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May 5, 2020
If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits.
Most people will never know what they want. I don’t know what I want.
Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all. When people suggest you follow your “passion” or your “bliss,” I propose that they are, in fact, referring to the same singular concept: excitement.
The question you should be asking isn’t, “What do I want?” or “What are my goals?” but “What would excite me?”
Remember—boredom is the enemy, not some abstract “failure.”
the same process used by the most impressive NR I have met around the world: dreamlining.
It is much like goal-setting but differs in several fundamental respects: 1. The goals shift from ambiguous wants to defined steps. 2. The goals have to be unrealistic to be effective. 3. It focuses on activities that will fill the vacuum created when work is removed. Living like a millionaire requires doing interesting things and not just owning enviable things.
‘Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.’ You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.”
1. What would you do if there were no way you could fail? If you were 10 times smarter than the rest of the world?
This is an exercise in reversing repression.
Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
To have an uncommon lifestyle, you need to develop the uncommon habit of making decisions, both for yourself and for others.
There is a direct correlation between an increased sphere of comfort and getting what you want.
