What would you like Steve to write about?

[jamestl2]

Rather than complain about current articles or bash what Steve's been focusing on (and no, I don't feel that way, nor find anything wrong with what he's recently blogged about), I thought this thread might give others a chance of what they'd enjoy reading or want to read about.

I know Steve doesn't need suggestions from me nor anyone else (and I'm sure he has more than enough posts lined up in his drafts section ), but I'm sure we all have that one post or article we'd proudly bookmark under our favorites tab, and we'd all like to hear "a" Point of View on them ().

I know I'd probably be a fan of these potential blog posts:

Laziness and Apathy = Maybe something about why people are lazy, and how they can self-motivate themselves out of that mindset. Or add a funny twist to it, he hasn't written much for his humor category it seems...

Politics = I know he said he doesn't like to write much about this topic, however the forums have shifted into that direction slightly (via the World Affairs Forum).

How to Properly Market a Website (or Blog) = Steve's Personal Story of what he did to his site besides writing great blog posts (and submitting to Blog Carnivals).

Thoughts?

[Savage]

I'm always open to topic suggestions. Anything that seems reasonable gets added to my ideas list. I often pull ideas from that list for future articles. Most of the suggestions come via email, but I also pull ideas from the forums.

In addition to article ideas, I'm also looking for ideas people would like to be turned into something other than an article, such as a series, a podcast, or even an ebook or downloadable audio program.

[Ree]

I'd like to see Steve's Top 10 Wish List.

Steve, if you could wish for anything, what would your Top 10 Wishes be??

[Apollia]

I would find an article (or series of articles) listing and describing the weirdest experiences Steve has ever had very interesting.

One thing that I and probably others might find very beneficial would be an article or articles related to income taxes. I have a very hard time accepting the existence and supposed necessity of income taxes. I think income taxes are a major reason why I have a hard time getting motivated to make a lot of money.

I'm not willing to engage in illegal tax evasion, but I hate paying income taxes so much I think it really undermines me in my attempts to make money. I'm not sure whether or not I believe in the Law of Attraction, but, even from a Law of Attraction perspective, I think my desire not to have money stolen from me by income taxes and wasted on who knows what useless or harmful nonsense like wars, etc. could be canceling out my desire to be wealthy.

So, some tips on how conscious, smart people should deal with income taxes would be very interesting to me.

I also don't understand why income taxes exist if the Law of Attraction really works. If so many people hate paying taxes, how can income taxes continue to exist? That would be an interesting topic to me too.

Best wishes,
Apollia

[jamestl2]

Two things I've noticed about the audio section is that:

1 = I'm not sure how others feel, but the mp3 player is kind of clunky, very difficult to navigate. The simpler the better here, IMO most people probably feel intimidated by it's design or something. Even though I DO feel the fact that you can play them straight through the browser window is a plus.

And 2 = is that there is no place in the forums to discuss them. Perhaps if there was some way you could create a thread for new podcasts (as your blog already does), more poeple would take an interest and discuss them.

[TheOpusMovieCommunity]

I'd like to read about his workflow, for example, how much time he spends reading, researching, writing, editing, posting, etc. so I can ultimately be more productive and efficient by modeling my actions after what he does.

that would be great! What do you think Steve?

[Dive Bomb]

I would love a new podcast on any topic. The podcasts are my favorite part of the site, partly because I like your speaking style.

[Lupe]

How to repress anger when you feel you've been insulted.

[Sam988]

"How to become a billionaire in 10 years"

[Kaspian]

Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina

Genuine growth includes dealing with highly volatile, emotional issues, including the kind that cause anger to surface. I figure that if there's anger brewing, we might as well bring it to the surface and deal with it instead of pretending it isn't there. The anger comes out because of the suppressed, unresolved issues. This article simply gives those issues an excuse to surface, and some people will achieve a bit more resolution when this happens (myself included).

I'd love to have more discussion around this concept - bringing things to the surface so that they can be addressed and resolved. Any format would be great: blog post, podcast, etc.

My experience is that this is more effective for restoring motivation and bringing me happiness in the long run.

[supertom]

I think a key part to growth and PD is accelerated learning and optimizing learning, this would bring a lot of attention to the blog, it on par with the "early riser" who woudlnt be interest, just like late risers want to get up early so slow learners would want to be quicker.

[Dan.Linehan]

True North principles.

