Fuck This.

The frustration does not come from effort. You try various things and they fall apart or don’t scale. It’s execution. It’s timing. It’s self doubt. These are the things that make you want to stop and quit.

Unfortunately quitting has never been a problem solver. At least not entirely. You can quit certain aspects of the process towards success that don’t work. This is fine. Giving up entirely eliminates all possibilities for you to get out of that dark place.

Yes you still have a roof over your head.

Yes you still eat 3 times a day.

Yet and still you want to improve and show yourself, your partner, kids or the world that you can make things better in society. If not that, you simply want to share the wealth being distributed around the world. This eases the typical pain points, while adding in others that seem more tolerable from the outside looking in. All of this, and still you must fend for yourself. The world doesn’t give a shit about your struggle.

It’s true the hook possibly makes for a good arch in the middle of your comeback. This just isn’t what people pay for. They love the climax. They love excellence. People love the finished product. In other words, find the most optimal, and efficient ways to create finished products repeatedly.

Perfect the process, and repeat, making necessary adjustments for future scalability. 

Shit Ain’t Easy.

You try to convince yourself that taking it easy is better. The easy path means more rest, and recovery. It means less stress. Unfortunately it also means less opportunities, less money, and less life on your terms. No easy paths exist. Every so often we convince ourselves otherwise, but it’s never the case that easy roads lead to easy outcomes.

This change…

What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world?

Getting someone to do something about it. Something about what you ask? Doing something about the problems that arise from all of life’s possibilities. I know that’s vague, but that’s life. A series of problems. The person best at solving them wins.

This change…

What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world?

Getting someone to do something about it. Something about what you ask? Doing something about the problems that arise from all of life’s possibilities. I know that’s vague, but that’s life. A series of problems. The person best at solving them wins.

Now & Later.

Be mindful of your decision making skills. We could be in much better or worse situations than we are today because of the things we decided to do or not do. Everything has residual impact. You might not see that impact immediately, or even 3 years down the line, but at some point it will make a difference in the outcome. Don’t get too caught up in immediate satisfaction for what’s happening right now.

Remember that whatever you do, is going to play a huge part in where you are, 5 years, 10 years and 20 years from now.

Let’s get it done.

Stop letting yourself off of the hook. No more excuses. I don’t care how scared you are. Do it anyway. When it comes to your goals and dreams, you have to develop fearlessness. Not in a sense of being wreck-less.

You have to be willing to go through the fire regardless of how many times you fail. This may be your last opportunity to get it right. Do everything you can to put forth your very best effort, so you can be satisfied with whatever the outcome may be.

Message Received.

Don’t let the fears and opinions of others weigh you down. Don’t let someone else’s nightmare impede upon your dreams and goals. If you have to block out the noise, do it. People always want to tell you why they wouldn’t do something or about their worries. This does nothing for you.

Just ignore the commentary and get busy doing what you need to do, so you can be exactly where you want to be.

Fail fast, and strategically.

Wait a second. You mean to tell me, I can go out into the world, fail my ass off, and eventually I’ll either succeed and exceed my expectations or be forgotten about by society? Wow! What a sweet deal! There really are no excuses for putting yourself in a better position especially if you have your whits about you, and know how to execute your plan.

Being too caught up in how people will perceive you, is what makes you freeze up or it causes you to put on extra for the audience. Get the hell out of your own way, and fail faster and more often than everyone around you, and watch how much progress you make towards the life you’ve always wanted.

Fail with purpose.

Being willing and able to fail more than anyone else will allow you to get further in life. Not because you’re better than others, but because of your ability to learn from all of the mistakes. It’s good to accomplish goals. However we don’t really learn too much from succeeding. We think nothing needs to be improved with a bunch of consecutive wins.

When you fail, you know instantly that something went wrong, and it might have to do with your approach. Even still, failing is not simply it. You have to learn something you didn’t know, or might have forgotten about, after the fact. Than implement it into your next attempt in order for failure to be turned into a source of motivation and a formula for success. Let’s look forward to failing more and learning from it, to have better results in the near future.

Obvious in hindsight?

Everything you did is always obvious after the fact. Somehow we still manage to say things like “I knew I should have ___________”. No. No you didn’t know. Otherwise you would have done what you didn’t do in that moment.

Hindsight bias is a funny thing. We always make these mistakes, and try to justify them by saying we knew something in advance. Even if you thought you knew a probable outcome, you still decided to do something else, because you thought that the “something else” was sure to work, or felt it would happen. It’s much easier and morally responsible to accept both wins and losses as they come.

Getting through.

