Suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret - either way you suffer, at least you have a choice

I've always thought I was lazy because I was working for someone. Only now that I've started working on my own business have I realized laziness is my personality trait 🤣😭 Oh it's so challenging to be a human. Wish everyone luck 🙏🏼

This is why my husband doesn't understand why I actually enjoy cleaning the house and the yard, why I don't like spending money unnecessarily, and why I enjoy learning everything I can. I feel productive and happy without being what you say is "slavish". He thinks woman are supposed to be like his mother and sister and most women he has known: spending money needlessly for beauty of themselves and their homes instead of understand that simply eating healthy, drinking water, etc can keep one beautiful and healthy without spending too much money and you can make things for your home or you don't have worry so much about material things to make a home "beautiful". You don't need a lot in life to be happy.

To anyone who's watching this video and reading the comments, my wish for you is that any troubles or anxieties that have been weighing you down will begin to lift. May your mind be cleared of negative thoughts, incessant overthinking, and any doubts that have been holding you back. May clarity replace your confusion, and may your life be filled with peace and calmness. Take the wisdom from this video and empower yourself to achieve all that you seek.

"Do not be lazy, or the world will destroy you. Do not be slavish, or you will destroy yourself." Joyful productivity, which means mastering your craft and obsessively improving it by providing value to others is the ideal balance we must all strive for. Very powerful!

Summary 1. Expose yourself to lots of novel things, and analyze your childhood interests. 2. Solve a difficult problem in the area of your passion. 3. Turn the solution into a product or service. 4. So that product or service to others and exchange for money. 5. Use that money to continue funding your life and improving yourself. 6. Repeat starting at step 2

Avoid making pleasure and comfort you're highest value. This hit home, because I love comfort and pleasure 😢

Yep. I know this first hand. I lost a lot of years of potential because I learned this lesson too late. Now, I am trying to catch up to correct so many lost years.

this is a lot similar to what Robert greene has told in Mastery. Look back at childhood to find purpose, then work hard to learn and develop skills. Then create novel things. Then you develop and intuitive sense of what comes next. You become a master.

I used to think alot about "Slavishness" but I was never able to term it. Thanks for this content. You just helped me clear my thoughts on this idea.

In today's world, its not that we are lazy but we put all our energy into unproductive busyness while neglecting whats truly important.

Damn it’s 10:09pm where I’m at and honestly needed to hear this. Thank you for sharing this harsh reality. I’ll conquer this laziness forever just gotta keep going

I spent my entire life preparing for winter when it was summer. As winter came closer, I became little depressed because I wasn’t living. All I did was preparing for winter which is future and all we do is live in the present moment. There’s no tomorrow. Everyday is today. Caught up in dilemma, I dread both ant and grasshoppers choice. So I live none. Then nihilism kicks in, just like it was waiting for me to finally give in. To live a meaningful life. That’s the only way out of nihilism. That means you have to fight comfort, embrace discomfort, being in the moment also optimistic about future. That’s the answer I’ve got for now.

The story about the fishermen is also told here in Argentina, but with a sheperd and his goats. Great video, absolutely great!

One of the most insightful videos that've seen lately, I don't even comment, but this is incredible.

This universe showed up at the right time! Or did it? I hear this message like a slap across the face! Love it!

This film should be seen by the whole world. A masterpiece for mankind.

I think another reason for laziness is low confidence. We are often beat down by the negativity of others and progress of so called “masters” that we think “oh what’s the point? They already did this idea so that’s copying/they must be better and i can’t match their level…” social pressures cause us to overthink what we should say and throw ourselves away just to avoid being picked on. For me, being authentic means you’re brave, you don’t care on how many admirers call you the greatest human being, you’ll realize no one is the super greatest. Maybe being average is yourself…

This is the first time I have actually experienced reading my own thoughts in the comments section. Seeing so many people share the same feelings as I do, it has empowered me so much and I hope it does for you too. I will keep coming back to this video to feel exactly what I am feeling right now. God bless!

"Joyful Productivity"... If only I could have such a life. Too much slavishness happening in this world already, but at least I'm thankful to still have the choice.

