Obtaining Godlike Powers
Omnipotence has no need for procrastination
Alex Hormozi defined power as the distance between thoughts and reality, and as a God’s thoughts are an instant reality, for us to achieve godlike powers we need to decrease that distance. It’s a notion that resonated with me. I love procrastinating, leaving things to the last moment, and stressfully rushing to finish the job. It’s worked for me for years, but I want to achieve more and, as time goes on, achieve faster. How can I take this thought and make it a reality?
Day to Day Power Gains
Before I jump to insane ideas of what godlike power I could achieve on a large scale, I have to start from the ground up. There are plenty of improvements in my own daily life that need empowering. Building a habit of using this power in menial tasks will make using power at scale much easier.
For this, I want to lean on an earlier practice I learned called the 2-minute rule. The rule, taken from the book ‘Getting Things Done’, encourages us to immediately complete any task that takes 2 minutes or less. Whether that is making the bed, cleaning the dishes after a meal, or sending an email reply, the rule applies; just get the thing done.
Two aspects of my life changed with this practice. First, my stress levels subsided. No longer, for example, was I thinking about an email throughout the day; how should I write it, how might they reply, how would I reply to that reply. Exhausting. Once I wrote and sent that email immediately, it freed up my mind for the rest of the day.
The second was an increase in time. When I let things sit for a while, they would build, and I would have this big backlog that would take time and energy to get through. However, when I tackle tasks immediately, they take little effort, and as they are dispersed throughout the day, I seem to gain time. Time I can put towards larger projects.
Empowered Projects
I’ve thought about content creation for a long time. I’ve done stints of daily posting on X or Instagram and given up before two weeks are up. I’ve thought about making YouTube videos, and then spent ages researching camera gear I don’t need. The distance between thought and reality was huge, maybe infinite at times.
This changed recently. I’ve never seen myself as a writer, but had a thought to start writing. I turned this into reality, you’re reading that reality. This is my second article in as many weeks, and I don’t feel like stopping.
There were many questions I asked myself before I started; what theme would I write about, who would actually read anything I have to say, and when would I get the time to write long-form content? I didn’t bother answering them, I just took ideas I wanted to write about and, when I had a moment, began writing. I’m sure I’ll have to answer those questions at some point, but I gained power by turning my thoughts into reality.
Powering up
I've learned a lot about myself while applying this notion of power. And I want to keep applying it. Maybe I’ll go back to trying daily posts, or make a YouTube channel. Or channel this energy into the wider context of my career, but more on that later.
I’m only at the beginning of my journey in increasing my power. I still procrastinate at times and still leave tasks undone. But I’m getting better, I’m getting things done and I’m becoming Godlike.