Be hard on yourself
In order to achieve your desired goals you have to be hard on yourself, you have to build a strong mindset and high strength character.
Leave all your distractions and just focus on one single goal, raise all your power only in one direction.
There's a beautiful line in ramayana that states once you set up goals in life then all your focus must be on that single thing, nothing more than that.
Don't be that typical guy who wants to become a millionaire but has so many relationships busy with smartphones and continuously wasting time.
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