Those ants better be nice to the grasshopper or else he will bring all his friends and make them work on getting food for them. They should make a movie about this!

this is my huge problem I am so lasy and I am in love with comfort. but I have to study it's so rediculously hard😞

This one was the thing i needed, this really described my whole life 😢

Singing snd dancing grass hoppers are making millions, they become masters at their craft through hard and smart work. Music is a hard discipline thatoves souls

I’ve been too lazy to watch this video

Its not laziness..when you have no will to live like me, Every single thing become more challenging to do.

I have much to say, but this is the first comment I'll like to express. Thank you to everyone involved in creating this video. I was looking for something for my son and found something for myself as well. But, I see so much more.

Overcoming a difficult childhood videos abound, but not 1 have I found about how to reconcile an idyllic childhood with a nightmarish adulthood.

This is a great video. It’s practical and not particularly lofty or abstract. Maybe a little bit in the part about youthful introspection to find what makes your soul feel alive, or whatever. But I think we can easily see the practical nugget which is just look back on what you really enjoyed and found engaging. Also the early part about the economic reality of the world was very clearly stated. It’s important that kids understand this. Good video, I am sharing it. Keep up the great work man. Cheers.

I honestly feel like laziness has become my personality, I've almost always been the opposite of a man of action.

This is truly one of the best videos that I have ever seen in my life!! It describes what has truly been holding me back from greatness and I cannot wait to put this video into action, share it with the world, and enjoy a joyfully productive life!

Amazing video ❤ i love it as an upcoming Artist this is just what I needed to keep on growing my music and myself

Nietzsche was wrong about the grasshopper. Both the ant and the grasshopper have their place in the natural order, but the most important thing is that they have both been taught their special adaptations by their genes.

Thank you so very much for that video. I always considered that I wasn't good at anything that I could pay for my needs with. Having a job is one thing, but but living from the good that comes from you is something completely different. And I honestly didn't think there was a way for me to attain that. But your very simple. Instructions sparked a light of hope that I might just be able to attain that goal. So again, I thank you and I'm grateful to you.

Love your videos! Fantastic work

Your advice at the end contradicts the whole point of the fisherman and the businessman

Fantastic. Your progress and passion and journey to mastery are so obvious in this one. Great job. ❤😊

This video in itself is promoting a certain way of living. Not everyone have to become a pioneer in what they are passionate about, not everyone have to solve a difficult problem, not evryone have to be obsessed with what they do etc.

I'm a human , I'd like to see a video on how to cure or remove emotional numbness even though it's a big off topic.

Idleness is the introvert's worst enemy.

My late (Grand)Papa once said to me: “Never get lazy.” Back then; I have taken his words of wisdom under, advisement. Even a little bit; literally. Right to this day; I hold to what Papa’s has told to me, into great account and pride. As I keep going forward and continue to make progress, for my life 😎.

Da Vinci didn't pick one operation to master. He did the opposite and attained mastery in many fields.

what a fabulous message!❤

The fisherman story is in the exact spirit of Saruman coming to the Shire and essentially doing the same thing to the hobbits of mindless progress. Kinda neat.

Thank you and Nietzche for encouraging me to destroy my laziness, and replacing it with joyful productivity. =)

Joyful productive life

May Allah make it easy on us all to overcome our biggest hurdles in order to become the best version of ourselves

Wow, this video has 😮 I'm speechless. Wow, I've known this my whole life, but oh my Lord. I could feel my soul right now. I watched more of the video. I had to pause the video for a moment go back to it. These is so wild. I was just talking to my five year old son. I was trying to learn more about him. Boring, was the word. My mind was stuck on the word, "boring". Boring gave me more visions. Like, 🤔 when a person learns a new skill, craft, trade, etc. As time pass the parson becomes better and better. So good the person knows everything about the skill,etc. In many cases people become bored with the skill and lose interest. I believe during the practice process something wasn't happening properly. Naturally a yig yang effects should have happened that creates something new for the person and the of the world. A good yang yang. A good yang yang is like the color purple. Mixing red (1) and(+) blue(1) together(=) makes something different(2).

Do Miyamoto Musashi , Chanakya

Thanks!

Its nice to have some comforts like warmth, a varied diet or just food to eat, a non abusive environment... to be productive in an environment so uncomfortable is hell. For example, being cold and uncomfortable, and then putting energy towards something knowing there is a big chance you can be warm afterwards gives reward... but to put energy towards things that dont put relief on the energy draining uncomfortableness is enough for someone to not do the action or expend the energy at all, hope is lost. Depression sets in and everyone tells the person they are lazy, but they dont see the torment of the pain of hunger, pain of cold, etc.

