Your most recent life changing realization?
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If I want to be more productive at work I have to have more downtime. During work I have to disengage and walk away from my computer. When I am done with work I have to leave things be and just enjoy my life....surprisingly I do more
Low tech is sometimes better than hi-tech. After trying 234324 time management systems, apps, websites a good old notebook does the trick. Instead of a complex system I write down one goal for my business and one for my personal life that I want to accomplish for the day.
Being present and living in the moment is surprisingly difficult.
Low tech is sometimes better than hi-tech. After trying 234324 time management systems, apps, websites a good old notebook does the trick. Instead of a complex system I write down one goal for my business and one for my personal life that I want to accomplish for the day.
Being present and living in the moment is surprisingly difficult.
I just took 4 days off of working to watch our kiddos while my wife vacationed. I really need to spend some more time with these little guys.
Parkinson's Law was a game-changer for me.
To wit:
If you give yourself 8 hours to complete a task, it'll take 8 hours to complete. Give yourself an hour, and you'll get it done in an hour.
This is how you boost your productivity and increase your output.
To wit:
If you give yourself 8 hours to complete a task, it'll take 8 hours to complete. Give yourself an hour, and you'll get it done in an hour.
This is how you boost your productivity and increase your output.
That some people are fucking stupid irrespective of their age, but this is ok, it just means more cock for me and more money for me.
As a kid, you go through life with all these questions that people who are older than you seem to be able to answer effortlessly.
As you continue to grow, finish school, start doing whatever the fuck you want, you realise that some people who are centuries older than you are fucking retarded. This begs the question, how can you be on this planet for so much longer than me, but still be useless at the most basic of skills or lateral thinking?
Seeing girls get texts off guys who are in their 30s, with shit like:
"Hey you want to go out with me?"
*20 minutes later*
"Lol jokes."
These people act like they have just grown their first ball hair, but should have realised that this sort of shit is not ok and does not work within their first 15 years of chasing tail.
My dad, ultimate bringer of childhood knowledge, trying to tell me about chemtrails. I thought that shit was for 14 year old conspiracy nuts. Fucking stupid. I mean, where is the lateral thinking? I feel like I could put a youtube video up with scary music, unsubstantiated facts and photoshopped pictures and make these bandwagon jumping fools believe anything I want.
My uncle, a ballin, successful business owner, one day tells me that we are all going to spontaneously combust for our sins, with the source as youtube. So smart, yet so fucking retarded.
As a kid, you go through life with all these questions that people who are older than you seem to be able to answer effortlessly.
As you continue to grow, finish school, start doing whatever the fuck you want, you realise that some people who are centuries older than you are fucking retarded. This begs the question, how can you be on this planet for so much longer than me, but still be useless at the most basic of skills or lateral thinking?
Seeing girls get texts off guys who are in their 30s, with shit like:
"Hey you want to go out with me?"
*20 minutes later*
"Lol jokes."
These people act like they have just grown their first ball hair, but should have realised that this sort of shit is not ok and does not work within their first 15 years of chasing tail.
My dad, ultimate bringer of childhood knowledge, trying to tell me about chemtrails. I thought that shit was for 14 year old conspiracy nuts. Fucking stupid. I mean, where is the lateral thinking? I feel like I could put a youtube video up with scary music, unsubstantiated facts and photoshopped pictures and make these bandwagon jumping fools believe anything I want.
My uncle, a ballin, successful business owner, one day tells me that we are all going to spontaneously combust for our sins, with the source as youtube. So smart, yet so fucking retarded.
Your mind is either your greatest ally or your worst enemy.
You can't be productive if you think you're lazy. You can't seduce women if you think you lack value. You can't sell if you think you're a horrible salesperson.
Your mind will erect roadblocks. Change your thinking and those roadblocks vanish.
You can't be productive if you think you're lazy. You can't seduce women if you think you lack value. You can't sell if you think you're a horrible salesperson.
Your mind will erect roadblocks. Change your thinking and those roadblocks vanish.
1. it took being a parent to realize that maybe my parents did the best that they could
2. your kids might love you even if you treat them like shit or hate you even though you treat them like gold. you have 0 control over this
3. Be as Patient as Possible: All it takes is impatience and about 7 seconds of stupidity to ruin your life forever. This recent lesson came from years and years of Jersey road rage and close calls.
4. Write shit down. Always. Every single thing made by man started as a thought. Writing is the first step towards making those thoughts reality.
5. There's at least a small amount of Neckbeard in all of us.
2. your kids might love you even if you treat them like shit or hate you even though you treat them like gold. you have 0 control over this
3. Be as Patient as Possible: All it takes is impatience and about 7 seconds of stupidity to ruin your life forever. This recent lesson came from years and years of Jersey road rage and close calls.
4. Write shit down. Always. Every single thing made by man started as a thought. Writing is the first step towards making those thoughts reality.
5. There's at least a small amount of Neckbeard in all of us.
My most life-changing realisation was that my wife was having an affair. Stupid amounts of legal costs for a divorce.
tldr; Don't get married. Ever.
tldr; Don't get married. Ever.
It's more of an evolving realization than it is a single ah-ha moment.
Many of the people here have a natural ability that allows them to do what they do. Many here are also more "lone wolf" than collaborator. This was/is me as well. If you look around (here and in the real world) the people who are most successful aren't doing it alone. They're working with — and helping — other like minded and talented people.
All of these things I knew before I "realized" them. But it took a kick in the ass or a rug pulled out from under me to accept and act on them.
Many of the people here have a natural ability that allows them to do what they do. Many here are also more "lone wolf" than collaborator. This was/is me as well. If you look around (here and in the real world) the people who are most successful aren't doing it alone. They're working with — and helping — other like minded and talented people.
- Natural ability will only take you so far (about 18 years old)
- Natural ability and hard work will only take you so far (about 24 years old)
- Natural ability, hard work, and asking for help will take you further (about 28 years old)
- Natural ability, hard work, help, and connecting with the right people will take you where you want to go (Last week-ish, about 32 years old)
All of these things I knew before I "realized" them. But it took a kick in the ass or a rug pulled out from under me to accept and act on them.