Young Kings
Instant gratification is cheap and easy.
It’s a bottle of vodka, an ice cream, $20.
You can be happy NOW.
And sacrifice the future.
Or struggle now, discipline, and be happy LATER.
Delayed happiness is EARNED happiness.
It’s always better than PAID happiness.
WTF is happening! I keep getting missed calls on WhatsApp from unknown numbers from different parts of the world every single day. It’s now so bad, I have to keep my phone on silent
I can easily think myself into euphoric gratefulness for things as simple as having air to breathe.
I can easily think myself into the deepest and darkest depression.
I’ve seen hell. I’ve lived hell. I can produce either state.
Your reality is self-constructed.
4 Things You Shouldn't Do (according to Stoicism):
1. Don't look outside yourself for approval
2. Don't suffer imagined troubles
3. Don't seek revenge
4. Don't fear change
The reason you are sad inside is because you know you are wasting your potential.
I assure you when you are pushing hard to achieve as much as you individually can, you feel happy inside.
Even if you don’t have the results yet.
You've been given another day of life. How will you use it?
Will you wait until tomorrow as you've done for years...or DECIDE today is the day you commit to excellence?
Tate fans are going to grow up and realise systems exist for a reason. What exists right now isn’t the best solution, but the only thing holding us back from chaos. The age of 30 is when you get it.
The difference between a good student and a great one is that a good student is concerned more about the outcome while a great one is fascinated by the process of learning.