I love those YouTube videos where the 80 year olds talk about their life and they all say they wish they took more risk and stopped being afraid. Give yourself that experience you’ve always wanted to take. Look back later and smile. Growth happens when you go just beyond your edge.

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I was building the second line upon the first. So anything negative in regards to complaining or gossiping. Acknowledging something so you can act on it is different.

I have a challenge for you: Stop complaining & stop gossiping. Don’t let anything negative come out of your mouth regarding anything external. See what happens.

I haven’t done both. I’ve dabbled with AI, but diving deep and learning everything about it doesn’t interest me. Cultivating in person community does interest me.

Heard this guy on a podcast say you have two options these days: 1) Study AI really hard and figure it all out 2) Go buy a ranch somewhere, raise a family, and be integrated with the local community I’m definitely a #2 kind of guy.

I hear what you’re saying, but in this situation it was more boy energy. Not really being strong in his values and just flowing with the direction of the wind that day (how other people are acting & matching that).

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I hung out with somebody for the first time 1-on-1 recently. We agreed twice to meet at 3pm. There are some events where showing up late makes sense, but this wasn’t one of them. He rolls up at 3:35pm. I ask what happened to our agreement. He said people have been flaking and showing up late on him recently so he felt called to do it too. It sort of blew my mind that a man would supposedly change his values based on the way other people are acting. I got bad vibes immediately. My opinion: Instead of looking at how other people act, be the example of the change you wish to see. Don’t perpetuate the same behavior cycle you don’t like. Be impeccable with your word. You never get a second chance to make a first impression.

The key is to stay deeply connected to your life’s purpose while simultaneously becoming immune to the opinions of others who haven’t achieved what you want.

It’s pretty wild that I’m sitting here in Costa Rica looking at an iguana while typing this message and people in at least 5 continents around the world will read this. And it’s impossible for the message to be taken down. Sometimes it’s nice to zoom out and marvel at the amazing technological advancements we’ve made as a species. Pura Vida.