I was only able to attend the call for the last ten minutes I was lucky to catch dino in my breakout room , it was nice to have a catch up and be given advice that the problems I’m facing while yes are challenging it is fixable , I hope my journey gets easier overtime as everyone else’s too .

We all start with goals, beliefs, and standards. But when life gets hard, our actions begin to slip and instead of correcting the actions, many of us quietly correct the beliefs. This is called Cognitive Dissonance, the discomfort of your actions no longer matching what you truly stand for. Excuses will comfort you in the short run and destroy you in the long run. The dangerous part isn’t the slip. It’s the surrender. It’s far easier to lower your standards than to raise your effort. So we tell ourselves a new story, - “maybe that life isn’t for me,” “maybe I’m not built for that,” “maybe average is fine.” And just like that, a dream dies quietly, not from failure, but from compromise. You wanted to be productive, but laziness crept in, so now you’ve convinced yourself that productivity is only for certain types of people. You wanted to build something great, but it got hard, so now you’ve redrawn the finish line closer to where you’re already standing. That is selling yourself short. When you change your beliefs to justify your inaction, you don’t just give up on a goal, you damage something deeper. You silence the voice inside that knows what you’re capable of. You kill your own potential before anyone else gets the chance to. So whatever it is you want to be, whatever standard you set for yourself, protect that belief fiercely. Let it make you uncomfortable. Let it pressure you. Then get up and close the gap with your actions. Define what you want to achieve. Then become the person whose actions match it. Never negotiate with your beliefs. Negotiate with your excuses instead.

I’ve noticed something in a lot of people, especially in interviews or uncomfortable conversations. They don’t really listen. They’re already forming their next sentence before the other person even finishes. It’s not arrogance. It’s insecurity. They’re scared of being caught off guard, of saying the wrong thing, or of being judged. You’ll see it in interviews all the time. Someone asks a question, and instead of pausing to think, the person jumps straight into a response. Not because they want to connect, but because silence feels unsafe. But that’s the problem. If you’re already preparing what to say next, you’re not truly listening. You’re reacting, not connecting. 🟥 Question 1: When someone challenges you, do you genuinely listen first, or do you start preparing your answer before they’re done speaking? 🟥 Question 2: Why do you think so many people struggle to just sit in silence and actually hear what’s being said? Write your thoughts below ⬇️

goes like this: If you trusted yourself 10% more this week, would you stop trying to “perform calm” and instead practice this: pause, take one real breath, let the shake/awkwardness exist, and still speak, a little more slowly and un-rushed? What’s the one moment you’d try that in first (meeting, small talk, ordering coffee, setting a boundary)… and what do you think it would prove to you about who you actually are?

your trajectory in life is based on self perception if its negative the way to improve is to do small task that are difficult to build up your self confidence and have a positive self perception so you can achieve your goals rather than being stuck procrastinating and ruminating on things u should have done task i would recommend is combat sport e.g boxing if u can go through some hard sparring u can go through anything in life and have that strong self belief