We all find ourselves bombarded with dozens
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 10:39 am
see it in a lot of young people who think they'll become the next Elon Musk in a few weeks or who think they'll become millionaires with cryptocurrencies in six months. Well, there are fewer and fewer of them like that, because we've seen what cryptocurrencies have led to. In any case, it's like everything, if it's not followed intelligently, it can lead to excesses and problems. But we're not here to talk about that, I have an opinion on cryptocurrencies, which is not necessarily negative, it's just that you have to do things with thought and intelligence.
But this trend that interests me here is immediate gratification. It is reinforced by the evolution of social networks. We now have more and more short content. And we, as creators, are encouraged, we are pushed to make short content.
It's the TikTok fashion that arrived, but now you have Reels on Instagram, mini videos, you have Shorts on YouTube, so these mini videos in vertical format that try to give you a tip or a shortcut, what the Anglo-Saxons call hacks, as if we could give you a tip in 30 seconds that would really change your life.
And today we are pushed to consume more and more of this content. of mini tips every day and we can't figure out what to actually apply. And if you are really honest with yourself, you can ask yourself the question: "Has a mini tip or a shortcut ever really changed my life?" Really, you can ask yourself this question.
Sure, you might find a tip that you applied and that allowed you to improve your daily life a little or your learning of French a little, but I really doubt that you had a mini tip that you sweden whatsapp number data consumed in 30 seconds or in a minute on TikTok that revolutionized your thinking in fact.
What changes your life is simply the translation of great ideas into life principles and of course the application of these ideas on a daily basis in the form of habits. So I should perhaps take the time here to come back to this. You translate great ideas into life principles, that is to say that you have great ideas or there are great ideas that you discover, I will tell you about one of these ideas right after, kaizen for example, so a great idea, you have translated it into a life principle, that is to say it is something that you will adopt in all areas of your life, as much for learning French as for your investment, as for your progress in your work, as for your personal life. Truly a life principle. And you will apply that on a daily basis in the form of habits.
I just took you the example of kaizen. What is kaizen? It is simply a Japanese philosophy that consists of saying: "It is better to focus on small daily efforts than to try to make large irregular efforts". And for me, my translation in learning French is: "It is better to learn, practice French 20 to 30 minutes a day than 5 or 6 hours every Saturday". And that is a philosophy, kaizen, that you can apply in all areas of your life and it really changes your life.
But this trend that interests me here is immediate gratification. It is reinforced by the evolution of social networks. We now have more and more short content. And we, as creators, are encouraged, we are pushed to make short content.
It's the TikTok fashion that arrived, but now you have Reels on Instagram, mini videos, you have Shorts on YouTube, so these mini videos in vertical format that try to give you a tip or a shortcut, what the Anglo-Saxons call hacks, as if we could give you a tip in 30 seconds that would really change your life.
And today we are pushed to consume more and more of this content. of mini tips every day and we can't figure out what to actually apply. And if you are really honest with yourself, you can ask yourself the question: "Has a mini tip or a shortcut ever really changed my life?" Really, you can ask yourself this question.
Sure, you might find a tip that you applied and that allowed you to improve your daily life a little or your learning of French a little, but I really doubt that you had a mini tip that you sweden whatsapp number data consumed in 30 seconds or in a minute on TikTok that revolutionized your thinking in fact.
What changes your life is simply the translation of great ideas into life principles and of course the application of these ideas on a daily basis in the form of habits. So I should perhaps take the time here to come back to this. You translate great ideas into life principles, that is to say that you have great ideas or there are great ideas that you discover, I will tell you about one of these ideas right after, kaizen for example, so a great idea, you have translated it into a life principle, that is to say it is something that you will adopt in all areas of your life, as much for learning French as for your investment, as for your progress in your work, as for your personal life. Truly a life principle. And you will apply that on a daily basis in the form of habits.
I just took you the example of kaizen. What is kaizen? It is simply a Japanese philosophy that consists of saying: "It is better to focus on small daily efforts than to try to make large irregular efforts". And for me, my translation in learning French is: "It is better to learn, practice French 20 to 30 minutes a day than 5 or 6 hours every Saturday". And that is a philosophy, kaizen, that you can apply in all areas of your life and it really changes your life.