Uncertainty usually creates anxiety. It is not a pleasant state to be in. The best cure for this is certainty. We get certainty by taking action and getting results.
Any result, good or bad, can reduce the uncertainty and therefore anxiety. So when in doubt, get moving toward your goal and create outcomes.
Like Ollie Watkins said, he and Palmer had a plan for Palmer to feed it to him and he’d put it in.
Plan it. See it. Do it.
Become a legend.
Throw your shoulders back, bring your chin up a little, smile and say, “Of course they want me, I’m quite good”.
Walk around like that all day for a couple of weeks and watch your life change. A lot of success in life is about being confident. If you appreciate all the things you have done and all your experiences, it is easier to see why you should be confident and ready for everything going forward.
You may not start off brilliant, but knowing you’ll get better with effort is so important. Because at least you’ll try!
Be confident. Sometimes that’s all you have.
Less hurry is more calm.
Less distracted is more focused.
Less loose spending is more retirement savings.
Less shouting down others is more finding common ground.
And finally, less demanding is more receiving.
Just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should. Play the game in the spirit of which it was intended, not how far you can bend the rules to your favour.
It’s nice to win. It is also nice to be the party in power. However, people don’t like being played or seeing things that truly seem unfair.
The pendulum swings harder and further to the other side when people try to keep it in their favour too long.
Enjoy your time at the top but learn how to let go and let the natural changes occur.
Whatever your game is, play hard and play to win. Stay within the rules but play with intensity and desire.
Look and you shall find. Define your vibe and tribe and then go out and find them.
They are out there and will welcome you wholeheartedly. You just have to make the effort to find them.
Begin with the end in mind. In your final days, when you look back over your life, what will you be proud of? What will you savour and hold close?
Who will tidy your mess? There are many questions to answer including whether you left an inheritance, fond memories, or children.
Hopefully you will have been a net giver on this Earth. You will have a tidy and easy to understand book of your affairs for your Executor.
What fun plans will you have had, trips will you have taken, and opportunities will you have pursued.
Sit down at a computer, or with pen and paper, for one hour this weekend and write out your life from its finish, back to now. Write out the highlight real you want to watch in your later life.
Then on Monday, set to work to ensure you do all that you wrote. That’s how you create a dream life.
Spend money on self improvement, education, courses and coaches.
Listen carefully and follow instructions. People are there to help and have been there before.
Investing in your future will pay many dividends as the years roll on.
When you engage in a discussion with someone, do so in good faith. Listen carefully. Don’t summarise what you want to believe they think, but rather, actually try asking for clarification.
“What is your position on x matter?”, is one way to do this. “Could you clarify what you mean by this?”, is another.
Too many people summarise someone’s position incorrectly and sometimes simply in bad faith. If you’re paying attention, and with reasonable cognitive ability, you understand what another person is saying.
Don’t be that person that takes everything out of context, pushes your own bias or makes sweeping generalisations.
The world would be a much lovelier place if people engaged with curiosity rather than animosity.
Many people are very sensible and are simply trying to find solutions that make sense to them. Allow that to breathe and investigate in good faith. The world needs more of this.
