God will test you in three ways:
1. He gives you what you want immediately and tests your gratitude.
(See 1 Thessalonians 5:18)
2. He doesn't give you what you want and tests your faith. (See 2 Corinthians 5:7)
3. delays what you want and tests your patience. (See Isaiah 40:31)
The test may feel heavy, but it is proof that God is preparing you for something greater.
Hard work is a requirement for success but not a guarantee of it.
It’s a subset-superset relationship.
People who achieve all worked hard.
But not all who work hard, achieve.
You have to get better.
There's an old idea that says a man is tested three times before he earns anything worth having. The first test takes what he loves. The second test takes his confidence. The third test makes him wait with no proof that it's coming. Most men fail the third one. Not because they're weak. Because patience with no guarantee is the hardest thing a human being can do. If you're in the waiting room right now, don't move. Don't panic. Just hold.
When you’re sick and you think - MAN, I didn’t appreciate feeling well.
I’d do anything to just feel normal right now.
Well, right now you feel normal. Are you thankful?
Stop whining. Every position has an advantage.
Younger = cutting edge
Older = more experience
Smaller company = more personalized
Bigger company = longer track record
Rich = resources to use
Broke = nothing to lose
You arent limited by your resources, only your resourcefulness
Rare traits I’ve noticed in people who go on to do great things:
1. They were expected by their parents to enter a specific career, and it felt extremely limiting
2. They could clearly see that others achieved great things even when the odds were stacked against them, so they rightfully assumed they could too
3. They naturally questioned what was possible, and when teachers, family, or friends couldn’t give them good answers, they took it upon themselves to find them