Amateurs train until they get it right. Professionals train until they never get it wrong.
It’s as simply as that. Doing a thing one time does not make you good at it, it merely is proof that you in fact are able to do it.
You want more, you want to be damn good at it!
/phil
The steeper the mountain the harder the climb the better the view from the finishing line.
/phil
Well, someone will end up doing it
Yup, someone always ends up doing it. Be that person!
Be there when work needs to be done.
Be there when success needs to be achieved.
Do your job, work hard and work whenever you have the possibility to contribute.
Start early, work hard, end late in the night!
Believe me it will bring great results and make you happy!
But be careful not to be everyones bitch, this is not about doing the work that lies in other peoples duty!
/phil
What makes a man is not how he behaves in front of people but rather how he behaves when no one is looking.
Behaving in front of people just shows that you have manners or self respect. It shows that you want to present yourself in a certain way.
But what you do when no one is watching, how you behave when no one is looking and judging, that shows who you really are.
Think about this and think about wether or not you like this person right now.
/phil
Health is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become.
Do you know this feeling when you got up early, went out for a jog, ate healthy and just felt awesome?
Yep, you know you would like it to be that way every day, you love that feeling!
Living healthy is like a drug, it is damn addictive and that is great. Why? Because you can start small and sooner or later you will naturally crave for more. So do it, start to add a little bit healthiness to your life today!
/phil
He who does not know what he wants rarely gets what he needs.
If you did not know what you want in the first place it would be pure luck to get something that you truly deserve. You should know what you want in order to work for it.
/phil
Complain privately. Compliment publicly.
Show people some respect! Compliments work best with an audience because it multiplies the positive effect of bein complimented.
Complain on the other hand does not work at all with an audience involved. If you complain so someone in public he thinks about the humiliation and his social situation but not about the essence of the critique. Complain in private and in a nice tone on the contrary and he can make the best of your complaints.
Show some greatness, do it the right way!
/phil
Money invested in fun is money well spent
Some people say money is important some say it is not.
I say: Spending money is important. While it is a good feeling to have some cash on the bank money is made for spending after all. If you are not willing to use your money why would it comfort you in any way?
Go out, have fun, make trips, and if you realise you don’t need that much money to be happy: Work less. It will pay off 🙂
/phil
People will judge you either way so go ahead and just do what feels right
Phil
Often when facing scaring or just big decisions you might wonder what close friends or even family might think of you.
I mean “important” decisions like wether to quit a job or not or if you want to leave the country or not. When it comes to career, family planning or serious stuff like that you will most certainly picture yourself in the possible situations and think about how people will look at you.
Don’t do that!
People will judge you no matter what you do. That goes for family, friends and enemies. Everybody does it and there is nothing wrong with it.
Just don’t let this judgement confuse your decisions. You know what is right for you and it will work out in the end so have the courage to make strong decisions that are in harmony with your own thoughts rather than forming a person other people might like.
Another important point is that there are not always right and wrong decisions. You’ll make so many decisions in your life that it will never be possible to relate anything (good or bad) to one single one.
So don’t be afraid, make choices, face the consequences, gain experience and be prepared that you might want to change your opinion in the end.
At least you will never wonder “What would have happened if I had just trusted myself” but you will be more certain because you have personal experience instead of recommendations!
Making own decisions based on own thoughts is always more likeable in the end. What is the worth of a person that likes you just because you make decisions in his/her favor? Right, you rather would not hang around with such a person.
/phil
Today I talked to a buddy at the university about nothing in particular when this happened:
Buddy: I’d be happy if I made more money than my professor some day.
Since we study economics I assured him that he probably will if he goes in the open economy
Him: Only if I am good at what I do.
Me: Well, are you?
Him: I don’t know if I will be
Me: Well, why wouldn’t you?
Him: How would I know, I have not written any tests so far
I could not believe that he actually said and believed that. He honestly thinks his success in tests and in university in general defines his later work life!
How can our school system fuck that hard with the mind of a young person? I can’t believe that people really think that way, this is so damn limiting!
What about following your dreams, believing in your ideas? What about the passion that young people always have? If you ask a child what he wants to be when he grows up he sure as hell won’t say: I wanna be a firefighter, but therefore I have to study hard and be an honorable person.
He will reply: I want to be James Bond, I want to be a firefighter, heck I want to be a billionaire!
I don’t say that education is not important or should be taken lightly but everything has to have boundaries and if you really think your success in several years from now on depends on how well you do in some tests right now, there must be something wrong.
How great must this pressure be? If I fail now, I won’t have a good job in ten years?
Wow, do NOT, I repeat, do NOT apply this attitude to your life!
Go where you want to go and take important tasks serious but damn have fun on the way and don’t worry too much. It will all work out! It always has and it always will work out, trust me on this one.
And now go out and enjoy yourself!
/phil
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