“The sword master advancing into ritual combat has inwardly made peace with his own extinction. He is prepared to leave everything, including his life, there on the fighting floor.”

📚Book: Turning Pro
Steven Pressfield

People always pass away suddenly.

Stop assuming that you will be able to catch up with people you love at your convenience.

One day, you will realize your work wasn't as important as you thought, and you will wish you could go back in time just to have one last conversation.

Never

Everything you learned late, teach your children early.

Stop being okay with things you really not okay with.

Don’t focus on the goal, focus on becoming someone who can see the path to the goal and calmly think through it.

Your mental health is important

More silence, more control. No reaction.

To everyone carrying a heavy heart in silence. You're going to be okay.

A healthy lifestyle is simple: enough deep work to keep your mind calm, enough time with your family and friends to not forget where you come from, enough time reading to stay humble about how much you don't know, and enough exercise to enjoy the journey in the best conditions.

Trust God

Don't react. Cut them off silently.

I don't want perfect, I want honest and faithful.

Your most valuable assets will be the same in twenty years:

- a healthy, fit body that shows discipline
- a clear mind that shows ambition, curiosity
- a loving family and loyal friends who care
- the freedom to live on your own terms
- a meaningful purpose that makes you grow

Never

We don't lose friends; we discover our true ones.

Know your worth, even if it gets lonely.

Life suddenly gets better once you are more ruthless about removing what you don’t need from your life.

Reminder

True power lies in mastering oneself.