“Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But, if you can get people to follow you to the end of the earth, you are a great leader”
~ Indra K. Nooyi
Every great pain you once felt will seem small one day.
The reason?
Experience & wisdom.
While you can't immediately accumulate experience...
You can immediately accumulate wisdom.
Read books & meet interesting people.
Expanding your mind will make every great pain seem tiny
Applauding others' success is a sign that you are successful.
Envying others' success is a sign that you've failed (Even if you've achieved significant "material success").
Success is not your money or reputation.
Success is the ability to be at peace with yourself, always.
Be a slave to your ambition.
Not a slave to your job.
As you grow, ask yourself, "What activities give me happiness?"
And constantly make time for those select few activities.
A job that prevents YOUR peak happiness, is not a job.
It is a leash.
Happiness is fuel for careers.
Success, happiness and wins are all cyclic.
Just like failures, sadness and loss.
The meaning of life isn't : WIN AT ALL COSTS.
The meaning of life is : Experience everything.
True accomplishment does not lie in victory.
True accomplishment lies in being unshaken by life.
Celebrate everyone's victories.
Even those who you may consider to be your rivals.
EVERYONE is rewarded with what they truly deserve. Even you.
Work for it and it will be yours.
Shed off jealousy & greed.
Welcome celebration & the appreciation of hard work.
#WinnerMentality
"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me.
Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful,that's what matters to me."
-Steve Jobs
Most people believe life is :
- Birth
- Education
- Job/Career
- Family
- Death
After 60+ podcasts with successful, content humans, I believe this is a more accurate depiction of life :
- Birth
- Learning
- Failures
- (2-4) Jobs/Careers
- Romance(s)
- Family
- Spirituality
You will always perceive the world based on your experiences & your people.
That's why,
1. Focus on doing NEW things regularly :
Replenish your perspective's thirst for 'experiences'
2. Meet NEW people regularly :
Replenish your perspective's thirst for new perspectives.
Currently reading @harari_yuval's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.
Best decision ever. Heavy book. Lots of information to soak in (important to retain)
Highly recommended for business owners especially. But in truth, highly recommended for anyone who is 'high potential'
Are you in pain because of someone?
Neither the loss of a loved one, nor the betrayal by a loved one should bother you beyond a point.
• Death is nature taking its course.
• Betrayal is the universe's way of opening our eyes.
Both help you get stronger, sharper and wiser.
The greatest joys in life contain the greatest motivations for your future.
The greatest pains in life contain the directions & maps towards that future.
Joys will show you the end goal.
Pains will shape up the path.