If you’re like me, you want to live a big, happy, fulfilling life; one filled with love, joy, service, and purpose. In my opinion, that life vision is under massive attack and being hijacked by outside forces who want you to think, do, vote and buy what is best for THEM and not necessarily for YOU and what’s in YOUR best interest.
‘Yeah, but we have free will and make our own decisions’, you may say.
That’s true but let’s break it down:
It’s been said that part of what separates our species from pigs, goats, sheep, and cattle is Free Will. Free Will: The ability to independently think and make decisions. Thank goodness for Free Will so that we can direct our lives and, within limitations, control our destiny. True, right?
Well, I invite you to consider that today more than ever there are forces who are interfering with our free will and who endeavor to deeply influence that way we think and how we feel. How are they doing this? Mostly with advertising, marketing and propaganda.
My research reveals that, with the expanding use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), there is little doubt or disagreement that there are entities exploiting this information and therefore actually know US better than we know OURSELVES. Sound far fetched? I thought so at first but after deeply researching this topic, it’s not so far-fetched. I’m convinced it’s real. I’ve seen it and been influenced by it and you have too. Check out this scenario:
“Mom, I’m really, really angry at everything and everyone.”
Mom replies, “no sweetheart, you’re not angry. You’re hungry!”
And, after preparing and serving you a sandwich, you ate it and realized that Mom knew you better than you knew yourself!
Mom knew what she knew intuitively and using her ‘natural intelligence’; she didn’t have the AI available and didn’t need it! It’s a ‘Mom thing!’ (Imagine if she had AI? Uh oh!)
What we know today is this: Corporations such as food manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, television and internet broadcasters, and even governments, armed with data-driven by brilliant algorithms going into deep collected data, often know us, in many areas, much better than we know ourselves. The net result is that they use artificial intelligence algorithms and deep data to not only PREDICT our thoughts and behavior but also to LEAD and DRIVE our thoughts and behavior. They, in a sense, HACK our minds and psyches with advertising, programs, and propaganda. Heck, we’re so busy doing our ‘everyday’ that we are sitting ducks.
So what can we do? Roll over and play dead? Throw up our hands and surrender to their relatively unlimited marketing budgets, give in and agree to be their puppets? Sadly, that IS what we see going down… but it doesn’t have to be that way.
HACK IT OR LOSE IT!
Whaaaat??? Hack what? Lose what?
The answer: Hack your OWN mind or lose your OWN free will.
How?
Here’s your 3 Step Process.
WAKE UP! , stay alert, be proactive.
1. With pen and paper in hand, make a list of what is truly and deeply important to you. What do you care about, whom do you care about, what are your values, how do you choose to live your life, you know, the important stuff. List these things out. An example: My health is important to me because, with it, I can be free to enjoy quality time with my family and friends.
2. Next, HACK YOURSELF! Make sure that THESE messages are prevalent in your life so that when advertisers and marketers are telling you what is important, you have YOUR values and thoughts clearly ingrained so that you can ward off these attempts to hijack you.
1. MEDITATE
2. CREATE AFFIRMATIONS
3. PLACE NOTES, SIGNS, PHONE AND COMPUTER ALERTS
4. WRITE OUT GOALS, VALUES, BELIEFS
3. Laugh your butt off as you consciously observe their unsuccessful attempts to influence you to do what THEY want rather than what you KNOW you want.
In my opinion, many of the ‘hijackers’ are not bad people with bad intentions. They have a product to sell or they have a philosophy or candidate or program to sell. I get that and, in an of itself, it’s not a bad thing. HOWEVER, there ARE a TON of people and companies who are hell-bent on making sure that you buy their goods, services, policies, candidates… whatever… at ANY cost… even if it is BAD for you. It’s of no importance to them- just as long as they win, they don’t give a hoot what the negative effect may on you. And if this sounds a bit crazy or conspiratorial…. it totally IS. There is, and has been for a long time, a conspiracy to ‘own a part of your thoughts and beliefs. This is a part of selling and branding. This is a part of campaigning. And it’s not necessarily bad. However, when using AI data to sell you a drug that you may not need, that may have negative side effects, that may actually cause harm to you then it’s dangerous as hell and, in context of the example above where you declared that you want to live a long life to share with your loved ones, it will sure as heck interfere with YOUR goals as they move you toward THEIRS.
Yes, Hack yourself or lose your free will.
It starts with awareness,
continues with clarity,
fueled by discipline
and fostered by the support of friends and family.
Hack it or Lose it.
As one of my values is LOVE, I end by wishing you lots of it as you take control of your BIG, AWESOME LIFE.
Stay Awesome,
David
