"Go see someone with a lot of anatomic knowledge (physio, Active Release Therapist, Rolfer, Graston practitioner, Feldenkrais, etc) and have your muscular imbalances corrected."
You could also buy & read this book: http://www.amazon.com/Trigger-Point-Therapy-Workbook-Self-Treatment/dp/1572243759
The problem with this philosophy, I've found, is that most of my self-improvement measures either aren't very effective or get abandoned at some point for some reason. Only a few really stick around for the long run.
Where is it? *accusatory glance*
One idea is to take pretty much every assertion you read and think to yourself "now what if the opposite were true?" I think I've trained my brain to have a background process that does something like that, though it didn't flag the "totally nonjudgemental" assertion, so maybe it's not that good.
Did Gates really build Microsoft with philanthropy in mind?
Was Franklin really more religious than a typical Colonial American? I don't remember much mention of religion in his autobiography...
How about having a routine that explicitly allows you to drink, but only if you're going through a stressful period? Of course, you'd need a good definition of a stressful period--maybe you'd get a friend to define it, for instance. Something like this has worked for me...
How about actually trying this test against successful people? Ben Franklin, Bill Gates, Elon Musk--what are their greater causes? I'm skeptical that this is as true as you say.
Most extras are aspiring actors. Less attractive folks rarely aspire to be actors.
Do you speak Mongolian? If not, how do you get by?
