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  • Thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, THANKS!

  • Does visiting athenism.net count as something you don't need to do? :p

  • but really tho...this channel is badass.....ipower bitchhhhhes...

  • awesome awesome awesome video. everything that was said in this video is what i think about all the damn time! its so simple yet so many ppl fail to see it, we can have so much control over our mind and life to achieve the greatest happiest life....damn,,,im rambling...im high also,,,damn 7 days would be tough without weed...and cigs...maybe i should try it....i would be likee..a superversion of me with more mind power than ever. haha ok im done.

  • Great vid, im starting today

  • lol no >.>

  • Your parents and your friendship - no problem!

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  • good tips

  • But what if a habbit is spending alot of time sitting behind the computer and getting smarter by watching not only video's like these but alot of other stuff including documentairies about the monetairy system, political system and looking up tons of information on wiki. It's not essential but it helps the growth.. Still it keeps me safe behind the laptop..

  • no watching youtube for 7 days ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

  • Can't wait to watch all these videos, so much information and nice thoughts here that probably will improve me as a person:D

  • very interesting.

  • I can't do this....

  • michael jackson said you have to start with the little boy

  • M J sang 'I'm starting with the man in the mirror'

  • Whoa. Very intense.

  • viva la free thinker

  • You go, John Mackey!

  • Your all so charged up, which makes it feel possible, but I will fuck this up!

    Ill try!

  • hahahalol!!!!!!

  • awsome start!

  • Really good thinking, but...

    If you plan to get more than 5 k views.. you might wanna try call your viewers "bitches" less..

    This is not the usual "athene" crowd you're addressing here..

  • They force us to face our concepts of duality. Yes, I cringe, but there is genius in their maddness.

  • Nothing wrong with people.

    Its the dam bloodsucking corporates. Take back the markets, prevent monopolisation, the revenue will trickle down more evenly.

  • If you can't appreciate the corporates for their qualities, you can never help the world to a higer level.

  • "If you can't appreciate the corporates for their qualities, you can never help the world to a higer level."

    I understand economics and the role corporates play.

    But the reality is, they are not about helping the world. It only turns into monopolisation and money like that goes toward building the empire. The incentive is not about hepling the world.

    It is because of the 'grow big' ideology of capitalism, that alot of the world is in pieces.

    Its a business, and business is ruthless.

  • If by helping the world you mean, taking control of resources, installing democracy, and globalisation, then nope, the west is in no position to tell the world what is good for them.

  • No I mean that the quality or going for egoistic goals, with a 'commercial' attitude is a vital step every person has to go through to develop. (i.e. puberty) Some people get stuck there, some IN it, some hovering above it, despising the corporate energy. But this despise reflects ones own inner problems with egoism in oneself. I'm not saying the corporates do only good things, I'm saying hating them will not make the world a better place either. Jobbe

  • Right, let me try ease the confusion here by going back to your original statement.

    "If you can't appreciate the corporates for their qualities, you can never help the world to a higer level."

    Is just in reference to this video ? So by this you mean, taking on qualities from the corporates to aid your self ? If so, then fine.

    But otherwise, your not making alot of sense in relevance to my comment. Because..

    contd.

  • "But this despise reflects ones own inner problems with egoism in oneself."

    Monopolisation has nothing to do with my own 'inner problems'.

  • you think?

    I think it does! I think -just like dean says in the video- society is just the sum of all the peoples inner world, extrapolated outside. Corporate monoplies are a reflectio of people craving for individual monopoly. Jobbe

  • Well. for me, I think that no outside force has enough power to force me to be angry, or to hate or be resentful. That's something I do myself. I.e. why can't corporates make you happy, because so many people get great money and peaceful lives from it . :-)

  • "why can't corporates make you happy, because so many people get great money and peaceful lives from it"

    Its not the idea of a corporate, i have no problem with it. Its the end result on a much larger scale that is causing problems.

    Things like "Corporate monoplies are a reflectio of people craving for individual monopoly" and "They force us to face our concepts of duality. Yes, I cringe, but there is genius in their maddness"

    Theres a giant reality that squashes this daily.

