In case you don't know, the term supercharger is vehicle terminology; it's a component added to a vehicle's engine which makes it better, meaning it gains more useable power. It does this by compressing intake gasses forcing more air into the engine (forced induction) at any given time which means more fuel can be burned and more power is produced...but this post isn't about engines.
Last week I met a chap who has taken the concept of a supercharger and applied it to his life.
He's not used forced induction of air to help him have more power though; instead, *he's used experiences and the lessons they have brought him, to supercharge his life, the present and future, meaning he's continually found better results, more happiness and contentment and enjoys a closer personal relationship with his own life; he's more engaged with it.
That sounds pretty fucken good to me and the ethos aligns with my own, I've done the same, which is not surprising considering he and I have had very similar experiences.
We were swapping stories, it's incredible how close we came to crossing paths in the past but never quite did, and were talking about the importance of failure (and learning from it) in the process of development, growth and drive towards better results. People come across it and so many choose to give in to it, accepting the failure, getting beaten by it, then failing to learn and do things differently, which is a massive inhibitor to personal and professional growth, to happiness and to life itself.
Quitting because of a failure isn't how one supercharges life; it's done by accepting the failure, learning new things, adjusting goals, finding new strategies, and deploying a little thing I like to call "massive action" towards the ultimate fulfillment of those goals. Easy? Nope, not always, but worthwhile? Always!
I'm not going into the full extent of the conversation he and I had as it's not for Hive, however I thought I'd ask the question of you folks, see if any of you have taken steps to supercharge your lives and if so how; what does it mean to you and how has it worked out? Of course, if you have not, why not? Feel free to chat to me in the comments.
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I suppose I must be doing something wrong because I work awfully hard and I still can't pay all my bills.
I am going to make a push now till end of 2025 to really boost my education/certification.
And then it's work. Hopefully that will help.
It's a challenging landscape we live in and there's many out there (here and elsewhere) saying exactly the same thing as you; some of them will capitulate and some, like you, will supercharge their shit! There's no guarantee it'll work out of course, but what I know is that doing something brings better results than doing nothing. I think you'd agree.
For fricken 1000% yes. Doing something and failing is better than sitting and attempting nothing.
What right does a person have to complain or have an opinion about their misfortunes when they just sit there and wait for results to occur?
At least I can say that I put my heart and soul into it!
Put those two things into it and you're best-placed to find the results you're looking for.
Self-motivation and desire to succeed. One needs to have a goal.
We, people, are such beings that we don't accept to learn something from other people's mistakes, but to make our own mistakes, experience failures and come out of them stronger, richer for new experience and that we can confirm "We learn from mistakes"🙂
It's nice when you live and work in jobs and environments that forgive failure and error and where you can get a chance to "fix it."
I remember when I was young doing painting jobs. When I was given an assignment to paint something, the boss would tell me "Don't be afraid if you make a mistake, it's easy to repaint".
"But boss, it costs money".
"Everything that money can buy is not expensive".
When we work in this kind of conditions, we can get promoted really quickly and very easily. However, if we work and live in a place where we lose our job or our head because of a mistake or failure, such an environment chokes off all the extra, compressed oxygen we put into "our engine", and we quickly lose will and desire.
That's why, in environments that allow it, we should try our best to improve the quality of our life.
Like when additional oxygen is added to the engine of a racing car, to obtain greater acceleration, in some period of life, we need to run a sprint, we need to acquire new knowledge, which will ensure progress on the professional level, and therefore progress and improvement in life.
I prepared something like that for myself when I was already employed, by acquiring additional knowledge and qualifications, with which I improved my position in the company, which led to an improvement in the quality of life.
A better and more equipped apartment, a better car, more socializing, more trips.
I like what you say here and especially:
I agree but, of course, so many people prefer laziness and seem happy with mediocrity in their life.
I'm also lazy sometimes, but I don't consider it a flaw, but a reward for some effort and success I've made 🙂
My biggest hope for a good future and financial freedom is Hive. So I am taking steps to see my HP and HBD grow. It seems that I will reach 10k hp by the end of the year after all. I would like to add a few hundreds HBD as well but if I will decide to become digital artist I may spend that money on tablet and software instead. In that case buying more HBD would have to wait till some point in the next year. But even with my current HBD I am getting 4+ dollars a month. So that is decent grow. I hope that at some point in the future that number will be at least 100 dollars a month.