Moral of the story is dont be too lazy but also don’t work too hard thanks nietzche

THIS MUST BE MY BOSS TALKING

So happy I found this channel!!

simply put - find and practise balance

Yeah it’s more like PTSD and severe depression/anxiety that’ll destroy me, not laziness.

As a nihilist I've always been skeptical of anyone saying what a good life is or how one ought to live. At the end of the day I think it simply doesn't matter what you do or how you feel about it. This just feels like another way to cope with reality. Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's bad advice if you want to feel good about your life, but what's the point of feeling good? People always ask how to live a good life, while I've always wondered why live a good life. I'm not trying to dismiss anything here, these are just some thoughts I've had for a long time and I'm open to discussion. I will say life as a nihilist can be confusing and depressing (or at least it can make my depression worse when I have it), so one might wonder why I'm still sticking with it if it's not "helping me". The thing is, I'm not really deciding to be a nihilist, it's just whatever my mind filters things through these days. Paradoxically, the fact that nothing makes sense, is what makes the most sense to me. The fact that there is no objective truth, feels to me like the closest thing to the truth. Perhaps this is a mindtrap. I mean while those are some of my thoughts, I'm still a human with feelings, wants etc. For a long time now it feels there's been a disconnect between what I think and how I feel and actually behave. Cognitive dissonance perhaps. Because I for example don't rationally believe in objective morality, but at the same time I've always had a pretty strong conscience and would never want to hurt anyone. I could keep going for a while, but I'll leave it at that for now.

While I agree that striving for mastery in a certain field or skill can be very rewarding and is certainly a virtue in itself, I think this has certain downsides as well. You made a good point with the statement that one should try to keep a balance between slaving away and laziness. But for me the balance can easily be lost again if you focus your whole energy on a single skill and shut your eyes and interests to the world around you. I don’t think that people that put all their time and effort into one narrow field are particularly happy or balanced people. And the example of Davinci is actually not at all an argument for mastery in a single skill - he was a polymath, a homo universalis, meaning he didn’t limit himself to painting. He also was known for being an engineer, scientist and architect. I guess what I am trying to say is: it’s perfectly all right to have different interests and doing different things. As long as you really think that the things you do are truly worth your time.

What’s so great about being great?

great video! thanks, man

thank you

My regret and shame are debilitating, from decades ago the smallest slight still fresh. I have family that are blatant liars who don't seem to feel the same.

Channel added to my list of mentors

Absolutely gret video! The animations are awesome and the content is meaningful.

Nietzsche is probably one of the most underrated and misunderstood philosophers

Thanks for this!

We will flicker between balance and extremes throughout our life

There is no animal behaving more slavishly than an ant, but she’s lauded in the first story.

Wow, one of the best videos I've ever seen.

How haven't I been shown this channel before

What’s more lazy? Staying at a comfortable job forever? or working hard to amass a fortune to retire early, only to then sleep 10 hours a day, and only do daily survival duties? We’re early settlers lazy because all they did was “survive”? Their daily routines were chopping wood, milking a cow, collecting eggs, and cleaning. That left time for 10 hours of sleep and no intensely stressful worries.

Uuuh. A video about laziness? I’ll save this one for later.

Couldn't they just share some of their foods with the grasshopper, only for this time? How heartless the ants were. When I tell this story to my child I sensor that part and say the grasshopper learned his lesson.

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It's just so fascinating to me to learn such things that we do or see everyday in our surrounding but never acknowledge it.. Right now ,i have my summer vacation so i am just sitting at home and just wasting more than 5 hours of my time each day on tv, mobile or computer....I know it's bad for me and know it's consequences but i always fall in this trap of short term pleasure...Still, recently i have been watching your videos and my productivity has been improving..😊 However, i am a little worried as after this holiday i will have a really busy schedule and i mostly get exhausted and cant even manage time for studying each day. So, can u please help me and provide some tips on how to manage time in leisure so that it will be helpful during school days?

Too often Business Plans are not adequately taking everything into consideration. There is often a tendency to exploit a situation, exploit people, and exploit natural resources. Everyone deserves concerns for necessities as well as health or safety hazards.

