The most talented people actually have very little ego and pride; they are ready to learn from anyone if that helps them get closer to their goals; if anything, they are only proud of their own efforts and of sticking to the highest standards in a world where people are proud of fitting in; and the opposite is true, the most average people are full of ego and pride; they have a very strong idea of what they deserve even though they are never ready to pay the price; they look down on the amount of efforts it takes to build a wealthy life; they are quick to get offended and actually subconsciously put themselves in environments where they never have to question themselves. #orangebook #Ego #Talent #GrowthMindset

Most "drama" are born between people who fell in love with the comfort of lowering their standards until they started blaming each other for not living the life they wanted. #orangebook #Relationships #Standards #Expectations

The worst circumstances actually teach you how to appreciate the best circumstances, you just need to stay mentally resilient, believe in your ability to relearn who you are, and execute on a long-term plan that will lead you there. #orangebook #Resilience #Mindset #Planning

Counterintuitively, you will actually feel "busy" all the time as long as you don't have a clear goal, and you will naturally become more efficient and get much more done once you have plenty of meaningful goals, because you will learn to trim the fat and focus on what matters. #orangebook #GoalSetting #Productivity #Efficiency

People who lack the courage to act love to come up with statistics about how most businesses fail, most marriages fail, how they are already too old, how they were not blessed with "talent," but if they actually had the intelligence to think about their problems with more depth, they'd quickly realize that most businesses fail because most people are ignorant yet arrogant, most marriages fail because most people are not even in a healthy relationship with themselves, and that when it comes to age and talent, the real problem was precisely that mindset that they always had ever since they were younger, and also their inability to unlearn and relearn the way they saw the world and tackled their problems. No one overthinks as much as a coward who chooses to play the victim about where they are in life. #orangebook #Courage #Mindset #Victimhood

Relationships are actually quite simple if you don’t have the bad habit of closing your eyes when people show you who they are. #orangebook #Relationships #Honesty #Perception

So many parents do the thinking for their kids, protect them instead of educating them, give them advantages instead of teaching them how to position themselves intelligently, doubt and worry about them instead of trusting and believing in them, then years later, wonder why their kids are mentally weak, insecure, entitled. A good parent gives hints and raises awareness around the available resources, they don’t walk the journey for their kids. #orangebook #Parenting #ChildDevelopment #Mentorship

Sadly, most people don’t really want to fix their problems, they feel proud of being busy and having fires to put out all the time (even if it’s due to their own incompetence or arrogance), they want to play the victim, they want to have their “feelings heard.” You want sustainable peace of mind, build relationships with problem solvers, not drama makers. #orangebook #ProblemSolving #Mindset #VictimMentality

Anxiety is reality telling you that you are not walking in the right direction in life, don’t ignore that voice, or it only gets louder as you get older. #orangebook #Anxiety #LifeDirection #SelfAwareness

You offend so many people when you choose to not remain your default mediocre self. #orangebook #Authenticity #Selfimprovement #Mediocrity

There is no such thing as people who struggle to maintain meaningful friendships as they get older, only people who lack the self-awareness to notice that they are too emotionally distant for them to attract thoughtful, loyal, loving people. #orangebook #Friendships #Self-awareness #EmotionalDistance

People with bad taste always act like a healthy lifestyle requires so much self-discipline and effort, when healthy food is actually the tastiest (if you are already healthy), regular workouts are one of the most enjoyable moments of your day (if you are already fit), and a good sleep schedule is only natural and effortless (if you are not spending your days glued to a screen and are actually living life.) #orangebook #HealthyLifestyle #SelfDiscipline #Food

Mentally strong people are just people who refused to believe that giving up was ever an option. #orangebook #MentalStrength #Resilience #Mindset

Most “drama” naturally disappear once you hang out with people of equivalent talent, intelligence, and ambition. You will effortlessly understand each other and because you know the price to pay to reach your respective goals, you will never waste each other’s time. #orangebook #Ambition #Talent #Intelligence

So much success in life boils down to keeping yourself unemployed enough that you can stop everything you were doing with no hesitation, and take the jump when the game was obviously getting redefined: you just needed to pay attention and not blindly follow the herd. #orangebook #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #RiskTaking

In a society where technological leaps keep redefining the rules of every game, people who refuse to unlearn and relearn their methods are actually choosing to suffer very unnecessarily. #orangebook #Adaptability #Resilience #Learning

People who can't find peace within are always out there seeking conflicts with people who were just minding their own business. #orangebook #InnerPeace #Conflict #Mindfulness

Not being able to appreciate silence and unstimulated time alone is the sign that you don't have much ongoing in your mind; otherwise, you would understand that these are gifts for your creative output. #orangebook #Silence #Creativity #Mindfulness

Everybody wants quick changes nowadays. They all seek sophisticated gambles to get rich quick. They jump from one relationship to the next one like they're flipping cards. They talk fast but say not much. They travel all around the world to avoid the fact that they have no home. Nothing good comes to life without commitment and patience. "Talented people" have been dedicated to their craft for several decades. "Smart people" have simply always been curious. People with a loving family and genuine friends have simply always genuinely cared. The wealthiest life you could live in the broadest sense starts emerging once you stop looking for shortcuts, start being honest with yourself about who you truly want to be, gather the courage to pay the price, and start walking the journey without flip flopping every few years. People in their twenties or thirties who "have it all" simply had the self-awareness to start their journey as a kid, enough focus to not get distracted by the lives of others, and enough courage to not give up despite their mind giving them every possible excuse to do so. Most people never get the chance to hang out with top musicians, athletes, engineers, artists; they would otherwise realize that a lot of "talent" is about starting at age four with relentless discipline and passionate curiosity, and still being at it several decades later. #orangebook #Commitment #Patience #Discipline

People always accuse others of what they are doing themselves, you are not being a good person for the sake of others, you are doing it for the sake of your own peace of mind. #orangebook #Projection #Self-interest #PeaceOf