When you go to text someone ‘Happy Birthday’ and realize your most recent text to them was last year’s ‘Happy Birthday,’ it’s time to retire the friendship.
People unconsciously look to see how we feel about ourselves to know how they should feel about us.
The best way to win respect is to respect yourself first.
Ignoring God's role in our success is a dangerous place to be, because it puts the full burden of the outcome on our shoulders—and our shoulders just aren't big enough.
If you want anything rare:
- High quality relationships
- Making a lot of money
- A top 1% physique
Then it’s obvious that you have to take a rare path.
Most understand this, but they get programmed into an average life and lose sight of the goals that used to excite them.
Crazy how peaceful life becomes when you choose solitude over fake company and drama, peace over winning arguments and having the last word, boundaries over tolerating disrespect and starting a war inside yourself, and privacy over telling people more than they need to know.
If you can't find the answer outside of you, you can probably find it inside of you.
The gym, long walks, self-reflection, creative writing, extended periods of silence – all tools to go inward.
Avoid getting trapped in survival mode. There is more to life than work & worry.
You don’t need financial advice from people who aren’t wealthy.
You don’t need relationship advice from people who aren’t happily married.
You don’t need nutrition advice from people who aren’t healthy.
Ignore most advice, you will think more clearly, life will get better.