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Success doesn't teach as many lessons as failure
Jay Samit
You will have more regrets for the things you didn't try than the ones you tried and didn't succeed at.
Jay Samit, Disrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation
291. freedom
There’s a story the great spiritual teacher Osho used to tell about a town he lived in that went bankrupt, and didn’t have enough money to keep its prison open. So, all the town leaders got together to figure out what was to be done with the prisoners. It was decided that after an average of 20 years of imprisonment for the prisoners, their debt to society had been paid, and the easiest solution would be to simply let them all go. And so they were released. But the next day, as the Warden came back to finalize the closure, he found all the prisoners back in their cells, adorned with their shackles as if their freedom had never been granted. Perplexed at the situation, the prisoners were asked why they had returned, and the most common answer was that they couldn’t sleep without the safety of their constraints, and that they had no idea what to do with their freedom.
Too often we’re caught up in the safety of what is familiar. We choose to stay in, or go back to, situations that do not serve us, even when given the opportunity to grow. It’s understandable why this happens — there is comfort in knowing what we’re dealing with — yet, with any appreciable amount of self-reflection, we should all be able to understand why being comfortable in a bad situation is never going to be better than the discomfort of a new one.
In another parable from the middle ages, a notorious thief was taken before the King, who would place judgement upon his crimes. Instead, the King had the thief taken down into the castle’s dungeon, where he was offered a choice of two punishments. He could meet a swift death by being hung upon the gallows, or face what was behind a large, foreboding rusty iron door. Without hesitation, the thief chose the rope. And as the hangman placed the noose around his neck, the thief asked…
“My King, what’s behind that door?”
With a laugh, the King responded, “It is of no concern, as I offer all the same choice, yet everyone chooses the rope.”
As the hangman tighten the noose around the thief’s neck, his vision began to darken, and with his last breath he pleaded again…
“Please, my King, what’s behind that door?”
“Freedom,” the King said with a sigh, “but it seems most people are more afraid of the unknown than death.”
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There are very few guarantees in this life. But the most powerful among those is our inevitable meet with death, and that we ultimately have the ability to decide how we arrive. So make the choices that serve the person you wish to become, not who you are comfortable with.
It’s Time to Disrupt You, and Shatter your Limiting Beliefs.
I really like this TED talk by Jay Samit.
Jay Samit really invokes you to shift your thinking out of the conditioned paradigm to a place where you come alive.
“Is your job fulfilling you? And if it’s not, why are you Trading your Time of the ONLY Life You Have with something You Don’t Want?”
“The Illusion of Security robs you of Your Ambition.”
“The Purpose of Life is to Live a Life of Purpose.”
“Don’t let people who gave up on their dreams stop you from pursuing yours.”
“Fear can either immobilize you, or push you to challenge your limits.”
3 Insidious LIES you keep telling yourself to Keep Yourself ENSLAVED:
1. I’m not smart enough to be successful. 2. I will fail. 3. I don’t have the resources to be successful. “Would you rather Work 40 hours a week at a Job You Hate, or 80 hours a week doing Work You Love?”
“Where can we Make the Most Impact to Pursue Our Purpose?”
“Master the Process, Not the Task.”
“The Only 2 Things you need in Life are Insight & Drive.” (Everything else can be hired.)
“Success doesn’t make you happy. Being Happy creates Success.”
“Get Out of your Comfort Zone, and Expand Your Universe.”
“Everyone thinks of Changing the World. No one thinks of Changing Himself.” "To change who you are, you have to first change who you think you are."
“Find your Unique Voice, and the World will Listen.”
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The purpose of life, is to live a life of purpose
Jay Samit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1SlbTZyaWE
You have a choice: pursue your dreams, or be hired by someone else to help them fulfill their dreams.
Jay Samit, Disrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation
Corporate planning cycles are a classic example of generals fighting the last war over again instead of preparing for what might lie ahead.
Jay Samit
Our world's future is far more malleable and controllable than most people realize.
Jay Samit, Disrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation
