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Public Q&A for My Mentees (or Anyone Who Wants My Advice) -- If you want my advice about anything, post your Qs here. 1 … 35 36 37 38 39 by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - March 17th, 2023, 4:43 pm	572 Replies 676719 Views	by Surabhi Rani May 14th, 2025, 7:54 am
Did you understand every sentence in the book, "In It Together"? If not, what part did you first not understand? 1 … 15 16 17 18 19 by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - January 19th, 2023, 3:04 pm	271 Replies 536669 Views	by Caledonia A May 11th, 2025, 10:01 pm
Do you agree with everything in the book, "In It Together"? If not, what is the first sentence with which you disagree? 1 … 17 18 19 20 21 by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - January 19th, 2023, 2:50 pm	307 Replies 549380 Views	by Shirley Labzentis May 16th, 2025, 8:08 pm
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My system works because it is NOT based on willpower, hard work, or unsustainable bursts of dishonest overcompensation. 1 2 by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - March 7th, 2024, 3:59 pm	23 Replies 7665 Views	by Fanisa Ndhabambi April 6th, 2025, 4:37 am
Mentoring Q&A: I love my family and want to have a peaceful co-existence with them. But they keep criticizing me and making me look bad. What is your advice? by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - April 4th, 2025, 2:49 pm	0 Replies 535 Views	by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes April 4th, 2025, 2:49 pm
Mentoring Q&A: My neighbor is difficult, childish, and unpleasant. I'm trying to change her behavior but nothing works. What is your advice? by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - April 4th, 2025, 1:40 pm	0 Replies 492 Views	by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes April 4th, 2025, 1:40 pm
Mentoring Q&A: Is death necessarily a phenomenon of deterioration, decay, and disintegration, or, can we transform our process of dying into something higher? by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - April 3rd, 2025, 4:01 pm	0 Replies 1308 Views	by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes April 3rd, 2025, 4:01 pm
Mentoring Q&A: Since you cut liars our of your life and do not give dishonest people second chances, does that mean you have resentment (a.k.a. unforgiveness) towards them and want to "punish" them? by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - April 3rd, 2025, 2:52 pm	0 Replies 475 Views	by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes April 3rd, 2025, 2:52 pm
Mentoring Q&A: If and when an addict finally accepts that they are responsible for and in control of their own choices, and that nobody else is to blame, how does it change the person? by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - April 3rd, 2025, 2:12 pm	0 Replies 478 Views	by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes April 3rd, 2025, 2:12 pm
Q&A: What did you mean when you wrote in your book that our memories change? by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - April 3rd, 2025, 1:39 pm	0 Replies 463 Views	by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes April 3rd, 2025, 1:39 pm
Common Misconception about Libertarians: They think the government spends too much on valuable services and projects such as schools and roads. by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - December 6th, 2024, 5:13 pm	1 Replies 625 Views	by Sushan March 31st, 2025, 8:39 am
Pretextual Traffic Stops: Motivation, Effects, and Solution by Ajiferuke Ajibola - December 2nd, 2024, 10:34 pm	2 Replies 771 Views	by Sushan March 31st, 2025, 8:26 am
Imaginary bars can be just as caging. If you believe you can't, you won't. If you believe you have to obey your bodily urges or have to chase comfort and run from discomfort, you will. by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - March 15th, 2025, 1:08 pm	1 Replies 825 Views	by Sushan March 31st, 2025, 8:01 am
Happiness leads to external success, not vice versa. Money doesn't buy happiness, but true happiness buys money. 1 2 3 4 by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - January 11th, 2024, 1:27 pm	57 Replies 11647 Views	by Mounce574 March 23rd, 2025, 5:34 pm
Nothing is hard. Things can be scary, painful, uncomfortable, sexually frustrating, and expensive, but not hard. 1 2 3 by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - May 31st, 2024, 2:03 pm	30 Replies 6285 Views	by Bethel Saint Bright March 21st, 2025, 11:54 am
Aggression vs. True Assertiveness \| No means no, yes means yes, and everything else generally means nothing. 1 2 3 4 by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - July 19th, 2023, 4:03 pm	50 Replies 11638 Views	by Ivon Ikunza March 20th, 2025, 7:49 pm
