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The One Thing Nobody Tells You About Growing Up

April 7, 2017January 8, 2024 Nik

When you were 1 year old, you thought trying to touch everything you could get your tiny hands on was a good idea. Whatever would happen next, it sure would be amazing.

When you were 2 years old, you first learned to speak. You used that ability to be brutally honest. When you wanted mom, you said “Maaa!” and when you wanted dad you said “Dada!”

When you were 3 years old, you yelled in the grocery store that you wanted the cereal in the red box. And you didn’t give a damn what anyone walking by thought about it.

When you were 4 years old, you built the best Lego or Barbie house in the world. You were your own biggest fan, and you meant it.

The Most Important Thing to Do in Your 20s

February 4, 2017September 25, 2023 Nik

Learning how to pay for your own shit. You’ve spent enough time sponging off your parents. It’s time to start living in the real world.

One of my biggest “I wish’s” is “I wish my parents had forced me to take a job when I was younger.” I never had to work for anything growing up. If I wanted an Xbox, I could just wish for money for Christmas or my birthday and boom, there it was.

It’s not that I was horrible with money – I knew it was limited in supply. But I had no idea just how limited.

One time I remember trying to get a paper route. It would have meant delivering papers for 8 hours a day, twice a week – for 200 bucks a month. That’s a little over $3/hour for hard, manual labor.

In the end, my parents told me not to take it. I wish I had. Because after that, I would’ve learned an incredible valuable lesson: It’s fucking hard to make 200 bucks. And I never want to do it this way again.

Why You Don’t Have the Life You Want

January 10, 2017July 14, 2022 Nik

Comfort.

In a world of Amazon, McDonalds, Netflix, Spotify, AirBnB, Uber and Tinder, nobody wants to do things the hard way.

Nobody’s willing to give up comfort now for greatness later. Everything in life has to be cheap, fast and easy.

Cheap, fast, easy.

Nothing worth having comes easy.

Nothing worth having comes fast.

Nothing worth having comes cheap.

If you’re not willing to walk, you’ll never run a marathon.
If you’re not willing to write, you’ll never publish a book.
If you’re not willing to sit on the floor, you’ll never have an office.
If you’re not willing to cook, you’ll never eat healthily.
If you’re not willing to get up, you’ll never make your dreams a reality.
If you’re not willing to go to the gym, you’ll never be fit.
If you’re not willing to turn off the TV, you’ll never read.
If you’re not willing to go on an actual date, you’ll never find love.
If you’re not willing to press publish, you’ll never know if you’re any good.
If you’re not willing to show yourself on camera, you’ll never become a Youtuber.
If you’re not willing to wear old shoes, you’ll never have new ones.
If you’re not willing to practice the piano, you’ll never give a concert.
If you’re not willing to save money, you’ll never have peace of mind.
If you’re not willing to travel, you’ll never go places.
If you’re not willing to invest, you’ll never be rich.
If you’re not willing to work, you’ll never make money the way you want to.

If you’re not willing to be uncomfortable, you’ll never have the life you want.

How To Make Sure You Never Find Your Passion In Life

January 1, 2017December 19, 2023 Nik

Has anyone ever asked you for directions and you were too embarrassed to admit you don’t know? So much in fact, that you tried to tell them where to go regardless? Just to save your face?

“Uhhh, I think it’s that way.”

That’s what most career advice feels like these days. Nobody has a clue, so everyone goes with their best guess — which is everybody else’s best guess also.

Hence, we live in a world of depressed millennials, which is permeated by two ideas:

Only once you find your passion can you become really good at what you do.
This passion will magically carry you through years of hard work, because suddenly, every day will be fun.

If you’re fine with putting your life into the hands of chance, then you can stop reading right now.

Or, you can flip both of these ideas on their head.