It takes a big heart to ignore the wrongdoings of others against you, and it takes an even bigger heart to pray for their guidance. We're in this world to help each other, so forgive and let go; the Almighty will forgive you.
- Ibrahim Menk -
The wealthiest people in the world:
75% of them are entrepreneurs.
15% of them are investors.
7% are athletes.
3% are artists.
None of them are employees.
A salary cannot leverage you into self-sufficiency.
A salary takes you through a journey of 5 phases:
Phase 1: Earning
Phase 2: Spending
Phase 3: Borrowing
Phase 4: Planning
Phase 5: Budgeting
Once you cross Phase 5, which comes after years of being broke despite earning, you cross to 2 more phases
Phase 6: Saving
Once you cross Phase 6, which requires a lot of maturity, self-satisfaction, sacrifice and discipline,
You unlock Phase 7: INVESTING.
This is where you either become a business owner or remain an employee forever.
I saw a video of a girl describing how her boyfriend makes her feel deeply loved even when she’s acting “crazy” in a silly, playful way or when she’s feeling hyper-emotional. He stays calm & grounded, finds it cute, and always reassures her. She was beaming, saying it made her fall even harder for him.
That’s exactly the kind of love women truly want, the love of a healthy, masculine man
Gustavo Fring was right, if you have a problem that means it can be solved. If it cannot be solved then it is not a problem. It is a reality to be accepted.
The Prophet ﷺ said:
“Whoever memorizes the first ten verses of Surah Al-Kahf, he will be protected from Dajjal – the false messiah.”
[Sahih Muslim 809]
The problem is never technology, it's the way people who don't respect themselves use it; they use AI to outsource their thinking instead of improving it and getting smarter themselves; they use productivity tools to get themselves even busier instead of building a healthier lifestyle rooted in freedom; they use social media to argue with each other and feel envious of some others instead of connecting with like-minded souls; they use games, music, movies as an escape to an unsatisfying reality instead of getting inspired by them to write a better life scenario for themselves; there has never been a better time to be alive, but the quality of your life will inevitably follow the quality of your taste and the quality of your mind.
‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib رضي الله عنه said:
One of the words most beloved to Allāh is for a servant to say while prostrating: "I have wronged myself, so forgive me!"
[Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah: 29842]
Live the Pareto Principle lifestyle:
Relationships. Who are the few people that have the most positive impact on my life? Spend more time with them.
Priorities. What are the few actions that have the most positive impact on my day? Prioritize them.
Learning. What are the few information sources I learn the most from? Focus on them.
Stress. What are the few sources that cause most of the stress and friction in my life? Eliminate them.
Major cheat code for life: Learn to delay your reaction. Anger, fear, and impulse will try to make you move fast. There's power in pausing. In the pause, you see clearly, you respond wisely, and you avoid decisions you’ll regret. Slow down to speed up.
@alpharivelino I always keep two things top of mind.
1. She’s like a child.
2. Whatever she says, feels, or wants - add “right now” to the end of it.
That’ll keep you grounded in reality, and not in her emotions.
Uncommon advice:
If you don't know what to pursue in life right now, pursue yourself.
Pursue becoming the healthiest, happiest, most healed, most present, most confident version of yourself.
Then the right path will reveal itself.