The best advice I heard from a stranger was this: give luck more opportunities to bump into you. Leave the house, take a different road, travel, say yes to new experiences. The more you do, the more life surprises you in the best ways.
CHANGE YOUR PERCEPTION OF LIFE
Focus on your interests. Pursue your passions. Life is great. Waking up excited every day. Early mornings. House music ON. Ambition through the roof. Energetic. Loyal to yourself. Making dreams come true. Life is just a game. You're the main character. Everything is rigged in your favor.
You can't afford to be sad when you're literally a cosmic miracle having an experience on the server called Planet Earth.
Life is about highs and lows.
The law of polarity.
Without the bad, you can't know the good.
Without feeling hatred, you cannot express love.
You choose the frequency you want to operate on:
If you want more drama and chaos - consider life to be something negative, soulless, and unfair.
If you want more alignment and peace - treat life as something positive, full of adventure and truth.
The choice is yours.
Complaining means going against what you've decided your life is.
Choose courage. Take full responsibility for your thoughts. Then come the actions, and watch your wishes come true.
Major cheat code for life: Always assume things will work out, then do the work to make it true. It’s a mindset of active optimism. Earned faith. It creates a quiet confidence that allows you to tolerate the uncertainty of life better than anything else.
i had a colleague who disappeared for almost two years
he didn't make any announcements, no big things coming, no posting every book he was reading, every course he was taking was private or every move he was planning. people assumed he was rotting, i even assumed he was doing nothing
then one day he came to visit but with a completely different life. new skills, new income streams, new mindset.
everyone was shocked cos they only saw the result, not the thousands of quiet hours that built it. that was when i understood something: not every seed grows better when exposed to the world. some things need darkness before they can break through the soil.
too many opinions can weaken a strong vision. too much explaining can replace execution.
most of the time, the best way to protect ur future is to stop seeking permission from people who cannot see it yet. move quietly, build privately and let the results introduce you. some people announce the journey, others just arrive at the destination without prior whistle. i learnt this power of privacy from him.
Do everything you can to maximize neuroplasticity.
New restaurants. New cafes. New seat in the cafe. New music. New workouts. New hobbies. New languages. New countries.
Yes, consistency is important, but if you want to access new thinking and creativity, you have to have new experiences, and you have to have them often.
My favorite line from Atomic Habits has been living in my head rent-free:
“It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment.”
Nah. 27-33 aren't your humbling years. They're your awakening years.
So many people misunderstand this phase of life.
That's when you start seeing things clearly. Everything suddenly dawns on you. You realize what you want, what doesn't matter, and how much time you've wasted.
Some people mistake that clarity for failure because they wish they had figured it out earlier.
But if you're determined, you can build more in those few years than you did in your entire early twenties.
Steven Adams sharing the technique he uses for helping with self-doubt…
“I write down how I feel… the raw emotions. I stop, re-read it and respond in a different colour. The one with the raw emotion I imagine as a 10 year-old Steven. My response is an adult Steven… it’s like I’m giving advice to a younger Steven”
I honestly cannot stress this enough but please start living & enjoying your life. Your life is passing by daily and all you’re doing is working, paying bills, & overthinking stuff you can't change. Start taking trips and treating yourself. Have fun with this life. You only get 1
UNFORTUNATELY, the formula to a healthy life is...
1. 8 hours of sleep.
2. Drink a healthy amount of water.
3. Eat real food.
4. Lifting heavy.
5. Going outside.
6. Walk or move your body every day.
7. Reducing alcohol.
8. Taking care of your hygiene.
9. Minding your business.
10. Consume the right content.
11. Learning something new.
12. Showing up even on bad days.
13. Building healthy relationships.
14. Help where you can help.
15. Save and spend in a healthy manner.
16. Practice daily gratitude or mindfulness.
17. Cultivate a sense of purpose.
BIGGEST MALE CANON EVENTS:
1. Realizing WWE was scripted
2. First heartbreak (naive phase officially dead)
3. Getting jacked and noticing people treat you differently overnight
4. The broke / unemployed era that humbles your ego
5. Realizing some "friends" only liked you when you were useful
6. Touching real money for the first time
7. Understanding women treat you different once you have status
8. Realizing attraction isn't negotiated
9. Losing a pet (first real taste of mortality)
10. Becoming stronger than your dad
11. Realizing no one is coming to save you
12. Fumbling a hot girl who actually liked you because you were clueless
13. The gym becoming your therapy center
14. Discovering that respect > love
15. Understanding God exists and you're not in control of everything
16. The moment you realize you might actually be built different
Every man eventually has a moment where the illusion breaks. After that..
you either grow up or stay naive forever.
The older you get, the more you realize luck is mostly exposure. If you sit in the same place, have the same routine, talking to the same people, nothing new really happens. You have to tackle the world to win. Travel more. Talk to people.
The older you get, the more you realize luck is mostly exposure.
If you sit in the same place, have the same routine, talking to the same people, nothing new really happens.
You have to tackle the world to win.
Travel more. Talk to people. Try a breakfast spot. Post on social media. Start a side hustle or a hobby.
The world rewards motion. You don't find opportunity sitting still.
Major cheat code for life: Increase your recovery speed.
You will get rejected. You will lose money. You will embarrass yourself. The goal isn't to avoid the fall. It's to shorten the time between the fall and the reset.
The ultimate life hack is the ability to quickly reset and recover.
From a poor decision. From a bad interaction. From a missed workout. From a bad day. You can start over whenever you want. You can't always control what happened, but you can control how long you carry it.
Fast recovery compounds.
I fell in love with this quote:
"No matter your age, you'll always wish you started younger, but today is the youngest you'll ever be. So start today."