@FIFAcom@FIFAWorldCup Russia banned from football for attacking Ukraine
*USA, host of the World Cup, bombs Iran for over a month, kills its Supreme Leader and refuses to let the Iranian team stay even one night in the country*
FIFA President:
If Arne Slot leaves in the summer, I’ll thank him for delivering the Premier League title and I’ll still call him a Liverpool legend. Winning the league in your first season deserves respect, no matter how this ends.
But at the same time, you cannot:
Lose 9 out of 12 games
Lose twice to City, Utd, Galatasaray and PSG
Lose three times to Palace
Drop points at Anfield to Igor Tudor’s Tottenham and Callum McFarlane’s Chelsea
Fail to beat a single promoted side at home
Lose to a Wolves side that has only won 3 league games all season
Lose 3-0 at home to Forest
Get battered 4-1 at home by PSV
Concede the most goals from set pieces in the league
Lose 18 games in a season
… and still expect to keep your job as Liverpool manager.
And the scary thing is, the season still isn’t over.
If you never take advantage of your selfish years you live the rest of your life in quiet resentment bc responsibilities outside yourself constantly rob you of your focus
The wiser you become, the less you argue, because you begin to see that people defend identity, not truth. Silence replaces correction, not out of arrogance, but because explanation no longer feels worth it.
Weak men think power is about control over others. It isn’t.
Power begins with control over yourself - over your time, your impulses, your reactions, and your attention. You cannot dominate the external world while being enslaved by the internal one.
The man who cannot command his own focus will be commanded by whoever can buy it.
The man who cannot master his emotions will be manipulated by those who provoke them.
Every system: corporate, political, social; is designed to exploit the undisciplined.
They bait you with comfort, outrage, and distraction because the man who reacts can be directed, and the man who seeks stimulation can be owned.
They don’t need to chain you; they only need to keep you scrolling, consuming, and chasing validation.
Freedom dies not in oppression but in addiction.
Power comes from subtraction; from the refusal to participate in games that extract your energy.
You reclaim power when you ignore what doesn’t serve your ascent, when you withhold reaction, when you make silence your weapon.
The fewer things that move you, the fewer levers others can pull.
It is a simple formula - set boundaries like fortifications, remove people who drain rather than sharpen you, treat your focus as capital, and give it only where it compounds.
Every habit that weakens discipline must be starved.
Every routine that strengthens it must be ritualized.
Train your mind to act without negotiation - you do the thing because it is the rule, not because you feel like it.
Eventually, your control becomes visible. Others sense it before they understand it. They will test it, envy it, and respect it
Because in a world of overstimulated men, restraint is power.
The one who does not react cannot be controlled, and the one who cannot be controlled is feared.
You do not need to dominate everyone. You need only become the kind of man who cannot be dominated by anyone.
Rejection is always more noble than regretting your inaction.
No humiliation is worse than wearing the slowly decaying mask of someone who lacks courage in their convictions.
Every excuse is a new brushstroke for the clown and the face paint he wears to hide himself.
There's no such thing as a sunk cost. You have to eliminate this concept from your mind. Doesn't matter how much you gave to something if it no longer inspires you to be the best version of yourself
No money was lost because money is energy, and energy can't be destroyed. You simply transferred it into the form of wisdom. No time was lost either because the only way it could've been a waste it is if your past failed to teach you a lesson. It's all setting the stage for something so much greater than you can imagine
Life has to be lived forward. Don't let false ideas of scarcity prevent you from actualizing your true potential. Trust that everything happens in your favor, and every experience is positioning you for a win
The Dembele redemption arc goes beyond football. Take his story as a lesson in life, where you are isn’t where you will end up and to never give up on your potential, you were touted to be great for a reason.