Thank you. I started my blog because I was trying to make the post that anyone like me could read and self-cure—but then discovered that, even though readers liked recommendations, ~no one was actually getting better, and ~no one could pass my ITTs on my intended messages.
For as much as I believe in tracking results, I wasn’t tracking the results of my attempts at online guidance. So I checked, it was bad. I discovered readers couldn’t even self-diagnose (even after I’d spend a dozen hours trying to prevent that specific outcome), let-alone self-cure.
“Brain surgeon discovers patients not cured by reading blog posts about brain surgery.”
If anything, sharing scalable recommendations seemed to make things worse by implying there was asynchronous guidance that could lead to total success. I know many people who have been stuck for years because they keep trying to do the self-help thing, and the world is worse-off because for lacking their contributions. I myself lost a few percentage points of my life to this blindspot.
So what has worked for people? Working backwards, every big success story I’ve seen or heard involved ≥1 of:
Stressors or incentives disappearing: Mitigating a health issue, moving away, achieving financial independence, etc.
Supportive, loving relationships for years
Successful 1:1 work
Getting lucky with psychedelics on one of their first trips (?)
Which is to say: I only very rarely hear of big success stories involving people who did not have Maslow’s safety, people who relied entirely on self-guided approaches, or people who exclusively followed advice from people who themselves are destabilized.
If this is true, maybe you could funnel people toward 1:1 work. I understand you do 1:1 work, but you can’t see everyone yourself. I wouldn’t even know what kind of person to look for. A zen monk? I am clueless. There are millions of people who would take my money, some of whom have already done so, and few with any actual ability to reliably help anyone.
If this is true, maybe you could funnel people toward 1:1 work
Fascinating haha. Currently, people reach out directly. I’m not exactly demand-constrained; also I’m concerned this then makes the posts look like an ad, and also it looks desperate to the people who matter. Curious what you think for integrating both of these constraints
I wouldn’t even know what kind of person to look for. A zen monk? I am clueless
I’m also clueless! I think the state of affairs is very unfortunate. I’ve outlined my standards for what people would do in an ideal world, but I don’t know of anyone else who meets them for internal bottlenecks imo. I’ve been pretty confused about what to do here, especially considering that big successes seem so rare
Thank you. I started my blog because I was trying to make the post that anyone like me could read and self-cure—but then discovered that, even though readers liked recommendations, ~no one was actually getting better, and ~no one could pass my ITTs on my intended messages.
For as much as I believe in tracking results, I wasn’t tracking the results of my attempts at online guidance. So I checked, it was bad. I discovered readers couldn’t even self-diagnose (even after I’d spend a dozen hours trying to prevent that specific outcome), let-alone self-cure.
“Brain surgeon discovers patients not cured by reading blog posts about brain surgery.”
If anything, sharing scalable recommendations seemed to make things worse by implying there was asynchronous guidance that could lead to total success. I know many people who have been stuck for years because they keep trying to do the self-help thing, and the world is worse-off because for lacking their contributions. I myself lost a few percentage points of my life to this blindspot.
So what has worked for people? Working backwards, every big success story I’ve seen or heard involved ≥1 of:
Stressors or incentives disappearing: Mitigating a health issue, moving away, achieving financial independence, etc.
Supportive, loving relationships for years
Successful 1:1 work
Getting lucky with psychedelics on one of their first trips (?)
Which is to say: I only very rarely hear of big success stories involving people who did not have Maslow’s safety, people who relied entirely on self-guided approaches, or people who exclusively followed advice from people who themselves are destabilized.
If this is true, maybe you could funnel people toward 1:1 work. I understand you do 1:1 work, but you can’t see everyone yourself. I wouldn’t even know what kind of person to look for. A zen monk? I am clueless. There are millions of people who would take my money, some of whom have already done so, and few with any actual ability to reliably help anyone.
Fascinating haha. Currently, people reach out directly. I’m not exactly demand-constrained; also I’m concerned this then makes the posts look like an ad, and also it looks desperate to the people who matter. Curious what you think for integrating both of these constraints
I’m also clueless! I think the state of affairs is very unfortunate. I’ve outlined my standards for what people would do in an ideal world, but I don’t know of anyone else who meets them for internal bottlenecks imo. I’ve been pretty confused about what to do here, especially considering that big successes seem so rare