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Introduction to Inner Compass Work
What problem Inner Compass Work solves
- [Problem: Many deserving ppl are unfulfilled, what a shame] Many of our friends are bright and ambitious individuals with genuine passions and values. However, despite having these qualities, many of them find themselves straying from their interests and values, leading to feelings of mediocrity and uncertainty in their lives. This wasted potential is something we understand all too well, as we too have experienced it in our own lives.
- [Insight: The few fulfilled people we’ve met use values-based living]
Your values and beliefs are accumulated through lived experience.Your values and beliefs determine how you feel about situations.- [Enemy: Why aren’t more people using values-based living? B/c values-based living is hard] However, values-based living can be hard in today's goal-chasing, social-media focused society.
- most people haven’t articulated their values and beliefs
The human brain is remarkably efficient and reserves its awareness for novel, pressing signals presently demanding attention. Because your values and beliefs accumulate and evolve gradually, they’re often kept in your subconscious. However, this makes actively working with your values and beliefs more difficult because you need to access and retrieve them first; don’t worry, this handbook will show you how.- Vague and Unactionable
- Not rooted in Evidence
- Non-deterministic
- Benefit is hidden behind complexity
- [Salvation: But if widely adopted, the future is amazing] Everyone is capable of values-based living, and if enough people adopt it, the world will look like a much more interesting place:
- we would come closer to unlocking our human potential,
- experience less stress and depression,
- and even find fulfillment and meaning in our most mundane routines.
- [Savior: Why we specifically will bring salvation by defeating the enemy]
e.g., through your culture, upbringing, Pavlovian responses, and emotional experiences.
When you’re acting in alignment with them, you feel fulfilled, and when you’re out of alignment, you feel empty, frustrated, stuck, and lost.
Other resources are shitty
We’re a small team of high-achieving technologists who, after much struggle, have built the conviction to take risky leaps in our careers and personal lives multiple times.
Logan – Following his Inner Compass led him to quit a lucrative and stable job, found a crypto startup, develop new hobbies, and move to Brazil.
To better understand how conviction is built, we’ve spent the last few years studying, observing, and coaching people making significant life and career pivots. Like us, these people learned to follow their inner compass and pursue genuinely fulfilling lives. Now we’re partnering with top executive coaches, psychologists, and researchers to build the resources we wish we had to help others build conviction and follow their inner compass.
That's why we carefully curated this Inner Compass Handbook to make values-based living tangible and approachable, and we encourage you to give it a try if you are interested in living a more authentic, meaningful life.
What Inner Compass Work is
When facing subjective and consequential decision about your life trajectory, the only “right” answer is one that adheres to your values – meaning it aligns with your gut instincts and is free from fleeting, fear-based emotions or biased thought patterns. We want you to be in a place where you can make these decisions logically with a clear head.
Inner Compass Work is a tool to help you get there. You will:
- Articulate what matters to you and what drives your behavior.
- Use your articulated values to confidently make immediate life decisions.
- Become resilient to distractions, intense emotions, and self-imposed constraints.
- Know when and how to reassess your articulated values and life trajectory.
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How Inner Compass Work differs from other resources
Unfortunately, personal improvement resources can be bimodal, with most being ineffective and a few being truly useful. So we built Inner Compass Work to address the most common reasons other resources are ineffective.
Other resource | How Inner Compass Work is Different |
Friends, family members, and mentors share biased advice instead of listening. | Is impartial and nonjudgemental. |
Reddit posts are anecdotal and not actionable. | Provides step-by-step guidance. |
Standard self-help books seem insightful at first, but fall apart in the details when you try to apply them. | Aims to be useful more than entertaining. |
Psychologists focus on the model more than practical application. | Is simple and approachable. |
Pseudoscience and intensely-spiritual approaches are difficult to buy into. | Aims to be rooted in evidence. |
Therapists are too neutral and don’t give enough practical advice. | Produces value in a quick, predictable amount of time. |
Who Inner Compass Work is for
- _adjective_ people.
- Eager for change _in XYZ area_.
- Experience with introspection _e.g. therapy, meditation, etc._ not required.
- Willing to put in dedicated time and effort _if guided/supported_.
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What is our solution?
We refer to our solution as “values-based living” and “following your inner compass.”
We believe that each of us has a set of intrinsic values that are curated through our lived experiences. Furthermore, living in alignment with these intrinsic values enables us to live more authentically meaningful lives.
What outcomes have we enabled?
Visit our “About Us” page below for examples of outcomes we’ve enabled by coaching people through Inner Compass work – the same principles that are present in this handbook.
[Former “What is Inner Compass Work?” Page]
What to expect…
You’ll be asked to articulate thoughts and feelings that you may previously have not had to put into words. Rest assured, you will be well supported during this process.You may come across ideas or thoughts that trigger varying intensities of emotion. You may be asked to confront these emotions, and be asked to experience them directly despite the discomfort.
What mindset is required…
Commit to the intent of our program, which will require diligent effort with both introspection and the application of changes to your daily life. It will take tolerance to process potentially uncomfortable or even painful feelings. This will all be to organize your thoughts, beliefs, and actions to live a life of conviction and full alignment with the pursuing of your newly articulated life goals.
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