9 HARDCORE LIFE LESSONS 🥷

(Musings for the weekend)

1) Govern yourself

“He who cannot obey himself will be commanded.”

Most people need an external force to motivate them into action, or to keep them in check morally.

Freedom is the will to be responsible to oneself.
It’s imperative that a man learns to be his own leader, to act in accordance with his own beliefs, and to use his own values as a moral compass. Such a man becomes elevated from a yes-man to a Superman.

2) Follow your own path

“You have your way, and I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it doesn’t exist!”

Never let anyone interfere with your life, and you should never interfere with anyone’s life. No one has the license to dictate your life’s trajectory.

3) Seek wisdom over knowledge

“There’s a lot I don’t want to know. Wisdom sets limits, even to knowledge”

Wisdom makes you stoic, but stoicism won’t make you wise. Overconsumption is harmful, whether it’s food or knowledge. Knowing that you know next to nothing is the beginning of wisdom.
Self-introspection through writing or meditation is more beneficial than accumulating information.
The stronger your awareness, the more receptive you become to life’s deepest mysteries. These are called spiritual downloads. Become a person of presence, and you'll naturally be guided by divine intuition & intelligence.


4) Speak your truth

“A truths that are kept silent become poisonous”

Your worldview is as unique as your fingerprints. Be confident enough to share your perspectives honestly, fearlessly & conscientiously. Never smolder your truth to make anyone comfortable. Be authentic in everything you say & do.

5) Break free from herd mentality

“Meaning and morality of one’s life must come from within oneself. Healthy, strong individuals seek self-expansion by experimenting and living dangerously.”

To find yourself, you need to think for yourself. Intelligent & creative people don't follow society’s rules blindly. If you find yourself thinking like the majority, you're merely imitating.
Seek your own truths.

6) Spend time in solitude:

“I go into solitude so as not to drink out of everybody’s cistern. When I am among the many, it feels as if they want to rob me of my soul”
There’s no wisdom without self-awareness, no self-awareness without contemplation, no contemplation without solitude.

A sound mind is forged from silence, in the kiln of solitude.

7) Embrace failure

“You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame. How could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?”

For the weak, failure is fatal. For the wise, failure is feedback. A fear of failure means you are incapable of handling success, and life doesn’t reward the incompetent.

8) Be a minimalist

Learn to speak less, or increase the value per word spoken.

But minimalism is also applicable in every facet of life:
You don’t need to do everything, focus on the most essential.
You don’t need 1000 friends, get 10 loyal ones.

9) Amor Fati

This is one of my favorite quote from Neitzsche

“My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it… but love it.”
Your spiritual maturity is shown by you face & bear misfortunes. Train your spirit not to be distressed by every minor setback. Be optimistic for the best, yet prepared for the worst - for it's hard for a thief to loot a rich man's house who is well prepared in advance.

Stay Inspired Sages 🖤
Marv

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One thing all successful people have in common:

They know when to admit what they don't know.

Your true character is revealed by how you treat people who can't do anything for you.

If you win the morning, you win the day.

Read fewer self-help books.
Take more action.

Knowledge is power but knowledge without action is useless.

The irony of success is that everybody wants to build but nobody wants to do maintenance. Understand- once you reach the top- it’s more important than ever to work twice as hard just to stay there.

Set big goals for yourself and sacrifice everything that doesn’t align with them.

Friends and Partying can always happen later.

What you call “Bad luck” is actually a combination of:

• lack of self-discipline
• not taking any initiatives, and
• too much time making up excuses.

Remember:

Luck is earned.

Start taking action and create your own luck.

A boy becomes a man the day he views his 24 hours as a tool instead of as a way to “pass time”

You don’t have to compete with anyone other than the part of you who’s convinced that you’re not good enough.

You disappoint many people when you become the best version of yourself.

Purpose without priority is powerless.

A fit body and a positive mind = natural healing power.

Your life is determined by your daily actions, reactions & interactions - which are primarily influenced by your thoughts. Your thoughts are the code through which you (consciously or unconsciously) program your reality. The most effective way to update your life is to debug and rewrite your mental code. And the easiest way to do this is to use affirmations to hypnotize your subconscious mind. The more these affirmations are repeated and emotionalized, the faster your subconscious can begin manifesting a new reality.

MORNING AFFIRMATIONS

- My body is healthy, My mind is calm
- Everything is happening for my ultimate good
- I am divinely protected & guided
- I release my loss, bitterness, regrets, envy, anxieties & insecurities

- I am a born winner
- I am overflowing with divine clarity, confidence and creativity
- I am brimming with joy & bliss
- My energy is unlimited energy

- I am passionate and enthusiastic
- I go of my need to control everyone and everything.
- I forgive those who have hurt me, and I forgive myself also
- I am in full control of my actions & reactions
- I am inteligent and wise
-I release every tension residing in my body
- I release my negative identities

- I am guided in every step
- My thoughts are filled with positivity & optimism
- I am in full control of my body & mind

- I am grateful for my life, I love lifr & I love myself
- I attract loving and encouraging people into my life
- I am operating on a divine timeline and aligned with my best reality.
- My dreams and goals are already manifesting

- I lack nothing. I can achieve anything.
- I am worthy of great success. I am worth of true love. I am worthy of wealth.

Copy & paste them in a note for easier access. This is just a template. Modify it as you like. Proclaim them first thing in the morning (and right before you asleep) for the next 7 days. Watch yourself become a NEW person...



Stay Inspired 🥷

If you focus on the journey, circumstances will become the product of you.

In this way, you are more likely to achieve the goal without losing the basic aspects of life.

But...

If you focus only on the result, you will become a product of your circumstances.

In this way, you may or may not gain the desired output.

However, you will lose all the basic aspects of life.

Don't let anyone hear you complaining.

Not even yourself.

Remembering your mortality is a powerful motivator -

Once you become acutely conscious of how fickle life is, you’ll never waste a single day...

Any day not utilized to becoming more loving, creative & self-actualized is a wasted day.

Ignorant people never hesitate to employ the saying “life is short” as an excuse to indulge hedonism.

Wise people use it as a reminder to never take their life for granted & and put it to good use.

Intensify your passion towards your purpose.

Also ensure that you care intensely for your loved ones. At the end people won’t care how hard you worked, but how hard you loved...

When you have no option but to succeed, you will always be at your best.

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