Never give up. Push till you succeed.

On the surface that sounds like really good advice. It seems like it would be very motivational and very supportive. Unfortunately, it’s the worst advice you could probably get.

Sure you could keep on grinding in the direction that you’re going. You could keep putting mass quantities of effort into things that are not working. You could keep thinking that you’re just not putting in enough hours and eventually every just magically click together.

The truth is the following that advice wastes valuable time doing things that are not working just because all

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First I am going to rant a bit so forgive me in advance.

In a society where nobody loses… nobody learns.

Everyone gets a trophy. No one keeps score anymore because it will hurt someone’s feelings.

Recently a group so college students protested for everyone to get an A.

It has just gotten stupid but… that is not where the real damage is. The real damage is that the subconscious message that is getting sent is that failing is the worst thing that can happen to you.

There is a huge phobia of failing out there that is paralyzing people.

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It’s easy to be negative. It seems there is almost always a reason. People tend to focus on things that are wrong in their lives. It is a survival mechanism. It is also something that can suck your life away and keep you stuck.

Being optimistic doesn’t mean that you don’t see where there are problems, it means that even though there are problems you see solutions at the same time.

We live at a time where people seem to feel just perfectly fine whining and complaining about the smallest things as if those things are just a justification for

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Mindset is the filter you see the world through.

You can try to overpower it but that will fail.
You can try and think positive thoughts but that will fail
You can use willpower but that will fade.

The real first step to success of any kind is to remove the obstacles your brain puts in your way. I don’t care if it is sales, working out, getting a date, getting a job, or anything else, it all gets energized or sabotaged by your mindset. Even successful people have spoilers in their mindset that stops them from

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I got sent this picture today from one of my nephews. He wanted to know what we thought. My question to him was “Do you like them?” His answer was something I hear all the time from people who settle: “I don’t dislike them but I would prefer X” My advice is… get what you want and don’t settle for something you just don’t dislike.
I think a lot of people have an idea of what they want but settle for having something that is, good enough or just not terrible. They have

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