Though they may be truth, love, power, oneness, authority, courage, and intelligence - and this may be what the book is about.

[supertom]

Originally Posted by Dan.Linehan

True North principles.

Though these may be truth, love, power, oneness, authority, courage, and intelligence - and this may be what the book is about.

i agree !!!! covey always talks about them but he never actually says which ones they are.

The ones steve talks about are for growth, theres more

[Keith]

Originally Posted by jamestl2

Two things I've noticed about the audio section is that:

1 = I'm not sure how others feel, but the mp3 player is kind of clunky, very difficult to navigate. The simpler the better here, IMO most people probably feel intimidated by it's design or something. Even though I DO feel the fact that you can play them straight through the browser window is a plus.

One thing that might be nice is to structure the larger podcasts into 'chapters'. This is good both for ease of use and understandability.

Originally Posted by jamestl2

And 2 = is that there is no place in the forums to discuss them. Perhaps if there was some way you could create a thread for new podcasts (as your blog already does), more poeple would take an interest and discuss them.

Every time a podcast is posted, an associated blog article is posted. Every time a new blog article is posted, an associated post is created in the forums.

That really should do the trick already.

[jamestl2]

Originally Posted by Keith

One thing that might be nice is to structure the larger podcasts into 'chapters'. This is good both for ease of use and understandability.

Good Idea,
It could help people understand the different sections of the audio, maybe something similar to the "categories" function wordpress offers.

Originally Posted by Keith

Every time a podcast is posted, an associated blog article is posted. Every time a new blog article is posted, an associated post is created in the forums.

That really should do the trick already.

They are? Hmmm...
I guess I just never noticed any specific audio blog posts, nor ones being automatically generated into the forums via the feed,

Thanks Keith

[wolverine]

I like either the podcast or blog format. In terms of content, while I find the 'higher level', polarity, SR etc topics interesting, they're not at my current level. They're not what I'm looking for at my stage of life. NOT that I'm asking Steve to go down to lower 'levels' if that's not where he is anymore, but I'm finding that most of the more recent posts are less accessable by most 'smart people'. I don't think I'm at a high level for PD, but then again most people aren't.

No specific topics or anything really, just a comment. It would be nice to have a break from the high level stuff sometimes, because right now I've chosen to focus on more immediate goals and I simply don't have the time to devote to that sort of thing.


Wolverine

[MattFYF]

I think an interesting topic would be how Steve uses his knowledge of different belief systems to analyze his life and to make meaning out of events that happens to him and to others.

For example, he talks about how religions, objective reality, and subjective reality (and to an extent, world and psychic experiences), can act as a lens in which to view reality. I'd be interested to hear how (and when) he chooses which specific lens to use. And if he wanted to go in greater detail, how he then uses those lenses to analyze the situation(s). It'd sure make for some interesting discussion!

[Permafrost]

I would love to see a post on enlightenment. Whether Steve has reached the classical state thereof, was it through meditation, etc. It would make a good corollary to the religious rant which while well deserved is a bit primitive.

[supertom]

I would like steve to look at mutiply intelligences, cause he started as a logic-reason type than went to lingustics to intra-personal to inter personal

[MasterD]

I would like to see an article about breaking out of a lower state of consciousness, whenever you feel you are 'trapped' in your lower self and have a hard time to break out of it.

[ancechu]

I'd like Steve to write about how to measure the improvements that the life hacks we apply to our selves impact on our performance. For instance, if I try a vegan diet how could I measure whether my alertness, consciousness, intelligence and overall well being improves or not compared to a vegetarian diet, for instance.

I'm I true believer on the phrase "If you can not measure it, you can not improve it", but seems to me that personal performance is an elusive dimension to measure.

Thanks.

[Natsu]

Originally Posted by Apollia

I have a very hard time accepting the existence and supposed necessity of income taxes. I think income taxes are a major reason why I have a hard time getting motivated to make a lot of money.

I think my desire not to have money stolen from me by income taxes and wasted on who knows what useless or harmful nonsense like wars, etc. could be canceling out my desire to be wealthy.

Guys, why don't you ask your government to finance a welfare state like that of us Europeans? If you paid your Health Care system and your pension with your taxes, you'd pay them gladly. Granted, the system has problems, but at least we don't feel robbed when we pay our taxes.

