I’ve achieved a lot of things in 2013. It was really great year. Actually it was the best year of my life. It was full of new experience, full of facing fears and I’ve lost myself to create someone better than I ever was. I had dedication, I had hunger and I had right mindset. Change was only matter of the time. In today’s post I am gonna write about things that I’ve learned in 2014, most of them was learned hard way.
10 Things I’ve learned in 2014:
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Dedication doesn’t mean not resting – Dedication is a must to achieve your goals. People who give up easy, who train like pussy and who aren’t ready to do everything they have to achieve their goal won’t achieve anything valuable. As they saying goes: you’ve got what it takes, but it will take everything you’ve got. Still you have to rest. I am bad at it but I have to improve. It’s almost as important as work.
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You are happier than you think you are – If you think you are depressed move your lazy ass somewhere. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is something that you probably heard about. When I was in Amsterdam I understood that I am much happier than I thought. I also understand concept of hierarchy of needs much better and it was no because of mushrooms
We didn’t manage everything because it was on the spot decision. Long story short I didn’t sleep for 36 hours or so, I was wet, cold, hungry and I felt dirty. I was happiest man alive when I had a shower, ate something and went to sleep in warm bad. That was the moment when I understood to feel extremely happy we just need to break our lowest needs for a day or two.
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Surround yourself with right people – it’s very, very, very important. When you surround yourself with people who are better than you they you also grow. By sharing experience with high achievers you achieve things faster.
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Thought life lessons – Hardest experience in life are usually those most valuable one. The tougher it gets the tougher you become. Things aren’t easier it’s just you become better. I am very happy with all **** that happens to me, I am who I am because of it.
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Life is an art of choice – Everything has it own price. You have to sacrifice one thing to get other. You have to know what is most important to you and then decide how you can adapt. It was very hard for me to give up on school. I was studying computer science, I used to like it and I used to be good at it. I know that most people want to quit studying because they don’t like it. I didn’t want to quit studying because I used to like it but still even if poker was choice with higher risk it was much bigger life changer than school. Do I regret it? No. I did best choice in that moment, right now it seems like good choice. Even if I would fail I still would be glad that I made this choice. It’s better to go too far than not far enough.
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Personality – Very important thing is how you think about yourself. When I don’t feel like doing something I said I’ll do (like sitting right now and writing this post [I would definitely prefer to write it tomorrow]) I ask myself: “What rich people do?” Answer is always simple: “They abide they promises” so do I. When I don’t feel like working on my game I ask myself: “what would do poker pro?” Guess what is my answer . That’s why I am working so much.
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Perfectionism – It’s very, very, very dangerous thing. You should start on the spot. You can’t wait for perfect moment. Perfect moment is now because it won’t be better. Tomorrow nothing change. Perfectionism is a great sabotage to yourself. “Hey do you want to change? Cool! You never did anything before but this year is very special let’s start with working out 4 times a week, keeping diet, working 10 hours more, learning language” You will easily get overworked and give up. More is not an answer, especially when it comes to goals. Revolution never last long.
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Planning saves a lot of the time – I’ve been doing it for 6 months and it’s great habit. Each Monday I plan my whole week. It saves a lot of the time, it helps you keep progress and it’s important for achieving your goals.
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Stop crying bitch – I repeat it myself over and over again. Most people don’t give a damn **** about your complaining and 10% are happy that you have troubles. Bitching about something change nothing, waste your energy, waste energy of people nearby and make it harder to find a solution. I like that I complain less and less often.
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YOLO! – I always want to write this! It’s important to remember that you can die. You aren’t immortal. The worst thing you can do is let your dreams go away. Fear is awful it makes you weak and in the end things that you are so afraid about aren’t that scary. The more you force yourself to do things that make you **** your pants the more you know it’s only illusion. Facing your fear is essential to live high life. As Harvey said:
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