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I’m not only saying “Just do it!”, instead I’m saying “just become it”.
I don’t buy junk food to bring home. I don’t do junk food. The idea of buying it repulses me, even though I’d get pleasure from eating it. Why? I thought about it, long and hard. About the kind of life I’d have if I continued to eat it, and I decided the person who eats junk food, that version of myself, that’s not me. That’s not who I want to be. I want to be healthy, and happy instead.
The more you feel sorry for yourself, the more it’ll become an excuse to run away from your problems. This can be elaborated better with the help of a story I got to share with you.
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It’s 7am and you hear your iPhone start buzzing through your heavy slumber. It’s your alarm. You have to be at work in thirty minutes. You shut off your alarm, but you don’t set down your phone to get ready.
The first thing you do is open up your Instagram app. It’s a natural habit at this point to check your social media when you get up in the morning.
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Don’t be fooled, women know when you’re being genuine with them. Even when they can’t put their finger on it, something in the back of their mind is throwing up red flags.
One of the most important lessons I learned in dating was to be 100% authentic. I dropped the shenanigans, pre-planned lines, and started being me. It was the best decision I’ve ever made and instantly I began building better and stronger connections.
I advise you to start doing the same and feel how liberating it is. It’s time to throw away the masks and start being real.
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ONE DAY I’ll ask out the woman I’m crazy about and we may start dating!
ONE DAY I’ll quit this lousy job and try to find one that fits what I really want to do!
ONE DAY I’ll
start getting in shape!
ONE DAY I’ll start saving money!
ONE DAY I’ll travel the country!
All that sounds great, except that….
“Nobody can save you but yourself. You will be put again and again into nearly impossible situations. They will attempt again and again…to make you submit, quit and/or die quietly inside…and it will be easy enough to fail…but don’t, don’t, don’t. Just watch them. Listen to them. Do you want to be like that? A faceless, mindless, heartless being? Do you want to experience death before death? Nobody can save you but yourself and you’re worth saving. It’s a war not easily won but if anything is worth winning then this is it. Think about it. Think about saving yourself.”
― Charles Bukowski
Women aren’t in the business of trading sex in exchange for you being nice to them.
If you think being a nice guy should be enough to get you laid, then you got another thing coming.Women don’t owe you sex, or a date, or a relationship because you’re a nice guy.
“The greatest form of maturity is at harvest time. This is when we must learn how to reap without complaint if the amounts are small and how to reap without apology if the amounts are big.” — Jim Rohn
Don’t apologize when you succeed.
Don’t complain or blame when you fail.
Completely own and take responsibility for what you’ve attracted into your life. Said Dr. Stephen R. Covey, “We control our actions, but the consequences that flow from those actions are controlled by principles.”
You cannot change your situation until you own that you’ve contributed to your situation.
When you take responsibility for what is happening in your life, you’re no longer the victim of circumstances. You no longer have to be a reactive object being acted upon by your environment. Instead, you can proactively act as an agent who impacts and changes your circumstances.
This past year I’ve had a big “aha!” moment.. Not even sure that’s what I want to call it, but something hit me. Almost like I had an epiphany (not in the religious sense).
I also want to add in: I’ve had many struggles in life which have certainly helped shape me. Both through doing stupid things and being subject to too many negative situations, some out of my control (more along the lines of my childhood). These were still beneficial, but they took a long time to realize.
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We are all busy. We all work. Some work long hours. Some have kids. Some are single Parents. Some of us work 70 80 hours a week. Whatever your situation is. Someone if they care about you enough will make the time for you.