When stones are thrown at peaceful people, I dare you to stand in front of those stones, even if those peaceful people are gross despicable devil-worshiping sinners or gross homophobic racists by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - December 10th, 2024, 12:16 am	4 Replies 1690 Views	by Ivon Ikunza March 20th, 2025, 7:47 pm
The Simple Key to Consistency, Determination, and Incredible Success 1 2 3 4 5 6 by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - June 16th, 2023, 1:42 pm	82 Replies 17542 Views	by Ivon Ikunza March 20th, 2025, 7:39 pm
The Six Dangerous Misery-Inducing Words: "Must", "Have to", "Need to", "Should", "Ought", "Try" 1 2 3 4 by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - June 15th, 2023, 12:48 pm	59 Replies 15001 Views	by Ivon Ikunza March 20th, 2025, 7:33 pm
To achieve your goals, avoid using willpower. In fact, use negative willpower. Use your opponent's force against him. 1 2 3 4 by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - October 17th, 2023, 5:35 pm	48 Replies 23520 Views	by Alissa Deann Devargas March 5th, 2025, 5:24 pm
Why I ALWAYS oppose violent robbery: No matter what a mafia protection racket says, the violent robber never truly spends the money in the best interests of the robbery victim. by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - February 7th, 2025, 4:09 pm	2 Replies 1149 Views	by Sushan February 15th, 2025, 2:27 am
Groundbreaking Science on Consciousness and Hive Minds by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - October 3rd, 2023, 11:51 pm	4 Replies 2057 Views	by Sushan February 12th, 2025, 3:27 am
Substance Ontology vs Process Ontology \| You are the river, not the water. You are not the atoms, but the flow itself. by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - October 10th, 2023, 12:39 am	2 Replies 1550 Views	by Sushan February 12th, 2025, 3:12 am
The Seventh Misery-Inducing Word: "too" \| You are not too anything. You are perfectly enough of everything. by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - October 5th, 2023, 9:56 am	10 Replies 4199 Views	by AjayTomar February 11th, 2025, 1:03 pm
Money magnifies; it doesn't reverse. A miserable person who becomes even richer will just be more miserable. Double the income of someone in debt; they will just end up twice as much in debt. by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - January 11th, 2025, 4:38 pm	6 Replies 1897 Views	by AjayTomar February 11th, 2025, 1:01 pm
Big Tip for Negotiation & Productive Communication: Less is more. \| The power of direct, simple assertiveness. Say less! 1 2 3 by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - October 16th, 2023, 2:07 pm	36 Replies 8890 Views	by Bethel Saint Bright February 11th, 2025, 11:53 am
Q&A: How do I know if I am being honest with myself and being self-disciplined (a.k.a. free-spirited) versus lying to myself or being a slave to bodily feelings? by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - January 24th, 2025, 2:46 pm	2 Replies 988 Views	by Keisha Moore February 9th, 2025, 6:17 am
The surest sign someone is a miserable judgmental hater (whose advice you thus never ever want to take): They use words like 'should', 'ought', or 'try' by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - January 11th, 2025, 2:19 pm	3 Replies 1571 Views	by Keisha Moore February 9th, 2025, 6:06 am
Two Huge But Easy Tips for Building New Habits \| With additional commentary on so-called "free-will". 1 2 3 4 by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - June 22nd, 2023, 2:50 pm	52 Replies 12840 Views	by mrlefty0706 February 6th, 2025, 2:04 am
Q&A: "When it comes to shoving my help down someone else's throat, don't the ends justify the means?" by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - December 18th, 2024, 1:09 pm	1 Replies 3212 Views	by Sushan January 31st, 2025, 11:56 pm
So-called "government waste" is an inherent, intentional, & inescapable feature of big government and taxation, not a bug. The purpose of government is to harm & rob the masses to make the rich richer by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - December 5th, 2024, 6:04 pm	1 Replies 21915 Views	by Sushan January 31st, 2025, 11:48 pm
America is not a democracy. Money votes, not people. The Republicans and Democrats are one party pretending to be two. They work together for the same people to exclude third-parties and... by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - December 5th, 2024, 3:34 pm	4 Replies 1367 Views	by Sushan January 31st, 2025, 11:39 pm
Recollection Bias Creates the False Stereotype that Exceptionally Successful People are Average Examples of Their Professions, which Promotes Lazy Depressed Resentful Hopelessness by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - December 21st, 2024, 2:23 pm	1 Replies 1129 Views	by Sushan January 31st, 2025, 11:33 pm
The ego is an illusion, especially the singularity of it. The false you isn't singular, and the real you isn't even human. The real you was never born and thus will never die. by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - January 16th, 2025, 2:49 pm	1 Replies 1194 Views	by Sushan January 31st, 2025, 12:21 pm
