Don't Let People Know Too Much About You
Don't Let People Know Too Much About You
Ignoring These Life Lessons is the Fastest Way to Have a Miserable Life
People know your worth; they just hope you don’t realize it. Don’t base your decisions on advice from those who won’t deal with the consequences. Sometimes, good things fall apart so better things can come together. Accept people as they are but put them where they belong. The way things are now won’t always be the same. Never confuse those always around you with those who are truly there for you. You can’t reach for what’s ahead if you don’t let go of the past. Your road is yours alone others may walk with you, but no one can walk it for you. Don’t try to save someone who isn’t trying to save themselves; they might just want to pull you down with them.
What you do from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. pays the bills; what you do from 5 p.m. to midnight builds your legacy. Be careful of the stories you tell yourself negative thoughts leave no space for positive ones. Those who say you can’t often fear you will. People ask what you do for a living to gauge how much respect to give you. Your life today is a result of last year’s choices; your life a year from now will reflect today’s choices. Comfort doesn’t lead to a comfortable life discomfort does. Stay close to people who want more for you, not from you.
The hardest things in life are often the ones we need to hear most. Experience is a tough teacher: the test comes first, and the lesson after. At some point, you must choose to turn the page, write a new book, or close it entirely. Solving problems without addressing the root is like taking a step forward, then one back. How you treat your body before 45 is how it will treat you after. The wrong people always teach the right lessons. Time doesn’t change things you do. When you understand your power, you won’t be just anywhere. Successful people don’t speak negatively about others. If you don’t separate yourself from distractions, distractions will separate you from your goals.
Paths without obstacles usually lead nowhere. One of the fastest ways to improve your life is to simply do what you said you would. Experience isn’t just painful failing to learn from it is worse. You don’t get what you wish for, but what you work for. You’re stronger than you give yourself credit for. Take care of your thoughts when alone and your words around others. People only change for themselves don’t break yourself trying to fix them.
If it can be fixed, why complain? If not, why complain? Everyone wants to skip the struggle, not realizing that’s where character is built. Failure is life’s way of teaching rules we don’t want to learn. It never gets easy, but it does get easier. By failing to prepare, you prepare to fail. Some people are investments, others are bills know the difference. Every setback carries the seed of a greater benefit.
You can choose the game you play, but not the rules. Stop being so available to those who only show up when it’s convenient for them. You don’t see your progress because you keep raising the bar. The human capacity for burden is far more flexible than you think. When driving through darkness, you can only see as far as the headlights yet that’s enough to make the whole journey. A healthy amount of distrust is wise; no one’s intentions are fully clear. You’re not crazy, just intelligent the trouble is, you think you have time.
Our wounds often lead to the best parts of us. If they don’t know you personally, don’t take it personally. Recognizing where you aren’t yet is the first step toward change. If you wouldn’t take their advice, why take their criticism? Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Too many priorities mean you have none. Smart people learn from everything, average people learn from their experiences, and fools think they already know it all.
Expect little from others, but much from yourself. You can’t learn to drive a parked car. Don’t rely on others to tell you how to live a good life.
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