  • maybe, but the bottom lines for me remains that if you regard them as Satan, there's little chance you can convince them to change their ways. And...to NOT...approach them as satan, you need to overcome your own resentment.

  • I'll stick with numbers.

    I'll speak for the UK this moment.

    Competition = Greed = Escalation = Power = Dominance = Control = ...

    Small businesses = Consumed.

    Large companies = Minimising staff

    Cost of living + Capitalism = Poor kept poor. Rich get richer.

    Small business consumed = No chance for poor.

    Poverty = Crime. Poverty + Poor Education = Gangs. Poverty + Media/Advertising pressure = Incentive. Immigrants for cheap labour = Over population = Failing Health service, Crime,

    contd.

  • Poor areas lose value, Government services overwhelmed, area value further diminished, unpleasant environment.

    This is just scratching the surface of the reality and its expense.

    Its two separate worlds.One fucked, one fantastic. Capitalism = lobsided.

    The pros of capitalism in its basic stages we know are good. But as i said the end result is not what it says it is. Its supposed to help poor countries, but in most cases, its the very system that fucked these countries up.

    Needs to be capped

  • Corporates do this.. corporates do that..

    At the end of the day its our money that seems to do everything.

  • You say competition = Greed, but without competition we have inefficiency. No incentive to improve, work harder, cut costs to maximise production. Without competition essentially you would have a communist setup, where resources are shared "equally". It is true, the free market has it's flaws- corporate monopolies do little to benefit overall social welfare. But they also have their benefits- Economies of scale drive down prices of production, giving us cheaper goods, contd.

  • TNC's arguably aid in the distribution of wealth, technology, and expertise to developing nations. (though not in all cases.)

    As Churchill once said;- "Democracy is the worst form of government, aside from all the others that have been tried from time to time."

    The free market system may be flawed, but it's certainly the best current system there is for allocating resources.

  • "The free market system may be flawed, but it's certainly the best current system there is for allocating resources."

    Certainly and i am all for it. And i believe in true democracy.

    Its just the bad elements of it become its own entity which is based on ideologies that ultimately need re-evaluation.

  • Im not saying we should not have competition, im just saying it contributes towards greed.

  • quit everything just watch you tube lol

  • I did the whole drop the want to do stuff thing. I lasted about a week but I did feel good about it.

  • i think i'll smoke a doobie while i wait for the video to play

  • humm.. the only problem I see is that I don't really have any "bad habits".

    I guess I can try, but there really is no need for me to go Hardcore about it.

  • Wow this actually make seance...

  • YAYi dont know if im able to do that but Im gonna give it a try ;P thx guys

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  • u guys watch too much ali g...

  • No, I am not, GTFO.

  • Be the change you wish to see in the world.

  • @VictorianStraightUp

    - Gandhi

  • WTF IS THAT FURIOUS

  • I am gonna try to work on myself... cuz I need it! I always get inspired after watching these great vids!!!

  • Da gaimez!

  • my goddd \o//

    super monk mode!

    thx for adivice guys..i realy need take the control of my life...

  • GOD DAMNIT GUYS! I wasn't ready 4 monk mode.

    Think I'll do it anyway...

  • GAIIMMMZZ

  • how's your obama doing ? huh ?

  • Im in man. This is gonna be awesome

  • I will have to do this after my choclate-bunny days are over. Not now. That wouldn't be to constructive... and a waste of choclate-bunny days.

  • lol

  • does porn count?

  • Porn gives your pc viruses (a bit ironic), which slows it down/frustrates you. So no, porn isnt constructive.

  • It really gets an esoteric flair. How can I avoid failing at not following my comfy habits?

  • Woo, I'm fucking pumped now!

  • awesome video

  • awesomeness ... great video...

  • fuck that its all about DA GAIMEZ

  • I'm in, wonder if i can really quit gaming for a week :P least i'll get a lot of study done

  • Great message, but that dude on the right is really annoying.

  • OMG fucking grate vid, alot of energy in this one, how could anyone not go and see the follow up to this vid, I know I am

  • as for my taste it was too "we're trying to be stupid cool" which i cant stand

  • This is great guys.

    Im going to give this a shot, I just needed the motivation.

