Primal + Spartan + LotS sounds like a recipe for badass.
Iāll have to check out your journal.
I broke the inertia last night after about a week of indulgence and zero working outā¦and it felt terrible, lol.
But, I managed to only pack on 4 pounds over the holidays between all the food, drinks, and sweets, so I see that as an absolute win.
Iām not into chastising myself anymore, and Iām fine with living a 90/10 kind of life: 90% of the time, Iāll eat clean and be disciplined. And 10% can be for a little bit of the junky stuff when Iām out socializing and having funā¦
For some reason, I found that Iām naturally not eating too much of anything thatās outside of my preferred diet anyway, like I just donāt feel a desire for stuff that I know wonāt keep me close to peak performance or that makes my energy feel like trash. So, Iāll keep that stuff to a minimum and be fine. The math works out.
Thatās probably a result of New Emperor combining nicely with New Primal.
And in a twist of events, I opted to run Mindās Eye instead of Legacy of the Spartan, or Spartanā¦
Got an email about a situation thatās going to test my mettle with contracts and administrative processesā¦
So, the training-focused subs can wait, lol. (New Emperor and New Primal have provided enough juice to be disciplined in the working out department. At a 4-day streak already after getting back from holiday travels, without running Hero but probably still getting bloom effects.)
I initially thought to run Limitless Executive to help with the research and finding a good solution, but a clearer, calmer, more certain signal came through that told me Mindās Eye would better help me find the superior strategy to use.
So far, after two mini-loops of Mindās Eye, I had an idea of which area to review first and found a great resource for it.
I think the combo of resilience in Emperor and risk-taking in Primal are combining nicely because I feel really calm about this situation which has the potential to create some trouble for me if I mishandle it.
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I like listening to successful people talk about their experiences, and today the 1-3-1 rule came across my feed:
1 Specific Challenge
3 Viable Options
1 Specific Recommendation
Basically, boil the āproblemā down to its essence. What specifically about it is the challenge?
Come up with a few options that can be deployed, and have sound reasoning for each.
Choose the ONE that youād recommend first. (This was in the context of a director reporting to the CEO to solve an issue, but if I play a little āalter egoā game with myself it works the same. I report to me, lol.)
Nothing complicated, but it was a good reminder to adjust how Iām framing the challenge ahead.
Is this a Mindās Eye manifestation? 
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Daydreaming is something I used to do a lot of when I was a kid, I was a voracious reader and my imagination was always creating storiesā¦
So, I can āact outā or kind of ālive inā something I imagine, but actually āseeing itā vividly when I close my eyes doesnāt exactly happenā¦
It seems more like the imagery happens ābehindā the darkness of closing my eyes, if that makes any sense.
Anyway, I remembered yesterday that there was a method to enhance visualization called Image Streaming that someone shared here a long time ago, but that link doesnāt work anymore, so hereās the new one that does:
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I was concerned that removing Hero from my stack this cycle would somehow reduce or extinguish the results Iāve been experiencing with it, and Iām happy to report that that isnāt the caseā¦it helps that training is a consistent part of my life.
Breaking the inertia of holiday travels was far easier this month than it was in November, and that was due to the help of New Primal. Also, this subās fun scripting is awesome and has led to some good belly laughs in various contexts the last week or so. Over the next few days Iāll have a chance to see how New Primal enhances my business conversations and negotiation skills.
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Iām experiencing some of that New Primal 
-āauthorityā energy in a big way today. In combination with Emperor, Iām taking a direction that Iāve always felt within, but didnāt know what to do with or how to realize itā¦
Today was the first day I can honestly say I felt like I completely stood within my true authority and drew a definitive āline in the sandā. I know where I stand. I have a clear vision. I know my next steps.
(Four mini-loops of Mindās Eye was clutch in helping me see the next steps.)
But this profound sense of authority only solidified because of an action I took today (although Iāve been preparing and learning for months). Itās done. Irreversible. Iām committed now. No takebacks.
In fact, I feel even more motivated to move faster. To hurry up, but not rush.
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I got the impulse to hold off running subs the other day, so I did. Itās a happy coincidence that new drops are happening this weekā¦Iāll be washed out and ready if anything really good piques my interest and lines up with what Iām doing.
Training yesterday was fkn greatā¦we explored a bunch of unorthodox starting positions to dig deeper into principles, and during randori I did something from a flow state that Iāve never done or even thought to do before, and it was so cool we got stopped to make it a conscious thing.
And I left randori on a high note, even though āIā couldnāt take the creditā¦
Itās such a cool and odd experience to know that āyouā didnāt do itā¦IT did it all by itself. I think thatās what makes the feats and practice of athleticism beautiful. At that point, itās artā¦
And there are mountains of trashed rough drafts under it, lol.
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Itās hard af sometimes to extract our subjective emotions and perceptions from an issue to solely address objective reality as it is (not as we imagine it is or āshould beā)ā¦
ā¦but when you CAN do that, the result may blow you away.
