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How often do you practice it? Do you have a disciplined routine? Often do I wonder how people with no discipline make it. One thing I’ve noticed is that social skills trump hard perseverance and dedication For many people in the west. People that work the hardest are also the ones that got overlooked quite often. And I am not very fond of that sad pattern that I’ve noticed through the past 10 years being in the workforce.

While a combination of soft skills and durable work ethics bravado does encompass a successful career, rarely the same person posses both. Me somewhat lacking the social aspect of success was compensated through perseverance and work ethics.

Struggle To Control

This led me to become a big fan of discipline. Discipline is a combination of motivation and a habit. Motivation is enjoyable, while habits are effortless. My whole life was dedicated to perseverance against adversity and building discipline. Majority of the anxiety and stress I used to face came from the efforts to control the outcomes of life that I couldn’t control. Most thoughts projected themselves to become a tangible reality.

Most of my stern attitude came from my dad, who always thought that his viewpoints are the end all be all of how life works. This made me rigid, and I always thought that me being internally stern and strict was something that brought the results. This was especially manifesting itself in work life, but it would overlap into personal affairs as well.

But reality is that we have little control of things. Day by day decisions don’t matter as much as the aggregate of your overall data. Pristine results are accomplished by perseverance, but you don’t need to sacrifice your entire life and self to accomplish big things. This is a limiting belief imposed to you by people that want to extract your life’s essence.

Guiding Thoughts That Made Me Grow

In my life guiding document called Source Code, I’ve dedicated a sentence to clarify that we are making decisions every single second, and inquired of myself: “What did I decide?” Amplifying this internal reminder of my goals, ambitions, and dreams.

I’ve always been on the intersection of the future and the now, constantly balancing between the present moment, and making the moves of the desired future. This happens by constantly having big goals in mind, this way you don’t lose sight of the destination.

The Mindset Leap

Exploding into the entrepreneurship was the biggest mindset transformation that took me 10 years to reach. Only by having massive success at my previous job roles did I come to the realization that, yes, I can do this. Every entrepreneur is taking a chance.

Optimism as the Guiding Force

But for someone as rigid as I am, who constantly worries about the future, the most important thing is that I’ve learned to relax. Entrepreneurs need to be optimistic. Optimism is a guiding element of success because without it we can not succeed.

A huge reason why I think I didn’t progress as fast as I wanted, was due to the fact that I had toxic people around me that didn’t believe in themselves and radiated that energy onto myself.

Expand

My desire to write this piece is to inspire people to think beyond the norm of what is imposed on them. The truth of success is grounded in both smart work, good talent as well as social skills. These things need to work together for a healthy growth and an environment where you can expand.

We’ve been using WordPress for a decade, and there is a lot of culture ingrained behind it. But lately all this functionality feels like it is slowing down the site, and it feels so redundant.

Not sure that Ghost will solve all of these problems, especially the ease of use on the iPhone. There is an urge to try something new, and if all things turn out good, I’ll talk about it here, on my personal blog.

We need healthy competition, and blogging world is poised to get it. Is it ghost or Something else, I wouldn’t be able to fully know, but willing to invest time to learn something new. Maybe we end up coding our own CMS…

Feeling blessed to have this garden a short walk from my residence.

What do I think of this iPad? I really enjoy it, and Apple managed to sucker me into yet another device. Perhaps because it is new, it has that novelty factor, but it really grew onto me. So what should I do? It is a tax deductible, so it dumps down my profits, signfiicantly. But should I really spend it on that? Should I stick with my old one? The issue with the old one is selling it. I am here, kicking it off, writing for sure.

Whatever I say, I think this iPad is a good writing machine. The primary reason why I spent $1700 for this piece of shit, is so that I can lay down and create content. So content that I create makes it worthawhile, and if I start creating enough of this content while I am chilling, than it really will be worth it. I am also starting to realize that this is my new laptop, and I do like working on it, as well as spending time on it.

If that isn’t worth it, I don’t know what is! Creating content currently is probably the best thing that I can devote my time to. Putting the words out is probably the best way I can connect to others, and doing that completely passively. I remember when I was writing my first blog back in 2006, and I was getting people to read my stuff. And now it’s been 15 years or so, since I’ve published my first article, and I find that blogging became my unyielding habit, that this iPad is actually extrapolating, making it even more convenient, and of higher quality. I believe that this machine created some value that I didn’t have before, and that’s the capability to transform casual time, into productive time.

Ultimately I am rationalizing my emotional decision, and seems that it grew on me, so seems like I will hang on to it, and force myself to utilize the most out of it that I can.

If the era of the fake news has taught us about lies, imagine how much it teaches us about fake history. We are living in the dogmas of the ruling elite, and we stubbornly act to defend it. People do not know much, but their psychology is completely hijacked. If you want to have a winners mentality, your mind needs to question the unquestionable, operate with the belief that everything we hold true is a lie, and act accordingly.

Your world view is everything, and you need to challenge it, so it operates in a way that is productive and productive for you. Not all lies need to be demystified, and telling the truth when everyone else believes lies with strong emotions can be quite dangerous. Truth is not virtuous, when it is harming you. Actions that deliberate your own self advancement are what counts. Your own actions should be concealed yet reveal your true strength and purpose.

I said some stupid shit, because I believed in the truth, but my entire heritage could be broken to pieces because of saying the truth. While I do not advocate for lying, staying quite, and not being loud about self evident truths is probably the best way to protect oneself.

But your first step, when waking up from the Matrix is to realize that you can’t talk people out of the Matrix. There are things that are simply dangerous to say, and if you encounter those things, mearly observe them. What happens to these people that are speaking out, is what could well happen to you, if you chose to follow this path.

You don’t really need to go far to see people that are being de-platformed, antagonized, and pushed off of the internet. Terrible things happen to those that speak the truth.

Don’t be one of those people that go silently into the dark. Do not let these vile forces push you into an oblivion and censorship. Your life force has much more to offer by fighting silently. Claim victories against those that censor, by exposing them briefly, verbally, in darkness. All these little cuts do add up, and we are all a part of this fight.

Make other people aware by showing them the obvious inconsistencies in the environment. Expose those that harm others, but do it silently. Your word face to face, holds more value And Power, than any social media post. The silent revolution begins, stay protected.