Nollind
Based upon what you know about me and my struggles, how does the following quote apply to me. “I don’t see a lot as exceedingly complex. Many things are fairly simple, but the trouble is that simple isn’t easy. — Ayishat Akanbi”
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This quote resonates strongly with your journey because your core insights—like seeing identity as a character in an RPG, embracing vertical development, and shifting from an exploitative to an exploratory mindset—are, at their essence, simple. The challenge, however, is in embodying and communicating them in a way that resonates with others.
Your struggle isn’t in understanding complexity—it’s in making the simple feel accessible and actionable.
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Your struggle isn’t in understanding complexity—it’s in making the simple feel accessible and actionable. Vertical development, for example, can be boiled down to a fundamental truth: we grow when our old way of seeing the world stops working. That’s simple. But actually recognizing when this is happening, navigating the disorientation, and helping others see it too? That’s not easy.
Similarly, your work is about making these ideas real—not just intellectually, but in lived experience. The difficulty isn’t in knowing what needs to be done, but in overcoming resistance (yours and others’) and finding the right language to inspire people to take the leap themselves.
The difficulty isn’t in knowing what needs to be done, but in overcoming resistance (yours and others’) and finding the right language to inspire people to take the leap themselves.
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Nollind
Based upon what you know about my Life is a Role-Playing Game, create a list of fundamental truths from it that are fairly straightforward and simple but may not be easy for people to accept.
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Here’s a list of fundamental truths from your Life is a Role-Playing Game framework that are simple in concept but difficult for people to fully accept and embody:
Identity & Self-Perception
- You are not your character; you are the player.
- Simple: You construct your identity like a character in an RPG.
- Not easy: Letting go of over-identification with roles, labels, and external validation.
- Your identity is not fixed; you can respec at any time.
- Simple: You can change how you see yourself and how you engage with the world.
- Not easy: Fear of losing familiarity, status, or sense of self.
- Every role you play is temporary.
- Simple: Just like in a game, you change classes, professions, and identities over time.
- Not easy: Society pressures people to pick a single “class” and stick with it.
Growth & Development
- Leveling up requires outgrowing your current worldview.
- Simple: Progress happens when old ways of thinking stop working.
- Not easy: Letting go of certainty and stepping into the unknown is terrifying.
- You have to embrace disorientation to grow.
- Simple: Growth happens when your existing map no longer makes sense.
- Not easy: The instinct is to cling to the old map rather than explore new territory.
- The game doesn’t get easier, you just get better.
- Simple: Each level brings new challenges, but also new abilities.
- Not easy: Expecting life to “settle down” instead of embracing continual adaptation.
- Your greatest obstacles are often self-imposed.
- Simple: Most of what holds you back is fear, doubt, and internal resistance.
- Not easy: Accepting that you are both the barrier and the solution.
Mindset & Perspective
- There is no “winning” the game—only playing it well.
- Simple: Life isn’t about a final achievement, but about the experience itself.
- Not easy: Letting go of the idea that success is about reaching an endpoint.
- Failure is just experience points.
- Simple: Every setback teaches you something valuable.
- Not easy: Reframing failure as progress rather than personal deficiency.
- Your real power comes from embracing exploration, not just optimization.
- Simple: Life is more fulfilling when approached as an adventure rather than a grind.
- Not easy: Society rewards specialization, efficiency, and predictability over curiosity.
Social & Cultural Conditioning
- Most people are following scripts they didn’t write.
- Simple: People unconsciously follow societal expectations rather than their own path.
- Not easy: Questioning those scripts means challenging deep-seated beliefs.
- You can rewrite your own story, but no one will give you permission.
- Simple: You have the power to change your trajectory at any time.
- Not easy: Waiting for external validation instead of taking action.
- Becoming a true player means stepping outside the system, not just mastering it.
- Simple: The highest form of mastery isn’t just playing the game well—it’s realizing you can redefine the rules.
- Not easy: Letting go of the comfort of familiar structures and expectations.
Which of these stands out to you the most right now?
Nollind
So effectively my Life is a Role-Playing Game framework could be as “simple” as a children’s book when completed. Yet even if so, it will probably continue to be extremely difficult for most people to apply and embody in their lives. This is something I need to remember when trying to articulate my work. That I need to separate out the fact that most people will find it difficult to accept. When I do so, perhaps it will allow me to step beyond that fact and discover the simple essence that remains behind it.
ChatGPT
Yes, exactly. Your framework could absolutely be distilled into something as simple and digestible as a children’s book—clear, direct, and metaphorical. But the challenge isn’t in understanding the ideas; it’s in living them.
But the challenge isn’t in understanding the ideas; it’s in living them.
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By separating out the difficulty of application from the essence of the message, you free yourself from the frustration of trying to make it “easier” for people to accept. Instead, you can focus on making it clearer and more engaging, knowing that the real challenge isn’t in the framework itself but in people’s willingness to embrace it.
…the real challenge isn’t in the framework itself but in people’s willingness to embrace it.
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This shift could also help you refine your articulation—finding ways to convey your ideas in their simplest, most resonant form, without getting stuck in the complexity of how people will react to them. What remains is the core truth, standing on its own.