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A life that cannot be restarted. Everything I do is just to make myself like me more. The biggest come back is to make myself happy again.

Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, and add what is uniquely your own!

Except people as they are, but place them where they belong, you are the ceo of your life!

I wasted my entire life because nobody told me this as a kid

Everyone should read this story… One day, a young warrior was walking to his training when he spotted his teacher, a master warrior, tending to plants in the garden. He approached cautiously and stood quietly, not wanting to disturb the man from whom he had learned so much. “What is it you want?” Asked the master warrior, without breaking focus from the plants. The student replied, “Why do we train for war? Would it not be more tranquil and serene to be a gardener and tend the plants?" The master paused, turned to the student, and smiled. “Tending the garden is a relaxing pastime, but it does not prepare one for the inevitable battles of life. It’s easy to be calm in such a serene setting. It’s hard to be calm when under attack.” The student nodded and turned away, satisfied with the answer, but the master wasn’t finished. “It is far better to be a warrior tending his garden than a gardener at war.” I think about that story almost every day. Because here’s the truth we all know: Life is hard. Chaos, uncertainty, failure, struggle, pain, loss. All of those things are a natural part of being alive. They’re not good or bad. They just are. And most of the time, you don’t get to choose the battles that come to your doorstep. You don’t get to pick the adversaries you prefer. You can’t negotiate the timing or the terms. There’s no “timeout” if you’re not ready. There’s no holding period if you don’t like what you see. The simple truth is that you meet life‘s inevitable battles at precisely the level of your preparation. That preparation is built upon the hard things you chose when you didn’t have to choose them: • The early mornings you endured. • The focus you engaged. • The boundaries you held. • The commitments you honored. • The difficult conversations you initiated. Every single time you embrace voluntary struggle, you prepare yourself for the involuntary struggle that will inevitably come. You don’t become invincible. You become capable. Capable of staying calm when others panic. Capable of thinking clearly when things fall apart. Capable of leading, serving, protecting, and persisting when the moment calls your name. Because one day, it will. A loss. A setback. A betrayal. An unexpected blow. And when that day comes, you will not meet the moment at the level of your hopes. You will meet it at the level of your preparation. So, choose the hard things today. Choose the habits, the disciplines, the conversations, the commitments. Choose the voluntary struggles. This is how you face the chaos of war with an internal calm. This is how you become, as Marcus Aurelius once wrote, “like the rock that the waves keep crashing over...unmoved and the raging of the sea falls still around it.” This is how you stand ready when the battle arrives at your door. Remember: It’s better to be a warrior in the garden than a gardener at war.

The minutes, days, hours, and weeks fly by. Your body will start to fail you. Your kids will grow up and leave the house. Your parents will age and pass away. If you aren’t deliberate and thoughtful, 10 years will go by in a flash, and you’ll still be working the same dead-end job with the same unmotivated people. Your window to make it in life and your ability to take risks will pass you by, and it’ll be too late. I have an extreme scarcity mindset when it comes to time because it is the only thing you can’t get back. If I spend $250,000 on a new business venture and it fails, it stings. But even though I like money just as much as the next person, it is relative. You can always make more money. There is literally an infinite amount of $$$ in this world, and it has your name on it if you spend your time making the right decisions and doing the right things. Most think about scarcity when it comes to capital, more should be thinking about scarcity when it comes to TIME!

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And this means you have arrived.

Discipline your thoughts, stop thinking too much, don't go into the past, don't go into the future. Be in the present.Why? Because only then it is possible that the mind is free. The capacity is free and now you are completely immersed into whatever you are doing.

Pain forges motivation—raw fire reshaping your soul. It etches change into your bones, a scar screaming: never cease the grind. Push through shadows, emerge victorious. Thanks, pain, for unbreakable will.

Let them, I’m separating someone else’s emotions and expectations from my own responsibility. I choose authenticity over attachment. I am staying connected to myself.

If it doesn’t bring peace, profit or purpose, don’t give it your time, energy or attention.

The magic in your childhood wasn’t because you were a child, it was because you were living in the present.

If words can control you then anyone can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass.

The highest form of recovery from dealing with narcissistic people is achieving true indifference—you no longer care if they get hit by a bus tomorrow or win a million in the lottery. You simply don't care anymore.

The wind and the rain have their return, mountain and rivers will meet again. You don’t need to explain yourself to anyone, just be.

No need to rush, though the road is far, walking will lead to the destination; Though the task is difficult, doing it will bring it to completion.

The most powerful alarm is purpose. Build a life worth living and your passion will wake you up before any alarm.