2 simple questions to ask to create a better future:
1. What am I not doing now that I wish I started earlier?
2. What am I doing now that I’ll wish I’d done less of
As a man, if you have monumental problems then you’re blessed.
When you have no problems to solve you grow stale quickly. Man is designed to problem solve. To create solutions.
Big problems to solve = forced performance increase to step up & find a way.
Any difficult, worthwhile pursuit garners respect cause every human intrinsically knows we’re programmed only to survive & reproduce.
Comfort is the primitive desire.
Striving beyond this is how titans are made.
Stop trying to conform to conventional thinking if you have an obsession.
Lofty goals by definition require an unconventional approach.
You have a forest fire within you capable of building empires.
If it’s not channelled into a mission, it will burn you to a crisp.
Hone it & lean into it.
Not every thought that you have needs to be internalised.
You’re a vessel for thoughts to come & go; to be observe from a 3’rd person lens.
Your thoughts & feelings do not define you. Choose wisely which you listen to & act upon.
Never taking any risks is ironically the biggest risk you will ever take.
All the most asymmetrical plays withhold the biggest upside.
Gaining is infinite but losing is finite. You can only lose so much.
Always focus bet on yourself.
There’s no ceiling on what you can gain.
Optera.
Any worthwhile pursuit requires a period of suffering.
This is the nature of attacking lofty goals.
This is the price of admission.
Wise to choose something worth suffering for.
Comfort, security, stability & certainty are alluring but fortune favours the brave.
The only validation on your ideas you need is your own conviction; you will find this in your gut.
Not your friends or your parents voices.
Stop welcoming skepticism & doubt.
Follow your gut.
Nobody is coming to save you.
Motivate you. Build it for you. Notice the work you’re doing. Hand you the life you want.
This is not bad news.
This is the most liberating thing you’ll ever accept.
Some men are motivated by money.
Some by status. Some by fear.
The ones who build the most are motivated by a standard they set for themselves and refuse to lower.
That's the only one that compounds.
The gap between where you are and where you want to be has a name.
It’s not talent. It’s not luck. It’s not timing.
It’s the hour before anyone else wakes up.