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You need to think long term

You need to think long term

  1. Pain is temporary, and most of the roadblocks you experienced today, this week or this month won’t matter 10 years down the line.
  2. 99% of people fail to understand this and tend to only live in the present moment.
  3. Imagine picking up a project you love right now, something you truly want to do and are passionate about, like painting.
  4. The very important part is that for now, you shouldn’t take into consideration the financial aspect of it.
  5. You have to not care about the money painting will make you, only show up and do the work.

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Imagine this...

Imagine this...

  1. Now, imagine showing up to paint something 5 days a week, without fail, for 3 years straight.
  2. Try to think of how much you would improve your painting skills just by showing up and practicing.
  3. Not only that but you’d be damned if you didn’t sell at least a few paintings in ...

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You need to be creative

You need to be creative

  1. You can’t just wish for something different and not try to develop solutions.
  2. If you stay passive about it, nothing will happen.
  3. For many people, the problem is that they either don’t come up with projects, or they do but never settle on one.
  4. It’s completely fine t...

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Stick To It

Stick To It

  1. I used to think that all it took to change your life or make progress towards a goal was to get to work and stop being lazy.
  2. I used to think anybody could do it, but I’m only starting to realise how wrong I was this whole time.
  3. Not ever...

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You need to show up everyday

You need to show up everyday

  1. If someone told me they couldn’t get started or had started but didn’t want to show up anymore, my only advice was to stop being a lazy bum and get to work.
  2. It took me a lot of meditation sessions and working on my compassion to realise that it’s a much deeper-rooted...

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When I started blogging...

When I started blogging...

  1. When I started blogging, I told myself I would keep at it for 6 months and see where it would take me.
  2. I wasn’t going to care about the money, the followers, the views, nothing.
  3. Show up every day, put in the work, put out content, consider this as ...

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You need to know what you want in life

You need to know what you want in life

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

  1. Without a purpose, you can’t have a rock-solid plan, and a rock-solid plan is the best way to maximise your chance of success in life.
  2. When it comes to figuring out what you want...

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You need to get back up 100 times

You need to get back up 100 times

  1. The failures and setbacks you’ll face during your experimentation process (your search for what you want to do) will be nothing in comparison to the ones you’ll face once you pick your thing and start working on it.
  2. 80% of people give up anywhere between the first and third obstacle....

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