I saw a video of one guy on Twitter who basically did everything that had to be done. He was a gym instructor, trades forex, works in furniture, teaches children, and does a variety of other menial jobs.
In another video on the second slide, he did the same things he had done before, but this time he was in a better apartment, with nicer food and clothes, and you could tell his financial situation had changed. However, we had no idea how much time had passed between the first and second video slides.
He did not discuss his struggles, where he failed, or what exactly went right or wrong between the two videos, but he came out on top, which is most likely why the internet considers him a winner and, of course, draws inspiration from him.
Survivors are the true winners in the hustle game; many people work tirelessly, waiting to win before posting pictures of their Tesla or expensive watches.
People want to simply survive before telling their stories, and there is a distinction between surviving and winning; most people want to win in life before using their stories to motivate others.
In life, we perceive motivation as a push.
It is
We look at other people's lives and wonder why we can not win if they did, but this is not true for "failure stories." We want to believe that we are superior to those who have failed, but we admire those who have succeeded against all odds.
For example, it is easy to pity and wish not to be like someone who started a business, failed, and went bankrupt, but we want to be associated with people who are wealthy and appear to be comfortable on the outside. When you look at web2, you see people who are supposed to be successful, with YouTube channels and posts about their daily lives. I am not opposed to a daily dose of motivation to keep you on your toes and hungry for success.
GenZ
I just think this generation is overly obsessed with success stories on the Internet.
They are obsessed with videos of people who have the perfect marriage, bank account, and lavish lifestyle. While these people create illusions of lies and perfection in order to increase their wealth. However, there are genuine motivational content and materials that are intended to motivate without any other internal intentions, such as the video of the guy on Twitter; it was simple, as you could tell by watching the video.
The owner was not trying to trick people into thinking life was easy or anything. He showed his struggles, the foods he ate, and the amount of work he had to put in, but we did not know how long he had to do it to get results.
Life Is Hard
We should normalize the fact that life is difficult, and there is nothing wrong with that. People can fail, and there is nothing wrong with it. We should not use other people's success stories to measure our own marital, financial, psychological, and even mental development.
People literally rejected promising people because they had the idea of a perfect person from a specific podcast they had watched or a YouTube channel to which they were subscribed.
Fail, Begin Again
In my last post, I responded to a comment about massive failure during the bull run. Most people failed during the previous bull run, even when they had the opportunity to make life-changing money. This was not because they were stupid; it was simply because they were tested and failed.
Granted, they may or may not have such opportunities, but there is nothing wrong with failing unless we fail to learn and improve. Some of the things we see take time to accomplish, and I like people to talk about difficulties when talking about successes. We cannot edit a vital part of a lesson because it is not pleasing enough.
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