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Fourteen little actions that separate you from the masses

4 min readApr 14, 2025

Most online advice is training you to be a soulless automaton.

We follow the rules and frameworks that work for others and wonder why they don’t work for us. This makes us miserable.

Here are 14 things you can do to win by exploring and developing your unique talents and strengths:

1. Travel by yourself to ‘weird’ places even if you want to run back home to mummy.

I spent my entire 20s and 30s doing this.

Start in your own neighbourhood. You will pick up memorable experiences.

You are also more likely to meet new people, but you’ll learn about what you’re capable of more than anything else.

2. Make a commitment to creating something ‘ridiculous.’

Few things of magnificence were ever accomplished without a bold promise.

No matter how seemingly far out this first appears, I implore you to go there.

Stop settling for scraps. You’re not a freaking badger.

Set out to create something no one would even consider.

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Alex Mathers
Alex Mathers

Written by Alex Mathers

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