Devour the philosophy of @EdLatimore
I organized and distilled his last 3,000 tweets into a summary of his big ideas, in two parts...
Part 1⃣: Growth, Self-Empowerment, and Self-Sufficiency Mindset
I organized and distilled his last 3,000 tweets into a summary of his big ideas, in two parts...
Part 1⃣: Growth, Self-Empowerment, and Self-Sufficiency Mindset
The game is ruthless…
🔷Nature doesn’t care about your opinion
🔷The universe doesn't have it out for you
🔷Power and influence are amoral
🔷Nature doesn’t care about your opinion
🔷The universe doesn't have it out for you
🔷Power and influence are amoral
You aren't special…
🔷No one is coming to save you
🔷No one cares what happened to you
🔷No one cares what you’ve been through
🔷No one is coming to save you
🔷No one cares what happened to you
🔷No one cares what you’ve been through
Avoid danger…
🔷Learn to maximize benefits
🔷Be able to move fast if the shit hits the fan
🔷Use good times to get ready for hard times
🔷Learn to maximize benefits
🔷Be able to move fast if the shit hits the fan
🔷Use good times to get ready for hard times
Always accept the truth…
🔷Accept what you’ve done
🔷Accept you’re powerless to change the past
🔷Accept forgiveness from yourself
🔷Accept what you’ve done
🔷Accept you’re powerless to change the past
🔷Accept forgiveness from yourself
Let shit go (i.e. get ready to change)…
🔷You don’t need consent to change
🔷You just need to embrace what you want to become
Then help yourself change (i.e. work on your flaws)…
🔷Deal with your problems
🔷Take care of what you can
🔷Start using things to your advantage
🔷You don’t need consent to change
🔷You just need to embrace what you want to become
Then help yourself change (i.e. work on your flaws)…
🔷Deal with your problems
🔷Take care of what you can
🔷Start using things to your advantage
It’s almost never too late to do better…
🔷Make yourself do something
🔷Take one positive action now
🔷The longer it takes to change, the harder it is to change
🔷Make yourself do something
🔷Take one positive action now
🔷The longer it takes to change, the harder it is to change
Remember, the world will go on no matter how you feel…
🔷Don’t look for pity
🔷Feelings are not the basis of a sound argument
🔷Entitlement and hustle don't play nice together
🔷If you think the world owes you something, why would you work your ass off to get it?
🔷Don’t look for pity
🔷Feelings are not the basis of a sound argument
🔷Entitlement and hustle don't play nice together
🔷If you think the world owes you something, why would you work your ass off to get it?
Never underestimate how much you can lose by choosing the wrong company to keep…
🔷Reduce hatred in your environment
🔷“Go where there's weather you enjoy”
🔷You’re a product of your environment, and your actions reinforce the influence that the environment has over you
🔷Reduce hatred in your environment
🔷“Go where there's weather you enjoy”
🔷You’re a product of your environment, and your actions reinforce the influence that the environment has over you
Don't trust people who try to convince you of anything regarding their character…
🔷If you listen, a person will tell you anything you want to know
🔷Good qualities speak as loud as bad ones through action
🔷You can't judge a book by its cover, but you can make good guesses
🔷If you listen, a person will tell you anything you want to know
🔷Good qualities speak as loud as bad ones through action
🔷You can't judge a book by its cover, but you can make good guesses
Get that hustle up…
🔷Put skin in the game
🔷Fight hard ass monsters
🔷Grind out from the ground up
🔷Embrace the burden of performance
🔷Don’t just have an opinion!
🔷Put skin in the game
🔷Fight hard ass monsters
🔷Grind out from the ground up
🔷Embrace the burden of performance
🔷Don’t just have an opinion!
