Stop wasting your time on these 6 things:
1. Worrying about other people’s opinions
2. Judging other people
3. Putting things off to the future
4. Holding onto the past
5. Arguing with reality
6. Thinking you are going to live forever
Bad mentors see you as building their brand. They take credit for your success.
Good mentors see you as a younger version of themselves. They help you follow in their footsteps.
Great mentors see your potential to be a better version of yourself. They help you find your path.
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1. Slow down, let the universe admire a playa.
2. You’ll never be comfortable enough to chase the dream. You either do it or you die with it. That’s the facts.
3. Don’t ask what the problems are, just ask if it’s possible
4. “Inconvenient” is a losers excuse.
5. You don’t have problems. You have obstacles that need solutions. There is a giant difference.
6. Sometimes I feel like Changes Tupac and other times I feel like Hit ‘Em Up Tupac.
7. People eat Big Macs but are scared of sharks
8. Nicotine is worth frying your dopamine sensors, cocaine is not
9. Nurture dreams for futures you may never witness
10. Freedom, control of your nervous system and faith in yourself are some of the hardest flexes
11. Coffee shop music should be quieter
12. If it’s not the goal, it’s a distraction
13. Most people are just other people
14. Your life’s a joke and you’re not even laughing :(
15. Meet people where they are, not where you want them
16. You don't depart for the stars under calm and orderly conditions
17. True freedom is making choices based on reason, being responsible for those choices and living with the outcome.
18. Happiness is how you interact with the world, not the destination.
19. The acorn is the tree… and the entire forest.
20. To create the future, you have to imagine the future.
21. Only 75 summers.
22. Excessive attention to emotions impedes progress.
23. Almost every aspect of modern society is hypocritical so do whatever you want
24. Your identity will always determine your performance ceiling.
25. People suck because they refuse to fail.
26. Being confused on a day by day basis ain’t it.
27. Systems over expectations and feelings.
28. There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.
29. If you can’t see the weeds, you can’t clear the garden.
30. Its not about changing everything, it’s about discarding what doesn’t work.
31. I promise that no matter what you think, you are currently living through the good days.
32. Creation over consumption.
33. Easily provoked, easily controlled.
34. Living other people’s problems destroys your life.
35. Being intimate with your note taking app will change your life.
36. It’s hard for an egg to become a bird, but an egg can never learn to fly.
37. Pandering undermines creativity and truth.
38. It isn’t really that important if others don’t understand your life.
39. Truth is not subjective nor contradictory
40. You’ll regret not trying.
41. You ever think about thinkin or nah.
42. Between stimulus and response is choice.
43. Potential is limitless, telling yourself you’re enough is limiting.
44. It’s not your practice life.
45. Are we chasing eulogy values or resume values?
46. My good sir, even monkeys fall from trees.
47. There’s still time.
48. Where attention goes, focus flows.
49. Life gets better when you get better.
50. Below the path of least resistance is the path you never resist at all.
51. It’s up to you to decide what is actually a threat or not.
52. When you look like James Bond, it’s easy to act like James Bond.
53. Keeping promises is building trust.
54. Belief systems protect you against death and anxiety, not much else.
55. Learning is the consequence of doing.
56. Intelligence is adaptable. Genius is innovative.
57. Jay-Z - U Don’t Know (Original Version)
58. Chasing Sunsets is an art form.
59. Are you necessary in a redundant world?
60. Let the losers worry about losing.
61. Winning is a mindset, not a goal.
62. Idealism is false in the face of necessity.
63. The timing is never right.
64. Nothing really matters, yet its still the most important thing in the universe.
65. You expand by giving.
66. The perfect slave never believes they’re a slave.
67. You’ll never outperform your identity.
68. They never seen a playa eat an omelette du fromage at 6 in the morning.
69. The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
70. The universe awards awareness.
71. Are you avoiding the next level out of fear or awareness?
72. Your success in life is directly correlated to the size of the problems you solve.
73. It’s easier to punch through the wall than at the wall
74. Do less, but do it better.
75. The lowest level people talk about each other.
76. Sunday scaries are an indication you should be doing something different with your life.
77. There’s two worlds, the one you see and the one that exists.
78. The unspoken magic of self improvement is the decades long ripple effect on society.
79. If you’re not failing, you’re probably not trying.
80. You need an accomplished mentor and a hungry pace car to keep up with.
81. Become so engrossed in your own shit you become psychologically unemployable.
82. It’s not me versus you. It’s us versus the world until we can take the world with us.
83. You transcend suffering, you don’t escape it.
84. In a world of distractions, the exceptional must not partake
85. Should and how are two different things.
86. The price of rebellion could be your life, but the price of conformity is always your soul.
87. Once the bookmarks hit you know you’re gonna get repurposed.
88. My dog is cooler than any middle manager I’ve ever had.
89. The great thing about narrating your own BS is one day you have to confront the storyteller.
90. The term business casual should be outlawed.
91. Integrating peak moments of your life into your daily life is a thing of magic.
92. Look for the circumstances you want and if you can’t find them, create them.
93. The world is changed by your example, not your opinion.
94. *Whenever* you wake up, it will be morning.
95. Your old friends love you, but they can’t see your future.
96. I forgive everyone for everything.
97. Don’t give advice unless you’re asked directly. It won’t be received.
98. Everyone matters, but most won’t matter for your life.
99. You have the best ideas. Other people’s opinions are usually more distractive than informative. Follow your own vision. Base your actions on love. Do things you love and if you don’t absolutely love something, stop doing it as soon as you can - Ye
100. Hit the link in my bio where I send out periodic long form newsletters about stuff like this and you can link with me on IG.
Don’t mistake silence for apathy. When people are quiet, they’re often busy thinking and learning.
Extraverts like to process ideas by talking them through. Introverts prefer to reflect before they speak.
I'm not disengaged. I'm listening to your views and formulating mine.
Focus, awareness, attention, consciousness, mind.
All are the root of who you are.
All are the keys to success in every domain of life.
All, if not understood, lead to chaos and destruction.
Dedicate your life to understanding these things.
5 Things All Fools Do (From The Stoics):
1. Care what other people think (Epictetus)
2. Wait until tomorrow (Marcus Aurelius)
3. Act like they’re going to live forever (Seneca)
4. Suffer before it’s necessary (Seneca)
5. Make up ‘reasons’ to not do the right thing (MA)
Insecure leaders strive to be the most powerful person in the room. They make others feel weak so they alone can stay strong.
Secure leaders aim to amplify the power of the room. They use their strength to make others stronger.
The best and highest use of power is to share it.