Aron Richotti

Experience forged in protection.
Author | Educator | Speaker
VP, On Point Resources, Inc.
Creator of The Two Shot Method
Co-Author of Controlling Chaos

[Aron Richotti @NimoRichotti]

Pressure doesn't create character...
It introduces you to it.

I've spent years in environments where preparation mattered and hesitation had consequences...

Somewhere along the way I realized those lessons weren't about executive protection...

They were about life.

[Aron Richotti @NimoRichotti]

Pressure does not reveal who you are.

It reveals which version of you has been getting the most practice.

[Aron Richotti @NimoRichotti]

Trust is not built when someone keeps a promise.

It is built when you stop wondering whether they will.

[Aron Richotti @NimoRichotti]

Everyone says your life can change in an instant...

It can, but not always...most of the time I think it changes in moments so ordinary... we don't even notice we're being tested.

[Aron Richotti @NimoRichotti]

I've noticed that people rarely fail because they make one terrible decision.

They fail because they become comfortable making one small exception.

[Aron Richotti @NimoRichotti]

It's strange...

Most people can spot someone else's self-deception almost immediately.

Their own...Not so much.

[Aron Richotti @NimoRichotti]

One question I've never been able to shake...

At what point does "just this once" quietly become who you are?

[Aron Richotti @NimoRichotti]

We all know someone who changed their life.

I've never met one who changed it all at once.

[Aron Richotti @NimoRichotti]

Maybe confidence isn't built.

Maybe it's remembered...

Every time you keep a promise you made to yourself.

[Aron Richotti @NimoRichotti]

Here's something I've never understood...

People will spend years planning the future...

...while negotiating away today.

[Aron Richotti @NimoRichotti]

I've watched people spend years trying to find themselves.

I've never been convinced that's the goal.

Maybe the goal is becoming someone you no longer have to explain.

[Aron Richotti @NimoRichotti]

I don't think fear ruins nearly as many lives as familiarity.

We become so comfortable with our excuses...

They stop sounding like excuses.

They start sounding like reason.

[Aron Richotti @NimoRichotti]

One of the strangest things I've ever witnessed...
The people who looked the calmest weren't always the least afraid.
They were usually the most prepared.
From a distance...
Confidence and preparation look almost identical.
Up close...
They're nothing alike.

[Aron Richotti @NimoRichotti]

Here's something I can't quite reconcile...
People say they'd do anything to become the person they want to be.
Then they negotiate with themselves over twenty minutes.
Twenty minutes.
Somewhere inside that contradiction...
...is the answer to almost everything.

[Aron Richotti @NimoRichotti]

If I asked you to make one decision that would completely change your life, you'd probably think it has to be a big one.
I think that's exactly why most people never change.
They're standing in front of a thousand tiny decisions...
Waiting for one gigantic one that never arrives.

[Aron Richotti @NimoRichotti]

I think human beings have an incredible ability to predict the future, just not our own.
We can look at someone else's habits and almost perfectly predict where they'll end up.
Then we somehow convince ourselves...our habits will be the exception.

I've never understood that.

[Aron Richotti @NimoRichotti]

Most people are waiting for motivation.
I'm more interested in systems...
The habits... The standards... The tiny decisions that quietly change the direction of a life.

That's what you'll find here.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Even though I knew his death was coming, as he told us it would, I still can’t believe he has died.

Rest in peace, good and great man, rest in peace.

[Aron Richotti @NimoRichotti]

@arielhelwani Amen brotha.

[Ariel Helwani @arielhelwani]

Bullshit.

Francis won that fight. I don’t care what anyone says.

People’s champ. All hail.