Video Intro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa9u5t3C0AI&t=1s

Introduction Guide

Our users each have their own experiences, circumstances, and needs.

Some people benefit from doing the Past Authoring exercise first.

One approach is to do:

1. Present Authoring - Faults - To sharpen your sense of self criticism
2. Future Authoring - To formulate a plan
3. Present Authoring - Virtues - To think about capitalizing on your strengths
4. Past Authoring - However, if you have significant issues in your past that are still causing you some trouble, you might consider starting with the Past Authoring exercise.

You should do them in the order that you think will benefit you the most.

Comment

<aside> ➡️ Don't just complete the program and then leave it at that. When I copied and pasted the raw material into a Google Doc, it came out to 18,000 words and 48 pages. Much of it wasn't particularly interesting or insightful, so I went through and curated the most useful bits into bullet-point lists. For the ‘future authoring program’, this resulted in a nearly perfectly formed manifesto that I can now refer back to whenever I want. Make sure you do it over several days. Apparently, you want to be in a sort of reverie-like state, open-minded, and not hurrying or anxious to get it finished. You could use "Notion AI" or "ChatGTP" to help summarise or find action items.

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