#ThursdayThoughts

When you don't have money, you think money is going to solve your problems —and to some extent it does. 

But at a certain point it brings its own problems with it. 

Having money is like a having a child. 

You have to care for it, you have to tend to it, and you have to watch it every minute! 

You do this not only to make sure it grows, but to make sure it doesn’t shrink. 

Money is alive and volatile! 

That means I am constantly thinking about my money. 

If you’ve never experienced it, it might be hard for you to understand. 

Amazing feeling! But that’s what’s crazy. I mean, I enjoy all this stuff well enough. 

But as far as my possessions go, honestly — and I’ve really thought about this — I get more pleasure from my FAMILY than anything else. 

That’s the truth, the absolute fucking truth. 

Materially, I don’t need much to be happy. 

I already have everything I want. 

What I am working for, if I am entirely honest, is just the thrill of making more money. 

It’s like playing a game, a game in which the prize is power, the power that is represented by that money. 

Power for what? It doesn't matter! 

The prize is the power itself. It is the feeling of power. 

There is a sensation I get when I make money… If you haven’t experienced it, I can only compare it to sex, or gambling, or a drug. 

It’s exactly like that — maybe even better. 

So my investments and my business ventures are like various casino games, except in my games the odds usually favor me…. And what I live for on a daily basis — this is the darned truth — is just the thrill of playing those games. 

I first started to realize how fucked I was when I found myself thinking about other people’s professions in terms of the bottom line. 

I mean, I have a pal from childhood who is a doctor, and I found myself thinking what an irrational job choice this was for him. He cares about money too, and I just thought, what a waste, how inefficient a use of his time and talent… there are so many better ways to make money. 

Crazy, huh? 

I don’t know what the hell it’s like to be a doctor, but I would guess there’s a whole level of meaning there that people get off on. 

I am not sure I like who I am. 

But I have no choice, no more than a lifelong drug or sex addict does. 

I see businessmen bullshit themselves about why they are really doing it — you know, that they are trying to improve society, or it’s all for their family, or whatever other bull crap. 

That could just be PR, but it also can be self-deception. 

Don’t fool yourself, I think! 

I know you! 

You’re just feeding the monkey! … So, that’s my story. 

I am not entirely proud of my life, but I accept it. 

I try to be as comfortable as I can, to have as much fun as I can, but I’m not in denial about anything. 

I know I’m basically just a junkie living for the next hit of MONEY.

Wednesday Wisdoms

The best way to get even is to forget.

Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.

God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.

Some folks wear their halos much too tight.

Some marriages are made in heaven...
but they ALL have to be maintained on earth.

Unless you can create the WHOLE universe in 5 days...
then perhaps giving "advice" to God, isn't such a good idea!

Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, and faith looks up.

Standing in the middle of the road is dangerous... 
You will get knocked down by the traffic from both ways.

Words are windows to the heart.

A skeptic is a person who...
when he sees the handwriting on the wall claims it's a forgery.

It isn't difficult to make a mountain out of a molehill; just add a little dirt.

A successful marriage isn't finding the right person ...
It's BEING the right person.

The mighty oak tree was once a little nut that held its ground.

Too many people offer God prayers, with claw marks all over them.

The tongue must be heavy indeed, because so few people can hold it.

To forgive is to set the prisoner free... 
and then discover the prisoner was you.

You have to wonder about humans... 
they think God is dead and Elvis is alive!

It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again... 
Just be sure to flush when you are done.

You'll notice that a turtle only makes progress when it sticks out it's neck.

If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence... 
you can bet the water bill is higher for sure

Deep thoughts part 2

1. Be like an iceberg. Don’t reveal all of yourself. Save your hidden beauty and splendor only to a few who are willing to dive deeper with you.
2. Everyone wants to eat but not everyone is willing to hunt.
3. Everything is good but not everything is worth it.
4. It doesn’t matter whether you are a black person or a white person. We are all people of color.
5. Do not seek to be successful. Seek to be valuable.
6. Don’t judge ME by my Past. I don’t live there anymore.
7. People may not always tell you openly how they feel about you, but they will always show you in deeds.
8. Life is all about which lens we use to see things.
9. Every single day you make a choice about life. Think before you act.
10. At first they’ll ask you WHY you’re doing it. But later they’ll ask you HOW you did it.
11. Life is a reflection of the six different tastes of food. Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Pungent, Astringent. The seventh one has not yet been discovered.
12. It is okay for a child to play with the mother’s breasts, but quite dangerous to play with the father’s testicles.
13. Some people want things to happen. Some people make things happen. And some people wonder, “Why the hell do things happen?”
14. Before healing others, heal yourself.
15. Always try to do things in chronological order; it's easier for your feeble brain to comprehend and less confusing.
16. He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless, still dead.
17. A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
18. If you have something to tell me, tell me. I didn’t ask for explanations.
19. Ignorance has a cure called Education. Craziness has its medication. But there is no cure for stupidity.
20. Addiction doesn't kill the addict. It kills the conscience.
21. The first thing in the human personality that dissolves in alcohol is dignity.
22. Many people have gone further than they thought possible because someone else thought they could.
23. The future is always beginning now.
24. Those who live in the past limit their future.
25. We fall in love not because we’ve found the perfect person, but because we have learned to see an imperfect person perfectly.
26. You have to fight for whom you truly love, and love whom you’re fighting for.
27. You have no control over whom your heart chooses to love, so just relax and enjoy the ride.
28. A coward dies a thousand deaths before the brave dies once.
29. Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.

