The topic of this post is a defining paranoia of the human species. We share a collective insanity that pervades human cultures throughout the world:

The mammoth’s hurricane of fear of social disapproval plays a factor in most parts of most people’s lives.

The thing we all need to do is carve out certain sacred areas of our lives that must be in the hands of the AV and free of mammoth influence.

Sometimes, a mammoth’s focus isn’t on wider society as much as it’s on winning the approval of a Puppet Master in your life. A Puppet Master is a person or group of people whose opinion matters so much to you that they’re essentially running your life. A Puppet Master is often a parent, or maybe your significant other, or sometimes an alpha member ... See more

Because of this, humans evolved an over-the-top obsession with what others thought of them—a craving for social approval and admiration, and a paralyzing fear of being disliked. Let’s call that obsession a human’s Social Survival Mammoth.

At this point, the mission should be clear—we need to figure out a way to override the wiring of our brain and tame the mammoth. That’s the only way to take our lives back.

This doesn’t sound that hard, but it is. It takes some serious reflection to sift through the webs of other people’s thoughts and opinions and figure out who the real you actually is.

Step 2: Gather Courage by internalizing That the Mammoth Has a Low IQ

A third area the mammoth is present is anywhere you don’t feel comfortable making a decision without “permission” or approval from others.