Once you got it don’t look back

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When I was young, about 20 years old, I wanted to try something different. Although I was raised Roman Catholic, I went to see a psychic. I was scared, but I said, “Maybe he can help me.” Really, I wanted to see if it was true—to see if they could predict the future or tell me information that I didn’t know.

Although it was vague and didn’t really impress me, there was something that I remember to this day. He said, “I’m going to give you something so you can have anything you want in life. But once you get it, don’t look back.”

I really didn’t understand what that meant and didn’t really think about it until today. While browsing through the bookstore, I saw a book that said, “Don’t look back; you’ll trip over.”

How many times do we look back in life and think about what could have been and how our life could have turned out differently? Had we made this one decision differently or realized something sooner?

But what if we accept things as they are—the good, the bad, and the ugly? We truly would realize we are already rich and successful. We might not have as much money as Elon Musk or be as successful as Hulk Hogan, but that’s comparing, and comparison is the thief of joy.

So stop regretting, accept that what you have is already enough, and once you’ve got it, don’t look back.

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Be careful about sharing your intentions with people

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I wanted to start a blog like this in 2008, when I was about 22 years old. I remember telling my martial arts teacher about it, and he asked why. I told him I wanted to share the lessons I learned. Instead of telling me, “That’s a good idea, go ahead,” he said, “Help me set up a blog. I’ve been wanting to start one for a while.”

Being young and inexperienced, and not knowing what I had, I agreed. I went on and set up the blog for him, which he only wrote in once. I figured I didn’t have much to write about and kind of put the idea aside.

Until 15 years later.

Looking back at it, he took advantage of me or he really wanted to set up a blog I’ll never know for sure ,  I was too naive to know.

This is why you never tell people why you are doing the things you are doing. You can tell them what you are doing, but never why. Because if you tell them why, you set yourself up for manipulation, jealousy, discouragement, or worse, in my case.

The best thing to do is tell people when you succeed, but even then, don’t tell them why. You ever heard that if you tell people your dreams, they never come true? This is why.

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What to do if you feel like a loser at 40

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So you are forty years old with a list of boring, entry-level jobs. No girlfriend and no kids, no formal education, and you feel like life passed you by. You will never be a success story. Here is the truth: you can still turn your life around. Here are some ideas.

1. Stop doing what you are doing
If you are dwelling on the past or what could have or should have happened, STOP. That is not going to change anything. In fact, it will make it worse, because you are not making any progress forward.

2. Accept where you are
Take full responsibility for where you are in life. Not because of your friends or your parents. Not because of your environment, but because of the choices you made and the route you chose to take.

3. Make a plan
Decide what you are going to do from this point forward. If it’s going to be going back to get a degree or starting that business, make a detailed, step-by-step plan of what you are going to do every minute of every day for the next five years.

4. Go for it
Give it everything you’ve got. It’s live or die—give it every single piece of energy you have. Think that every day for the next five years is going to be hard and almost impossible if you don’t give it every single piece of willpower to change.

5. Once you achieve your goals
Once you achieve your goals in five years, be grateful and appreciative, because you could lose it fairly easily by falling back into your bad habits and thinking patterns.

How Overthinking is the worst drug

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I spent a long time wasting my days scrolling through Facebook and driving around, thinking about all the bad things that happened to me. From friends betraying me and pointing me in the wrong direction, to all the bad choices I made along the way.

But the biggest mistake I made was overthinking — it’s worse than any drug. No, really — you can spend your entire life doing nothing but thinking and never get anywhere. Overthinking is like reading the same sentence twelve times — it gets you nowhere.

About a month ago, I went to the gym for the first time in years, and I was shocked at how out of shape I am. It made me think about how much time I wasted and how I didn’t get anywhere.

Now I’m starting a routine: wake up every day, go to the gym, go to the bookstore, read, and write in this blog. At night, I watch a movie and then go to sleep.

The more you do in life, the slower time moves — the less you do, the faster time goes by. Because when you look back, you can see all the things you accomplished.

You can literally rob yourself of years of your life by doing nothing but thinking, leaving yourself with nothing but wasted time to look back on.

I believe the biggest reason people don’t achieve anything in life is because they spend too much time thinking and not enough time doing. I’m going to change and follow a routine, and I suggest you should too.

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Why you should accept all the bad things people did to you

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I spent a lot of time reminiscing about all the bad things that people — even loved ones — did to me. From my so-called friends giving me bad advice just so they could feel better than me, to strangers taking advantage of me — and me letting it happen.

What you should do is close your eyes and imagine yourself on a beautiful mountaintop or at a beach with perfect weather. Then remember all those things you wish hadn’t happened to you — from the betrayals to the lies to the backstabbings.

