Saturday Is For Magic!

It's day 18 of documenting 2025.

Weekends just give a laid back vibe, don't they?

But for some people, it's nothing special. 

Just another day for more hustle.

Well, last night I made ChatGPT tutor me on the topic of imagery.

Turns out, it can help with interactive lessons.

I wrote a line, it responded with ways I could improve the line and rewrote it with the tips it suggested.

Nothing short of amazing 🤩

I have my own creative writing teacher! 

If you want to learn how to prompt ChatGPT to become your own private tutor, check out the blueprint I created. 

An hour after the ChatGPT session, I read the book, Awaken The Giant Within by Anthony Robbins.

As usual.

Then I wrote some notes and quotes. (nice rhyme 😁)

I'm on the fourth chapter, which is incredibly long. 

Thankfully, it's divided into sections with headings or quotes from renowned people.

The quote starting the section I read goes like this:

"Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings".

By Lord Chesterfield.

(Don't know who that is...do you?)

And Tony went on to add, directly under the quote:

"Though we'd like to deny it, the fact remains that what drives our behavior is instinctive reaction to pain and pleasure, not intellectual calculation."

 Hmm 🤔 

I think this means that it's more of human nature or how we're built.

Not how smart we are.

I read the remaining part of the section and wrote the next paragraph in my own words.

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The associations we've established in our nervous system determine what we'll do. 

In most cases, the sensations that we link to our thoughts are what truly drives us.

In order for change to last, we must do 3 things:

☑️ Link pain to our old behavior 

☑️ Link pleasure to our new behavior 

☑️ Condition it until it's consistent.

I quote (from the book):

"The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose.

By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors".

This is so true.

In the last part of the section, Tony gave an example with smoking.

For some people, smoking brings pleasure which makes them to keep doing it.

But when they decide to quit, they will associate extreme pain with doing it.

Which will help them stop it for good.

"We will all do more to avoid pain than we will to gain pleasure."

I agree 100%.

That's all for my notes on a Saturday morning (quite windy over here in Lagos!).

Had to type this first before any other activity.....and I've got lots of them to do.

Expecting some poetry lessons in the mail, will need to prep content for the week and do some other house chores.

But I'm documenting first.

Wouldn't want to break my streak.

Thanks for reading ☺️

You can say hi or share your thoughts in the comments....I would love to hear from you.

PS: you can be anonymous!

I hope your weekend goes as well as expected. Don't forget to rest properly and always hydrate.

By the way, I'm Duon Ada.