The answers you seek are found in the actions you avoid.

Major life cheat code: The ability to go dark. Every meaningful pursuit has a long valley in the middle. Go dark to thrive through it. Disappear. Turn inward. Don’t explain yourself. Embrace the silent struggle. Those who can do that will find a way to win.

This is very good.

Just show up.

Someone out there needs to hear this: Every meaningful pursuit has a valley. The ability to go dark during the valley is a major life cheat code. Disappear. Turn inward. Don’t explain yourself. Embrace the silent struggle. The people who can do that will find a way to win.

a poetic moment to kickstart the monday (via @SahilBloom’s on point newsletter)

Underrated life advice: It’s never too late. You can wake up and choose to see things differently. You can change. You can completely reinvent your life. “Too late” is an internal fantasy, not an external reality. Every time you think it’s too late, it’s probably still early.

Underrated advice: The worst mistakes in life are made when you try to do fast what’s meant to be done slow. Real, durable things take a long time to build. Careers. Businesses. Relationships. Health. There are no hacks or shortcuts. The long way is the right way.

Do hard things. Because there’s nothing better than a hard-earned win. The pain. The struggle. The resilience. The grit. And then, the reward. The joy of knowing that you paid the cost of entry for the thing you wanted to achieve. Hard things are good for the soul.

Underrated life advice: Potential is nothing without execution. When you're young, everyone cares about your potential. You get accustomed to focusing on it. But as you get older, no one cares about your potential—just your delivery against it.