{"id":632844,"date":"2024-09-18T12:45:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T16:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=632844"},"modified":"2024-09-18T12:45:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T16:45:12","slug":"goalllz-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/18\/goalllz-3\/","title":{"rendered":"GOALLLZ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What Are Your Life Goals?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GOALLLZ-2.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of GOALLLZ 2.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a9f86d17-eeda-4808-b420-c226a34c2b3f\" href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GOALLLZ-2.pdf\">GOALLLZ 2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GOALLLZ-2.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a9f86d17-eeda-4808-b420-c226a34c2b3f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Tell me your goals, what your life goals are and I will tell you who you are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sometimes useful<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So there is a double edged sword of goals, life goals etc. The problems here is that you could hit and achieve all of your life goals, and once that you have achieved them\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 truth be told it is pretty anti-climactic. For example, even my insanely audacious goal of lifting 1000 pounds, I was very very happy and pleased with it\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 but once again, at least to me it felt like another day at the gym. To me the difference between lifting 995 pounds, and 1000 pounds, was just a number in my mind. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Becoming a millionaire and before becoming a millionaire didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t change much to my mindset &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/18\/eric-kim-on-steve-jobs-2\/\">Steve Jobs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Funny thought\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Numbers and round numbers, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s this weird psychology behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m currently eyeing on purchasing some new weights because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m maxed up my current set up. Yet for me\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 To pay $550 or $560 seems like too much\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 But to pay <em>sub<\/em> $500, like $450, or $490 seems much more palatable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">$999 iPhone Pro<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 To charge $999, at least for the sticker price on an iPhone pro is insanely intelligent because once you break the thousand dollar mark, in the mind of people\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 It is almost too much. Also then intelligence of Elon\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 To essentially make the model 3 and Y, at least the sticker price is $29,999 a dollar under the $30,000 mark is genius.\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc I think one of the things that I learned is that we humans are funny\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 We are often suckered by these superficial number differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Think kilograms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/18\/search-eric-kim-thoughts-on-kilograms\/\">How to exceed yourself<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A big innovation I discovered while in Cambodia Asia when lifting there\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Is everyone uses kilograms, not pounds. And this was the impetus to help me break beyond my mental barriers, at least when it came to traditional pounds and weights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, the traditional American plate is 45 pounds\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 But when it comes to kilograms, the red plate is 25 kg, which is more close to about 52 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a consequence\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 as an American weightlifters or powerlifters, we typically see the deadlift, in which the traditional marker of strength is being able to do at least a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153four plate deadlift\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, which is 405 pounds in total. Yet if you took the metric kilogram approach\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 four plates, assuming that it was in 25 kg increments, would technically be a lot more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steel over iron?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Steelman not Ironman?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The man of steel (Superman)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This is where steel is better than iron\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 steel is more expensive, but should last a lot longer than iron. And this is where I think buying calibrated steel weightlifting plates is a good idea\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 In theory if you keep good condition of it, you should be able to hand it down to your Kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And this is where things become fun\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 now that you have a son, or at least I do\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 life is so insanely great because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m so excited the day that I get going to weightlifting, and I could hand down my legendary Texas power squat bar to him, and also he will inherit all my weight lifting equipment and plates etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Think about your kids kids kids<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I think this is the reason why it is difficult for people who have never had a kid or child to imagine the future. Why? If you are the typical single millennial, or let us say if you have a dog or whatever\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc it is actually very difficult to think about the future. Why why? Your life strategy becomes about hedonism maximization, which is in the context of eating good sushi, traveling to Japan, etc. But like Cindy famously said\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 <strong>You can only go to burning man so many times<\/strong>. And also, you can only go to Japan so many times, and eat good or omakase sushi so many times before it loses its appeal. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So now what?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Simply jot it down, or blog it &#8212; or think about it. Dictate what you care for, and strive with all your might towards that goal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/philosophy\/\">PHILOSOPHY BY KIM &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Are Your Life Goals? Tell me your goals, what your life goals are and I will tell you who you are. 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