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10 uncomfortable truths about life I wish I had known at 20.
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1: The world doesn't care about your potential.
It cares about what you've done.
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speak in actions
Accomplishments will make you successful.
It cares about what you've done.
show results speak in actionsAccomplishments will make you successful.
2: You don't need to *be* good to look good.
Show up
Act like you belong
Speak confidently
This opens opportunities.
All you need to do is take them.
Show up Act like you belong Speak confidentlyThis opens opportunities.
All you need to do is take them.
3: Your EQ is more important than your IQ
You can learn a job.
You can't learn how to not be an asshole.
Your emotional intelligence will open up doors that your IQ can't.
You can learn a job.
You can't learn how to not be an asshole.
Your emotional intelligence will open up doors that your IQ can't.
4: You don't have much REAL competition.
It's not hard to look good.
If you smile, show up every day and do your job, you're already well ahead of 95% of your peers.
It's not hard to look good.
If you smile, show up every day and do your job, you're already well ahead of 95% of your peers.
5: Most people don't understand money.
Your friends want to "get rich", but for the wrong reason.
They want money to SPEND, not to build wealth.
NEVER make a big financial decision just because your friends are doing it.
The Joneses are broke.
Your friends want to "get rich", but for the wrong reason.
They want money to SPEND, not to build wealth.
NEVER make a big financial decision just because your friends are doing it.
The Joneses are broke.
6: You don't always have to be right.
Your focus on being "right" all the time is making you closed-minded and ignorant.
99% of the time, it doesn't make a difference whether you're right.
It matters whether the *majority* is wrong.
Your focus on being "right" all the time is making you closed-minded and ignorant.
99% of the time, it doesn't make a difference whether you're right.
It matters whether the *majority* is wrong.
7: Most people are self-absorbed.
And, this is why we shouldn't give a shit what they think about us.
They aren't thinking about you. Ever.
That Rolex watch you wear
The degree you have
The BMW you drive
People aren't discussing you at their dinner tables.
And, this is why we shouldn't give a shit what they think about us.
They aren't thinking about you. Ever.
That Rolex watch you wear The degree you have The BMW you drivePeople aren't discussing you at their dinner tables.
8: Risk builds wealth (and character).
Real estate
Stock market
Cryptocurrencies
Or:
A new job
Moving overseas
Going back to school
To build wealth, put your money at risk.
To build character, put yourself at risk.
Real estate Stock market CryptocurrenciesOr:
A new job Moving overseas Going back to schoolTo build wealth, put your money at risk.
To build character, put yourself at risk.
9: Happiness is a choice.
For 99% of us, we choose to be happy. Or angry. Or sad.
We can't always control what happens to us, but we can control our reactions.
Choose to be happy.
For 99% of us, we choose to be happy. Or angry. Or sad.
We can't always control what happens to us, but we can control our reactions.
Choose to be happy.
10: People don't value free things.
Everybody wants free shit, but we don't value it as much.
Without skin in the game, people will lose interest.
Never give away:
your time
your eBook
your secrets
When you do, they become worthless.
Everybody wants free shit, but we don't value it as much.
Without skin in the game, people will lose interest.
Never give away:
your time your eBook your secretsWhen you do, they become worthless.
