➡️This all comes down to PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY Whatever you blame, you give power to. Your past, other people, your circumstances, holding onto them keeps you stuck. Saying “it’s my fault” isn’t self-hate, it’s self-power. Because if it’s on you, you can change it.
➡️We lie to ourselves more than anyone else. That’s where the idea of “people are right 99% of the time, but you’re wrong 100% of the time” comes in. We’re objective about others, but biased about ourselves. People will seem right about your limits… until the one moment you prove them wrong and that’s the only moment that matters. People are right until they’re wrong.
➡️Most people flip pleasure and pain. They choose comfort today and push pain to tomorrow but today is yesterday’s tomorrow.
Start where you are and take the next step. Who you surround yourself with matters. If you don’t want their life, don’t take their advice. It’s better to have friends who force you to grow than ones who accept you staying the same.
➡️Stop mental masturbation as in, thinking, planning, and consuming without action. It feels productive, but it’s fake progress. Action is what actually moves the needle.
➡️Waiting for a special occasion assumes today isn’t worth improving and that’s a lie. If you had a winning lottery ticket, you wouldn’t wait to cash it in. Your life is no different.
➡️You only need three things:
- The courage to start
- The ability to learn
- The heart to not quit
Winners focus on winning. Losers focus on winners. Ask your 85-year-old self if what you’re doing today gets you closer, then act.