Cole Hastings

My free Discord community is officially live.

In the community, you'll be able to:
- Get access to free resources I've made in the past
- Chat with people about video topics (or anything, really)
- Have healthy discussions about modern issues

If you wanna join, go to the link in the pinned comment below. See you in there.

6 hours ago | [YT] | 32

Cole Hastings

Hey everyone. No video this weekend, but I wanted to give some important updates regarding my brand/this community.

This year has been an all out sprint so far. I've posted just about every week on this channel while writing a novel (will explain farther down this post) and finishing my Critical Thinking Masterclass. Now that I've had some space open up in my week, it's allowed me to reflect on what I'm doing and what I miss doing.

One thing I really miss is interacting with you guys more. All of my focus has been on assuring that I have a good, steady flow of income coming in. But since that's somewhat taken care of, (at least for now) I want to create a space where I can talk to you guys on a more frequent basis than in the comments section or these community posts. Therefore, I'll be bringing back my free Discord community this week! I had one several years ago but had to shut it down due to moderation issues (which were my fault.) I want to make sure I do it right this time, with proper moderation and healthy incentives. I'll be announcing it at the end of my next video and in a separate community post.

The other big thing a lot of you probably still don't know about: I'm in the middle of writing a novel. It's titled, "Fractured Worlds", and its about a 21 year old living in a Post-Pandemic world (our current world) who goes through a tragic loss and develops the ability to see and shift into a parallel reality.

There's not enough fiction books tailored toward 20-30 year olds these days that aren't smut-adjacent. This book combines my love for fantasy and sci-fi with self-improvement, psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience. It will have many relevant modern themes (loneliness, dating apps, hustle culture, etc) and tons of lessons baked into the story. The way I think of it is like a fiction book for self-improvement/non-fiction lovers. I'm just over 50,000 words into it (see the photos below) and I'm looking to have it published early next year. If you want to get updates on the novel as I'm writing it, I give weekly progress updates at the bottom of each of my Substack posts. I'll leave a link to my Substack as a pinned comment on this post. I promise the book will be worth your time.

Next week's video is one I'm excited to put out. Thanks for reading.

- Cole

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2 days ago | [YT] | 494

Cole Hastings

No video until Monday or Tuesday this week. Had some technical issues.

But this gives me a good opportunity to say thank you. I know I’ve made a lot of posts like this over the years, but I’m so grateful to have such informed, open-minded people who consistently tune into the vids every week. Nothing I do would be possible without you guys.

I feel immensely lucky to be in the position I’m in, and have the support I do from you. I hope my videos help raise your awareness toward some of the issues plaguing the modern world, and (maybe) make you realize we are not so cooked after all.

I’ve been working on a big project over the past year that I’ll be releasing within the next couple weeks. Something that I think will benefit a lot of you who are trying to improve your critical thinking skills. So be on the lookout for that.

Thank you again.

Cole

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 314

Cole Hastings

What’s your biggest reason for wanting to improve your critical thinking skills?

2 months ago | [YT] | 219

Cole Hastings

Falling into a self-sabotaging spiral can start to make you think, "its so over." But you can get out of that rut quicker than you think. I explain the ways i do this in this second channel video.

3 months ago | [YT] | 111

Cole Hastings

Modern life has squeezed out the silent moments between actions. I talk about the consequences of that and what kind of thoughts arise when you sit in silence in this second channel video.
https://youtu.be/gHCyhoMtA_s

3 months ago | [YT] | 144

Cole Hastings

As it stands, the term “be yourself” is not very helpful. In this second channel video, I talk about the concept of authenticity, and why playing a character is actually how you grow.
https://youtu.be/tlJwqqPsW8o

3 months ago | [YT] | 70

Cole Hastings

If all those people who did you wrong still occupy a huge space in your mind, you might find this second channel video helpful.
https://youtu.be/zq6y1hJTXqI

3 months ago | [YT] | 143

Cole Hastings

We are constantly fed the idea that you need to push yourself past your limits in order to grow. I challenge that idea in this second channel video.

4 months ago | [YT] | 139

Cole Hastings

Big news. Big lessons. Check out the second channel vid.
https://youtu.be/aUN_Nnifmzc

4 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 90