Character Over Trophies

You must not force your goals upon yourself but become the person to whom the goal naturally flows to.

Chase a lifestyle rather than trophies.

Say you want to be a better person, so your goal is to do X, but that does not make you a better person.

A better aim would be to become the person who does X naturally and effortlessly. Almost subconsciously.

A lot more lies under becoming who you want to be than acting how you want.

Because you can fake actions up until you are tested and then who you are comes up and he rules.

It does not matter what desire you may have to act differently. Your heart will always take precedence over your mind.

You must transform your heart. Most of us have an idea of what that heart will look like in our head, and we let the mind wage war on our heart, ignoring the fact that the heart will always prevail when the check comes due.

We can kid ourselves in times of peace, thinking our mind is in control.

But in a world where struggle is assured and a prerequisite for progress, complete peace should always be viewed as the first sign of imminent attack.

Beware peace, for it is a decoy to your guards.

That does not mean we cannot be calm and collected amidst our struggles. It is the absence of the struggles that we should be wary of.

Your biggest nightmare will attempt to disguise itself as your dream. Its gape is painted like a field of blossoming flowers.

So be careful about how you define your goals, for they might turn out to be your worst nightmare if they are not what you thought.

Focus on questioning your desires and discovering what you truly want out of life.

Your desires can be easily corrupted by evil.

You might want to make money, but does that desire come from wanting to be productive and multiply your resources or from your desire to engage in pride and status games?

If your desires are ill-born and you are a good-intentioned person, you will subconsciously keep yourself from these goals.

Your desires will taunt you as you repeatedly fail, regardless of it being self-imposed.

Misalignment between your subconscious and conscious mind is a recipe for a torturous life.

It is much better to focus on improving yourself and letting the goals flow to you naturally rather than try to struggle for the goal itself.

Goals are enjoyed once, while character transfers itself to all you do.

Be the person who attracts your goals rather than the one who forces them into existence.

Ignoble goals will not come to fruition as long as your character has a say.

Forcing it into existence can be seen as the warrior's way of dealing with life, but you must understand that your character lies as an obstacle.

You will either struggle and fail, leaving you vulnerable to the torture of your failure, or succeed just to find your goal corrupted, and it has become your worst nightmare.

You should instead seek to speak with your subconscious and find the source of your desires.

Program yourself into the person you want to be and let the fruits flow your way.

They will come to you effortlessly and in amounts far greater than those compared to force.

There is a reason why those who have amassed great resources, whether money, favor, good friends, joy, or purpose, all seem to multiply it effortlessly and why they all speak of the first million being the hardest.

Because once you have built the character, the goals will simply be your default operating procedure.

So, let us become who we could be rather than just act like it.

For you cannot fake what you do not know, and how will nobility ever come from a deceitful heart?

The only way to meet your potential is by becoming yourself.

However, I will leave that on a cliffhanger.

See you next week.

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