Receiving praise is a lot like receiving money. I’m not really comfortable with receiving either when I know I could be doing so much more.

If I was doing my absolute best, I’d have no trouble receiving all the money and adoration that comes with remarkable success. But when I see myself playing small, any notion that I’m doing something big feels like a lie. “It’s not worth praising me for that, I could be doing so much more!” “It’s not worth paying me for that, I’m not nearly as good as I can be!”

This perspective helps continually drive me to become more, but it also cuts me off from the very resources and positive self-image that would make it much easier to do so.
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I was thinking about resistance just now and I came to the conclusion that resistance is the most valuable thing on Earth.

But the funny thing is that you don’t get the value of the resistance until you release it.

In that way it’s just like money. You don’t get any value from having money until you spend it. If you never spend the money, you never get any value. All you ever have is POTENTIAL value.

And seeing money through the light of resistance (and vice versa) offers a ton of insights.

• Can I feel as comfortable with absolutely no money as I would feel with absolutely no resistance?
• If it feels better to have some money lying around for when I need it does it also feel better to have some resistance always around for when I’ll want the experience of releasing it?

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(This post will be continually revised as the project goes along to update how it’s evolving and answer some frequently asked questions.)

My plan for this 30 day trial is to apply everything that I’ve ever learned about creating abundance (that’s resonated with me) to do a blitzkrieg life overhaul. I’ll use everything I learned from my last experiment (that saw me go from held back by the fear of what other people might think of me to totally not giving a shit) and do it all publicly, learning and improvising as I go along.
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Dead End Economics:

This is how capitalism currently works: A does something for B, B gives something of equal value in return.

It’s a dead end street. The reciprocity must be pre-arranged or no deal is made; and there’s no other option for B but to give back to A.
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