One of the greatest cheat codes in life is to never get offended. Train yourself to have thick skin. Don't take things personally. Let others disagree with you. Being easily offended means you're easily manipulated. If you value peace of mind, avoid getting offended.
Your entire life will change when you realize energy is the most attractive human trait. Not looks, wealth, or status. Energy. Start walking into rooms with genuine enthusiasm, curiosity, and interest. Watch what happens. You become a magnet for the highest quality people. Energy is contagious. Spread the kind you’d want to catch.
Don't fuck up today because you're mad about yesterday.
Today is a NEW DAY. Use this incredible opportunity to finally let go of the past, the resentments and the concerns and the insecurities. Because today and tomorrow is all you can control.
Most people already know the next steps they could be taking to make their life, work, or business better...
...and most people will let those things sit on the shelf for years, if they ever take action at all.
Do the things you *know* to do.
Be a creator of your future.
Underrated life advice: Become a beginner again. Join a run club. Learn the piano. Take up painting. Try woodworking. Plant a garden. Teach yourself to cook. Whatever. It slows you down. It’s a small rebellion in a world that wants you to do everything with some purpose in mind.
Stand tall. Dont crack. Endure. You can die tomorrow. Today you do the only thing you can do. You fight. You rage on. You do what you came to do. You finish what you started. No matter how much it costs. How long it takes. Or how much it hurts. Because you said you would.
My life changed when I realized discipline was just the highest form of self-respect. It’s choosing what you want most over what you want now. It’s keeping your word. It’s an act of service to your future self.
Major cheat code for life: Always assume things will work out, then do the work to make it true. It’s a mindset of active optimism. Earned faith. It creates a quiet confidence that allows you to tolerate the uncertainty of life better than anything else.
What happens when you die:
They divide up your shit.
They summarize your life in 500-1000 words.
People who knew you less say sorry to people who knew you more.
Everyone eats, drives home, and wakes up the next day and goes to work.
Whatever you’re worried about won’t be in those 500 words.
You can dare greatly or not at all, but you’re gonna die either way.
Might as well squeeze every motherfucking drop out.
Your attention follows your intention. Your intention follows your attention.
What you focus on shapes what you want. What you want shapes what you do.
Guard your attention like your future depends on it.
Because it does!!
The older I get, the more I realize you can reinvent yourself as many times as you need. New standards. New habits. New mindsets. New people. New career. It's never too late. You can change. Today, tomorrow, and as many times as it takes to create the life you want.
"The hardest thing in the world is to simplify your life. It's so easy to make it complex, but if you can strip it back to what matters most, you'll find freedom." - Hardy
Decide what matters most to you, and cut the rest.
It makes life so much easier.
Your entire life will change when you realize preparation always beats planning. Planning is based on the expectation of order. Preparation is based on the expectation of chaos. Plan for order and you'll be destroyed by chaos. Prepare for chaos and you'll thrive in any condition.
I come back to this speech every once in a while:
“in the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of those matches
… what percentage of points do you think I won in those matches?
only 54%.”
The key to most people's success is to start fewer things and finish more things.
Choose discipline over motivation.
Ask for help so that you can learn the lesson without the scare. Be grateful.