One of the clearest signs of high intelligence is being unavailable to chaos, having absolutely no interest in impressing others or winning their approval, mastering the art of letting go & letting people talk shit about you.
MAKE THIS COMEBACK PERSONAL
Be egoistical. Focus purely on your goals. Don’t care about anything else. Make every millisecond count. Persist no matter what. Activate the inner spark. Make your dreams become reality. Change becomes automatic. Each of your days carries more meaning than others’ entire lives.
You’ve been at rock bottom many times.
You learned lessons that a normal life would never teach you. And that’s your advantage - one that you fully deserve.
Collect all the knowledge and skills that you earned by being at your lowest, and use them to reach the highs that others can’t even look up to.
if you can feel it in your bones that you are meant for more, you no longer have the luxury of standing still. what else are you going to do with the time? relax? the world is entirely indifferent to your dreams and no one is going to build the reality for you. so put your head down and chase the life you actually want with absolute, unapologetic violence.
YOU HAVE SO MUCH POTENTIAL
Stop being miserable. Leverage your youthful energy. Hungry for success. Vital. Wake up with a burning desire. Don’t allow pessimism to dictate your thoughts. Believe that you can. Believe that you’re capable. Prove others wrong. Make yourself proud. It’s not over until you win.
“Why not in this life?”
No matter your age - you can always succeed.
So instead of playing the victim card, choose to get mad at your current position in life and strive for the life you’ve always wanted to experience.
Stop living in regret. Your past no longer exist unless you keep thinking about it. Start changing your self talk. Start telling yourself a new story. Start creating a new future.
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.
Don't let a 10-minute problem consume a 24-hour day. The email was uncomfortable. The train was late. The conversation went poorly. Feel it, deal with it, then allow the rest of your life to remain intact.
No one wants to hear this but sometimes it’s your fault. Your life isn’t good and it’s your fault. You made bad decisions/ choices and sadly, these are the consequences of your actions.
i don't know who needs to hear this but your ability to create the reality that you want is directly determined by your willingness to experience its opposite.
- saving money will have you feeling broke while it's actually making you rich.
- setting boundaries will have you feeling alone while you're creating new healthy relationships in your life.
- digging up your trauma will have you feeling broken while it's actually healing you.
- working out has you feeling weak while it's really making you strong.
- learning something new makes you feel dumb while it's making you more intelligent.
your ability to attain the thing that you want is directly correlated with how willing you are to experience its opposite. you have to be ok with being uncomfortable to truly achieve success!
unlearn shame. all forms of shame: unemployment, illness, vulnerability, longing, desire, errors, failures. you do not need to feel ashamed of what you are experiencing or living. freedom and shame cannot coexist.
You should study what makes you defensive. The topic you avoid, the joke that irritates you, the question that feels insulting, the feedback you instantly reject. Defensiveness is usually the guard dog sitting in front of a weakness you have not trained yourself to face.
I finally understand what Machiavelli meant when he said, "Never play fair in a game where others cheat." It doesn't mean become evil. It means stop being naive. Stop bringing honesty to people who study manipulation, stop giving access to people who weaponize closeness, and stop expecting clean hands from people who already showed you they'll throw dirt. Sometimes wisdom is not revenge. Sometimes wisdom is learning the rules of the room before the room uses your goodness against you.