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@TheFedUpLefty@Templarpilled He might have some knowledge on wielding a weapon but he spends most of his time honing his craft making the arms and armor. I doubt he’s ever been on a warhorse so he’d probably be eliminated easy whereas Raymun has been training his whole life to be a knight.
I’ve read hundreds of biographies of successful people. Not one success guru ever tells you the real secret:
Be a bad father.
Work 100-hour weeks. Miss the games. Skip the dinners. Grind your way to the top. Boom, you’re a legend. Just don’t expect your kid to call.
Deep down, we know kids are a time sink. That’s why so many high-achieving women today choose careers over motherhood. Honestly? It works. Skip the kids, chase the dream.
But if you want to do something truly meaningful? You need to have kids and be a bad dad.
Why? Because the foundation of success isn’t productivity hacks or morning routines. It’s brutal self-awareness.
And nothing exposes your flaws faster than raising a mini version of yourself. You’ll see your own weaknesses play out in real time and you’ll tell yourself, “I just need to finish this project, then I’ll be a great dad.”
And it’s a flywheel. Guilt for being a bad dad will drive you to work harder to have more free time for your kids but will, in fact, suck away more time.
There’s always another crisis. Another launch. Another opportunity around the corner. And then one day very soon… your kid’s shaving.
So what if you don’t want to be a bad dad? Can you still be successful?
Yes, but you’re not going to like how.
You’re really not going to like it.
After reading so many biographies, one pattern is clear: real success tends to happen in two windows—your 20s, or between 45–60.
Your 30s and early 40s? A success wasteland.
Success in your 20s is often just energy combined with mentorship and capital from someone older. A lottery ticket.
But 45–60? That’s the sweet spot.
Your kids are grown. You’re no longer ruled by biology. And you’ve seen enough failure to be dangerous.
The worst move? Delaying kids until your late 30s or 40s. It kills momentum on both ends.
Having kids young, like nature intended, gives you the energy to pull all-nighters and show up for Little League. Later, they are out of the house sooner giving you the time and space to go big.
Success isn’t about sacrifice. It’s about timing and patience or deciding (consciously or, more often, subconsciously) being the villain in someone else’s origin story.
Another tip? Don’t worry about hitting home runs while the kids are young. Do the research needed to hit home runs after they leave.
You do this by reading lots of books on the couch as they play and sitting down and doing your homework at the dinning room table as they do theirs.
Success is about preparation. Use your 30s and early forties to prepare for something big.
Those are your options:
1) have kids very early to give you energy on the front end to do both and more time on the back end
2) be patient and prepared to hit homeruns in your late forties
3) be a bad Dad and suck knowledge out of them without giving them much in return
P.S. A lot of success originates in trauma. Well balanced people don’t work 18 hour days, aren’t yearning for big awards, don’t put themselves ahead of their kids. Massive success requires massive commitment.
This is why so many uber successful people have very successful kids. Bad parenting is passed down generation to generation along with wealth.
Childhood trauma causes one generation to work harder to mask the pain… causing them to neglect the next generation and the cycle continues.
P.S.2. This is also why monarchies built vast empires and why political dynasties happen in DC. It’s generations of compounding trauma and compounding success until the last is so screwed up the entire empire collapses.