"Everything in moderation", said the Greeks.
"Everything in moderation, including moderation", Oscar Wilde said.
"Nothing in moderation", Redbeardguy said.
It is an interesting title, don't you think? It is counter-intuitive that's for sure. We've been raised thinking that taking it easy and doing everything in moderation is the "proper" way to behave in order to succeed in life.
I want you to think who's saying that.
Your family? Your friends? School? Society itself?
Be more specific. We want a name. Now look at their lives. Do you want their life? Actually, is their life worth anything? Have they achieved things you're jealous of? Have you ever been jealous of someone who lived their life moderately?
I haven't. Everything in life that worths a damn was created by a person who didn't do things in moderation.
I know, I know, not everyone wants to be great or be remembered nor they're able to be. But that's beyond the point.
I had this friend. Super intelligent, probably in the 99th percentile. He was a fucking beast. He had the potential to play in the big leagues, multimillionaire AT LEAST and I am not even kidding. Unfortunately, he's soft. His life is like a flag againist the wind. He doesn't make his own choice, his family and environment influence him.
He spends his days studying for a shitty PHD that will land him a job when he's like 30+. Good, at 40 he could be making 100k a year.
F U C K I N G S A D.
But that is the only way he sees. High School->college->Masters->PHD. Spend 10+ years listening to a pussy ass academic talking about business, while he has never run one. Your parents are obviously paying for everything "because he's our little boy".
Then land a job that would pay him x10 less than what he could have been making.
Look, I am not saying that everyone should be an entrepreneur or working online or whatever. I am just saying, IF you goal is strictly money, then the traditional path is really NOT the only option.
Admit what you really want. This guy, after I yelled at him and smashed a lamp in front of his family, he admitted to me he wants to make money and he thinks that's the only way.
You may want to be a doctor or a lawyer, because you enjoy doing those things. FINE go for it. But motherfucker if you admit that all you want from your job is to make money, don't fucking lie to yourself, because you fear to go your own way.
What all of this has to do with "nothing in moderation?
Everything that will put you in the 20% of the population in terms of freedom, money, relationships whatever, requires you to diverge from the norm. Most of you reading are already aware what this means. We are writing in a platform online, getting paid with cryptocurrency. You are already years ahead of the general population, be proud for it.
But the attitude I am talking about doesn't stop here.
It's mostly a mindset, it doesn't necessarily mean extreme viewpoints or crazy behaviour. It means giving in obsession. What a NUTTY word, right?
I tried to write this post 3 times. I couldn't understand why I wasn't satisfied with what I wrote. I realized, it's because "nothing in moderation" isn't really a choice for me. It's a way of being.
These are just examples and obviously there's a pendulum in everything, but you get the gist. I am not suggesting to follow this, as it wouldn't add anything positive to YOUR life. As I said, it's just how I end up doing things, unconsciously.
What do you think?
-Thatredbeardguy
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