Some thing which interests me is the tactics of everyday life. That is, following a strict routine and plan is a bad one. Why? If you’re actually intelligent and tactical, it is more wise to iterate based on every single scenario.

For example, I had this grand master plan of taking Seneca to the park, and then some other places. But then I had to go to the bathroom, And Seneca actually looked very sleepy, so it was actually more strategic and tactical for me to just go back home, nap him in his own bed, and for me to use the restroom at home. And then because I had about an hour to spare, because Seneca was asleep, I just decided to go to the gym.

And then when I was at the gym, I planned on deadlifting 405 pounds. But after doing a single rep of 365, I knew that my body wasn’t feeling it, so I just re-racked the weights, and I might just attempt it in another few days in the future.

1. Obey your body

A simple life strategy is to obey your body. That is, your body is 1000x times wiser than your ‘mind’, and other heuristics and philosophical tactics.

2. Don’t stick to any master plan

You never know until you do it, until you’re in the moment. Be tactical and strategic — just follow your gut. No clock, no rules.

3. What do you desire to accomplish?

Another very simple thought:

Think about what your end-goal is.

For me when it comes to child rearing, I desire for Seneca to become the most physically intelligent boy of all time. I don’t see him as a baby– I see him as a small man in training. Thus my tactics for him tend to be more Spartan, cold and hard, rather than ‘babying’ him.

4. Nutrition and sleep

Quite possibly the most essential thing is nutrition and sleep. They recognize this for children and babies, but why not adults?

The ideal nutrition: meat. Lots of fatty, highly saturated, high in cholesterol meat. Meat as a steroid (cholesterol as a steroid). Any foods which get your testosterone up are good.

Beef ribs, bone marrow, beef neck bone, beef liver, eggs, etc.

Even Seneca, in some funny ways I turned him into a ‘carnivore kid’ or a ‘keto baby’. Even in the early days, when he first started to eat ‘solid’ (non-puree foods), I started to feed him bone marrow as early as humanly possible (he loved it). I got the bone marrow idea from the Iliad– apparently either Hector of Achilles was fed bone marrow as a child.

5. Never compromise your personal morals and ethics

The law can be gamed. However you cannot game or play your own inner code of ethics and morals.