Doubters are just broken hearted dreamers.

They once reached for the sky, got scorched, and now they spend their lives sulking around telling everyone else the sun was a lie.

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When you’re in your 30s, you realize some important things about your parents that even they don’t know. You start to think you understand them well.

Nope. You have indeed learned something important about them, and they might not be aware of it, but they have 25 years of adulthood that you don’t have, tons of shit has happened in that time that you’ve never experienced, and so on. Your understanding of them is improving, to be sure, but you’ll probably never get any understanding terribly impressive before they die. You’ll always be 25 years behind.

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Nothing protects the heart like patience.
Don’t get your hopes up too fast.
Don’t let your fears speak too loud.
Don’t give your doubts too much time.
Not everybody is built to handle the rough times.
Can’t be surprised when you fall off with certain people.
Few people understand what it means to really be there for somebody.
And that’s the roughest part about being on a journey,
You realize the main ones that said they’ll ride,
are the first to fall off.
People make promises when the sun is shining
and make excuses when the storm comes.
That’s why I’m always thankful for the rain…
it washes away the unnecessary.
The reality is, you could be amazing, genuine, and sincere
but still be overlooked. Because honestly, people don’t want something real anymore,
they just want reasons to complain and excuses to avoid. Having a good thing is so hard because meeting a strong person is so rare.
So I’ve learned to respect when people run from me,
I realize my kind of love ain’t for everybody.
I’m at peace with that.
-- Rob Hill Sr.


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"I never wanted to be rich or famous, I just wanted to be good. Because if you're good at what you do, and good at who you are, the rest will come - and it will mean something." - Paul Newman

Good at what you do, and maintaining your core as a good person, is the whole game.

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Being self aware enough to notice the self destructive pattern but lacking the discipline to break said pattern.

Balance 2 facts in your mind:

1. You do have time, and everything happens when it’s supposed to.

2. If you always act like you have all the time in the world, you will almost certainly waste your entire life.

Most people live in an imaginary future. They steal the rewards of the version of them who’s actually done things.

Never do them, just imagine what life would be like if they did. Forever.

Days blur into one another because life is a perpetual out of body experience of the worst kind — you never truly feel like you’re anywhere.

There is all of the wisdom in the world in knowing when to relax and trust your systems,

versus when you need to stop coping, listening to lullabies & affirmations and finally wake up.

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The misconception that we have to be old or unwell to die is why many think they still have time.

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I think you can measure the value of a person in terms of number of people they've meaningfully helped.

Because the idea is when you're dead and gone and unable to make a difference anymore, the world you leave behind is better because of the choices you made when you were alive.

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People are strange: they are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice

-- Charles Bukowski

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No one ever really quits.

They just settle for something different than they set out for once they realize the price of what they want is more than they expected.

Then, they justify it.

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Don't expect thank yous, but make mental notes of those who do not give them and factor it into your analysis.

The imperceptive are unserious, the ungrateful are defective.

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If a person is good at something, it indicates

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME they are doing it.

This sounds obvious, yet it is often ignored.

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"If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you". - Zig Ziglar.

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There are people who have things happen to them and those that go out and happen to things.

Your imprint should be left everywhere.

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A lot of people say they want to be great, but they’re not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve greatness. They have other concerns, whether important or not, and they spread themselves out. That’s totally fine. After all, greatness is not for everybody.
-- Kobe Bryant

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There is no such thing as "rising to the occasion" and nobody suddenly develops new skills to perform better under pressure.

It's not a real thing. Doesn't happen.

In any truly high pressure scenario,- everybody falls to the level of their systems.

And those w/o systems fall further

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This decade is for the ambitious. The courageous. The gritty. The unrelenting. The tenacious. The persevering.

You must attack on all fronts. Take any and all opportunities. Do not let life pass you by.

And if you do all of this, you’ll enjoy life so much more than you’ve ever imaged.

Because you now have PURPOSE.

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Most of your advancement in life comes from avoiding dumb habits and catastrophic events.

The promising young man slips for just 10 minutes in doggish lust and impregnates his one night stand.

Entire trajectory of life changes. Everything is harder.

Can’t take the risks he was actually supposed to take.

Another person could have done incredible things, but thought loops themselves for months on end because they check their social media first thing in the morning.

Highest leverage in life is removing unnecessary burden

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Almost every question I get from men about where they stand in their relationships can be answered with a single sentence:

“Does it still please her to please you?”

If so, you’re good.

No matter what she says: that’s the most important metric to track.

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Happiness is such a beautiful journey. It has its ups and downs, whether it’s in marriage or whether it’s in a career. Things are never perfect, but through love, you continue to persevere, and you move through them, you move through them. And then through that storm, a beautiful sun emerges, and inevitably, another storm comes. And guess what? You ride that one out too. So, I think love is a sort of determination, a persistence to go through the good times and the bad times with someone or something you truly love.
-- Kobe Bryant

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