  • ok goodbye youtube lol

  • I used to watch all those videos of the guys, and athene... lol

    But that i found out the real issue ou all our problems... things like mind control, food poisoning, chemical dumbing down,... it's a conspiracy, check out about the New World Order, check out about Nutricide...

    It's all coming and it's nearer every passing day.

  • I would love to but.....- I have ocd.... :(

  • This is great!!! I'm going to give up watching pretentious videos by would be gangstas whose speech is peppered with the words "yo" and "bitches"!

    That will definitely improve my life, yo!

    Seriously, I thought the idea has merit, but I'm really put off by the pretend hiphop speech of these two guys

  • video games.. dont know how i will do this with the computer in my room XD

  • masturbation. wish me luck.

  • Good job guys, ima give this shit a shot ^_^,

    GOOD LUCK TO ALL PARTICIPANTS

  • you should have told them to vlog and blog about those things AFTER that week, or write them down on paper first and upload that shit later... because I know if i'd go do that week of selfdevelopment training... and I'd even turn my computer on... i'd go into opening pages and don't stop for a very long time

    x

    But guys... IT IS POSSIBLE!!! And if you do these weeks more often, you're not working on yourself today, but also on your future!

    x

  • Great clip and tips!

  • Music in the background make a real difference. What is the song?

  • All I can say is HELL YEAH!

    It's actually already done for me since I was on medical leave for two weeks and couldn't use a computer... it does put things into perspective A LOT.

  • i quess ill stop doing drugs

  • actualy wen my pc broke i kinda piked up reading and working out every day not much but like 150 pushups and stuff u can do at home but i dont see any benefits from that i started to play games lees more read and do some stuff around the house like cook all is the same but its just taht i do diferent stuff :/

  • this is a funny spin on bringing the philosophy of ethics into the masses.

  • You're asking me to bore myself to death in my free time, for 7 days? Damn, how does that make me stronger, I'll get cabin fever...

  • I'm amazed at the number of people mentioning masturbation as a "bad habit".

    You're teenagers/young adults... give yourself a break. Masturbation is only bad for you when it tends to replace other activities and you turn to it for comfort, just like some people turn to food, drugs... even TV or video games.

    If you try to cut it off completely you'll end up miserable and fail. Just take care it does turn into a "sport"...

  • ...already on it ...tho for me its for 2 weeks... am holding on daily training... for 4 hours...without...exception...­i want to and need to ...it's decided...i really want it ..more... me to change ..^^" ...and ...only then ...after i succeded in this .. i can go on changing my "other" self....^^ xD

    it has to work..

    greetz...

  • i faild with out even knowing :D

  • ok am going to try :D

  • Hey man,

    I feel like I 'm pretty ok as it is..

    I go swim 3 times a week, study for university a couple of hours a week, go to a party almost every weekend and visit friends 2-3 times a week.. also I 'm getting to know new girls all the time in order to get a girlfriend one of these weeks/months.. and I eat semi-healthy.. other then that I like to play some casual video games and mindlessly surf around on the web a couple of hours a week... which I kinda enjoy! Do I need to revolutionize ?

  • Not that I can't think of anything that I could change for the better. For example I'd like to read more books, serious books, in order to 'get smart', quit smoking (casual smoker atm), smoke less pot and get out of bed a way earlier..

    At the moment my life is pretty average but unlike most people, my ambitions are extremely high. I look at Obama and think to myself, lets do it.. president of Europe in 2020 maybe?

    Ps; I've been taking contrast showers on a regular basis 'cause of IPower ;-)

  • Little side note here; Europe 's going to have presidents from 2011 in case you thought I was fantasizing.

    Also; the bottom line of all the above is; I'm a pretty happy person that's satisfied with his life..

  • switch back to 'Work Out Fine' for music

  • youve just lost 95 % of youre viewers for the next 7 days ^^ ill see you in a week guys.

  • btw sry for nick name if some wrong xD

  • yey, thats a kind of revolution at last.

    I'll do it!

  • so i go to work now... for 3 box... for normal computer.. nn inthernet (i go now after this post to make inthernet already xD) OFCAUSE il go for microfone ...