I’m kind of impressed how you turned Nietzsches philosophy into self-help. And not only: a very liberal and individualistic one. The idea of joyful productivity is actually translatable into “be happy while serving the capitalist system”. And that’s the point of the video, much more based on Adam Smith than Nietzsche, who was actually critical of liberalism. The story of the fisherman, in fact, may, perhaps, be useful to illustrate some of Nietzsche’s ideas, but not when it turns into a motif of work specialization and the idea that the world shall be governed by an invisible hand. It is the will of power, in Nietzsche’s view, that possibilities another world, one that shall be populated by the uber menschen under a great politics. But, one must also understand that Nietzsche had also a critical view on collectivism. The fable of the grasshopper and the ants, in such way, is not very exemplary of Nietzsche’s ideas. The ants may be seen as herd animals whose resentful nature shows a despise for life itself - what cannot be acceptable in a nietzschean point of view. The grasshopper on the other side truly enjoys the moment, the instant of the present, in a way free of the transcendence of a future full of promises that only bound men to theirs serfdom. The only problem with the grasshopper is that it intends to do it all by his own, which is impossible. Nietzsche, in Thus Spoke Zarathustra, reveals the core point of the eternal recurrence: the gateway - under which at every instant we must pass - is called Moment. In this Moment, according to Nietzsche, we must make our life into a work of art and truly live it, and desire to live if, despite its inutility and lack of sense. That’s why one must not be lazy: the lazy one does not dance to the beautiful song that is life.

This is me. I am not in school nor am i employed. But i feel tired and I don't have a sense of purpose.

Well... quite the opposite... I often get sick for being too active💀💀

very inspiring thanks

There is a more complete version of the fable where the ants eventually let the grasshopper in because even if they have food, the grasshopper with his singing and dancing and stoeytelling brings back the joy of summer they have lost… Isn’t man’s progress almost always oriented to only make him more lazy? And don’t forget that poor Nietzsche ended up in psychiatry! He was despising the others, but therefore he was very lonely…

Was the grasshopper truly lazy or was his failure compared to the ant based on following 1. The grasshopper was alone and not in an productive hard working team like the ant. 2. Did the grasshopper even knew what he needed to do to prepare for the winter? Each ant was given clear directions and warnings by his teammates and team leader.

Thank you for the inspiration!!💜

After finishing this vid and also reading the comments I take into account something Im quite an assumptive person A lot of us had our agreeing or disagreeing viewpoints without even finishing the vid and jumping the gun So I can look up to the ceiling and say "Damn Im clueless as hell when it comes to life, not that its a bad thing but I truly have no idea whats ideal or the ultimate truth tbh"

Thanks for the practical steps beginning with childhood interests. Very useful.

this was so powerful, thank you :)

Since recovery, 9 years ago, I don’t always aim for mastery, it just comes with the turf

I have been a work horse for decades. So many of my friends have passed and now all I have is my work and my stuff. Now I realize I should have had work life balance. People Enjoy life! I regret not spending time with my family and my friends. I regret working 12 hour shifts every day, no days off. Now I am just working everyday until my time is up too.

Love this Justin!!!!

I love this guy

Leonardo Davinci was not master of one thing, he was master of many things.

Very profound message 🔥🔥🔥🙏🏿👍🏿

Or just chill. Be in peace. Love.

12:50 well spent. Amazing content!

How quickly the slavish ants forgot that grasshopper was playing music all summer for their pleasure and comfort.

another great video, I find myself always returning to your channel from time to time, to make sure i'm on top of my shit, the basis of this video is balance and figuring out where you lie the scale, once you understand where you are, it's a matter of balancing the other side of the scale.

These are such common sense ideas, it's amazing how quickly the modern world can rot your soul if you let it, and allow you to where you forget that which is your nature and seemed so clear since birth.

What does it mean to analyse childhood interests?

The more productive you are the more you have but if you dont share with others who are hungry you will one day be alone for you could lose your fortunes and need others to help you 😊

It's not always the case though. There are lots of people who work hard every day but end up breaking down by not being lazy enough. We can't be productive 24 hours a day. No one can. Sometimes one day when we lie on the couch and doing nothing, or staring at the clouds on a sunny day, is what we need in order to function properly. The so-called 'short term pleasures' make being alive more bearable.