For myself, it all comes down to courage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How can you encourage yourself more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first thought, I think it means to allow yourself to become more ratchet, less civilized, more savage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second thought, maybe it means to think to yourself, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I was not born for the basic. I was born and destined to do, attempt, and create great things.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d When I think about myself, my greatest benefit is being born in America in 1988, growing up in the open minded liberal bay area, and also, having the most encouraging mom of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ultimately, I think 99% of a child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future is predicated on a combination of how they were trained, parented, and the standards. For example, Seneca is only two years old and three months old, yet I treat him like he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 12 years old. As a consequence, he rises to the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think a lot of us have certain dreams, aspirations, and things we would like to do, achieve, make or build. Yet, when we share our ideas with others, other people tell us how we will fail or how our ideas are stupid, rather than actually helping us strategize how to make those dreams a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Therefore, maybe the first step is this: simply edit out people who are naysayers. You know who those people are. Family, extended family, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153friends\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The difficult thing is that to brutally edit out people, especially when they are family members, extended family etc., is seen as evil and immoral. No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the most interesting things that my friend Simon taught me when I was in the UK is that there is the notion of something called a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153tall Poppy syndrome\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in the UK. That is, when you see the guy driving around in the Lamborghini, you try to discount his or her success by saying, oh, he probably has a small dick, or, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s probably her boyfriends car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
America is interesting, because when you see the person who is super rich and successful on TV, it is mostly an aspirational thing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nOh wow, if I work as hard as that guy, maybe I could become as successful and rich as that guy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n