Experiment: Just act dumb
I’m running a new experiment.
For a long time I knew I am great at multiplying large sums of money, that is to say the game is easier as we cross 10M upwards. At least for me.
But the part before that…well, that’s been the most difficult so far. 0 to 10K then 10 to 30K which yields 420K/yr. But at this range you are very much involved in anything at all levels, from execution, to sales, and what not.
And the other day while walking I realised, the problem is intelligence. A lot of smart people are poor. And a lot of extremely smart people (at a genius level) are poor, or even poorer.
And the reason is, well, being too intelligent.
So I have moved onto this new experiment.
Just act dumb
This summarises what follows next, but the why and how is important. Read on.
By acting dumb, we don’t mean when doing your day to day activities.
By acting dumb it means for the purposes of making your first hunded thousands to a few millions, you must
- have a f**k it, let’s do it attitude
- not care of the results
- act even if you look dumb (coz you are now)
- launch even if you look dumb (again, remember you are for now)
A dumb person doesn’t have a secondary circuit on the brain thinking wheather something is ok A dumb person doesn’t have a another circuit on the brain thinking shame thinkingin A dumb person doesn’t have a secondary circuit on the brain A dumb person doesn’t have a secondary circuit on the brain thinking whether something is ok
All his willpower, all his focus is on that single task. If it is promoting it is promoting, if it is marketing it is marketing, if it is selling it is selling. That’s it.
But…it gets the job done. That’s the unique focus.
And if it doesn’t work, he doesn’t spend time analyzing what he did wrong or whether X,Y or Z. Nope.
He moves on, next post, next call, next task.
That’s it. By being dumb he has a single mind. A single mind on a single objective, applied to the task at hand.
How can we act dumb?
That is the quid of the question.
Well, for starters, everytime you have one of those secondary, tertiary, quaternary and so on circuits in the brain activating. Catch yourself.
And stop it.
Move on.
This requires practice. But can be done.
If something you are doing it is taking too long, you are likely over analysing it.
Be superficial.
Act dumb, and reap rewards.
What else can we do?
Ah! yes!
The good ‘ol not overthinking anything. Or not thinking anything too much.
You are an overthinker, so am I.
And so, we think
and think
and think
and then think again
and think somemore.
But not now, remember we are acting dumb.
Overthinking is the enemy of speed.
Granted we will make mistakes.
But what would a dumb person do?
Move on.
Accept the mistakes. Reap the rewards of speed.
Who cares?
Not the dumb person.
Act dumb, and reap rewards.
Too many ideas
Not a dumb person’s problem
1 idea, 1 tangent at a time.
Can’t handle any more.
Can’t think on the back of the head all the time.
Can just act on one single thing.
Just acting dumb doesn’t work for everything
There are certain activities that have a benefit more from this way of thinking.
And again, this is primary for the initial stages of money making from 0 to 5-10M.
Then you can bring yourself out again.
And win big.
But to close that chasm. To bridge that gap, you gotta do what you gotta do.
Showmanship
There is a real
If people want circus, give them circus.
Experiment status
Week 1: N/a <– (we are here) Week 2: N/a Week 3: N/a Week 4: N/a
Reports and conclusions will follow
Reports & findings
To be completed as the time elapses.
Conclusions
To be completed as the time elapses.
Isaac AR.