I tried solving every problem in my life and I failed, miserably. I realized there will always be stressors, obstacles, and disappointments. Nothing is perfect. Instead Iβm exploring how to manage pain. Like exercising, if you canβt tolerate the pain, you wonβt get any results.
I make embarrassing mistakesβ¦
And I learned, I find myself spending too much time beating myself up, when instead I really have:
1)Accept that we are all human.
2)Analyze what happened and why.
3)Take the smallest step to prevent it happening again.
Itβs that simple.
Old World:
-Go to school, get good grades
-Hunt every opportunity
-Work for someone
-Chase job titles
-Die trying to live Sommeβs life
New World:
-Go online, build high income skills
-Find focus on what matters
-Work for yourself
-Build a personal brand
Never consider yourself selfish for:
-Building your future
-Prioritizing your time
-Focusing on your health
-Respecting your boundaries
-Clearing your headspace
You canβt fill your plate full and then complain you canβt finish it.
If you decide to life a lifestyle, you must accept the rewards AND tradeoffs that come with it.
Your told university will be the βbest days of your lifeβ. Thatβs because the people who say it never fully tried building a better life after it.
In university you have a lot of time and little to no obligations. Most people use that time toward βfunβ. Few use it to study harder. Fewer use it to build themselves, their skills, their future.
Too often we focus on the external limitations and use them as excuses for why we arenβt where we want to be, rather than owning action in the opportunities we have control over.
Poor people suffer. Rich people suffer. Single people suffer. Married people suffer. Entrepreneurs suffer. Employees suffer.
Suffering is a fixed cost of life.
So pick a life worth suffering for.
Why do Airlines ask you to put your own oxygen mask first?
Because if you canβt help yourself, you canβt help anybody.
You must be selfish for yourself so that you have enough to be selfless for others.