If you saw something in exchange for your money, as we do, you would pay with another mindset. I don't like what I'll pay this year, but heck, if I needed a liver transplant, the state would pay for it. I may not need it in my whole life, for sure, but in case I got the prize in that bad-luck lottery, I want my back to be covered. Besides, I like it if other people who need a liver are going to get it, even if it costs me. It doesn't really pain me to pay for that.

If I was paying for the Irak war with my taxes, I'd be royally pissed off.

I don't know what Steve can do about that, except help you to make a mind-shift about it. The real solution is demand something in exchange for your money to your politicians. I know you take care of your own pensions... but maybe you could ask for health care. As long as you pay taxes for nothing, you'll feel your taxes are blatant robbery, for no other reason that they are a robbery.

[seeker5]

Originally Posted by Natsu

Guys, why don't you ask your government to finance a welfare state like that of us Europeans? If you paid your Health Care system and your pension with your taxes, you'd pay them gladly. Granted, the system has problems, but at least we don't feel robbed when we pay our taxes.

Speak for yourself. I have European family members who live and work in Europe, and they sure feel robbed that more then half their income goes to the state. They definetely don't see it come back to them, and are tired of paying for the freeloaders who mooch off the welfare state.

[Ree]

I have a friend in Canada who comes to the US for medical treatment because of the long wait he faced to get treatment for a life/death condition. He's lucky because he can afford to pay for it. What about those who can't? I'd rather pay for my own insurance and have health care when I want it and from whom I want to receive it.

[Liminal Chris]

I would love to see Steve write something about Aesthetics.

Is there more to it than simple social conditioning? Or is there something sublime that people could potentially universally recognize?

[Love]

I would love to see an article about non-attachment and owning vs. not owning. I think that an understanding of this viewpoint would be helpful in understanding all the rest of the blog posts. And also: whether not having an identity is the same as not having an attachment.

[supertom]

steve has proberly a big pile of ideas and plus hes moving onto other things, so i dont think he'll be able to write about our ideas

[Natsu]

Originally Posted by seeker5

Speak for yourself. I have European family members who live and work in Europe, and they sure feel robbed that more then half their income goes to the state. They definetely don't see it come back to them, and are tired of paying for the freeloaders who mooch off the welfare state.

That's because some governments allow people who don't pay to mooch off the welfare state. When the idea began to function, only those who contributed had health care, and in some countries it's still like that. Where things are still like that (if you don't pay, you don't get services), things work OK. Of course, where a lot of people mooch off the welfare state, some people are bound to feel robbed too...

And there's the little fact that if your European family members are paying more than half their income, that means they also get their pensions from those taxes. If they don't get their pensions or they don't get proper health care, they'd have a reason to feel robbed. If they get full health care and their full pensions, they are getting what they paid for.

Still, considering the medical costs in the USA, I still think the welfare state is a better option. There are treatments that some of my family members needed, that we would have been completely unable to pay for if not for the health care system.

I'll grant you there's a lot of mooching in some countries. But still you get something from your taxes. If I got nothing, I wouldn't even want to pay the minimum.

Anyway, I wasn't suggesting that you paid more taxes, but that you got something in exchange for the taxes you pay. There's a huge difference there.

Originally Posted by Ree

I have a friend in Canada who comes to the US for medical treatment because of the long wait he faced to get treatment for a life/death condition. He's lucky because he can afford to pay for it. What about those who can't? I'd rather pay for my own insurance and have health care when I want it and from whom I want to receive it.

I don't know how the Canadian system works. The European systems function pretty well... unless governments allow the mooching by non-contributors mentioned by Seeker. As I said, the system has some flaws... but it is far better than nothing. And it is getting something from your taxes instead of nothing or just advanced weaponry.

[MasterD]

Originally Posted by MasterD

I would like to see an article about breaking out of a lower state of consciousness, whenever you feel you are 'trapped' in your lower self and have a hard time to break out of it.

Thanks Steve; you're 'feeling blessed' article is greatly addressing this topic!

[gofeddy]

I would like to see something written on programming as Steve seems to be an experienced programmer.
Not about a specific programming language, but maybe something on how to go about learning to program in a general sense.
Starting with the basics and then learning advanced concepts.
How to read and apply what we learn from books into some practical use.
Also something on how to solve analytical programming problems.
Ways of thinking and creating ideas to solve them.
Amount of practice needed and time-line to learn to program on a level by level basis.
All these condensed into one article might help a lot of programmers out here.