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Jan 8, 2021 25 tweets 2 min read Read on X
You are in the wrong spot

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You are in the wrong job if your boss always tells you exactly what to do
You are in the wrong friendship if your friend blames you for not knowing what they are going through
You are in the wrong room if you are mostly talking
You are in the wrong career if the only reason you are in it is your salary
You are in the wrong relationship if it is your responsibility to keep the other person happy
You are in the wrong organization if they always start with “we can’t trust them to do it”
You are in the wrong family if your parents blame you for not fulfilling their desires
You have the wrong mindset if you are always asking “why doesn’t the world understand?”
You are watching the wrong thing if it makes you feel shitty about yourself
You are in the wrong school if it teaches you the right answers to questions
You are in the wrong college if your high paying job placement will be on their admission brochure
You are working with the wrong client if they say “why this high a charge if it won’t take you too long”
You are eating the wrong thing if it makes you want to eat more if it
You are drinking the wrong thing, if it could have been eaten
You are lifting weights the wrong way if you can easily lift them
You are hiring the wrong people if their ambition is to eventually manage people
You are hiring the wrong way if you are looking first at the resume
You are in the wrong startup if you know the valuation of the company but not the NPS
You are admiring the wrong people if they never say anything that you disagree with
You are investing the wrong way if you always feel like selling
You are with the wrong person if you can’t spend 30 mins with them in absolute silence
You could be that wrong person yourself.

With your own self.
We can’t avoid being in the wrong spots.
We need to be aware that we are in the wrong spots.
We are in the wrong spot if the world tells you that your life is perfect and yet you are not happy!

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(long post alert - you might want to bookmark this for future reference)
1/ Track

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One can use a smart-watch/ring to figure this out.

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If you are thinking mosquitos — great guess. That's #2.

Do you know what's #1?
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A thread...
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(giveaway) thread...
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