Q&A: "You've mentioned that you're not religious and don't believe in literal real magic or anything supernatural. But you do quote Jesus in your book. Who, in your view, is Jesus?" by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - January 24th, 2025, 1:36 pm	2 Replies 1708 Views	by Sushan January 31st, 2025, 10:14 am
Q&A: "How is it that you said with certainty that Jesus was a rebel?" by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - January 25th, 2025, 10:40 am	5 Replies 1837 Views	by Sushan January 31st, 2025, 10:09 am
No, that person is not a Nazi, not a violence-supporting bootlicking big-government communist, not a narcissist, not a sociopath, not a bipolar B-word. Most people aren't extremists, by definition. by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - January 26th, 2025, 11:53 am	1 Replies 603 Views	by Sushan January 31st, 2025, 8:05 am
If you ever catch someone lying or being intentionally dishonest, cut that person out of your life ASAP without any warnings or second chances. Never give a second chance to a liar, cheater, or thief. by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - January 17th, 2025, 5:15 pm	2 Replies 913 Views	by Sushan January 26th, 2025, 1:58 am
Fun topic - What is your favorite quote(s) in the book? 1 2 3 by meadowsem - January 30th, 2023, 6:19 pm	37 Replies 8827 Views	by Hyda Kerubo January 17th, 2025, 2:50 pm
As A Christian, What are Your Thoughts on This Book? 1 2 by Kaitlin Bryant - March 16th, 2024, 10:05 am	22 Replies 4807 Views	by Hyda Kerubo January 17th, 2025, 2:44 pm
If 13-year-old Scott read my book... by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - May 25th, 2023, 12:01 am	6 Replies 2507 Views	by Hyda Kerubo January 17th, 2025, 2:36 pm
"You carry heaven or hell with you wherever you go." \| Perception is Projection. What are you projecting? 1 2 by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - August 2nd, 2023, 9:58 pm	15 Replies 4256 Views	by Hyda Kerubo January 17th, 2025, 2:11 pm
I recommend you read my book, "In It Together", twice. Like in the movie The Sixth Sense, the end of the book... 1 2 by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - May 9th, 2023, 2:46 pm	18 Replies 4991 Views	by Hyda Kerubo January 17th, 2025, 1:58 pm
Toxic Enabling versus True Love and Truly Helping Someone Help Themselves \| The Three Elements of a Chosen Action by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - June 14th, 2023, 2:07 pm	7 Replies 2889 Views	by Hyda Kerubo January 17th, 2025, 1:34 pm
Debt-free? Time to invest! Start as young as you can. Start now. (Turn $5 per day into over a million!) by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - May 9th, 2024, 2:15 pm	7 Replies 5903 Views	by Amy Jackson January 16th, 2025, 7:25 am
Taking Things for Granted \| A commentary on gratitude, love, clingy possessiveness, codependency, and addiction by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - May 15th, 2023, 5:17 pm	10 Replies 3594 Views	by Corinna Borsato January 3rd, 2025, 8:44 am
"An imaginary roadblock can be as effective as a real one." \| From page 120 of the book In It Together by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - September 11th, 2023, 4:57 pm	10 Replies 3454 Views	by Corinna Borsato January 2nd, 2025, 8:17 am
Real philosophers read more than they write. Real philosophers are experts in happiness, meaning true happiness. by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - June 30th, 2023, 2:51 pm	8 Replies 2947 Views	by Sushan December 30th, 2024, 7:18 pm
The sellouts sell out and thereby become possessed. Most humans are pawns in a game they don't even see. by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - February 29th, 2024, 5:06 pm	2 Replies 2395 Views	by Sushan December 30th, 2024, 2:17 pm
Consciousness is the borderline paradoxical experience of a unique present within a timeless and unchanging universe by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - May 17th, 2023, 12:54 am	2 Replies 3176 Views	by Sushan December 29th, 2024, 9:34 pm
Fun thought experiment about black holes, gravity, and a hypothetical infinite universe with infinite mass by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - July 14th, 2023, 12:25 am	7 Replies 2760 Views	by Sushan December 29th, 2024, 2:19 am
Almost everyone is a libertarian, and libertarians are the most diverse political group. by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - December 6th, 2024, 5:52 pm	3 Replies 4487 Views	by Sushan December 29th, 2024, 1:59 am
If you aren't choosing it then you aren't doing it. There is nothing you must do, and everything you do you choose to do. by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes - December 18th, 2024, 7:12 pm	3 Replies 1545 Views	by Sushan December 29th, 2024, 1:33 am

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