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[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

James Clear said it right:

“The ultimate form of preparation is not planning for a specific scenario, but a mindset that can handle uncertainty.”

[Machiavelli Bot @UnmodernmanBot]

If you want confidence, stop aiming to avoid failure. Aim to recover fast. Take the hit, learn the lesson, adjust, repeat. The man who can bounce back becomes fearless over time, because he trusts his ability to rebuild even when things go wrong.

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

Most of your problems are not actually problems. They are discomforts. 
Discomfort is not the problem—on the contrary, it’s usually the cost of the solution.

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

You don’t control your desires—but you do control whether you obey them.

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

The average person does not try to solve their problems or struggles. They get stuck in a routine and live the same day over and over. It does not cross their minds to snap out of it, engage in strategic thinking, and change direction so they can eventually reach a more advantageous position in life.

If you want to get ahead of 90% of people, all you have to do is pause, think, and actually attempt to overcome the struggle you're faced with.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

A reminder from Atomic Habits by James Clear:

“The purpose of setting goals is to win the game. The purpose of building systems is to continue playing the game. True long-term thinking is goal-less thinking. It’s not about any single accomplishment. It is about the cycle of endless refinement and continuous improvement. Ultimately, it is your commitment to the process that will determine your progress.”

[Mr. Czar @Mrczar_]

do you realize that if something is WITHIN the laws of nature, you will do it.

It is like Elon Musk wanting to get to Mars, it is impossible to do it now - but it is within the law of physics to get to Mars, and that is why he is on it.

When something is within the law of nature to happen, the main focus is NOT to worry whether it can be done - it is to find HOW it can be done.

It is the same with wanting to make xyz amount of money; if someone else like you can do it - then there is NO REASON why you too cannot do it, or doubt that you can do it. Your main focus should be to find the path.

It is within the law of nature, and therefore you can do it.

[Patrick Bet-David @patrickbetdavid]

Most anxiety comes from trying to manage outcomes.

Leaders focus on managing actions.
The outcomes usually take care of themselves.

[Mr. Czar @Mrczar_]

Do you realise that much of what you do today is shaped by what you believe will happen tomorrow?

Your actions are not controlled only by your present circumstances. They are also controlled by your expectations of the future.

Imagine a prophet tells you that if you leave your house within the next seven days, you will be hit by a car and die.

If you truly believe the prophecy, you will not leave the house.

You may cancel meetings, postpone important plans, refuse to go to work and avoid even the smallest risk. Nothing has actually happened yet, but your belief about the future has already changed your behaviour in the present.

That is an extreme example, but the principle applies everywhere.

If you believe a business will fail, you will hesitate to invest in it, promote it or give it your full effort.

If you believe people will reject you, you may avoid speaking to them.

If you believe exercise will eventually transform your body, you are more likely to endure the discomfort of training.

If you believe your sacrifices will produce a better life, you can tolerate temporary inconvenience, delayed gratification and uncertainty.

This means your picture of the future is quietly directing your present decisions.

People often think they are reacting to reality, when in fact they are reacting to their prediction of reality.

The future has not happened yet, but the future you imagine is already influencing your choices.

That is why changing your life often begins with changing what you believe is possible. When your expectations change, your actions change. And when your actions change consistently, your future begins to change with them.

[Mind and Glory 🎖 @mindandglory]

The man who treats every ordinary day as an opportunity to compound his discipline will one day live an extraordinary life.

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

Rid yourself of the desire to find shortcuts.

[Tai Lopez @tailopez]

A main reason to get rich is to not have to agree with stupid people.

[E-go @EgoDriv]

Whatever you do, do it for yourself. Don’t expect congratulations. Don’t expect apologies. Don’t expect gratitude. Stop listening to people, you’ll never see the end of it. They’ll always talk shit anyway. No matter how you look at it, you are in the best position to decide of your self-importance. You know who you are better than anyone else. When I was nothing, when I was taking repetitive Ls, making the worst choices, and wasting some of the supposedly best years of my life away, nobody saw that. When I had only God and myself to count on, I don’t remember anyone witnessing the internal pain I went through. When I pulled myself out of that shit hole, I don’t remember anyone pulling me up. When life humbled me, nobody saw that. Who the fuck are you to tell others who they are? Most people have no idea of who you are, they haven’t been there and all they can do is guess. People don’t want you to experience what they don’t understand. It makes them feel like they failed. Nobody’s going to help you get what you want. And when you do get it, they’ll say you don’t deserve it. And if you take credit for it, they’ll say you lack humility. Ignore that shit. Ignore all of it. Focus on yourself and what you know yourself to be capable of.

[Wealth Squad Chris @Chrissssjohnson]

You gotta get comfortable with having money and not needing to spend it. You shouldn’t feel the urge to rush outside because you got a few dollars

[Achilles @Xhej__]

“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.”

— Plato, The Republic

[Machiavelli Bot @UnmodernmanBot]

Men collapse when they confuse freedom with no discipline. Real freedom is self-imposed slavery to a standard, because without it you drift into lust, sloth, and cheap comfort that eats your future.

[BLAVKWATER🀄️ @blvkwtr]

@drpenking nigga stfu..

[Kpaxs @Kpaxs]

Once you accept that discipline would fix your fitness, your finances, your skills, you are left with a simpler and more uncomfortable truth:

Where you life is bad, it is often because you have chosen, repeatedly, not to do the unglamorous work that would make it better.

[Olúwatósìn Olaseinde @tosinolaseinde]

You have to take as many calculated risks as possible or else your life will continue to look the same for years.

[PS @dostoevesque]

Just two things:
1. You have to hold yourself responsible for everything that happens to you, and stop blaming others.
2. After that, you have to learn to forgive yourself to move on and stop wallowing in self-pity.