How to get ahead of 99% of people (in 6 to 12 months):
Become brutally aware of 2 things:
1) What you don't want.
2) Where you will be if you keep taking the same actions.
Observe the masses and see where mindless action leads. It's not pretty.
Sit with your thoughts here.
1) What you don't want.
2) Where you will be if you keep taking the same actions.
Observe the masses and see where mindless action leads. It's not pretty.
Sit with your thoughts here.
It's easier to know what you don't want (from experience) than what you want (from imagination).
So, create an anti-vision for your future.
Sit with a notebook a get specific.
Write out every single thing that you don't want and why.
You should feel uncomfortable.
So, create an anti-vision for your future.
Sit with a notebook a get specific.
Write out every single thing that you don't want and why.
You should feel uncomfortable.
With that discomfort, laser in on 1 big meaningful goal.
If your friends and family think you won't achieve the goal, even better.
In that same notebook from above, write out exactly what you are going to do to achieve it.
If your friends and family think you won't achieve the goal, even better.
In that same notebook from above, write out exactly what you are going to do to achieve it.
The last thing you are going to write down:
All of the potential distractions standing in the way of that goal.
Success is less about being disciplined and more about removing the distractions that make discipline difficult.
All of the potential distractions standing in the way of that goal.
Success is less about being disciplined and more about removing the distractions that make discipline difficult.
Next:
Disappear.
Not from life, but from distractions.
These can be people, games, apps.
It's easier to remove everything at once and deal with the pain than it is to tell everyone your plans (and listen to their crab-in-a-bucket opinions).
Disappear.
Not from life, but from distractions.
These can be people, games, apps.
It's easier to remove everything at once and deal with the pain than it is to tell everyone your plans (and listen to their crab-in-a-bucket opinions).
In other words:
Break your addiction with feeling like shit.
Usually due to giving time and energy to people, activities, and things that don't care for your well being.
You don't need to explain yourself.
Break your addiction with feeling like shit.
Usually due to giving time and energy to people, activities, and things that don't care for your well being.
You don't need to explain yourself.
Last, make a habit of the boring fundamentals.
But, understand that they are not boring.
There is a library of knowledge in even the smallest actions.
Like how sushi chefs require years of training to prepare the rice alone.
Mastery over misery.
Appreciate the details.
But, understand that they are not boring.
There is a library of knowledge in even the smallest actions.
Like how sushi chefs require years of training to prepare the rice alone.
Mastery over misery.
Appreciate the details.
This process of:
- Realizing what you don't want
- Launching in the opposite direction
- Prioritizing long-term success
Is a part of the origin story of most successful people.
Flip the switch inside you and build a foundation that will carry you to the life you want.
- Realizing what you don't want
- Launching in the opposite direction
- Prioritizing long-term success
Is a part of the origin story of most successful people.
Flip the switch inside you and build a foundation that will carry you to the life you want.
If you enjoyed this, I dive much deeper into creative work, human potential, and philosophy in The Koe Letter. Link to one of my favorites is below.
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