BLS #21 - Transforming Yourself
👋 Hello
Here are a few things I wanted to share with you this week.
1. The key to transforming yourself - Robert Greene
“Any change in people's fortune is merely the visible manifestation of all of that deep preparation over time. By essentially ignoring this internal, invisible aspect, we fail to change anything fundamental within ourselves. And so, in a few years’ time, we reach our limits yet again, we grow frustrated, we crave change, we grab at something quick and superficial, and we remain prisoners forever of these recurring patterns in our lives. The answer, the key to the ability to transform ourselves is actually insanely simple: to reverse this perspective.”
2. 10 things you should know about money
Debt is consumption from the future. Saving is deferred consumption. Liabilities are therefore a negative personally.
Live within your means. Take out 10% of your salary and save it. Then live on what you have left. In this day and age you can start a business with nothing. Start small and build out your asset base. Save. Shun liabilities.…
Conventional wisdom is nearly always wrong. So with respect to money you have to do the opposite to what you see everybody else doing. So don’t borrow money. Save. Create income streams for yourself.
Lots of people on social media are gaming you by ‘displaying’ wealth but they don’t have any. They have liabilities. So you can’t get educated via these people. Seek out the mentors that do have assets and no liabilities. Ask them to educate you.
3. No “yes.” Either “HELL YEAH!” or “no.” Derek Sivers
When you say no to most things, you leave room in your life to really throw yourself completely into that rare thing that makes you say “HELL YEAH!”
📖 What I've Been Reading
📗 Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
📗 On Writing Well by William Zinsser
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