Change will usually make things worse. Sometimes a lot worse. Before it'll start to make things better. A lot better. Unfortunately, most people stop before things do start to get better. Or they never even get started....
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July 2021
Anything yet
You become passionate about the things you're good at. So if you're not passionate about anything yet, then you probably just didn't put in the work that it takes to become really good at something...
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Someone else's path...
The more you keep asking for the way, the higher the chances that you'll end up walking on someone else's path, at a destination you never really wanted to go...
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Never get that
The only thing we need is an absolute certainty that it's going to work out. Unfortunately, we'll never get that...
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Until it led somewhere
What might look like a smart move, action, idea, execution, etc. from the outside, is very often the result of many years of pretty dumb moves, pretty dumb actions, pretty dumb ideas and pretty bad execution that led nowhere. Until one day it all led somewhere...
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Not just trees...
To be able to climb that tree all the way to the very top, you've gotta pick up as many of the low hanging fruits as you possibly can. Or else you'll never have enough energy (resources, money, etc.) to make it all the way to the very top...
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True opportunities.
Going where no one else is going. Reading what no one else is reading. Doing what no one else is doing. Showing up when no one else is showing up. And leaving when everybody else is staying. That's where some of the biggest opportunities can be found...
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Life changing opportunity
Opportunities rarely look like opportunities. More often than not, they look like threats. Risks. Or uncertainties. That’s what makes it so easy to miss them. And to just wait for that one big, life changing and very obvious opportunity instead. Which, unfortunately, doesn’t exist…
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About that...
Everything you've done, seen, learned and achieved so far, will ultimately hold you back from doing, seeing learning and achieving even more...
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When something is wrong...
The only time we usually realize that something is wrong, is when it happens to us...
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It's a people's game
Data gives you an idea about what's working for people and what isn't. But it will never tell you exactly why something is or isn't working. Only people will...
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Again...
The hard part isn't coming up with ideas. Or putting them into action. Or finishing them. The really hart part is having the courage to put them out there. Again and again...
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Still alive...
No matter what you end up doing: Try everything you can and start living your dreams while you're still alive...
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Today but not tomorrow
Not seeing means you don't have to feel guilty. Not listening means you don't have to take action. Not knowing means you don't have to change. And not understanding means that it's not your fault. Ignorance works today. But it rarely works tomorrow...
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The first step
The first step is about believing. Because if you don't believe, you'll never be able to see the things you have to see...
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The secret
Do what you truly believe in. That's the secret to happiness. Because if you don't, it'll start to eat away at you. Day by day. Little by little. It's that simple. But not easy ....
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Same amount of time
Work that doesn't really make that much of a difference takes just as much time as work that does make a difference...
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That big bang
That one big event you're waiting for that's going to change everything rarely ever changes anything. The only thing that will ever change anything is consistent action. To show up. Over and over again. Until (maybe or maybe not) one day everything will indeed have changed. Over time. Day by day. Step by step. Little by little. Without you even having noticed that over time all of those small things accumulated and turned into one big thing...
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The really hard stuff
Most people tend to avoid the hard stuff. And go for the easy stuff instead. That's why the easy stuff is a lot more crowded (and often harder to succeed at) than the really hard stuff. Try to keep that in mind...
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Low cost
It's never been harder to succeed than it is today. Because it's never been easier to get started. Which is why the cost of giving up has never been lower. And why we tend to give up so easily...
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Today and tomorrow
The stuff you're struggling with today, will be tomorrow's lessons learned that will set you apart from everybody else...
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It's all easy...
The more you know, the more you've seen and the more you've heard, the harder and more complicated it all gets...
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Wearing you out...
It's rarely the opportunities you took that will wear you out. Ultimately, over time, the opportunities you didn't take are the ones that will wear you out...
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Encouraging
What we do will always reflect what we think. And our actions will always be a mirror of our thoughts. No matter whether we want it or not. No matter whether they're positive or negative. Encouraging or discouraging. That’s why the only way to change our actions is to change our thoughts...
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Actions vs ambitions
When your actions don't match your ambitions, then there's no need to keep complaining...
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Competition
In a world where everybody focuses on winning, the easiest way to win is to help others to win...
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Better than it has to be.
Is the only way to move forward. Because if you don't make it better than it has to be, then someone else will...
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Real freedom
Real freedom isn't about not needing anything or anyone. Or not having to do anything. Real freedom is about being able to choose what you do and with whom you do it. And that's one of the hardest things to achieve out there...
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Chasing change
It's the possibility that one day our dreams might really come true that ultimately holds us back from chasing them...
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- "New ways of doing things never work. Until they do. Just like old ways of doing things always work. Until they dont."
- "Constantly thinking about things won’t get you anywhere. You'll never find a solution just by thinking about it. You've gotta start doing."
- "Not getting it right is part of the process of getting it right."
- "How long does it take to change the world? As long as it takes to change yourself. So probably your whole life."
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