JOSH MEDLIN

Social Media Strategist 👉 1B+ views & counting 📈 Laguna Leftist 🌊

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You can’t be moving so fast that you “don’t have time” to map out where you are even going.

Reactivity is a malignant tumor and capitalism is metastasizing it.

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The biggest lie I believed in my 20s was that “work life balance” was some magical place I could reach if I just worked hard enough.

At 30 I’ve learned that “balance” is not a destination but rather a decision.

A boundary you enforce ruthlessly.

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If you were a character in a movie, would the whole audience be screaming at the screen for you to stop being so stupid?

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A brutal truth that I know now at 30 that I wish I knew at 20 is that:

Inner peace is not a destination, it's a daily ritual.

A constant battle to replace reactivity with proactivity.

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The half measures we take are the lies we sell ourselves to stay comfortable, but it costs the price of our dreams.

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The original retention metric is storytelling

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It's always those who don't have kids who have the strongest opinion about how to parent.

It's always those who've never taken a risk in their life who have the strongest opinion about what's “unrealistic”

Their worldview is colored by their inexperience.

Never listen to them

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The only investments I have made that continue to give me exponential returns are those I made in myself.

Investments in:

- MY skills
- MY health
- MY relationships

Put your oxygen mask on first.

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Constraints curate.

Your limitations = what makes your work stand out in a sea of AI & automated soulless slop

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Quitting is the only move that guarantees failure.

Everything else is just a season.
The clients leave. The agency closes. The tank runs dry.

But if you’re still breathing, you’re still in the game.
The night is darkest just before the dawn.

Don't fucking quit.

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Your need for a "perfect plan" is just fear wearing a suit.

The biggest creators don't wait for clarity.
They ship volume to find it.

Create at scale.
Collect the winners.
Double down.

That’s the only strategy that matters.

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I’m 284 days sober.

I got sober because I realized I was running from the only person I couldn’t escape—myself.

Success is a hollow trophy if you have to numn yourself to hold it.

Build your business.
Grow your audience.
Just don't lose your soul in the process.

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You are the sum total of the incentives you are given.

Want to change your life? Change your incentives.

Stop fighting your nature and start fixing your environment.

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The single greatest takeaway I have learned in my 20s is that “home“ is defined by: when you could choose anyone or anything else in the world, but you still choose it.

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Being direct doesn’t make you a dick.
Say what you mean. Not what they want to hear.

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“The ironic tragedy is that life has to be lived forward but only makes sense in reverse.” - Soren Kierkegaard

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@Alex_M_Ingram Just applied. Look forward to talking soon.

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@honeybook Whatever gets the caffeine into my bloodstream the fastest… usually Red Bull

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@ColinandSamir @MrBeast Where is “bozo dubbed”