- The truth may hurt. And most of the time someone else telling you what you need to hear won’t cut it. You need to tell yourself your truth. “Call yourself out!”
- Don’t fluff your truths. Don’t use euphemisms. If you see an overweight person in the mirror and aren’t really okay with it, tell yourself you’re fat. Period. “It’s okay to be unkind with yourself in these moments because we need thicker skin to improve in life.”
- If you don’t have the ideal home environment or natural talent to help you develop a strong self-confidence, use personal accountability to keep moving forward. “[Personal accountability] brought me self-respect, and self-respect will always light a way forward.”
- Everything in life is a mental game. Whenever you’re facing adversity or a challenge, no matter if intellectual or physical, remember that if you quit, you’re probably doing it because you’re not mentally strong enough. Prepare yourself mentally. Always.
- Master your insecurities to get ahead at any game. Hiding or denying your insecurities only makes them stronger and you weaker.
- “And never forget that all emotional and physical anguish is finite! It all ends eventually.”
- Go hard and give it all, no matter how defeated you feel. “… Because the ticket to victory often comes down to bringing your very best when you feel your worst.”
- You’re not a victim of your circumstances. Your life is simply a training ground. It’s up to you to use it to make yourself stronger. “My disadvantages had been callousing my mind all along…”. ” If you choose to see yourself as a victim of circumstances into adulthood, the callous will become resentment that protects you from the unfamiliar.”
- Self-doubt is practically inevitable. Forget about removing self-doubt from your mind completely and focus on learning how to fight it back instead. “You can tolerate doubt as a backseat driver, but if you put doubt in the pilot’s seat, defeat is guaranteed.”
- Use bad experiences as fuel. “Going forward it became very important for me to rehash my life, because when you examine your experiences with a fine-toothed comb and see where your issues come from, you can find strength in enduring pain and abuse.”
