Don’t make the mistake I thinking that your goals aren’t good enough just because they don’t match the goals that somebody else has for themselves

An organize conversation between my friend Samuel and myself about the meaning of life, how discomfort leads to growth, the necessity of connection, and learning to start new things despite their imperfections. Please give it a listen!!

All this time, I had thought that in order to work out, I first have to feel good about working out. I am now realizing that I don’t have to feel good about working out; I have to feel good about the consequences of reaching my goals, making that more important than the discomfort of the means by which I do so

Take an inventory of who you surround yourself with because you are the average of the five people around you. If you’re going to be the average of something you might as well be the average of excellence.

Demonstrate consistency to yourself before investing time in equipment or memberships that will end up going unused because you managed to convince yourself yet again that you’d be different this time.

Pretend you’re a product. Have you ever leaned into your product market fit, or are you using energy to chase down fixing all of your “imperfections”?

You don’t have to understand why other people have the feelings they do in order to allow them the space to express themselves. Let people be happy or sad or whatever it is!

As validating as it is to have someone understand what you’re going through, labels can be a cage you feel you might never escape

Don’t think about how a contact might pay off in the future; learn to find value in all the ways your relationships already add so much to your life in the present

Impostor syndrome isn’t an isolated incident. It’s a pattern of thinking. As with all patterns of thinking, it can be unpacked and unlearned