Life really does test your patience, and your limits. Sometimes things happen and you freak out like it’s worst thing in the world. Over time you begin to realize, “I made it through my very first problem, and things turned back around. If I just keep going I could probably make it through this next obstacle”. Giving up and walking away is not an option, because nobody else is responsible for your results, but you.

So you better find a way to suck it up and get through your situation because if you’re able to read this message, and understand it, you definitely have all of the necessary skills to come back much stronger than before.

Not that complicated.

Instead of pretending like this year you’re going to revolutionize your routine, just make some minor adjustments. You don’t have to go crazy. Get started, and slowly build moment over the 365 day cycle. Focus on the present task in front of your. Make your list. Check it once a month, and get shit done in between now and December 31st.

Win some lose some. 

  We all win and we all lose. Winners are just better at losing then losers are. 

Happens to the best of us. 

 There will be far more days when you don’t feel like getting up early and putting in the work. There will be days when you doubt yourself completely. There will be days when criticism bothers your performance. There will be days when you fail. You will cry. You will want to quit, you will not think straight. 

  These are your most important days. If you can make it through the rocky times, imagine what you can accomplish when you bounce back. For now just keep building your resilience and will to win. 

Open vulnerability

I admit I’m extremely impatient and I want what I want as soon as I decide I want it, but life does not work that way. I’m being tested left and right. Nothing drastic, just so tedious and annoying. I have many moments when I want to just move back home and say fuck it. It’s a lot easier to quit and remain comfortable (afraid) with no resistance. The sad truth is that this is only the very beginning of a long journey. If I ever want to reach my ultimate bliss, I must endure every thorn along the way. Keeping it cliche, nothing comes easy. Hard work pays off. I just have to try harder etc. If you have ideas you want to bring to life, get ready for a world of hurt during your first few test runs. Once you get past rejection, it’s probably all downhill from there. 

When shit gets real, just keep moving forward. 

  You’re not going to always know. You will lose focus from time to time. Your ideas will make you happy, and sometimes sad. You’ll go through endless battles mentally. You’ll be winning, while feeling like you’re losing.

   You’ll be losing feeling like you’re winning. You can’t become the best version of yourself without going throught this. Just keep fighting. Keep moving forward. Keep reminding yourself that it’s a part of the journey. 

  All pain is temporary. Hell even the good things come to a close because we don’t live forever. Anyway, you’ll deal with lots of hardship. Faith is key. 

Okay I’m over it (Impatient).

  Lately it has been my goal to fail as often as possible, and more than anyone I know. Lately I’ve been getting my wish granted. Now I’m wondering what all of this is supposed to be teaching me? Am I learning how to persist? Will this all make me stronger?   

  Does this mch failure and hardship make you appreciate the blessings even more than you normally would? Is my intelligence increasing? Am I actually learning from all of these mistakes? 

  Whatever the case may be, I hope that I begin to win and succeed more often over the next 365 days, because losing hurts, and I’m tired of losing. I’m impatient, and anxious so my view is not always as clear as it should be. 

Lets keep it moving. 

  If you always find a reason to keep going, eventually you’ll find a way to keep winning. Faith is key. Persistence is key. Control over your mindset is key. Seek and you shall find. Ask and you shall recieve. Work, and reap the rewards. 

When all is lost. 

  Just keep pressing forward. You will get hit, you will fall down. You will definitely lose. The important thing is getting back up and fighting smarter and harder. You have to have a “do whatever it takes mentality”. You have to build thicker skin. Remove the emotions and focus on logic and action. 

We have to keep going. 

Today I am beat down, and exhausted, but somehow I found a reason to wake up. New opportunities are that much closer to becoming my reality. I have food in the fridge, and money in my pocket. My family is safe, and I still feel passionate about where I want my life to go. 

No matter how terrible you feel, remember to count your blessings. It’s not easy when things seem bleak uncertain. These challenging times are when you should buckle down and press forward even more. It will never be easy, but one day you will be better. 

The grind doesn’t stop. 

  You just have to keep working. Keep sweating and doing whatever it takes. Eventually you will win at some point. Once you win, take advantage and put yourself in a position that grants you more wins than loses. 

You have to do something. Mine as well win. 

  There is no wishful thinking. You wake up and you figure out how to get closer to the goal. You put a definite plan into action and do the best you can with what you have. Anything else is all talk. Be sure to self-assess.

   Are you a better version of of yourself now, as opposed to 365 days ago? What’s holding you back? What’s propelling you forward? What will grant you the best possible outcome? What’s the worst that can happen? 

   Now go make history. 

