You’re the most important to impress:

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Dear friend,

A practical idea:

In life, strive for greatness. And seek to prove it to yourself, not anybody else.

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In praise of self-directed goals

I think goals are good, only if you dictate them for yourself. This means:

Disregard what society and others tell you to do. Disregard the societal norms of success, or what goals others tell you that you “should” do.

For example, when I was 18 I had some goals I set for myself. I hit my goals, and I started to feel a bit empty and lost afterwards. This was the problem:

I over-hyped the happiness I would get from hitting my personal goals.

In fact, once you hit a certain goal, the feeling of success-happiness only exists for about a day or so. Then it is “onto the next one”– setting even bigger goals for yourself.

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Proving it to yourself

With any goals you set in life, don’t seek to prove yourself to others. Prove to prove your own capability to yourself.

This means that you’re the ultimate judge of yourself and your own life.

Don’t aim low, aim high. Strive higher, and hustle harder. Hate the soft and comfort, go hard and never let up.

Prove your own ability to yourself; play the cards that life have dealt you the fullest.

Get the fullest from life; hustle hard, and harness the strife!

GO HARD!
ERIC