Everyone wants "fuck you" money.
No one wants to be told "fuck you" on their way to getting it.
Rejection is closer to success than wishing for success.
We often see others through the lens of our own inner state: fear and insecurity can make us see the worst, while confidence and emotional security allow us to see the best. It’s less about appearance and more about self-perception and emotional intelligence.
- “it”: A specific event, insight, promise, wound, or moment of clarity.
- “you”: Your core self, before roles, before performance, before fear.
- “that”: A particular truth you discovered and risk forgetting.
- “how”: The process, the path, the way you got here; the method.
If we are capable of everything(kindness, cruelty, genius, apathy, courage, betrayal...), then ethics become the art of choosing which capacities to cultivate and which to restrain.
The highest form of influence is not changing someone's mind; it is increasing their capacity to think, decide, and act wisely for the good of the whole system.
5 reasons you should go for it:
• Nobody is thinking about your life as much as you are.
• Playing it safe is still a risk.
• You can always change direction. You can’t get back lost time.
• The worst-case scenario is usually survivable.
• The best-case scenario could change your life.
You should study what makes you defensive. The topic you avoid, the joke that irritates you, the question that feels insulting, the feedback you instantly reject. Defensiveness is usually the guard dog sitting in front of a weakness you have not trained yourself to face.