Set the bar so high it makes your failure look like someone else’s success. If someone else sets a goal to hit the gym three times a week, commit to hitting the gym five times a week. Even if...
Fail Upwards.
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Focus Is Selective Neglect.
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Focus is selective neglect. You can’t have it all. Every hour spent on building a career, is an hour you can’t spend at the gym, or with your family. Try to do it all, and you’ll...
Comfortably Numb.
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In the long run, doing alright is worse than being in a bad situation. ‘Doing alright’ is the biggest enemy of doing great. If you were in a bad situation, it would motivate you to burn...
Multitasking Is A Lie.
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Multitasking is a lie. The brain can only handle one task at the time. It can quickly switch between several tasks, which might feel like you’re doing multiple things at the same time, but it...
Thriving On Negative Energy.
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Negative energy is energy nonetheless. Use it to build something that lasts. Frustration, anger, fear, sadness… they’re all powerful forms of energy. Often, negative energy is linked to...
How To Build The Kind Of Confidence That Doesn’t Need Praise.
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Confidence thrives on two types of recognition: external and internal recognition. External recognition is the approval and praise of our peers. First from our parents, then from our friends, and...
On Making Mistakes.
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Making a mistake once is a learning. Only when you make the same mistake repeatedly, it’s considered failure. Stop being afraid of making a mistake when trying something new. You either succeed...
Find Your Passion, But Allow It To Become Something More Profound.
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Find your passion, but don’t expect it to last. Setting yourself a challenging goal is much like starting a long-term romantic relationship. You’ll be off to a good start when the flames...
The Definition Of Being A Grownup.
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To be a grownup is to favor the things you need over the things you want, and having the capability to make a distinction between the two. To be a grownup is to recognize there’s a gap between...
The Necessity Of Side Hustles.
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Your 9 to 5 is someone else’s passive income. As soon as this stops being the case, or when there’s a more effective alternative available, you risk being cut out. It’s not...