{"id":669038,"date":"2026-03-15T15:05:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T19:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=669038"},"modified":"2026-03-15T15:05:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T19:05:43","slug":"how-to-control-your-life-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/15\/how-to-control-your-life-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Control Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\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\/2026\/03\/How-to-control-your-life-4.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of How to control your life 4.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d2d0f225-b213-4d9e-b121-d5be2f7685a7\" href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/How-to-control-your-life-4.pdf\">How to control your life 4<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/How-to-control-your-life-4.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d2d0f225-b213-4d9e-b121-d5be2f7685a7\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Soft or much thinking and philosophizing,,, interesting question, what matters more, power or control?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Control.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many individuals who have a lot of power influence, resources\u2026 Capital, yet, have no control over their lives?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if you don\u2019t have the control or the power in your life to just take a nap whenever you want to\u2026 Or to just turn off your phone or ignore your email\u2026 Do you got control?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Control what<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So the truth is, when we think about power the will to power\u2026 nietzsches idea,,, \u2026 perhaps the way to think about it is in terms of control. <strong>The apex power <em>AS<\/em> control<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if you run a publicly traded corporation\u2026 The founder to just have control over his her company. Like to have enough shares in the company to not get kicked out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Capital, capital controls?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So the basic person talks about money, but a higher order level of thinking is capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It\u2019s not money we seek, but capital<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact the very interesting insight I have is, typically\u2026 People trying to chase money and things, they are just being baited by the same carrot and stick, that corporations try to sell you. And also the interesting insight is, \u2026 then <strong>it is not capital or capitalism which is the enemy, but rather\u2026 Consumer consumerism<\/strong>. \ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The difference<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It doesn\u2019t matter if you are left or right or center\u2026 As long as Asya you\u2019re on Instagram or TikTok or YouTube, or Amazon prime\u2026 You\u2019re being suckered by the same game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, you could simply see who somebody is by just asking them to look at the home screen of their phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trust no man or woman who is on Instagram TikTok YouTube or any social media app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, <strong>trust no man or a woman who has a Netflix subscription<\/strong>. \ufffc\ufffc\ufffcor any streaming subscription. \ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why does this matter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Typically the more capital you have, the more control you have over your life<\/strong>. \ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The very simple idea I have is, <strong>bitcoin is digital capital, digital capitalism perfected<\/strong>. With bitcoin anything is possible. \ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like for example, assuming you have a Coinbase account, there\u2019s like 1 trillion things you could do with your bitcoin. Simply put, you could post your bitcoin as collateral, cash out some money, Untaxed,, and either withdraw a small amount a month like $5000 a month, to fund your living expenses, even lower if you live in Southeast Asia\u2026 Or, you could cash that out and buy a stock like MSTR, MSTU, MSTX etc. \ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">financial control<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The simple way to have financial control over your life is to just not finance anything. Actually if you studied the ancient etymology of finance it meant \u201cransom\u201c, or hostage in French.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example <strong>you don\u2019t want to finance your car, your home or your yacht, assuming you want freedom<\/strong>. \ufffc\ufffc\ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So why does this matter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once again\u2026 Everyone\u2019s a little bit confused\u2026 Some people want more power influence money or whatever\u2019s\u2026 But, the true goal and the endgame is gaining more control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">how much control is enough control?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Infinite.<\/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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">control and master your life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Do it with EK:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Control your future:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>April 19th, Sunday: <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/16\/nyc-conquer-street-photography-workshop-2026\/\">CONQUER NYC STREET PHOTO WORKSHOP 2026<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May 9th, Saturday: <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/24\/%f0%9f%9a%a8-eric-kim-presents-la-art-photo-workshop-may-9th-2026-become-a-true-photographer-artist\/\">DOWNTOWN LA PHOTO ARTIST WORKSHOP<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>June 26, 27th, 28th: <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/26\/%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%f0%9f%94%a5-conquer-phnom-penh-cambodia-the-ultimate-eric-kim-street-photography-workshop-experience-2026-%f0%9f%94%a5%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f-june-26-27th-28th\/\">Phnom Penh Cambodia: The Workshop of a Lifetime<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 25-26th, <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/27\/conquer-the-streets-of-hong-kong-eric-kim-street-photography-workshop-july-25-26-2026\/\">CONQUER HONG KONG STREET PHOTO WORKSHOP<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>August 8-9th: <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/27\/conquer-the-streets-of-tokyo-eric-kim-street-photography-workshop-tokyo-august-8-9-2026\/\">CONQUER TOKYO STREET PHOTO WORKSHOP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Never run out of ideas: <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/sendy\/\/subscription?f=Q763HW6eV8925kHNlSFqOrOeV6tq2nz66QIW9j4MQmsom0F512Rqb6uDMoJ0i1JrdaeE\">EK NEWS &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Now what<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Do and become the change you wish to be in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my <a href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.com\/g\/g-69b1c9cc75c4819197210c5219371dbe-ek\">new EK STOIC CHATGPT AI BOT &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/books\/\">BOOKS HERE &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soft or much thinking and philosophizing,,, interesting question, what matters more, power or control? 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