500,000 Hours

Self-empowerment. Going beyond the ordinary.

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You will not live forever. You have a melting clock. Time will appear to move faster as you get older.

You only have around 500,000 hours to live your life, the other 250,000 are spent sleeping.

Are you living the life you want?

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Remember, you cannot give of yourself forever.

You are limited in all things.

Give freely but wisely.

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Change comes the very center of who we are.

If you're trying to change just by going through the same motions as everyone else, it'll never happen.

Make change by changing what you believe.

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No one changes us.

We allow ourselves to be changed by those we trust.

But you are the one in control.

Who do you trust?

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When you watch a car on the road go by it looks simple - 4 wheels, a shell and a frame.

It's only beyond the surface where the complexity exists.

Many moving parts, electronics, fluids - only experts see these things.

They have expertise because they go beyond the surface.

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It doesn't matter precisely where you are in life.

What really matters is that you are going in the direction you want.

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People can't be paid to care.

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When you seek to be rich, know this truth:

Money will solve your money problems, and many problems are money problems.

But after you solve your money problems, you will find it solves nothing else.

Being rich changes very little about the person you ultimately are.

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Rage may defeat your enemies.

Rage may solve some of your problems.

But in the end, your rage destroys you too.

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If you care more about what you can get from your relationship than the relationship itself, the relationship is doomed.

Save yourself from the situation and realize that you can either move on or dedicate yourself to the relationship instead.

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You can't improve your life if you don't know what's wrong with it.

You can't figure out what's wrong if you're not paying attention.

You can't pay attention if you don't reflect about your days.

Sit down with a journal. Reflect to fix your days. Fix your days, fix your life.

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What's more valuable? Good choices or good actions?

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How you spend your days will tell you what you're getting better at doing:

- 2 hours prepping for work
- 8 hours of unfulfilling work
- 3-4 hours of staring at your phone
- Repeat the above until you get to the weekend

Your life is the product of the system you've made.

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How often do you spend time alone without distractions?

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Fulfillment is not found in showing off the work you have done.

It's found in the work you can't show anyone.

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Spend time on what makes you feel like you're winning in life.

Eventually, if you constantly win personally, people will praise you publicly.

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Wherever you are at this moment in life, remember that it is temporary.

In particular, if you've had a bad day, week or month.

You can still look at each day and appreciate that you woke up this morning, that you are alive and that you can change your life.

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You're not going to live forever. No one is.

You don't need to focus on what happens after you die or worry that it's coming.

You'll get there eventually without doing anything.

Everything you want is the opposite of death.

You need to focus on it.

You need to work at it.

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Don't underestimate connecting with people.

No one gets far on their own.

Learn to listen and understand more than you talk.

If you can do that much, you'll get much further than you thought possible.

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Whatever your circumstances are right now, they will not last forever.

What is true today may not be tomorrow.

The greatest highs can lead to the lowest lows.

Regardless, your choices are the only way to move the needle one way or the other.

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How much inner freedom do you have?