I thank God for making me feel like dipshit and the chosen one in my darkest times. Gravity has put me where I can progress towards stable, calm connections with the ones that are truly consistent.
What do you do when nobody is watching? No performance no clout no one to applaud. Look internally and stop caring about external validation. That is what builds unshakeable self worth.
Being happier while working towards success is definitely gonna make your life more successful, but then, itโs also going to change the meaning of success for you.
If you want a productive economy, you need a lot of productive people who make good incomes and are able to work well together. That's why education is so critical โ the lessons we teach our children ultimately shape the society they grow into.
And children who are civil are able to thoughtfully disagree with each other, so that they can focus on understanding what is true and deciding what to do about it, instead of convincing the other party that they are right.