We are overstimulated and we don't even notice. Netflix while eating. Reels in the bathroom. Music while cooking. Podcasts on walks. We consume by default, not by intention. You keep filling every gap, then wonder why you feel foggy and unmotivated. Boredom and silence are the real growth drivers. They give you space to think and create. That's when solutions show up for problems that have been stuck for months. Leave some room.
The older you get, the more you realize luck is just exposure.
If you sit in the same chair, same routine, talking to same people… nothing new happens.
You have to touch the world to win.
• Talk to strangers
• try a new coffee spot
• post on social
• Start a side hustle
The world rewards motion.
You don’t find opportunity sitting still.
You bump into it.
my father always told me: "if you want to go for a run, go for a run, don't look for company. sooner or later, on your fifth run or your twentieth, like-minded people will find you themselves." and only recently have i realized that this principle works everywhere.
Saving money won’t make you money, but it will give you the security to think farther out and take bigger risks…which will absolutely make you more money.
Drug dealers make money because they have an exceptional product.
Dream outcome: the feeling someone wants
Perceived likelihood: 100%
Time delay: 0-15min
Effort & sacrifice: 0
And they give the first hit free.
Do business like a drug dealer and you can make money like one.
I sometimes think about what would the 8 year old me think of me right now. Would he be proud of me, would he root for me. He gives me that little extra push I need at the end of the day.
This might sound stupid, but I believe anime is a great stepping stone towards self development. Would have started working out & doing bjj (not bj…) sooner if I have watched DBZ/Baki earlier.
Stupid people overestimate their abilities in certain subjects because they lack the knowledge and skills to self-access their abilities correctly. So this stops them from learning since they assume they know it all already.
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