"the secret of happiness is freedom, the secret to freedom is courage."
Absolutely love that.

“On any one day you can massively change the direction of your life.”
- Jim Rohn

Love Earl Nightingale. His message doesn't need crappy, loud and distracting background music.

Look before u leap. Risk takers are most successful. You need courage and action. Practice failure. Dopamine is released when u take massive action  not when u accomplish the goal. All great advice.

I remember a friend that complained why he never had a gorgeous woman , same friend would never speak to a woman . (Not trying is a guaranteed 0% success )

Success is a mindset. Without a successful mindset, you will never be successful. It's crazy how powerful the human attitude is. We have the power to change and shape our entire reality, but a lot of us don't even know it. A lot of us think that we can't control what happens to us and that we can't do anything about the situation we're in. But this is so untrue. So many people have the potential to be so much more and they don't even know it.

I finally quit my crappy job to pursue a business idea. It took me so long to build to courage to leave, thinking that people would judge me for doing so or convince me that I’m a fool. Funnily enough, no one really cared lol

"people who play it too safe, take the greatest risks. In the long haul, intelligent risk takers develop the greatest security" 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

My 1st business failed in 6 months. I learned some lessons. My 2nd business has survived 1 year, no money to show because all bills are paid and still in business moving to the 2nd year with an outlook of increase and more stability in revenue. Some look at me and consider me a failure and wasting time. Hurtfully, it is those closest to me, who are the exact ones I'm doing it for. Because of this and the sights I have, I cannot quit. Failure is always an option, quitting is not. Keep learning, educate to mitigate and learn from what you cannot mitigate. Keep it moving.

They should play this in the lobby at casinos

I started by business in the middle of a recession, in the middle of a divorce, and while I was working a full time job.  I used every penny I had saved to start it and - lol and behold - it worked. Thank the good lord. Yes sometimes time and chance (“luck”) happen but you have to put yourself out there to even be able to capitalize on it.

This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my YouTube channel 8 months ago about self development. Now I have 837 subs and > 400 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.

Choices have consequences:  it happens to all of us.

Windows of opportunity, once closed not only can't open again, but are often walled-over.

I have six decades of hills and valleys to look back on, but am grateful for where I am.  Regardless, there's no going back to change the "woulda, coulda & shouldas".

Marshalling the fortitude to transform, "I always wanted to <fill-in the blank>." into "I'm <filling-in the blank>." is revolutionary at any age.

You can become successful by taking risks, but they’re risks for a reason. Survivorship bias is real.

the pain of discipline, or the pain of regret

You suffer more in your head than in reality. Stop worrying about what might happen and face what does happen.

Anyone chasing their dream I will always support. The most successful people in the world have a string of failures behind them that became their education

10:13 - "Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing... in the long run, avoiding danger is no safer than exposure" - Helen Keller.

I had failed the final high school exam of my country. Spent a few months deppressed, playing videogames in my pijamas and not leaving my room for days at a time except to go to the bathroom. Then I remember that a colleague I had when working at kfc in 11th grade told me he taught himself programming and got a job making 20k euros a month. So, I looked into it, watched a ton of videos, and came to the conclusion that it is possible, just extremely hard, even harder because I had no university degree.. or even high school diploma. I remember it pretty well, I was wearing shorts and a comfy t-shirt, something I rarely did because I had no need to change out of pijamas. I was stirring a tablespoon of sugar into non caffeinated mint tea while holding my phone sideways with the other hand, listening to Aaron Jack talk about the fastest way to become a developer in 20XX. At some point I just had enough of binging these videos, scared out of my mind about my future. I said "fuck it" out loud and committed. The following 2 years I had massive ups and downs and lefts and rights and everything in between, the last few months of it I was feeling like wanting to quit every day. It's been 2 months since I got the job, maybe 3 I'm not sure. It's hard don't get me wrong, but I did make it. Yesterday I became 21, so I actually learned and got a job faster than I would have finished university, which I couldn't afford anyway, and I'm also terrible in an academic enviroment. Thanks for listening to my story. Next I'm going to build a web application and sell it as a product to consumer, make 5 mil together with the sale of the company, put it all into a dividend ETF and spend a few years painting and enjoying life. Might even get a girlfriend.