Self-Mentoring I ... or my rather simple tool against grifting
Alright, let’s start this series and we’re going in with quite a steep one:
If someone sells you an easy solution to a complex issue, they either don’t know what they’re talking about or they’re trying to screw you over.
You see this all around yourself: “Do these X simple steps to change your life forever!” or “You can be happier with this one easy trick!” All these adverts, carpet-bombing your brain. We often scoff them away, thinking “What a load of horseshit!” and move on with our lives. But even then there’s that little worm in your head saying “What if? What if they’re right and it’s really this easy?” Well, my dear reader, let’s find out whether it really is that easy.