“Your two most important days are the day you were born and the day you find out why.”
8 ways to find your purpose:
8 ways to find your purpose:
1. Know yourself
The beginning of all wisdom is to know yourself:
•Travel
•Read widely
•Find mentors
•Spend time alone
•Sit in a room and think
•Write to clarify your thoughts
The beginning of all wisdom is to know yourself:
•Travel
•Read widely
•Find mentors
•Spend time alone
•Sit in a room and think
•Write to clarify your thoughts
A few good books to know yourself:
•Awareness
•The Way to Love
•Skin in the game
•The Decision Book
•The Laws of Human Nature
•The Conquest of Happiness
3 personality tests:
•Hexaco
•Dark Triad
•16 Personalities
•Awareness
•The Way to Love
•Skin in the game
•The Decision Book
•The Laws of Human Nature
•The Conquest of Happiness
3 personality tests:
•Hexaco
•Dark Triad
•16 Personalities
2. What you chase runs away from you.
Don’t chase…
•Status
•Money
•Pleasure
•Happiness
Focus on becoming better and you will attract better.
Don’t chase…
•Status
•Money
•Pleasure
•Happiness
Focus on becoming better and you will attract better.
3. Unlearning is the key to learning
You don’t have to be smart to win.
You have to be less stupid than everyone (not hard these days).
Cut out the bad habits:
•Poor diet
•Negativity
•Poor sleep
•Lack of exercise
•Too much alcohol
•Comparing yourself to others
You don’t have to be smart to win.
You have to be less stupid than everyone (not hard these days).
Cut out the bad habits:
•Poor diet
•Negativity
•Poor sleep
•Lack of exercise
•Too much alcohol
•Comparing yourself to others
4. Find amazing friends
Iron sharpens iron.
Find a community of people who hold you accountable in:
•Fitness
•Learning
•Business
Your friends should help you be better, not worse.
Iron sharpens iron.
Find a community of people who hold you accountable in:
•Fitness
•Learning
•Business
Your friends should help you be better, not worse.
5. You aren’t responsible for people’s expectations of you.
Read and listen to everyone, then ignore 95% and make up your own mind.
Success is a moving target found through following your curiosity.
Stop outsourcing your thinking to other people, and take responsibility.
Read and listen to everyone, then ignore 95% and make up your own mind.
Success is a moving target found through following your curiosity.
Stop outsourcing your thinking to other people, and take responsibility.
6. Study psychology
“We know what we are but not what we may be.”
Understand human nature and you will never be poor.
Best books on psychology:
•Proverbs
•Influence
•Poor Charlies Almanack
•The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“We know what we are but not what we may be.”
Understand human nature and you will never be poor.
Best books on psychology:
•Proverbs
•Influence
•Poor Charlies Almanack
•The Art of Worldly Wisdom
7. Have a growth mindset
Think prosperity, not scarcity.
Write down your:
•Goals
•Values
•Problems
How can you get what you want if you don’t know where you’re going?
Think prosperity, not scarcity.
Write down your:
•Goals
•Values
•Problems
How can you get what you want if you don’t know where you’re going?
8. Take massive action
Not sure what to do?
Experiment and get real-time feedback.
You don’t have to know everything to get started.
You do have to get started to know anything.
Not sure what to do?
Experiment and get real-time feedback.
You don’t have to know everything to get started.
You do have to get started to know anything.
9. You may think you have lots of time to figure things out because you’re young.
Trust me, you don’t.
Hustle while you wait.
And remember, any moment you could die (memento mori).
Trust me, you don’t.
Hustle while you wait.
And remember, any moment you could die (memento mori).
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