i regret to inform you that personal growth rarely comes from acquiring new knowledge and almost always from:
•getting humiliated
•showing up terrified and doing it anyway
•admitting you might be the problem
it is an unwritten rule of life that after every prolonged period of hardship and uncertainty, there is going to be a period when you are going to achieve quantum leaps across multiple areas of your life. the only requirement is that you do not give up on yourself.
What rich families really educate their boys on:
-never look expensive look unbothered.
-don't explain yourself, power never over-explains.
-keep assets boring and pleasures private.
-learn which laws matter and which ones are for poor people only.
-never fall in love before you understand leverage.
-your surname opens doors. Don't embarrass it.
-cash is for emergencies. Credit is for opportunities.
-friends are categorized: useful, neutral, entertainment.
-if something is loud, emotional, or viral, its already a bad deal.
-always know who actually owns the room. It's rarely the loudest person.
-don't argue with broke people about money. Don't argue with emotional people about logic.
-learn taxes before you learn multiplication tables properly.
-you don't work hard forever. You work hard early to stop later.
-never let pleasure habits become visible patterns.
-reputation is currency. One scandal costs more than ten failures.
-silence is safer than honesty in most rooms.
-if you can't control your sleep, hunger, lust, or temper, you can't control money.
-marry someone who improves your bloodline, not your mood.
-keep one legal problem away from disaster at all times.
-always have an exit plan. For jobs, cities, county, relationships, even friendships.
Just rules whispered, not posted.
Education and money are safety tools for women. Don’t let anyone convince you that not being educated and not getting your own money is a better choice ladies, and remember it’s never too late to start
'Not all men' but immediately you see a snake in your house, you kill it. Meanwhile only 20 percent (~600 species) of snakes are venomous and only 7 percent (~200 species) of snakes are able to kill a human. So why didn't you confirm if it's venomous before killing it?
This guy pushes the biggest trolley at the supermarket. He has white earphones with wires running through his t-shirt, to the phone in his hand. He plants the trolley in front of me.
I'm standing in line with bread and some cash (I've recently been reduced to carrying cash).