No hate. Mistakes were made. We’ve all made this major one. Here is the worst question in the World.
“What if?”
What if I lose my job? What if I want to switch schools? What if I don’t get into a bulge bracket? What if I get rejected?
Here’s the answer.
What if you do nothing at all? You may as well be dead.
Life is a game. Take action. If you spend your time in a state rumination, you remain on the bench. No one wants to be on the sidelines in a game you only play once.
Your friends, your family, your boss, your wife and anyone near you is going to protect your near term emotions. They will play what if with your future and the answer is always the “safest” solution. Why are you going to let someone else make a decision for you in the moment in exchange for what you desire the most?
We get a lot of emails about college debt, getting into a target school, making the right decision. But only one email has come in asking the right question, have I maximized my potential? The harsh truth is you probably have not. You’re already accepting failure and you’re limiting your own potential.
If everyone else can only muster a 4.0 GPA at a community college why can’t you do the same… And get a job relevant to your passions… And stay healthy… And wake up every day with a positive mental state of mind… And step out of your comfort zone every day… And ignore all the haters… And ignore the limits you have unnecessarily placed in your own mind.
Escape the prison.
When you escape you will wreck the belief system of everyone who was trying to help you make the safest choice all the time. You just gave all of your relatives the biggest gift of all, a new positive mindset.
Help them escape prison as well.
Of the people who read this post maybe one person will follow through.
The sad part is everyone deserves more. They just aren’t willing to earn it.