Hereās what I just did to address a growing issue:
- stated the facts, simply and directly (zero rhetoric)
- asked them if they would do something based on those facts (I didnāt assume their intent or accuse them of anything )
- gave them a reasonable amount of time to respond (a grace period with an end date)
- proposed a solution if they chose not to do said thing (not an ultimatum or threat)
Basically, I stayed in honor and treated them with honor, even though they were in a position that seemed questionable (intentionally or not) with respect to our agreement.
There was no complainingā¦it was a matter of facts and resolving the issue.
The result?
I got an immediate response and apology. And not only are they going to honor our agreement, but they improved the terms for me, which I accepted.
Full disclosure: my first draft definitely did not come out that honorable 
ā¦this takes practice.
Side note: Heroās virtue and honor scripting helped remind me how Iāve fallen short of this more times than I wanted to remember, but the results are worth it.
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Today is the 7th day of washing outā¦and man, I could use a boost in the energy department.
A loop of Primal would feel good right about now.
But, Iāve had Alchemist and Quantum Limitless on my mind for a couple days, so weāll see what happens after the drops tonight. Something in my stack may have to change.
A Stark Black Reality has entered the stackā¦
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Ran a loop of ASBR before bed last night to get a feel for the āweightā of it, and got a strong nudge to stop the loop around the 11 minute mark. Different areas of my head felt ālit upā at different points of the loop, then it started to feel like a lot.
Iām glad I ran it before bed because I didnāt stop at 11 minutes.
Dreams were interesting, and the last conversation I remember having was about working with superconductors ā an area I know next to nothing about.
Got up and immediately drank some raw eggs and milk to fuel upā¦normally I donāt feel an urge to eat first thing, so Iām guessing my brain mustāve been hard at work last night.
Weāll see how today plays out, so far so good.
Comfort and dependence are the real killers of dreamsā¦
Yesterday was for recalibrationā¦
I had an impulse to only eat raw food, so I did. I didnāt die.
I started a Telegram group for a thing Iām doing and sent out a couple messages. No one has signed up yet. I didnāt die.
Not dying is fairly easy. Most people do it everyday.
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After running a full loop of ASBR two days ago, I finally feel ānormalā again. Less sense of processing in my head, and my overall energy feels balanced again. This sub is a beast.
First impression is itās going to take a bit longer to recalibrate some of my patterns with ASBR than it did with Emperor, which makes sense as I have a natural ādo my own thingā bent.
Emperor fit me like a glove.
A Stark Black Reality so far feels like being invited to a secret selection meeting where I donāt know whoās who, vaguely comprehend how high the stakes are, and have to be on top of my game.
And yet, thereās a complete sense of āI got thisā and trust in my ability to perform while also learning on the fly, even with all eyes watching and analyzing, looking for an opening.
Thereās a different sense of power with this one.
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This resonates so much with me, but running Stark after having so much development with Emperor will make me a much more Dynamic person.
I also think this sub will work well with Emperor: the will to power.
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Had the same thought todayā¦time to reread the sales page
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@RVconsultant would you please change this journalās title to: Empire Virtuoso - Making a Positive Difference
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Have been thinking a lot about names, naming things, and the power of the intent behind themā¦
Some business gurus say the name doesnāt matter, and a couple of the biggest companies in the world changed their names, so itās not like theyāre written in stone, but like weāve witnessed the evolution of the product names here, thereās something far more powerful communicated from the name A Stark Black Reality instead of simply Stark Black.
Anyway, I decided on a name for the membership association Iām creating, finally. It only took about a week and some change. And it may change in the future, but Iām satisfied with it now and for the near future.
On another note, I decided to run Limitless Executive instead of New Primal for this cycle.
Why?
Because I was using New Primal to balance Emperor and inject more fun and charisma into my business dealings and daily life, but I already have a sense that continuing to develop that charisma wonāt be difficult with ASBR alone.
Plus, I think having Limitless Executive and Mindās Eye alongside ASBR will supercharge its creativity and cognitive enhancement scripting. Along with helping me get shit done.
Iām already feeling the āgo juiceā from the combo of ASBR and LE this morning, and I only slept 4.5 hours last night ā felt it even before I had a cup of tea.
Letās gooooooooo
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āYou see what you expect to seeā¦ā
Leaving this here as a future reading reminder, and because I was considering how I would ābe seenā in a certain context when this popped up for me.
The tl;dr
Basically, people were made to look āscarredā through the use of make-up and told to go into an interview to see if they were discriminated against, but before going into the interview their āscarsā were removed without their knowing they were removed, so the interviewers had no āphysical disfigurementā to discriminate againstā¦
The result: significant numbers reported high amounts of discrimination and cited behaviors, certain phrases, and other specifics to back their perceptions.
And this just lends to why journaling, taking action, and expecting to see positive results is so powerful in adopting a major change in identityā¦itās to help you āsee yourselfā in a new way.
I was concerned that ASBR might be ātoo farā from my baseline nature, especially in terms of the fame aspect, but I see how I can change that perception much faster and possibly how others with higher flow factor do itā¦
ā¦itās the same way I (and probably most) did things as a kid: just ACCEPT IT, and āplayā it out.
Todayās feeling more fun already.
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