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the advice that has helped me most came from people who were still in the middle of figuring it out, not from people who claimed to have figured it out.

you don't rise to the level of your goals. you fall to the level of your systems. the goal is just direction.

the relationships that matter most are the ones where you can say 'I don't know' without losing status.

most people change their minds about the important things once. most people never tell anyone.

the thing you keep putting off isn't hard. it's uncomfortable. those are different problems with different solutions.

spent 10 years trying to become someone I admired. spent 2 years figuring out why I admired them. now I'm building that thing directly.

the people who make you feel like you need to explain yourself are usually not worth explaining yourself to.

saying no to good things is the only way to leave room for great things. most people's to-do list is full of things that are fine.

the most important thing I've learned: the version of yourself 5 years from now is the one making today's decisions. treat them with some respect.

consistency is not sexy. consistency is the entire game. every shortcut I've taken set me back further than it moved me forward.

the conversations you're avoiding are the ones your relationships need the most.

most regrets are about what you didn't try, not what you tried and failed. failure data is useful. missing data is useless.

you're allowed to change your mind. you're allowed to want different things than you wanted at 22. you're allowed to disappoint people who benefited from your old self.

the feedback you resist most is usually the feedback you need most.

the older I get, the more I think 'I don't know' is the most intelligent thing a person can say.

the things that will matter most in 10 years are the things that are hard to justify in a meeting right now.

stopped trying to win arguments. started trying to understand what I'm missing. conversations became more interesting. relationships got better. I learned more.

the version of success you've been chasing since you were 22 might not be what you actually want. give yourself permission to check.

the people who are hardest to be around are usually the ones who need the most from you that they can't ask for directly.

the thing nobody tells you: you'll spend your 20s trying to figure out what you want. your 30s learning that it's not what you thought. your 40s being grateful for both.

"You’re so fake" yeah dude it’s called being an adult

High school is really a bizarre experience in retrospect.... You'd start your morning at 8 a.m. with a honey bun and a soda or something... Learn about the Pythagorean theorem, read Robert Frost Stare at your "crush", and then go run a mile all within the span of three hours.

reading a book quietly outside somewhere by yourself is the most dignified & contrarian thing you can do these days. also kinda attractive af. especially if you’re reading something esotericc, controversial, or philosophical.

If you want more, you must become more. And that should terrify you. Because it means something has to change. Something has to die. The comfort, the excuses, the patterns that protect your ego but strangle your growth. All of it. You'll have to walk through fire and let it burn. But that's how it works. You destroy what's holding you back, then you rebuild. New habits. New standards. New systems. A new you. And when it gets uncomfortable? When it feels hard, when it feels like you want to quit? That's the moment you double down and bet on yourself. You bet that you can handle it. That you can make it work. Because on the other side of that discomfort, on the other side of that fire, is who you could be.

how to win; - be helpful & don’t expect anything in return - care about your craft + produce everything you want to - don’t network, but put yourself out there to find your people & make friends - love deeply, fiercely & wear your heart on your sleeve, life’s too short to play games - default to trust & assume good meaning — you might get screwed occasionally but its a small price to pay for not constantly looking over your shoulder