Start your Sunday with some philosophy

What I learned about life from 2 months of 'locking in'

Hey there,

I haven’t sent one of these in a while so excuse me if I am a little rusty. I have been really focusing on growing the IG page and the business the past two months and I admittedly neglected the newsletter . ( what a loser I know)

I spent a lot of time reading ( and re reading ) books and strategizing for next year. ( For me a New Year is always after summer finishes lol).

Although I am excited to share entrepreneurial lessons, this thread will be more of a philosophical one where I share life lessons that I learned in the past four months.

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1. Momentum is the most powerful force that you can utilize. Starting is ALWAYS hard. You have so many unanswered questions. What if it all goes to shit? Am I doing the right thing? What will people think of me if I fail? But once you get over that hurdle in the beginning, and build momentum, you become unstoppable. Building momentum means you show up every day regardless of the output. Look at my IG for example, I posted a video every day for 60 days before I garnered ANY attention.

2. Money does buy you happiness, but not in the way you think. I used to be heavily against the idea that money buys you happiness. What a superficial way to look at life am I right? Money does not buy you happiness in the form of a Lamborghini or an over priced shirt from China with a Gucci logo slapped on it. Money, however, buys you the freedom to spend time with your loved ones. It gives you control of your time to do whatever you want with it. It gives you the comfort that all your family and loved ones are taken care of. This is what true wealth is. It’s not pulling up in a 2024 Range Rover with a 60,000$ watch on your wrist ( although that would be nice). It’s having the 3 Fs MJ DeMarco talks about: Family, Fitness, and Freedom.

3. If you want to be truly content with a purpose, you need to be doing hard stuff that challenges you every day. There’s a self-love trend that I really don’t agree with. You know, daily affirmations, weekly massages and all the stuff we see on IG. I really don’t think this makes you any happier. In fact, I think it masks a void in you that needs to be filled with a larger purpose. Instead of obsessing over self-love and self-care, try hitting a workout that you thought is impossible. Or wake up every day without snoozing the alarm once. Or start that business that you always wanted. Your long-term satisfaction will be much larger than an overpriced facial at your favorite spa.

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   I hope you got some value from this. I will be more consistent with my emails inshallah. With that said, I hope you have a great day. No CTAs from me ( not yet haha)

Stay hustlin’