Coming back from the dead is arguably one of if not the very best masculine experiences for confidence
I have spoken to some very high level operators who have been destroyed and zero'd out in their mid thirties by bankruptcy, divorce getting ugly and a multitude of other things and those individuals who eat those shots and came back to the arena swinging and rebuilt themselves from basically nothing; everyone of those motherfuckers has that untouchable it factor swagger and its so potent
Those moments where you're down and out, took a risk which was 95% of NW; got clipped and now you barely have money for rent without hopping on uber for 30 hours a week for the next 4 weeks, or maybe you even go into heavy debt and get clipped
Those are the moments that forge the spirit and make the man in complete totality, if a man can connect to his vision for himself and revive from those angles from the dead he will know a strength and a power like no other
Fear is such a neurotic mistress, its so easy to be consumed by fear when everything is going perfectly and it can paralyse you even when things are great, but then once you get destroyed into the dirt and all your nightmares are at the door, all of them have transformed and become real now it is strangely at this very point when they have no power over you, the point where you're in the most danger you care the very least as you have gained strength from engaging and welcoming your shadows, once you welcome something and you are truly not bothered by it; you swallow its soul and it animates you into correct posture and life force and you can utilise that as an additional limb of some sort
It's never getting decimated that really deconstructs men, you will always live in a glass house afraid of the wind when you have never realised you can survive the coldest nights and its genuinely that realisation that is the foundation of becoming and growing beyond who you actually are
Unless you fail truly at some point, you will never develop the courage to be who you truly could be, as the protection of your little ego will prevent you from truly taking on the almighty behemoth challenges
Failing brutally atleast once destroys your ego and liberates you, it almost acts as an additional health bar
Always the dudes who have done the least who are the most stressed and the men who are the most calm who have been in the war the longest
Otherwise you will live to protect your illusions forever
Life is purely about suffering for men because life is purely about status as a man. You can harp on about spiritual metaphors and perspectives all you want but unless you have cash flow, social skills, work ethic, a high IQ and a fantastic physique as a man your life is going to be very mediocre. You can deny this truth all you want but you'll be forced to face it at some point. Why not do it now. Despite genetic gifts you have to continually grind with daily effort to drag and claw yourself forward even by an inch, as a man one of your best bets is falling in love with the work and genuinely enjoying exhausting yourself doing the right things, if you have an attitude that work is something you have to do, you're born to lose and you're going go get crushed into the dirt by men who do nothing but apply pressure, who do nothing but train, work, think, consume, apply and reflect. In order to get to the highest level in any game it has to be such an intrinsic desire for you to progress you completely disconnect from the process and the hours spent in the middle of the war because you love the weight of your weapon and how it feels to reload it. Sharpening your mind is the activity that will pay the greatest dividends in my experience, pay attention to what is around you, work diligently and forcefully day after day to steal more small victories. They add up.
sometimes i'm jealous of people who just don't care about money. like genuinely don't think about it.
my buddy goes to work, comes home, coaches his kid's baseball team, watches tv. he's never once checked a crypto chart or calculated his net worth or stayed up until midnight researching.
he's perfectly happy. maybe happier than me honestly.
i can't turn my brain off. i'm always calculating. always optimizing. always thinking about the next move. it's made me wealthy but i'm not sure it's made me happier than the guy who just lives his life without keeping score.
the irony of financial freedom is that the personality type that achieves it is usually the same personality type that can't enjoy it. you're too busy chasing the next number.
i'm working on this. slowly. but i think some of you know exactly what i'm talking about.
You dont want a yacht. You dont want a big house. You dont want a super car, a $40,000 watch, or shoes you worry about getting dirty. You want free will.
You want to wake up naturally on a Tuesday and you want to go to bed when you’re done having fun. You want to say yes to everything that excites you without having to request time off. You want to go to the the gym at noon, in absolutely no hurry. You want to spend 18 hours a day doing what you love. You want to be exactly where you desire being, always. You want to spend as much time with the people you care about as possible.
You’re saying you wanna be rich? In what?
Being chosen is a loneliness passing as miracle. nobody warns you that grace just means exile. you asked to be different, now you are. good luck with that. you cannot go back to the kitchen you grew up in. you cannot sit at dinner with people you love and belong the way you used to. you will eat alone for the rest of your life inside a crowded room
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Marcus Aurelius wrote this over 1800 years ago:
“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.”