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Eleven self-taught life lessons that gave me a major advantage

Let’s dive straight in:

Listen to the mainstream take on how to live your life — and do the opposite.

It’s quite incredible how totally ignoring what most people think is correct is often the right path.

From what I should eat to be healthy and happy to what I should invest in, the mainstream almost always gets it wrong.

My most significant gains have occurred following the alternative media and people often shunned as quirky or weird.

The most important skill is to remain calm when triggered.

Acting out when seeing red rarely led to anything noble or helpful to yourself or society.

The true heroes can keep a cool head when their senses are screaming.

This will save you more in life than anything else.

Your greatest asset is the degree to which you don’t think about yourself.

Those who get far develop an identity around doing things, as opposed to needing to feel ready or confident or any other shit that makes it about you.

Expect success to feel…