How To
ANYTHING
The Hopehood Method
Life is an ambitious cake full of overwhelming servings,
But what if you bite off more than you can chew?
I've always embraced the most ambitious projects, never doubting my ability to overcome them. With courage, vision and patience, I won’t be stopped. Let's explore how you too can unlock the power to conquer anything through the Hopehood Method.
Ambition
Suprisingly you can stack the odds in your favor by what you think about the odds.
What are the odds of curing a disease?
For someone who thinks, “Only doctors with degrees and luck cure disease and I’m no doctor,”
A person who thinks their odds are near zero, obviously won’t put in the time and effort required to do something they think is a waste of time and effort. But time and effort are required to improve those same odds. So the belief must come first.
Also note that they said “I’m no doctor” Identity is no reason to believe bad odds, because identity’s can change.
I rolled my eyes at prophesy yet now I study the future of technology, .
I had no confidence yet now I'm an world class debater,
I was not charismatic yet I started hopehood to move the world.
Don't be a slave to what you are or what you have done.
I became what I wasn't, even what I despised, so you can become whatever you need to be.
Believing in someone to move the world seems crazy.
But believing in someone to do a little more than they have done before is easier to imagine.
If you struggle to believe in yourself, then challenge yourself with a slightly bigger bite than you’ve taken before. Keep challenging yourself a little more and once you start seeing a overcommer pattern, your sense potentioal will grow, This will snowball into more belief, that will unlock bigger projects, which will unlock more belief...
Then the world is your’s to move and improove.
Spread
Start with what you know.
I love spreadsheets, they are like an infinite table where I can spread out a project so I can see the big picture all at once, or cut it down into pieces small enough to chew. You can use a white board, mindmap, but whatever you use put everything on that table.
I sort all the table into 4 categories; Purpose, Strategy, Collection, and Movement.
Purpose
The most important thing is why this project is important.
If the ambitious project doesn't matter, than its not worth the time and energy required to succeed.
Ambitious projects are big, you will need to stay motivated a long time so the purpose should be so big it motivates you on it’s own.
Sam Altman says “ It’s easier to do a hard startup than an easy startup. It attracts enthusiasm and support.”
Start broad including everything you think matters and then consolidate, clarify, and align everything else you plan and do with this purpose.
Strategy
Ambitious Projects haven’t been done before not because they are impossible but because the work around solution hasn’t been applied in the right combination.
Develop and research and sort out plans, and perspectives that may be useful to try. Watch videos by others who are working on that category, connect with people and pick their brains for insight, or flip through abstract philosophical strategies that might apply.
Collection
You are going to need resources to accomplish ambitious projects, so identify and list those resources here. Tools, Knowledge, Ideas... If the ambitious project is stalling then patience can become progress if you don’t waste what you happen to come across while you wait. Then when you come back to the project the project can often just fall out the collection.
Movement
In the 1920s, a journalist asked Thomas Edison how it felt to fail 1000 times in his attempt to invent the incandescent lightbulb. He replied, “I didn't fail 1000 times. The lightbulb was an invention with 1000 steps.
A 3d printed rocket startup said, “If we are going to fail lets fail in as many ways as possible to make the most of the attempt to learn the most possible.
Your moves will be iterations, as success in the most ambitious projects depend most on not giving up, trying, learning, and trying again. Perfection is approached through a series of improvements.
This is your workspace where you develop your ideas into invention.
I try to take the other categories and attempt a go at the project, even if all the components are in place yet, an early doomed attempt can give you clearer insight into what is still needed in the other categories.
Procrastic Inspiration
Inspiration is the most important thing of all without patience ambition is impossible.
To foster this I procrastinate better than most. I have a handful of projects that I am allowed to work on one day a week and throughout the week inspiration strikes as I passively make connections without being allowed to act on them beyond taking notes. Then on the work day, I take the most inspired notes and act on them. By baking procrastination into your schedule, on purpose, you turn it into a strategy for inspiration.
Again patience is key to success, but learn to wait by doing something else. You are not a domino waiting for your time, instead you are a human with the ability to prepare while you wait and then set your own time for action. It gives you an opportunity to collect more lists that you can only notice as you live more life.
Building pressure in your ambition tank. Once the pressure builds up you will have the power to break through the most overwhelming obstacles.
Extra Lessons
Case for Hope Discover your Purpose and Hope.
Whatever I know my purpose but, which specific purpose driven project should I choose?
Design Principles If you want more guidance on design projects this is key.
Strategies General Strats that can equip you to thrive in life.