Posted by Raymond on
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It is most useful to have different members specialize in different primitive skills. If one person raised a couple of cows then when a cow is killed the non-hormone/organic meat can be spread across the community. Another person might garden. Another person could have chickens and make eggs. It would be impractical for one person to learn all skills or have every member learn the same skills but some basic ideas:

1. Self defense/combat: physical threats are a real possibility.
2. Farming/Livestock
3. Carpentry
4. Welding/Mechanic/Car Repair
5. Sewing/baking/home making (mostly for women)

Business:

1. Basic Real Estate
2. Basic Business (Business law, contract law, limiting liability, starting a small business basics etc.)
3. Basic stock/bond/commodity investing
4. Easy to start small business ideas that can be operated from home (I have many of these but generally I need partners to do them. I even have family members who have successfully made a lot of money with these).
5. Basics on buying and operating common businesses like a motel, gas station, fast food restaurant etc.
6. Career choices that offer the maximum return on effort

I think there should be a center of operations set up in a populated area (a city or town) and another rural compound set up. Members can move back and forth but some people obviously will be permanently in one spot or the other.

If you live isolated you suffer little ability to make money, not much ability to challenge yourself or be stimulated by connection to the world at large. If you live in the city you might get "burned out" from noise, pollution etc. Not be able to grow your own vegetables etc. It is best to maximize benefit by having both. As well in the event of some kind of disaster the urban members can flee to the rural compound.

I would add another skill category:

Optimal Health

Yoga
Chi Gung
Kung Fu (both self defense and spirit/body health)
Meditation
Traditional Medicine (acupuncture, healing herbs etc.)
Optimal Supplements: What herbal supplements are effective and worth taking
Sound Tones: They aid in meditation and spiritual health

The group can organize free martial arts and yoga classes and train together for example.

As well workshops that teach social skills is useful. Sales techniques, methods of persuasion, effective listening skills, basic people skills etc.

I would also organize basic recruiting/propaganda efforts. If members want help picking up women, or increasing their perceived social status or similar things it is possible to work together to do this.