You don’t have to respect someone who hasn’t earned your respect. You do, however, have to be civil and compassionate. #life #success
If you drive yourself crazy, why do you blame others? #life #failure
“If you hate your life, you live in Hell. If you love your life, you live in Heaven. Purgatory is where we are.” #writing #life
Random words hurt as much as you let them hurt. If you let them hurt, you will respond in unkind. #life
Martial arts teaches that it is often best to run away. This doesn’t make you a coward. It makes you smart and leaves your opponent with nothing to shoot, punch, or yell at. This is equally valid online. #life #strategy #success
If someone is so entrenched in their beliefs to the point of wanting to fight, debate, or troll, just disengage. You don’t have to go to any fight you’re invited to. Even if it’s a “civil” fight at ten paces. #life
Question the obvious. Question the assumed. Don’t accept the ready answer. #life #success
The quality of a person comes down to how they treat others. #life
Do you organize your day or time? Why don’t you organize your life then? #life
Demeaning, degrading, and frightening others are no basis for influencing others. #life #failure
Sometimes, you have to realize that people aren’t like you and don’t want the same things you do—no matter how much you may think you’re in the “right”. #life #failure
“A hero is just someone who chooses not to be a victim.” #writing #life
You don’t need to have more or be better off to help others. You just need the desire to do good. #life #success
If you use an AI, you have admitted you can’t do the job yourself and are a failure as a living being. The AI is now your god since it solves your problems without you taking responsibility. #ai #life
“When you have no friends, it helps to act as if you do—up to a limit, at which point you become a celebrity with no friends.” #writing #life
“Nothing you see, hear, or otherwise experience is genuine. The more firmly you believe that it is, speaks to your level of insecurity.” #life #writing
Some people live life. Most let life live them. #life
Where do people smile and laugh the most? In marketing ads. #life #failure
If you’re not having fun, you’re suffering. #life
Just because someone isn’t paid, doesn’t mean they or what they do aren’t valuable. #life
What was the last project that you started and actually finished by yourself? #life #project #work
Life is a rising threat to those who have none. #life
Help someone. Help them monetarily, emotionally, physically, or mentally. It doesn’t matter how you help as long as you do. #life
If you curate your life the way you curate your web content, you are in it for the money. #life #failure
You don’t have to be fixated on one thing in your life. Narrowness of vision and action make you predictable and dull. You may be good at one thing, but that doesn’t make you a good person. Rigidity breaks. #life #failure