The good thing is that you have a strategy, goals and a plan to reach them...with those things your in a better position to get it done than without those things. Supercharge it mate!
Blew a Rod is also an engine terminology...
Juss' Sayin'
I am more of a "Twin Turbo" type of lifestyler.
I bet you blew your rod a time or two in your heyday.
I have been at the controls for three blown
RODSengines.Hole in piston (dropped a valve) engine grenaded
Threw a valve rocker arm. Drove it home on 7 cylinders. Destroyed engine by doing that.
First big truck. 1993 FLD 120 with a 425 Caterpiller engine. The bond metal came off when piston cracked. Piece went thru turbo fins on exhaust side. Drove it 900 miles that way. $11,000.oo repair. In 1998. Probably would cost two to three times that these days.
That Freightliner looks legit.
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Hi Galen, I never liked the word failure used without nuance. It is impossible not to make mistakes, sometimes it is inevitable due to lack of experience or knowledge. I understand failure as not learning from these mistakes.
I am currently repairing one of these mistakes. In this case, the wrong choice of a partner. Next time it will be different, for sure.
And, thanks again.
Yep, failure can be good if it's used but can be destructive also if not.
Totally agree. Good night.
I don't know about supercharged but my approach is always that failure is not an option. By my attitude I influence all outcomes. Though I must admit that both Yoga and Tai Chi have soundly defeated me!
Yep, that's officially supercharged.
As for yoga...did it once, tied myself into a pretzel knot that I couldn't get out if for three days...they had to call the fire department.
And Tai Chi...did that once on a Junk floating around in HaLong Bay, Vietnam. I wrote a post about it a while back, something sort of funny...you'll have to scroll to find it which I'm doubtful you will so you'll have to take my world for what my Tai Chi skills are like; hint - fucken awesome.
Ah sure you're just an awesome kinda guy:)
Well, when it comes to Tai Chi (and yoga) when I say I'm fucken awesome I really mean, fucken awful. ☺️
Don't worry, I got your drift. I'm from a generation that can recognise sarcasm.
About your tai chi post, giz a bit of a clue.. are we talking one year, two years ago would you say?
So...I've been scrolling back through my feed for the last 13 hours and 27 minutes to 26th April 2020 to find this...I haven't re-read it out of fear of discovering it was total shite and not worth the scrolling.
https://peakd.com/hive-174578/@galenkp/g-dog-to-the-tai-chi-deck
The age of chivalry is not dead! You're a true gentleman! And it was well worth your time and effort:)
Like you, I really wanted to be good at Tai Chi but I'm not really a group exercise person and prefer fast to slow.
Failure for me is not learning from mistakes. Since I was a child, I got used to seeing other people's mistakes and the lessons they taught me so that I could try not to make the same mistakes. Of course there will be my own mistakes and yes I have made mistakes, but analysing them and knowing what I did wrong and making amends is for me an important action to learn and thus enhance my life. Knowledge is what powers my engine to reach my goals.
Yep, I have to say I agree completely. Hurrah for failure!
Hurrah! Without him we would not improve!
I think the biggest thing I have tried to do is just to say yes more. Not so much at my job because people just tend to ask for stupid things, but in my personal life for sure. When my wife or friends want to do or try new things, I don't want to be so hesitant about it. It's a work in progress!
Sometimes people over-thknk things and cause themselves to miss out on good experiences I guess. Sometimes it's good to just go ahead and do it though. It'll be good or bad, but either way is an experience.
I tend to like to play it safe and I need to stop worrying about all the things that could go wrong all the time.
I don't have a problem with a degree of caution, that's sensible, however making calculated decisions can also pay dividends. Risk/Reward, one must always weigh it up.
I'm still trying to sort all that out! :)
I think that from any situation man, when looking for or expecting signs and symbols, can get inspiration, to change, to implement actions in life to improve it.
Excellent example of how the human mind works, I loved it.
The point is that the opportunity to grow is not wasted.
Greetings, @galenkp
Life isn't something that should be wasted, it has a definite end-point, but so many people waste it by not applying enough action towards securing goals or simply setting the wrong goals and priorities. Thanks for your comment.
I think the experiences and the lessons we have had in our life might lead us to do better in the rest of life. For example, I will no longer help anyone about whom I don't know well.
Yeah I think you're right, we learn from the past and adjust our behaviours generally.
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