a story about sailing..

You need to work on things that you are NATURALLY good at..

Rather than forcing yourself to get good at something you innately suck at.

For the last 12 months i pushed myself out of my comfort zone to learn the skill of sales.

I am a mega introvert and talking to people drains my energy.

While it did teach me a literal fuck-ton about online business, built me connections, & allowed me to meet some of my friends,

I was never a “natural” & it constantly felt like an uphill battle with little to no fullfillment.

It was this task that I “had” to do, because it made me good money and money is good and good is money and i need money for lambo and and and

BULLSHITBULLSHITBULLSHITBULLSHITBULLSHITBULLSHITBULLSHIT

By April of this year i was feeling the same way i was when i would go to a construction site in 2022.

Miserable, unfulfilled, annoyed as fck.

Back in March, in Barcelona, I read a book, “managing oneself”.

Now i’m not a big book reader but I read this book in a single sitting, cover-to-cover.

Then I made my friend Rene (@mrcreditgems) read it from cover to cover.

We talked after and both had came to the some similar realizations in a different degree.

But something that we both found utterly intriguing was this:

The author talked about efficiently managing yourself by identifying natural strengths and natural weaknesses.

Essentially saying, don’t work against the grain if you don’t have to.

While working on things you are poor at, you may become subpar at best.

While attacking the things you are naturally good at, you will be GREAT.

Don’t get this confused with being lazy and comfortable and just doing what you want because you don’t want to work.

I can speak from experience:

3 weeks ago I sent it into a brand new business model.

Full risk, no backup plan, stick to my word and gut.

Guess what.. it wasn’t that uncomfortable, i’ve dropped everything before.

Left 150k/yr promotions on the table at a fortune 500 company when i was 18.

People calling me crazy then & crazier now.

See, i’ve become so comfortable with being uncomfortable, while carrying this delusional optimism that no one will strip from me.

Now i’m working on a business that tests my natural skills & abilities, which forces me to think creatively & critically.

Still applying the skills I’ve gathered over the last 12 months.

If there’s anything you should take out of here it should be this:

If you have to go on a 1 year sailing voyage..

Would you rather sail with the wind & let it take you?

Or would you rather paddle into the wind, struggling?

You’re going to be on that boat a year no matter what…

-t$