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[UpRiverGreg]

In my opinion it is definitely Mindset. Having the right mindset is essential for success in any other of the categories.

What do you think is most important?

[UpRiverSpencer]

Yeah, mindset is great.

I think that mindset is probably the cornerstone to any sort of self-improvement. I mean, even in fitness, how can you expect to make any kind of progress if “consistency of mindset” – i.e. the thing that gets you to any long-term goal isn’t present.

However, after that, I’d probably say sleep and then nutrition next. As even if you eat crap, as long as the body is sleeping well, you might still be able to perform at a somewhat decent level. I couldn’t even imagine how miserably one would fail at life if they were to eat really well for 23 hours of a day and only sleep 1… haha!

Funnily enough, though, the sex category kind of starts the cycle all over though because if you came to UpRiver looking to improve your sex life or sexual health, it would be pretty clear that you should read the sex-stream and then go through the mindset stream as it’s estimated that some of the most popular sexual maladies and ailments men face as psychological/mental afflictions, not psychological (think PE, ED, over etc.)

What do you think of this order, Greg?

[UpRiverMatt]

I think that depending on a person’s individual weaknesses, any category could be most important. If a certain area of their life is their weakest link, then that would be the place to focus.

That being said, I think that if you look at things generally, mindset would be first, then nutrition, then sex, then sleep.

Without a proper mindset, not much can be done; mindset is the captain of the ship. If you can’t even steer out of harbor, what’s the point of the other three?

Without proper nutrition, a person eventually becomes lethargic and even ill and mindset can’t do much to directly change this. Nutrition is the fuel – the crew and the engine that keeps things going under the deck. It’s also the repair parts for the ship.

Without control over one’s basic driving force – their sexual energy, a person can waste serious amounts of energy and do a lot of harm to their brain as we know from our article on porn and NoFap – steering the ship around in circles looking at the hot sirens and mermaids all day and maybe even falling into their trap – but I don’t think this would be as detrimental as having no steering in the first place or not having a capable crew or fuel in the tank to operate with.

Without good sleep, you won’t function nearly as well physically or mentally and your mood will be shot even with a great mindset, nutrition, and sexual control, but sleep is often heavily affected by the first three habits more than it affects them IMO. One sleeps well when one is in a good state of mind, well nourished, and in control of themselves. Sorry, no ship analogy this time.

It’s really hard to put these in order, and it depends on the person, but generally I’d stick with:
1. Mindset
2. Nutrition
3. Sex
4. Sleep

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