When will my breakthrough happen? 

  This year? Next year? 10 years from now? You don’t know exactly when it will all make sense. This is why you have to constantly improve, and stay focused on becoming who you truly are, and want to be. 

  Continue to put yourself in a position to win, because once you get that opportunity, it may never come again. 

You’re not a loser. It’s just a loss. 

Sometimes you think you’re going to win the day and get it done. Well adversity always happens to be right around the corner waiting to ruin what you’ve got going on. I’m sire you’ve had plenty of days go to complete shit because stuff just started coming up and stopping you from hitting your goals for that day. 

All I can say in those moments is live to fight another day. Reschedule everything and keep moving forward. It’s best not to get caught up on any loses. If you truly want to win at life, a few loses (or a lot) along the way is a big part of the process. Never stop believing. 

Is there a correct way to live life? 

Of course there isn’t. Sometimes you’ll fumble your words. Crash into walls, and other obstacles. You will not always get the girl at the end. No that guy won’t always propose to you. 

You’ll mess up thousands of times before hitting your mark. Not everyone will like you. Even your family from time to time will not approve of your decisions. 

If you can make it through life without any chaos, I can guarantee you a boring, and stale, risk-less life of nothing. Reaching perfection is not actually the goal. Living every aspect of your life is. 

Don’t be the walking dead that funtion among us daily. 

The part we aren’t told about…(Until after it happens to someone else). 

 When someone just stares at us blankly after an enthusiastic sales pitch we’ve just given. 

When you can not physically see how far you’ve really come.

The part that depresses us. 

When we grow apart from the people we love most (and continue to do so on purpose).

When winning hurts as much as losing. 

When you no longer take friendship as seriously as you once did before. 

When you still can’t get it right. 

These are the parts that brave people go through (sometimes on a daily basis).

The parts that most people (you, thank god are not most people) are afraid of. Where most people quit forever. 

Is it the overly emotional approach that causes us to miss the signs early on in our pursuits? Possibly, but we never truly know until we’ve completed what’s next.  

Champion mindset

Adopt one. 

Destroy the competition.

Stay goal oriented.

Help others when necessary.

Always be thinking forward.

Don’t sit for too long (literally & figurately). 

Help others develop a champion mindset.

Celebrate your wins.

Be hard on yourself when you miss your mark.

Aspire to improve year after year. 

Social crap

We are often afraid:
Of death.
Rude people.
Being unlikable.
Standing out.
Losing all of our money.
Not being cool enough.
Failure.
Heartbreak.
Our dreams.
Math.
The truth.
Guns.
Superior beings.
Wrong impressions.
Looking stupid.
Being the only one.
Speaking up about something, about anything.

Ironically enough, we are born naked. Penniless. As dumb as a rock. Full of life and energy. Yet we lock ourselves down by way of what “the status quo” is at the moment, and what everybody else is doing.

Who cares? You win. You lose. You live. You die. The in between is what matters the most. Screw everybody else’s opinions. The moment you start asking more than acting, it’s over for you.

Screw that! (Fuck that!).

The world wants you to conform. Fuck that. Stand up. Stand out. Speak your mind. Give them honesty when they want to lie. Put them on the spot when thy want to fabricate things and cover up what’s really going on.

Push for change. Push for innovation. Push to redefine the culture. Don’t let anybody put you in a box. Be as creative as you can possibly be. They want you to fail. You must win.

Who are “they”?

 

Every time you grow they remind you of how short you were.
Every time you learn they remind you of how dumb you were.
Every time you work they remind you of how lazy you were.
Every time you talk they remind you of how quiet you were.
Every time you live they remind you of how dead you were.
Every time you laugh they remind you of how sad you were.
Every time you win they remind you of how much of a loser you were.

Repeat after me: fuck whoever “they are”.

This is the magic remedy.

Saying sorry would be a contradiction to my existence.

I mean what I say.

I teach what I do.

Expectation

Expectation is like looking into the future. How? 

Well in order to expect a certain outcome you have to build up a mental image of what you want to happen. The pessimist will build up a negative image. 

Expectation is dangerous because you give your mind the ability to help enhance what is to come. It’s like the law of attraction. Like attracts like. If you expect to win every single game, you might start out the season with a pretty good record. If you expect to lose, your body will perform to the beat of that drum. 

I think expectation is built form effort and confidence. If you know you worked hard and put in the necessary effort, you start expecting good things to happen. If you know you slacked off the whole time and waited until the very last minute to pull through, your gut tells you how bad the situation might turn out. 

 

Expect better results in your life, but only if you know you put in the work.