    .......

    Omg what i just say to you? I need to go.... i have alot of work... see ya

  • PS omg no more symbols for last post... but pplz i need to say some at PPS

    PPS I play La2... and i gone crazy... i play 4 years and i was noob... stupid noob... Smth happens to me and i realize ALL of tips of la2... its so izi... omg before 4 years of noob... i realize all of tips at 1 day? ALL! you know? and then my friend say me ... man go out of la2. la2 too izi for you. Go play WOW.. dont piss of.

    But i say. PPLz go to hell out of here. I have talent. I go play WOW..and i will kick you all

  • Pplz... you make the great start of my new life... Im so happy... No words.........................­.............

    I cant belive i start my life (new life) with twenty years old... and i cant belive what computer games helps me alot... But it is real... Il go and work myself... not parent go work ... no mama papa nononono

    I will GO TO WORK!!! and il earn money for 3 boxes of WOW for start... and you will know about me from ATHENE maybe... Yes you will know about me from Athene. I promise. Gl cya

  • Im sorry to tell u this but most of the comunnity likes Athene rather than IP

  • what the hell?rethros95 athene has nothing to do with this channel.cheron used to be here too, but no athene.If ya wanna watch athene go to athenewins

  • 1.Stop Being lazy - creative mode bitchezzz !!!

    2. go to bed at 12 every day

    3. Stop eating sweets

    4. Stop playing with my Jonson

    That will be all that came up to my hed :)

    Beganing form now !!!!

  • 1. stop beating off

    2. stop playing games

    3. stop naping

    4. stop staying up late

    thinks thats good enough :P

    I'm not wierd majority people do this everyday ya dig

  • Ye, and I'll clean my room for 7 days and after that everyone will tell me to still cleaning my room :(

  • im going to stop eating fast food and start jump roping to get back in shape. no more TV ima try to learn some dance moves....Does I Power count as wasting your time?

  • I'm doing it! Monk training ftw

    starting 12 am, im logging off and sleeping. no moar games. no jerking off. (scary)

  • reese needs to self develop into a totally differnt personality to be honest. all the yo's and what not are so....unfitting for you

  • reese have you thought of doing a one or two hour uninterrupted and unedited ipower clip? a kind of view into the lives of the core ipower crew

  • Hmmm... Thing is, that might not be worth doing since only like 20 people or so would actually watch all of that :) .

  • I've been drunk every day since lent began. I'm going to not drink anymore beer this week.

  • whats lent? and what happen that time?

  • lent is the religous time before easter where you give up one thing you really like for 40 days and 40 nights till easter

  • eXCELLENT

  • IM DOING IT! monk training yo. The schedule is such a great idea because I use gaimes to waste time when I have nothing to do.

  • Wow i wonder who on the Ipower team makes the amazing intro's and how they do them

  • MONK TRAINING BITCHES!

  • lmao you said yo like after almost every sentence

  • I have been watching you for a while now and I just wanted to say : Congratulation Guys !

    You are doing an awesome work !

    Keep up doing those great videos, they are the foot kicking my lazy ass ;)

  • Pussycat Preacher says empowerment is good. It got me away from being a stripper!

  • How about instead of helping yourself. You help others?

  • because by improving yourself, you raise potential of helping others.

  • That's one of the most selfish things i've ever heard. "I'll help myself before I help other people."

  • well its even more selfish if you expect someone to help you first before you help others... if you can help yourself first than you can help others... but say im an angry man and i feel i must help everyone my own way than people would find it to be wrong because you cant be trusted with that but if your a happy person with a system to help yourself than you can help others... makes sense to me but you should help yourself first if your PLANNING on helping others

  • You want me to go one week without internet and to exercise every day??? Holy hell. Okay, maybe after exams are over.

  • Ohkay, heres my sacrifice: Give up T.V., Video Games, Internet(leisure purposes). I'll try to be the best version of myself. :3 MONK TRAINING BITCHES!

  • the carbon tax is the new tax to control it will stop the development in poor countries from using their cheap natural resources to pull themselves up while the western govcorp siphons it out

    down with the federal reserve

  • TEFCAS is a 'changing tool' , check it out..