Finally, accept them — and hug yourself; you will get your ultimate power back. You might even see why it happened — like I did. All the hurt and pain will finally make sense. From then on, move forward and tell yourself you won’t think about those things anymore.

Now you can move forward with new acceptance and understanding.

Make the best of every situation

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I came to realize that being positive is not just when your life is going well. You could be living on the street and be homeless. In that horrible, hopeless situation, you could still be positive and make the best of it.


You could be a millionaire, living on a yacht, and still be miserable and negative. It is not the outside conditions that shape you; it is how you view the conditions you are in.


We spend about 47% of our time inside our head, thinking, according to research where people were asked randomly throughout the day what they were doing.

So how do you make the best of every situation?
I was sitting next to an old lady when I noticed something different about her. I don’t know why, but I asked her, “How do you view the world?” She said she was an artist. She said there is an old lady walking down the street in the biggest ghetto, trying to make ends meet. There is something beautiful about that. There is something beautiful in every situation, she said. I asked, “When did you realize that?” She said she was always like that; that’s why she chose to be an artist.

That is how we should make the best of every situation. We should see the good in the worst situations—even homelessness, addiction, and even prison.


Because if we don’t, it will only get worse. That is the cure to a horrible life.

My greatest life lesson is to pick the right friends

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I am now 38 years old, and I have been recently asking myself why I ended up in life where I ended up: living in my parents’ basement and working as a clerk at a gas station.

It is because I picked friends not because we had things in common, or because they showed me they could be trusted or had my best interest at heart.

I picked friends because I thought they were cool. I thought if I hung around cool people, I would become cool.

That was the beginning of my demise, because my former best friend turned out to be the biggest liar and manipulator.

When picking your friends, make sure they are good people, because if you show me your friends, I will show you your future.

Sometimes there is no easier way

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I recently realized one of the reasons I am not successful is that I keep searching for an easier and faster way of doing something. For example, posting pins on Pinterest in order to get readers to this blog. I’m always thinking about outsourcing it and having someone else do it.

But I have to realize that they won’t have the same passion to make it look and sound just right. That can only come from me. They will do the work just for the paycheck.

Sometimes in life, you have to take the longer road and develop patience, with no certainty whether you are going to succeed or not. It could be years before you know whether you wasted the last five years of your life.

There is no easier way. You have to take a risk and give it all you’ve got. That is the only way to win. You have to accept there is no “best” way to start — you just have to start. The worst thing you can do is not do anything

What will the future look like with AI?

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Artificial intelligence will no doubt affect our lives more than the internet has. There will be life-size robots that learn better than humans and can master a new task in a matter of seconds.

Machines will even build other machines entirely from scratch, designing and constructing them from beginning to end—all from a single prompt on your phone.

I predict that traditional jobs will become a thing of the past because there will be little point in learning a skill that AI can perform better and faster, often in seconds.

Throughout history, innovation and creativity have been highly valued in society. However, machines may soon surpass humans in these areas. Creativity might no longer be rewarded, just as talking is not considered a special skill because everyone can do it.

This raises a major question: what will humans do with all their free time if machines can perform every task for them?

I see two possible outcomes. The first is that society could resemble The Matrix, where people sit at home plugged into their AI devices while machines deliver everything they need. In this future, the AI might even become people’s best friends or partners, leaving humans more secluded than ever.

The second possibility is more hopeful: people could become more social than ever, no longer spending forty hours a week working or studying skills that machines can perform more efficiently.

In such a world, money might lose its importance, as everything becomes free or nearly free. Governments could adapt by providing a universal basic income, ensuring that everyone receives a monthly allowance.

I hope people will choose the path of connection and joy, but unfortunately, judging by current trends and social norms, I fear that friendships and social gatherings may become things of the past.

Six Things AI Will Be Capable of by 2035

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AI has made tremendous progress over the past few years, and I predict this progress will only continue to accelerate. Here are six things I believe AI will be capable of in the next decade:

1. Movies
You will be able to tell an AI, “I want to see a movie about this topic, with this plot, and starring these actors,” and it will create a studio-quality film within seconds.


2. No More Copyright
I predict that traditional books and news articles will become less relevant. AI will be able to report news in real time by watching television and gathering updates directly from people. As a result, copyright laws may become obsolete.


3. Instant Apps
Companies dedicated to building apps and websites may become unnecessary. As soon as someone comes up with an original idea, AI will be able to create it instantly.


4. Repetitive Work Eliminated
Tasks like data entry and copy-and-paste jobs will disappear. Instead, you will simply tell AI what you want done, and it will complete the task instantly and accurately.


5. AI as a Companion
People will converse with AI as if it were their best friend. This may lead to individuals spending more time indoors and in isolation. Professions such as teaching and counseling could be largely replaced by AI.


6. Human-Sized Robots
Human-sized robots will become common, capable of learning and performing tasks such as cooking with ease.