Twitter: Orange Book on facing Reality
Talent comes with painful training. Wealth comes with stressful risks. Peace of mind comes with brutal self-reflection. Intelligence comes with grueling mental efforts.
Love comes with demanding commitment. Nothing great happens without friction. Figure out the price, then pay. — Orange Book
What It Takes To Win
Mastery takes time— 7 to 10 years, roughly. Whether you’re building a robust business, getting in exceptional shape, or overcoming your suffering, it’s a relentless pursuit. It is NOT peaceful or easy. It is years of brutal struggle. In fact, the depth of your mastery usually mirrors the intensity of the lessons you have to endure.
Everyone dreams of being rich, fit, or happy, but few are patient and resilient enough to stick with the grind for the next 7+ years. The truth is, we often compare ourselves to those who have endured unimaginable hardship to achieve greatness, without fully acknowledging the pain they’ve had to face along the way.
If you’re willing to commit to 7-10 years—or even more—of consistent, unrelenting effort, there’s a 90% chance you’ll reach your goal. But if you aren’t prepared to embrace the brutal reality of what it takes, you might as well let go of the dream and settle for mediocrity. It may sound harsh, but it’s the truth.
Admiring someone else’s success is pointless if you’re not willing to put in the same work. In fact, it’s toxic and will only bring misery. You can have what they have, but only if you're ready for the journey, no matter how long or painful it may be. And if it truly matters to you, the struggle won’t deter you—it’ll fuel you.
Thomas Edison On Focus
You do something all day, don't you? Everyone does. The only trouble is that they do it about a great many things and I do it about one. If they took the time in question and applied it in one direction, to one object, they would succeed. Success is sure to follow such application. The trouble lies in the fact that people do not have an object, one thing, to which they stick, letting all else go. Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application.
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