If you think you can't, think again

1. Never follow a large crowd blindly. Large crowds usually follow a blind person.
2. If you want to succeed fast find out what 99% are doing and do the opposite.
3. Challenges are just opportunities disguised as problems.
4. Don’t marry someone for beauty alone. Marry someone you can trust, relate with in a certain way and, share the same interests and aspirations;, for beauty will one day wear out.
5. Don’t start a business because others are doing it or because you’ve just come across a lump sum. Start a business only because people are asking for it.
6. Before you follow a rarely traveled path, first ask why people stopped travelling the path.
7. Life is like a long sheet of cloth full of patches and stitches.
8. A poor beggar who dies joyfully is richer than a great king who dies in anger.
9. Learn from the ant. It can build an anthill 1,000,000 times its size using nothing but its legs, water drops and mud.
10. Before you criticize think. Before you judge watch out. Everything has a way of coming back at you 7 times.
11. A greedy, foolish ruler can sell his country for a morsel of meat.
12. Greed is like eating tomorrow’s food in advance.
13. Money will always chase those who solve problems, but run away from those who chase it.
14. The secret of success is happiness. The shocking fact is that you can control it.
15. Strive to do only the things that matter. The cost of doing what doesn’t matter is high.
16. It’s cheaper to struggle your entire life finding your purpose than spending your entire life guessing.
17. Happier is the person who tries and fails than the person never took a single step.
18. Spend more time studying something then take a step of faith instead of wasting your faith on something that’s not worth it.
19. Formal education will get you a job, but self-education will make you rich.
20. Never be deterred by other peoples opinions of your abilities. Believe that your Maker never made a mistake.
21. Never doubt your capabilities. You enough people and circumstances against you.
22. Do not fear to try and fail. Fear becoming successful in trivial matters.
23. Mistakes are a part of life, as long as you learn the lesson.
24. Make less of a fool of yourself by learning to listen faster than you can speak.
25. Pictures speak louder than words, but videos speak louder than a billion pictures.
26. Every failure is a blessing in disguise.
27. Quit worrying over spilled milk and go find another cow. There are plenty of cows to milk.
28. In life everybody is struggling to get somewhere. Quit procrastinating and begin to move.
29. You are a product of your own thoughts.
30. Success is limited to a number of people who are willing to take a big risk.

