Your Principles

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@magick

@anna_5588

Here’s one I forgot:
Apply what you learn in training/nutrition to life

I wanted to start a “life principles” thread, but realized that almost all of them had already been covered in this one, just in a different context

I don’t think there is such a thing as “life principles” beyond try your best to be empathetic and kind. I think people attempt to create “life principles” largely in an attempt to make themselves feel better and to explain whatever successes they’ve found in life.

Everyone’s lives are far too disparate to allow such principles to apply. It is easier to think about these things when you’re talking to folks in the same (or similar) socioeconomic) “zone” to yours.

I think this is actually similar to how T3hPwnisher described nutritional habits. He called it “nutritional voodoo” earlier and I feel that’s deliberate wording. It works for him but no guarantee it works for others.

“life principles” are a lot like that to me- they will work for some but not for others; because things are different between people and the shit they face on a daily basis.

I think this is being overly dismissive of other’s principles. For one, some people don’t even have “be empathetic and kind” as principles. Second, principles can absolutely explain success. @dchris was homeless at one point, and, without putting words in his mouth, I think his work ethic is intertwined with principles he has about the type of results that hard work generates. Pwn has shown pictures of himself prior to looking like he does now, and he won’t be offended when I say he wasn’t a genetic specimen. In fact, it’s more of a compliment, because his lifting principles have led to him getting bigger and stronger in the face of some pretty fucked up injuries.

I also think you’ve misunderstood Pwn’s “nutritional voodoo”. Being more hungry and eating less food works for everyone when they want to lose fat. The entire point of the ‘simple but not easy’ discussion was that yes, eating less makes you lose weight, and yes, it works for everyone.

I could be wrong, but the attitude I see in this post is the reason why people come on here and say that yes, they’ve done everything right but their situation is just different and that’s why they don’t have results, when in fact, it’s just them and their choices preventing them from getting anywhere. Outside of extreme circumstances, hard work and discipline yield results.

I understand what you’re getting at with the last sentence too, but I would just say that different people have different principles. Your principles don’t have to apply to anyone else. Ted Bundy’s principle was to kill people and fuck their dead bodies. And boy, did he follow his principle to a T.