Pyramid of life lessons
You’re not asked before birth if you want a chance at life. You get thrown in, and as you do you get drowned in all sorts of information and ideas.
Everyone around you tells you that they’re right.
- You need to have this job.
- You need to be this kind of person.
- You can’t speak like this or that.
It can be confusing among all the noise so I developed a simple pyramid of understanding.
If you want to begin really opening your mind, take a look and see if it brings some clarity.
The pyramid
The pyramid in general works like this. The lowest area you figure out and solidify, then you move up the pyramid to the next level.
It’s been created in this format because the understanding the level below makes it much easier to excel in the level above in my experience.
So we’ll start from the bottom.
1: Religion/ Good Morals:
You find your morality, through religion or teachings from family and people who have done great good in the world.
The key is once you find this, nothing you learn from the higher levels can contradict this. It is the most fundamental aspect to your being. I call this the ANCHOR.
Relations, ideas, beliefs and way life should fit into the framework of your religion or good morals.
2: Health
Your body is your vehicle, it is the ONLY tool you have to experience the world around you.
Sleep, food, water, exercise and prioritising your mental health is vital in exceling in any aspect of life.
Never be stingy with optimising your health, it is the greatest investment you can do.
3: Experts/ Role models
Tough pill to swallow but you probably don’t know much. But don’t worry, neither do I and that’s the same for most of us.
But here’s the key, we only need to know about what is relevant in our life.
For example:
- If you want to be the next best football player, look at what Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi has done in their life.
- Study their biography. How they think, how they act, the habits and techniques they practiced.
- Then adopt that into your life.
The key here is being open-minded and humble. They may suggest things you’ve not done before but don’t disregard it just because you’re not used to it. They got to the top for a reason.
Do what they do and you can learn the the vital lessons in literally half the time.
If you want to start a business, listen to an entrepeneur, not your mum (love you mum btw).
4: Science
Now, the bottom half of the pyramid is strong. It’s time to begin optimising. Look at science, research papers and ideas that can really begin taking you to that next level.
For example in my life, I began taking cold showers. Science showed it had the following benefits:
- Strengthens immune system
- Boosts mood
- Improves blood flow and circulation
Think for yourself a little, look at an aspect in your life that needs work and see what the scientists say about it.
5: Introspection
Your mind, body, spirit and knowledge will be a lot (I mean a lot) further than it was before.
You have a good grip of your health and a direction of where you’re headed in life.
Now, you begin to ask questions about yourself. You’re truly finding what makes you tick. What are the non-physical areas of your life that drive you?
Here’s an example of a few questions I asked myself:
- Who am I?
- Who do I want to be ?
- What are my values?
- What does my intuition say?
- What identies have I taken on from others?
- What self-limiting beliefs do I have?
You don’t need to answer them on the spot. It can take days, months and most likely years (I’m still answering them to this day) to start really fleshing this out.
Just refer back to them regularly to give your subconsious the prod to answer them behind the scenes. You’ll find an answer comes to you when you least expect it.
6. Think and develop your own ideas
Once you begin understanding yourself and make it a habitual practice, start creating.
This is the exciting part.
Beging thinking, developing ideas on how to conduct business, relations and structures of a life that fits you.
Be abstract, outrageous and bold with your ideas. And the beauty is because our foundation is religion/ good morals, we won’t do anything that contradicts it.
At this stage you’re not just taking in ideas from the universe but having the courage to put out your own.
Like I’ve done with this pyramid.
Summarising
This pyramid is not the be all and end all of life.
It is an idea on how to take and use information that is progressive. An idea to keep you mentally, physically and spiritually healthy on the way.
Some areas may even overlap, but the key is to nail the bottom half. Once you do that, and begin optimising, that’s when your life really goes to 6th gear.
If it’s not for you, ignore it. If you see some relevance, take it and use it how you please.
Nothing beats the feeling of knowing who you are, then creating and putting your ideas out to the world.
Thanks for reading — NT.
