Alvin Tanto

The magic is on the other side of cringe.

[Naval @naval]

When you look back, you’ll wish you’d just done the long-term version of everything.

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

It's ironic that so many "smart" people struggle to live happy lives because they think that all their problems are intellectual problems that they can solve with more analysis when they should instead learn to reconnect with their emotions, think less, be a bit more "foolish."

[diva @divaagurlxw]

I recently watched the famous lecture by the late MIT professor Patrick Winston, titled ‘How to Speak.’

He opens by saying: “Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas, in that order.”

Freaking brilliant.

[b @buhlebathabile]

To attain ultimate freedom you need to ruin your reputation

[Alvin Tanto @apintanto]

I know how hard it is, but i can't protect you from yourself

[Alvin Tanto @apintanto]

The strong leaves the biggest holes

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

The best opportunities in life never look like opportunities. If they did, everyone would take them and they would stop being opportunities.

[Alvin Tanto @apintanto]

@haritsroxas She is unreal

[Alvin Tanto @apintanto]

@aglioolioo_ Good luck! Don't forget your nutrition!

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

In life you must be a warrior, and war requires realism. While others may find beauty in endless dreams, warriors find it in reality, in awareness of limits, in making the most of what they have.

[🕊️ @lichthauch]

Grit is the currency God accepts when you have nothing else to offer. the man who refuses to quit will be granted wisdom the talented never earn

[Alvin Tanto @apintanto]

The world is run by stories.

[ً @artfuIchaos]

someone once told me “emotional intelligence is the discipline of sitting with a feeling long enough to understand it before you hand it to someone else” and that honestly changed how i move.

[CZ 🔶 BNB @cz_binance]

If your success depends on someone else, you should either hire that person, or work for him. 🤷‍♂️

[Alvin Tanto @apintanto]

@mkbijaksana Gw biasa dipanggil koko

[Stoic @Stoiiic]

cheat code = internalize the essence of this.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Go all in. Because half in is actually all out. Even 90% gets you nowhere. There’s magic in that last little bit. New levels unlocked. Simply because so few have the courage to go there.

[Electra @Electrarythm]

There is a certain type of person everywhere now, especially online.

He consumes endless information every day: philosophy, psychology, productivity, spirituality, neuroscience, business, self-improvement, history.

He knows a little about everything and deeply experiences almost nothing.

His entire identity becomes built around understanding instead of living.

He watches videos about confidence instead of speaking confidently. Reads about discipline instead of becoming disciplined. Studies relationships instead of learning how to love. Consumes motivational content instead of taking action.

He feels intelligent because he is constantly mentally stimulated. But stimulation is not transformation.

Most of the time, knowledge becomes emotional protection. Reality is unpredictable. Reality humiliates. Reality exposes weakness. Books and ideas do not.

Inside information, he can continue imagining himself as intelligent, deep, insightful, different from ordinary people. So he remains trapped in preparation.

He constantly feels as if he is "becoming" someone, while his real life remains strangely untouched. He develops sophisticated language for problems he never confronts directly. He can explain human behavior beautifully while being unable to handle ordinary discomfort, rejection, uncertainty, loneliness, or risk.

He slowly turns life into observation instead of participation.

The internet rewards this personality heavily. He receives validation for sounding aware rather than becoming capable.

Eventually, he begins confusing self-analysis with growth and information with wisdom.

But beneath the intelligence usually exists the same thing: fear. Fear of failure. Fear of embarrassment. Fear of reality answering back.

Because action destroys fantasy. The moment he truly acts, he can no longer hide inside potential.