the Decisive Moment”

How to Start a Street Photography Project

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• How to Come Up With a Personal Photography Project Idea

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Learn From the Masters of Street Photography

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3. Cheat Sheet of the Masters of Photography
4. 100 Lessons From the Masters of Street Photography
5. Beginner’s Guide to the Masters of Street Photography
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The Masters of Photography

Classics never die:

• Alfred Stieglitz
• Alec Soth
• Alex Webb
• Alexey Brodovitch
• Anders Petersen
• Andre Kertesz
• Ansel Adams
• Araki
• Blake Andrews
• Bruce Davidson
• Bruce Gilden
• Constantine Manos
• Daido Moriyama
• Dan Winters
• David Alan Harvey
• David Hurn
• Diane Arbus
• Dorothea Lange
• Elliott Erwitt
• Eugene Atget
• Eugene Smith
• Fan Ho
• Garry Winogrand
• Gordon Parks
• Helen Levitt
• Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Irving Penn
• Jacob Aue Sobol
• Jeff Mermelstein
• Joel Meyerowitz
• Joel Sternfeld
• Josef Koudelka / Part 2
• Josh White
• Lee Friedlander
• Lisette Model
• Magnum Contact Sheets
• Magnum Photographers
• Mark Cohen
• Martin Parr
• Martine Franck
• Mary Ellen Mark
• Rene Burri
• Richard Avedon
• Richard Kalvar
• Robert Capa
• Robert Frank
• Saul Leiter
• Sergio Larrain
• Sebastião Salgado
• Shomei Tomatsu
• Stephen Shore
• The History of Street Photography
• Todd Hido
• Tony Ray-Jones
• Trent Parke
• Vivian Maier
• Walker Evans
• Weegee
• William Eggleston
• William Klein
• Zoe Strauss

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