My next book is forcing me to organize a powerful idea that's formed in my mind over the past 4 years.
You are responsible for your life and all the things in it. The actions you take are yours and yours alone.
You can't blame anyone for what you DO.
With that said...
At age 34, I'm now old enough to see the effects of family members born and raised in a cycle or ignorance.
There is a very real disadvantage to be being born to shit circumstances and raised by shit people.
Furthermore, disadvantages compound...
If you don't know how to cope with the inevitable challenges in life, you'll likely fail, and then cope with that failure in a way that brings even more challenges.
Socio-economic class is a compound word for a reason. It's about being poor AND around shit people.
I mentioned that last point because there's always someone who says they grew up poor, but they lived in rural America.
For many reasons, it ain't the same thing.
In short, I grow more sympathetic to effect of circumstances. Maybe I'm just lucky I made it out.
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After studying copy and working with many fitness Twitter accounts, I've come to a conclusion that most suspect but perhaps are hoping is just hyperbole:
People don't give a shit about being healthy.
They don't even give a shit about being in shape.
What do they care about?
They care about not getting laid and not being broke.
The first one needs no explanation. People will even accept low quality or a substitute.
That second one is a little depressing when we dig deeper.
I promise, I'm gonna get back to fitness, but this detour is necessary.
People care about being comfortable.
They don't want a lot of money. They don't want a lot of success. They don't even want to develop skills.
They just don't want to work hard. Get rich schemes only work on the lazy, almost by definition.