

“Now is the time to stop drifting and wake up—to assess yourself, the people around you, and the direction in which you are headed in as cold and brutal a light as possible. Without fear.”
― The 50th Law
― The 50th Law

“As long as you are alive, you will either live to accomplish your own goals and dreams or be used as a resource to accomplish someone else's.”
― The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
― The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure

“work is better than vacation—and it is important to have a purpose to wake up each day.”
― The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
― The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure

“Every negative is a positive. The bad things that happen to me, I somehow make them good.
That means you can’t do anything to hurt me.”
― The 50th Law: Overcoming Adversity Through Fearlessness
That means you can’t do anything to hurt me.”
― The 50th Law: Overcoming Adversity Through Fearlessness

“THIS PAST, THE NEGRO’S PAST, OF ROPE, FIRE, TORTURE…DEATH AND HUMILIATION; FEAR BY DAY AND NIGHT, FEAR AS DEEP AS THE MARROW OF THE BONE…THIS PAST, THIS ENDLESS STRUGGLE TO ACHIEVE AND CONFIRM A HUMAN IDENTITY…YET CONTAINS, FOR ALL ITS HORROR, SOMETHING VERY BEAUTIFUL…. PEOPLE WHO CANNOT SUFFER CAN NEVER GROW UP, CAN NEVER DISCOVER WHO THEY ARE…. —James Baldwin”
― The 50th Law
― The 50th Law
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