Walk with a guide…
🔷The fastest way to become successful is to learn from other successful people
🔷A good teacher can shave years off your learning curve, even if you already have talent
🔷You don't have to agree with someone's perspective to learn from it
🔷The fastest way to become successful is to learn from other successful people
🔷A good teacher can shave years off your learning curve, even if you already have talent
🔷You don't have to agree with someone's perspective to learn from it
Push past limits in prep and practice…
🔷The best hunter of monsters is a worse monster
🔷You only know where the edge is by going over it
🔷Do what needs to be done when you don’t want to do it
🔷Once you've pushed yourself enough, the noise of reality gets turned down
🔷The best hunter of monsters is a worse monster
🔷You only know where the edge is by going over it
🔷Do what needs to be done when you don’t want to do it
🔷Once you've pushed yourself enough, the noise of reality gets turned down
Meanwhile, be likeable…
🔷Be kind
🔷Be polite
🔷Be engaging
🔷Make it easy for people to see the best in you
🔷Don't be a kiss ass, but people should be excited to see you
🔷When people like you, they'll go out of their way to help you succeed
🔷Be kind
🔷Be polite
🔷Be engaging
🔷Make it easy for people to see the best in you
🔷Don't be a kiss ass, but people should be excited to see you
🔷When people like you, they'll go out of their way to help you succeed
But never try too hard to make people like you…
🔷Improving your life can piss people off
🔷Refuse to make apologies for being different
🔷Good manners and standing up for yourself are not mutually exclusive
🔷Don’t backpeddle
🔷Improving your life can piss people off
🔷Refuse to make apologies for being different
🔷Good manners and standing up for yourself are not mutually exclusive
🔷Don’t backpeddle
Take shit on the chin…
🔷Bad shit doesn’t make you a victim
🔷Even when you win, some people will think you lost
🔷Some people will refuse to see you what you've become
🔷Bad shit doesn’t make you a victim
🔷Even when you win, some people will think you lost
🔷Some people will refuse to see you what you've become
Trust that hustlers get lucky...
🔷Almost every stroke of luck is preceded by immense preparation
🔷Be in the right place at the right time long enough for something good to happen
🔷(Luck is simply the things that happen that are beyond your control)
🔷Almost every stroke of luck is preceded by immense preparation
🔷Be in the right place at the right time long enough for something good to happen
🔷(Luck is simply the things that happen that are beyond your control)
Remember, good things take a while…
🔷Fix your attention on one thing
🔷The long game is the strong game and the only game that will keep you in it
🔷It's the little stuff done right for a long time that's responsible for most of your progress
🔷Fix your attention on one thing
🔷The long game is the strong game and the only game that will keep you in it
🔷It's the little stuff done right for a long time that's responsible for most of your progress
Therefore, respect and value your time…
🔷Each wasted moment will never return
🔷Procrastination is a cruel thief that robs you of your most precious resource
🔷The most disrespectful thing you can do is wasting a person's time (including your own)
🔷Each wasted moment will never return
🔷Procrastination is a cruel thief that robs you of your most precious resource
🔷The most disrespectful thing you can do is wasting a person's time (including your own)
Do the simple things right…
🔷Don’t hit the snooze button
🔷Don’t lay in bed on social media
🔷Wake up and immediately start working out, cleaning, or writing
🔷Don’t hit the snooze button
🔷Don’t lay in bed on social media
🔷Wake up and immediately start working out, cleaning, or writing
Exercise every day…
🔷Physical discipline gives you the ability to change any emotional state
🔷In other words, exercise is good for your emotional health
🔷Things that are annoying before a workout are hilarious afterwards
🔷Further, emotional health enables clear thought
🔷Physical discipline gives you the ability to change any emotional state
🔷In other words, exercise is good for your emotional health
🔷Things that are annoying before a workout are hilarious afterwards
🔷Further, emotional health enables clear thought
Connect with people…
🔷Be real about your flaws
🔷Don’t front like you have it all together
🔷Get feedback from people with different backgrounds
🔷(Learning from others is how the smart get smarter)
🔷Be real about your flaws
🔷Don’t front like you have it all together
🔷Get feedback from people with different backgrounds
🔷(Learning from others is how the smart get smarter)
Lastly, some practical life advice: don't smoke crack…
🔷Don't borrow money from the wrong people
🔷Never make eye contact with a crackhead on payday
🔷Don't borrow money from the wrong people
🔷Never make eye contact with a crackhead on payday
In summary, and by definition..
🔷Awful people don't tell you that they're awful
🔷The path is full of adversity and void of support
🔷As long as you don’t quit, you can’t really fail
🔷Awful people don't tell you that they're awful
🔷The path is full of adversity and void of support
🔷As long as you don’t quit, you can’t really fail
Find the rest here (including ten bonus ideas!)...
And Part 2⃣: Ed's Curated Quotes on Living Your Life With Purpose
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