You can’t delegate the determination of your value to others. No matter how close they are to you or how much they want you to succeed, they will always try to lower it. Your goal should be to maximize your value, so there is an inherent conflict of interest here. Pay attention.
The maximum speed you can achieve is directly tied to the car you choose to drive. The level of greatness you can reach is correlated the same way.
This is how life works too. People, ideologies, activities — everything has its own maximum speed and maximum level of greatness. When you choose something and tie your life’s purpose to it, you automatically limit yourself.
Where are you headed? What's your purpose? Are you reaching your potential?
Male lion's only job is power.
This is also true for men.
It is possible to control and exploit the masses just by telling stories. Why would they do anything else?
If someone compares you to a bird, would that offend you? What about calling you a fish? Probably not. Yet when people say you act like a child or call your behavior childish, most of us feel insulted and rush to defend ourselves. Why?
Being like a bird isn’t bad for a bird — it’s perfectly normal. The same goes for a fish. But if a fish started acting like a bird — flapping around on land instead of swimming — that would seem strange and out of place. It would suggest something is wrong: the fish isn’t in its natural environment or is trying to be something it’s not.
Children are wonderful. Their traits — curiosity, playfulness, shyness, naivety, even occasional delusion — are not only normal but essential for their stage of life. These qualities help them learn, explore, and grow safely. However, those same traits become ineffective, even harmful, in adulthood. A mature person faces different challenges and pursues different goals. Clinging to childish patterns as an adult often leads to frustration, unfulfilled potential, and unhappiness.
So why do we get defensive when accused of acting childishly? Because we see ourselves as adults — and we want others to see us that way too. Being treated as a mature, capable person is central to our identity. When someone points out childish behavior, it challenges that identity. It implies we’re falling short of the role we believe we’ve earned. The offense isn’t really about the word “child”; it’s about the threat to our self-image as grown-ups.
Chronological age alone doesn’t guarantee psychological maturity. While the body grows automatically with time, the mind matures only through experience: facing real challenges, overcoming fears, enduring struggles, and learning from consequences. These difficult but natural processes shape a child into a resilient, responsible adult.
In today’s world, however, life is often engineered for comfort and safety. Many of the hardships that once forced growth are now avoided or softened. As a result, large numbers of people reach physical adulthood while remaining emotionally and mentally childlike — trapped in patterns that no longer serve them.
The good news is that this isn’t permanent. With honest self-reflection and clear guidance, you can recognize immature patterns in your own behavior. And through targeted practices, real-world challenges, and deliberate effort, those patterns can be replaced with mature, effective ones.
If you’re ready to examine this in yourself and take practical steps toward genuine adulthood, detailed insights, self-assessment tools, and step-by-step exercises are available to members of Warrior’s Path.
She will listen to you carefully only if she has a chance of losing you. Don't mess it up, don't become her little brother.
A lion that never roars loses his power.
The fear of social awkwardness and embarrassment is one of the strongest fears humans have, and it prevents us from achieving our potential. Whoever has no such fear, or can overcome it, can conquer the world.
By doing your best and reaching your potential, by taking care of yourself first, you are actually doing good for everyone — for yourself, your community, society, and the world.
The higher you climb and the more effective you become, the greater your impact will be.
You can’t do much good if you are homeless, broke, and miserable. But you can do a lot if you are intelligent, capable, wealthy, and powerful.
So if you truly want to make the world a better place, start with yourself. Become as good as you possibly can. Rise as high as you can. Climb the highest mountain.
From there, you will see the world more clearly, and you will have far more leverage and influence to change it.