Everyone Is Struggling
We assume other people have their life taken care of in all aspects, but the truth is that everyone is struggling. Some have job issues, financial, or relationship issues. Just having a (projected) happy face does not mean that everything is hunky-dory with others.
Even billionaires have relationship issues, struggling and juggling with life. Many are self-medicating, and while outsiders may think they have everything, they in fact are as miserable as anyone.
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More often than not, we compare ourselves with others, based on what society says, how other people are living, and what the majority thinks of as success.
There is no need to spend the best hours of our best days just comparing our success with other people.
You need to have a personal definition of success based on your own values, not what is defined by society, neighbours or even your family.
Just staying in your lane will relax you and you can then function instinctively without any comparisons, living your own life to the fullest.
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We still live scarce lives because we ourselves are blocking our wealth, growth and opportunities.
We need clarity to create mastery in our lives, and craft our daily behaviour to be more intentional and focused.
In the old TV show Happy Days, the main protagonist literary jumps the shark and goes into history as a metaphor for driving oneself towards irrelevance.
Many great companies which used to be cool, have now lost the plot, lost their magic, by resting on their laurels and due to a lack of constant innovation.
- Your daily behaviour is a reflection of your deepest beliefs.
- Your social orbit (the people you hang out with, and their mindset about life and health) affects your behaviour and your beliefs.
- People who feel old will make you feel old.
- Hang out with young people, people who think, behave and eat differently.
- Even if you cannot hang out with 20-year-olds with fire in their belly, find people who have a growth mindset and are living life as an original.