Ajani Charles, ajaniphoto.eth 📷 🇭🇹

International Pro Photographer, Director, Producer, Mental Health Advocate (@op_pfc), @canoncanada Ambassador, [email protected]

[Ajani Charles, ajaniphoto.eth 📷 🇭🇹 @ajaniphoto]

As part of a business development trip with a personal component, I ironically landed in Tokyo on Canada Day 2025, with no contacts, almost no capacity to speak or read Japanese, and no business leads.

A detailed article on my first trip to Japan: https://t.co/2cjB20iALL. #japan

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre.

The level of competition is thus fiercest for “realistic” goals, paradoxically making them the most time- and energy-consuming.

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.

Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

Unreasonable and unrealistic goals are easier to achieve for yet another reason.

Having an unusually large goal is an adrenaline infusion that provides the endurance to overcome the inevitable trials and tribulations that go along with any goal. Realistic goals, goals restricted to the average ambition level, are uninspiring and will only fuel you through the first or second problem, at which point you throw in the towel.

If the potential payoff is mediocre or average, so is your effort.

The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits.

There is just less competition for bigger goals.

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Regardless of the domain, audacity and competence are a powerful combination.

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There is almost nothing more courageous than facing fears and insecurities directly and consistently.

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There is a strange irony in how those who spend the most time, energy, and attention consuming art, media, and culture, while producing little of their own, often feel most entitled to criticize those who create meaningful value for society through their creativity and vision.

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Drake held us down for 17 summers and a global pandemic.

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People who are reliable, kind, talented, and committed to uplifting others are rare.

Anyone who takes them for granted undermines themselves.

[Wallo267 @Wallo267]

Losing people reveals alignment.

[Operation Prefrontal Cortex @op_pfc]

Our producer, Franca Abate, has been facilitating inspiring guided sound bowl meditations at The Anndore House Hotel on a monthly basis, creating a calm space for grounding, and intentional self-reflection in the heart of Toronto.

Photographer: Ajani Charles. #calm #community

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Perfectionism is a prison of diminishing returns.

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Self-respect and autonomy are infinitely more important than being validated by others.

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Before working with him, Julien Christian Lutz, pka Director X, showed me that a person from the Greater Toronto Area could shape global culture at the highest level.

Learn about his Brampton Arts Walk of Fame Study Guide here: https://t.co/5jopEuNuzZ. #directorx #meditation

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

The cost of inaction is usually much higher than the cost of making a wrong choice.

[Digital Camera World @DigitalCameraW]

There's a little-known link between a 1980s Canon 35mm SLR and the birth of the World Wide Web https://t.co/F4ZQoid3xE

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@dkazand Please send me a private message next time; your post is based on a true story. 🤣

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The opposite of effective marketing is irrelevance.

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Japan is an introvert's paradise.

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A lack of audacity can lead to a small life.

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@OrganikHipHop @IamFroze

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Meditation and patience can solve problems that conscious thought is incapable of solving on its own.