  • But if i did this i would spend my days with nothing to do

  • Please post pep talks as often as you can.

    Because I'm doing this.

  • Interesting concept.

    I have been clean of WoW for one month and two days. I was a resto shaman, and had a warrior tank. I was always under high demand and had a ton of fun.

    Now I have excess of time, nothing to do.

    I have lots of friends, but to do something you need $, such as drinking, poartying, driving around, road trip, whatever.

    Basically my college grades have dropped, I have withdrawals and regrets. WoW helped keep a tempo in my life, good times and bad.

    Now I am nothing without it

  • get bacck into the game, and always do what makes you happy imo

  • lol furious is getting in and out of "furious mode"

  • hmm, now all I have to figure out what I can do in the large amounts of spaces of time I have got now as I'm off for easter. there is only so much time excersize, study, music practice can fill.

  • Pretty much I summed it all up, Join the Armed forces, get good skills/Discipline/Friends + have a prosperous life :)

  • i saw a little part of furious come out in this vid

  • Sure.. I'll do it.

  • Going into Monk mode!

  • AWSOME!

    It's a compromise.

  • I'm going to try this challenge too. 7 days.. pshch..

  • MONK MODE ON BITCHES!

  • I'm Ready - Right after he said "For the next seven days, starting from tomorrow... you will only do constructive long term things" then I was ready to do my best to take part in this challenge.

    You know this should be your primary type of videos. Instead of community update.

  • Arghhh... it lasted 1 day. Today I've just gone back to all my bad habits ...

  • you mean, you lasted 1 day? There's no "it" here, just "you"

  • My "monk training" lasted 1 day... Happy now?

    Maybe I should just accept that I'm lazy?

  • i dont care what you guys think or say, im doing this. for the first time im going to immerse myself in my surroundings and take a step out of the box and be all that i can be

  • Dean is the new Obama, yo! Believe in change!

  • I'm not going to fap

    for seven days

    wish me luck

  • *CElutes*

  • hooray for good music

  • ok, when i get off of work tommarow. I will not touch my PC instead i will start off with a 2 mile run, and maybee pick up a book.

  • i didnt stare directly at the video, you cannot hypnotize me!

  • Ok i will start today until friday.

    I have examns this week so i will only study and stop playing video games.

    In the weekend im going to a festival for 2 days. I will try this ^^

  • Some good tips and the overall point about changing oneself to embody the kind of change that one wants to see in society in general.

    The seven-day training's a good idea, but should be a part of a much longer process of self-examination, particularly of one's own assumptions and beliefs. Most change, particularly the kind that's beneficial and lasts, takes considerable time and effort, I think. All depends on what one values and thinks worth striving for.

  • wow that actually was inspiring 0.o i'm most definately dropping youtube, myspace, games and movies 1 week of work might be fucking great..

  • OH SHIT IT'S GETTING FIXED BITCHEZ!

  • ill try it

  • Mother bitches, lol.

  • I'll do dissssssssssss

  • What a very highly Norwegian face you have Reese.

  • i pass

  • No way I am dropping Valve hammer!

  • Hey that's kinda constructive.. It feeds your creativity, I guess.

  • true :)

  • this sounds hard, but I'm in for a whole week

  • I AM NOT GOING TO MASTURBATE FOR A WEEK! Plus I gotta go camping for some shit on tuesday and wednesday, and then I have looooads of coursework to do. I shall try, and I will succeed. And that means tonight shall be a glorious night!

  • good luck mate! xD

  • "after this video, no more excuses"

    My honest reaction was "I guess I should pause the video at this point until I'm done procrastinating". And that's what I'm doing. :)

  • Yeah! self development yo! im in!

  • man you guys are getting a bit too preachy....

  • I will try... I promise you guys

  • Nice jacket !

  • So what if my "bad habbit" is Youtube and this means that i can't watch you'r videos anymore?

  • I'm in!!

  • Motivation. Rising.

  • The guy at the right side loox like Jesus Christ with goggles on his head lawl, thas' coo', my english sux, sry, u rule both

    go on!

  • So does this mean i cant go on the computer at all? or just video games? ahhh