Dark Lessons for Life

Dark Lessons for Life

1. One who care less in particular relations typically has more power than other.
2. You can never change people around you no matter how hard you try.
3. Respect yourself, because people will notice it if you don’t.
4. Be nice to people and they’ll be nice to you is a myth.
5. Small fluffy compromise of today can be the most demeaning and disheartening moments of tomorrow.
6. One day we all will be the old souls and unappealing in the eyes of society.
7. The less care you show about a person, the easier it becomes to end up with that person.
8. Men can never be the women and women can never be the men. Both genders are different with different capabilities and natures.
9. There is always this urge to sleep with someone else no matter how deep you are in love with your partner.
10. Life is not fair so you can not always get someone or something you want so bad.
11. people will turn their back on you to get ahead of you sooner than you think.
12. Time will eat your life away quicker than you would expect.
13. You will never know how close you are to being hated for until you are.
14. People can easily abandon you for the small reason no matter how stronger bond you used to share.
15. When things get tough you need to be your own best friends.
16. Always make sure that your friends are truly your friends. damn they're not your friends.
17. Bad is new normal and cool.
18. Everything can change either for better or worse.
19. You cannot change someone who does not want to be changed.
20. Love does not only make you blind but also a fool, accept it.
21. Someone said “show me one pretty woman and I will show you one man who is utterly tired of having sex with her”.
22. Higher you set the expectations in relationship from the beginning, the harder it will be to sustain the relationship. E.g. sending your partner flowers each day and it will be cute for first few days, cheesy it will be after that, and then awkward and finally intolerable.
23. Never share all of your secrets never ever.
24. People don’t want to hear truths about themselves they want to hear sweet lies.
25. There is no such thing as honest opinion in corporate life, people value white lies.
26. If you don’t love yourself no one else is going to love you, also respect.
27. Everyone has worn masks they play different roles by showing different roles. Lovers, family person, coworkers. you can’t imagine how different people can get in different social setting.
28. Some people are evil, they enjoy it being evil. So, it’s not your fault if you end up being with such type of person.
29. Grades can only get you to halfway. Your social skills are something people pay attention and value.
30. Once your hurt someone, they will hardly forget it. They will always remember how much you did hurt them.
31. Appearance does matter. We live in a critical and pretty judgmental world. Your family, your partner, coworker and your bosses will judge you for your actions.
32. You cannot make everyone happy, it’s impossible. There will be always someone who will be disagreeing with you. Frankly, you are not living a life if you don’t have enemies.
33. Money is everything, without money you are nothing. Undeniably Nothing.
34. If you are not good at something people need then you are a burden even to your parents. They may not speak it.
35. “Happy Family Frame” is all about your income. You are respected with respect to your earning in family. No one cares about your struggle except your parents.
36. Nothing will make your relatives happy than you being jobless.
37. When you get fail in life you will see that no one cares except your parents. So, live your life to fullest and make it happen. Do your best.
38. All that glitter is definitely GOLD in a corporate life. If you have good contacts and network then you will reach good higher level. The one who struggle gradually and steadily will never be appreciated.
39. Getting a job in this society is not happiness rather it is a relief and ego advocate.
40. Majority of people want to achieve certain goals not because they want it but because others have achieved it.
41. Marriage does not make a man, a family person. Not even having kids. So, the idea of “get him married. It will make him responsible” is old folks talking
42. Marriage does not suppose to bring two family closer but two persons who crib together.
43. No matter how many times you try to die, you will find some way to live for a few more years.
44. Love is about accepting your partner with each and every flaw – is the biggest bullshit ever in this society. People in general hate flaws so would you eventually.
45. People will use you open heartedly, throw you in a trash and will move on.
46. Nobility has nothing to do with old age. People are evil by nature and they are till their death.
47. Women can understand other women’s pain is an utterly overrated statement.
48. Never set yourself on fire, to keep others warm.

Why badasses get what they want

Badasses get what they want.

They have complete control over their lives.

And sure sometimes things happen that may throw the badass off.

But badasses are able to use mental toughness to bounce back quickly – often better than they were before.

You may see these  “badasses” and wonder how you can be like that…

But the truth is…

We’re all badasses.

We all have that inner badass deep inside of us.

It’s just that some of this inner badassness has been numbed by social conditioning and a host of other environmental factors.

… and lost over the years.

When you look deep inside, you’ll see along, that you are already a badass.

And when you harness that rock-solid inner badass (Neil calls it “Inner Game) --- you can help others tap into their inner badass.

It’s a beautiful cycle…

So here are a few reminders and guidelines for owning your inner badass today:

#1 Stop Proving

You have nothing to prove.

No need to please, pretend, or protect in order to justify yourself.

You are you. Own it.

Everyone respects the person who is proud of his beliefs – no matter how weird or different.

#2 Be More Curious

Listen intently to someone when they speak to you.

Look at the world with the eyes of a child.

Ask more questions and engage in dialogue.

Beautiful opportunities will open up for you if you are curious about all that is around you.

#3 Look To The Company You Keep

You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.

Yes, you’ve heard this a million times, and it’s true.

We tend to absorb and reflect the attitudes of the people around us – it’s our human nature.

Who you spend time with has a huge impact on how you see yourself and how you feel about yourself.

Are the people you’re with building you up, or bringing you down?

#4 Stop Wishing

Just fucking take action and work towards what you want.

Mindset is everything.

#5 Play To Your Strengths

Whatever you’re good at, do more of it.

If you’re not sure --- get curious, deeply curious about yourself.

Pay attention until you start noticing.

Think about how you would spend your day if you could do anything you wanted…

Now, make the time for yourself, and go do some of those things.

#6 Avoid The Comfort Zone

This is the danger zone.

You go into it and go blind into what’s happening.

The magic doesn’t happen in the comfort zone.

It happens in the places that force growth – the risky, uncomfortable places.

When we stop growing – we shrink and get left behind.

Confidence comes from stepping out of the comfort zone.

#7 Trust Your Full Intelligence

Intelligence is not just about your brain.

Your intuition and your emotions, even your gut – are all forms of intelligence.

We may not be able to logically understand something or prove it with facts – but that doesn’t mean its not real.

Pay attention to hunches or gut instincts.

Deepen your connection to your intuition and that inner whisper that tells you what’s right and what’s not.

This inner whisper is a superpower.

Harness it.

#8 Know You Are Ready

So many people are always waiting, waiting, first this, then that…

The truth is…

You’re 100% ready right now.

The time will never be perfect and the only way is to get started.

Right now.