Thoughts of the Week: April 18, 2025
Take ownership of your success
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No one is coming to save you. And in that harsh reality is Freedom.
Too many people will waste their time waiting, and maybe there is something you have waited far too long for too: The perfect opportunity, the right person, the right time to start something you’ve always wanted to do.
Those things rarely just *happen* or fall into your lap…
And that’s the best news you’ll hear today.
You have a lot more control than you think. Don’t believe me? Test it. What if you just pursued what you wanted right now?
That thing you might be hesitant around or feel challenged by? What if you actually just put yourself out there and did it.
Make today the day that you stop waiting, get out there, and go.
1. Focus up, and drive forward relentlessly.
2. Here’s some quick, fun, and insightful advice from Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft.
3. Most people stop learning the moment they step off a graduation stage. Finding time to learn things that make you better, daily, gives you an instant advantage.
Point number 3 is what makes me grateful that I stepped off the university route early.
I can see in the people close to me how much damage university has done to their mind when it comes to reading and learning. It’s something to be avoided, something that they were told to do and have no pleasure associated with it. A real shame.
Most of the things we want to pursue have a resource prerequisite. It’s what holds most people unless the thing isn’t finance related. Even a consulting desire has some capital prerequisites.