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Street photography as courage. Photography philosophy as embodied life. A living archive by ERIC KIM.
What I Learned After Earning $250,000 USD in the Cryptocurrency Market
After earning $250,000 in the cryptocurrency market, this is what I learned: Money doesn’t matter that much. Why, why not? It is all fiat.
Amazon is insanely great
Anyone who criticizes or critiques Amazon I think, is misguided.
PERHAPS VIRTUE IS OVERRATED?
For example, we believe it to be virtuous to stay consistent to your own code of ethics. Perhaps this is overrated?
Devaluing the currency?
Losing faith in the US dollar — or not really caring for it anymore?
695 POUND RACK PULL ATTEMPT ERIC KIM EPIC HYPELIFTING HOW I GET INTO THE ZEN ZONE DEMIGOD.
Give it your all!
GREAT INNOVATION AND FAILURE
Great failures unto great successes:
The best way to raise your kid is to spend maximal time with them outdoors
This doesn’t just mean the park or natural places, but also outdoor malls, or just taking them on adventures and errands. Minimum time indoors or at home.
When to Push Yourself?
Only push yourself on things you truly care for.
How to become a billionaire?
Help a billion people? Primary concerns; health, fitness, wellness, philosophy and happiness, etc.
Anti Others
I don’t have time or care to judge others, analyze their motives and behaviors, etc.
I SEEK A LIFE OF WAR AND CONQUEST, NOT A LIFE OF PEACE AND TRANQUILITY.
Read essay →Why lift weights? To build your confidence!
Not for your physique. The physique will come naturally, as you build your strength.
Don’t have any business partners
If you have a business partner, sooner or later you’ll get screwed somewhere, or, resentment from how slow and ineffective they are. Go solo. Sole proprietor is the way.
INDEFINITE CONFIDENCE BUILDING
I seek to become the most confident, self-confident person in the world, and then once I’ve reached that point, to keep augmenting it indefinitely? Weight lifting at the gym, and hypelifting as essential and …
Art Objects
Things like cars are art objects. When you look at them, we look at them as pieces of art. However, the only true joy of the artist is to create, fashion, and create or …
Productive Competition
Competition is often bad, but you can also be very productive being around others, and social displays of strength and power and motivate you to become even stronger!
How to create your own paradise
Lots of natural light, time in the direct sun, working out, going to the gym, being creative etc.
Why membership is a good idea
It keeps the riffraff out, and also keeps the facilities and bathrooms cleaner.
I hate plastic, I hate covers, I hate vinyl. I hate wraps.
To cover something up with plastic or veneer is bad.
Parenting Thoughts: On Being a Father
Pater — father. Life’s ultimate joy, especially if you have a son! The heir to the throne? It seems that all men desire to have at least one son. Whenever you see a family …
TIME (LIFE) IS PRECIOUS.
Time is precious, life is the most precious.
Is pain virtuous?
No. To be in pain, and to suffer, and to somehow inflict more pain, hardship and misery upon yourself is foolish at best.
PHILOSOPHY IS MY ARCHIMEDES LEVER
Even before I got into photography, when I was in high school, I was always curious about deeper things in life, like the meaning of life, how to thrive in life, etc. Also, how …
What does it mean to want “respect“ from others?
Respect — respicio. To back, again, look at. Specio — observe. *Spek— to look at. To see, to observe, to look. Theory 1 on respect; we want to be looked at, observed, acknowledged? Then, …
MY PARADISE
My paradise; good sleep, good coffee in the morning, going outside, basking in the beautiful warm sun. Reviewing my photos on my iPad Pro, selecting and flagging my favorite ones, deriving deep delight from …
Don’t Stay at the Base
Don’t be basic. No basic thinking, no basic living, no basic concerns. Don’t stay at home, don’t stay inside the house, don’t stay at the base.
HOW TO LEVERAGE YOUR LIFE TIME // ERIC KIM PHILOSOPHY VLOG
Podcast Extract the maximum out of life:
MEN SHOULD NEVER ANGER AT WOMEN
Anger only directed at other men.
690 POUND RACK PULL PERSONAL RECORD ERIC KIM HYPELIFTING ZEN ZONE SUPER SAIYAN
690 POUND RACK PULL (7 PLATES, 7.5 EACH SIDE) ERIC KIM UNORTHODOX HYPELIFTING DEADLIFT ALTERNATIVE 7 plates on each side, and a 5 and 2.5 pounder:
HOW TO GET INSANELY EPIC LEGS
Every day is leg day: 1. Atlas lift I also call it the squat hold; essentially, just putting insanely heavy weight on the squat rack, and the only goal is to just lift it …
KEEP THEM GUESSING.
When people ask you what you are or what you do, always give them the funnier, more unexpected answer. For example, when people are confused with my short range of motion lifts, like my …
How to Intelligently Leverage Your Time
To intelligently leverage your time is to intelligently leverage your life.
The Privilege of Time
The ultimate privilege; the privilege of time, saving time, etc.
Saving time is saving life.
Maximal time walking around, minimal amount of time driving or in a car.
Toughen up.
The upside of going barefoot, or letting your kids run around barefoot is that a toughens up their feet.
Don’t pay any credence to things which claim to be more than one thing.
For example, business and economics is a really bad major to study. Why? They should either just be economics, or only business. Not the both.
You cannot fool human physiology
The insane importance for natural light, warmth, more ideal climates. Nobody likes gloomy or overcast weather. So, the extreme unfortunate misfortune of the people who are forced to stay indoors, even when the weather …
Beauty for the sake of what?
The most beautiful human existence for the sake of what? Superficially, as an individual human being, having a beautiful existence makes life the most supreme, the extreme joy of being alive. Extreme gratitude for …
CRAFTING BEAUTIFUL HUMANS
Lots of natural sunlight, weight lifting, the gym, yoga, low body fat percentage, high muscle mass.
THE PHYSICAL: PHYSICAL FLESH.
Physical is the only impressive human attribute? For example, we seem to be enamored with metaphorical concepts of being super rich, being a billionaire, etc. However ultimately, when you meet a person in the …
STANDARDIZATION IS BAD
Do you want to make your children standard? Or yourself standard?