Make a list and write down the first names that come to mind. Who’s on your “Worst Men in History” list? Is Hitler on that list?
Let me give you my opinion. I hope it rubs you the wrong way because if it does then it means I’m making you think.
I don’t think Hitler qualifies among the worst men in history. In fact, I place Hitler among the greatest men. Morally, Hitler was inept and uninformed. He failed to recognize the potential in all humans, not just the potential of his own race. But Hitler indisputably had vision and ambition. He had a goal and fought hard to accomplish it. He inspired millions to follow suit. Hitler’s actions incited a global war whose outcome dictated the future of the human race. Luckily he lost that war, but that’s beside the point. Hitler saw an unsatisfactory world and actually did something about it. For that reason, Hitler was great.
A man who paints his vision is an artist. A man who fights for his vision is a soldier. A man who sees his vision before anyone else is a leader. Hitler may not have had love for all people in his heart, but he certainly had a vision and was determined to achieve it. For this reason, Hitler was great man. A bad man, but a great man. I am not ashamed to admit that I admire his drive.
The WORST men in history are neither bad nor good. The WORST men in history are complacent. These men sit around and fit in while the world changes for them. These men do not lead; they are led. They do not provide; they are provided for. These men are filler. They are not of value. They are normal. There is no negative number on the greatness scale. You’re either great, or you are not. Where do you want to be? If you do wish to be great, get out there and fight for your vision.
We move to a new town, we struggle to find a steady job, we switch schools or even more common than those, we just plain and simply get distracted. Some way or another we become unproductive, whether that’s through bad habits or bad situations, we generally have become immobile in our goals.
In the day and age of technological domination, the old school ways of being productive are getting lost on us. We don’t want to study because the answers are online, we don’t wanna put work into something because there’s an app that does it for us, we don’t wanna read because we can watch shorter, more general YouTube videos, and because of all this we don’t wanna try new things.
We know, all that sounds a bit depressing. We’re gonna go cliche here and say that, well, the truth hurts. The truly productive bros end up making it to the top in the form of a coding app or some miraculous event like a video going viral online. Not to take away from the Bros that are out there grinding and slowly climbing the ladder. Kudos to them. Although, it’s accurate to say that nowadays many of us are scraping from the bottom of the jar. Why is that though?
A Potential Explanation
One way this could be explained is that no one wants to be truly productive. Well what does being truly productive entail we may ask. Let us put it into an anecdote. We all (may) know that Bro who’s in college, has a part-time job, but just doesn’t seem to be moving anywhere. He’s barely getting by in his classes but still retains a B average, his jobs pays little but it’s okay because his student loans are carrying him along. Yet, with all the resources he has, he just doesn’t seem to be making much gain in the grand scheme of things. That’s because he doesn’t want to be truly productive. In his off time, instead of studying, he most likely browses social media, watches videos, over stimulates himself with music, film, TV and video-games, all for what? The satisfaction of not having to be held responsible for taking a risk on something and actually putting his time toward say, an interest in clothing design. Who knows. All that’s known is that this Bro ain’t truly Broductive.
A (plausible) Br(s)olution
Step 1) Diversify your interests
The only thing we can really do is take steps to consciously better our productivity. Which first and foremost, is not putting ourselves 100% into one thing. When we do that we become side-dominant in the brain. For those that don’t know if we’re right brained we tend to be more artistic and creative; if we’re left-brained we’re thought to be more methodical and analytical. If we want to be Broductive to the max, we gotta be working both sides. Putting 100% of out effort and time into one thing is gonna flop because in the process we’re polarizing ourselves and becoming mentally handicapped. It’s like going to the gym and only working out the left side of our body, we’re gonna look fucked up in a couple of months if not weeks at that rate. Fortunately, the brain is more forgiving, so for the Bros that have been grinding in just one discipline, it’s not never too late.
Step 2) Schedule Yourself to be Productive All the Time
Another aspect of productivity to touch on is time. For the most part, we try and be productive only during certain times of the day. This is a Bro sin. While yes, there are times where we should be grinding harder than others, picking times where we should be grinding is also picking times where we’ll be lacking, or becoming distracted. Our philosophy should be, if we don’t have a pressing responsibility, we’re going to be productive. In essence, be productive all the time. If we’re watching a football game, study during the commercials, so we can practice songwriting later instead. If we have a long drive on our way to work, listen to that 3-D design video we’ve been putting off for a while.
There are numerous ways in which we can remain productive, even when we may doing something else. This is not to say that we can’t have relaxing times, although your relaxation periods should be generally beneficial to your productivity. Instead of having our relaxing times be more surrounded by LED screens, tailor it more towards meditation, working out, reading poetry, heck even taking a nap will work. Quick last tip, make sure our relaxation is in line with our interests. If we’re an aspiring film maker, feel free to watch movies during your off time. If we’re a potential entrepreneur, playing Overwatch till 3 AM isn’t gonna get us ahead.
Step 3) Passion makes Perfect
The last key to maximum productivity is indefinably important and truly simple yet passes by most people undetected. This thing is called Passion. Yes we fucking capitalized it. Make god damn sure, the thing we’re chasing is being chased with passion. If we’re going for something simply for the money, the clout, or accolades that come along with it, we’re never truly gonna be successful. We may attain more capital, be better off in life, but we will never be happy, which is the biggest part of success, if we aren’t going for something out of passion. Some of us say that the thing we’re passionate about we’re just not good at. Horse cocky, not only is most talent learned and not innate knowledge but the fact of the matter is that those of us who claim this nonsense, haven’t even tried. So now it’s time for full accountability. Look at yourself, and no not in the mirror, take a look at yourself, and deep down, ask yourself, is this my passion. If not, go back to square one and continue to diversify your interests, because if we’re not attacking something with 110% of our heart, our passion and igniting the fire within us, we’re gonna be reduced to merely ashes my Bros.
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