“Everything I went through, I’m so happy. The thing is, it’s not how much you work. It’s not work hard, work hard. The key is actually patience. I been learning that. My dad made me like that: be patient, because you can grow into so much, persevering through these hardships.” – Thanasis A.
In 2024, it’s rare to find people who truly embrace patience. Everything seems to be about constant haste—rushing service industry workers, rushing leadership, rushing the learning process.
Pause. Take your time. Just like how a seed needs time to grow into a tree, some things in life require patience and perseverance to reap the sweetest rewards.
“You can tell a man he is wrong by a look or an intonation or a gesture just as eloquently as you can in words — and if you tell him he is wrong, do you make him want to agree with you? Never!” – Dale Carnegie
It’s better to show people that they’re dumb. Telling them won’t work.
How you show them is up to you. There are many methods.
“Remember that a man’s name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in the English language.” – Dale Carnegie.
Everybody is the star of their own movie.
Don’t forget this when somebody chooses their own needs over yours, or prefers to believe what they believe over what you’ve told them, no matter how much time, effort and energy you put into gaining said information.
If you have little money and you want to be rich, you must first be focused, not balanced. If you look at any successful person, at the start they were not balanced. Balanced people go nowhere. They stay in one spot. To make progress, you must first go unbalanced. Just look at how you make progress walking. – Robert Kiyosaki
There is such a thing as balance.
There will be times where you work more than you play, and vice versa.
The pendulum swings back and forth. Remember that when you feel like you’re drowning. It will swing back.
Thanks to my dad, I have never been stuck believing that I had to like something in order to commit myself to it. When I was nine years old, I remember watching him working in the yard, picking up pecans, sticks, and leaves and stuffing them into a trash bag. He was doing it so attentively and precisely that it appeared to me that he loved every second of it. I asked him, “Dad, do you like doing that?” He replied, “You don’t always need to like what you do to love what you do.”
Do what you need to do, so that you can do what you want to do. Do what you need to do FIRST, so that you can do what you want to do LATER.
When you do something long enough, you get good at it. Whatever you’re good at, you’ll grow a passion for.
Every day’s just dramatically better with some exercise in it. I need to say that again because it’s so essential to a life amazingly lived: every day is just dramatically better with some exercise in it. – Robin Sharma
Whenever someone mentions they’re facing mental struggles, my immediate question is, “Do you exercise?” It’s not about fitness goals or shedding pounds; it’s about tackling a challenge. Engaging in something demanding, particularly a physical activity, often leads to a significant mood boost afterward.
Seeking an uplift in spirits? Head to the gym. It will feel weird at first. That’s ok. It’s normal. Keep going. That will change over time.
With the increasing sophistication of the media and the visceral quality of the imagery, they have been able to give us the feeling that we are fragile creatures in an environment full of danger—even though we live in a world infinitely safer and more predictable than anything our ancestors knew. With their help, our anxieties have only increased. – Robert Greene
Quit allowing others to dictate the course of your life. Don’t allow those who, by and large, enjoy comfortable lives, to instill unnecessary fear in you.
Fear holds immense power. Throughout history, those in positions of authority have wielded fear as a potent tool—it’s an age-old strategy.
Your fears should be acknowledged within yourself, not projected onto the world. Fear is a natural part of being human; everyone experiences it. The key isn’t to deny fear but to confront it and act despite it.
People are poor judges of importance and inflate minutiae to fill time and feel important. – Timothy Ferris
We often convince ourselves that we’re too swamped with tasks. More often than not, it’s just an excuse. Our schedules aren’t as packed as we claim—they’re filled with trivial activities, merely to tick off boxes.
Take a moment to honestly assess how you allocate your time. Are the activities you engage in truly fulfilling, or are they merely box-checking exercises?
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