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Not everyone deserves your help. Stoicism isn’t about being nice. It’s about being wise. “Don’t feed every dog you see. Some just need strength to bite you.” That’s brutal and true. Modern leaders get trapped in people-pleasing: → Saying yes when they mean no → Helping those who drain them → Hoping loyalty will be returned But the Stoics knew: kindness without boundaries leads to betrayal. #Philosophy #stoic #stoicism #mindset

This picture says a thousand words. But let me say a few more. 20 sentences you need to hear: 1. Get off your ass and go for a walk. 2. Take calls while walking if you have to. 3. Quit looking for shortcuts. 4. Carbs aren’t the enemy, you’re just eating too many calories. 5. If you “don’t have time” to lift weights for 3 hours/week, your priorities are out of wack. 6. Avoid ultra-processed foods at all costs. 7. If your diet has a name, it’s a marketing scheme. Not a long term solution. 8. Your doctor's job is to look for disease. It's YOUR job to prevent it. 9. If you don’t have systems you’ll just eat whatever’s convenient. Plan your meals ahead of time. 10. 80% of your grocery list should be lean protein, veggies, and fruits. The other 20%? Foods you enjoy. 11. Cooking healthy food is easier than you think. Grill some meat. Fry some vegetables. Bake a potato. There’s 100 variations of this. 12. Exercise is literally an anti-depressant. Sad? Angry? Anxious? Go to the gym. 13. Your family needs you HEALTHY, not just hardworking. 14. Lift weights 3-4 times per week. That's it. The other 165 hours of your week matter more for fat loss than your gym time. 15. Skipping leg day is keeping you weak and deprived of testosterone. Go. Train. Legs. 16. Never sacrifice form for ego lifting. If you can’t lift the weight with proper form, just don’t. 17. Protein isn’t optional. At least 50g per meal, 3 times a day. 18. Food addiction is real. You'll never control your life if you can't control what you eat. 19. The secret to self-control is avoiding environments that require it. Leave bad environments & toxic people. 20. If you try to be perfect you will fail, just be better than yesterday. #Health #wealth #happiness

Mastery is not created by talent alone. It is the result of small repeated actions that compound over time.

The Ocean never apologised for its depth. View quoted note →

Light reminds us who we are. Dark reveals what we are capable of. When we learn from both, we rise with purpose and clarity.

#Success begins with who you are long before it shows in what you do.

Sometimes, the more you give the less you're valued. It sounds backwards, but it’s true. When you're always available... When you solve problems before they're asked... When you constantly say yes... People start expecting it. Not appreciating it. Not respecting it. Just expecting it. “Be careful when you do too much for people, they start loving your hand not your heart.” This happens in leadership, friendships, and even family.

Veni vidi vici mindset act with intention one small stride at a time #VeniVidiVici #OneStride

If you're waiting to be ready… you're already late. Most people want to #think like a warrior. But they wait to “feel ready” before taking #action. The truth? You don’t rise to the occasion. You fall to your level of preparation. And that’s where most people lose. They scroll past ideas that could change their mindset. They ignore wisdom until life forces them to learn the hard way. They assume “I'll come back to this later” — but later never comes. You don’t build resilience in comfort. You build it in discipline. #Grownostr