Your present day determines your future

[6-eyed]

A wise wealthy man sent me the following message in my email that I wish to share with you:

“Your future is the result of your daily actions.

You’re defined by what you do today.
Lazy now, loser later.
Get to work.”

Get motivated
Stay motivated

[Pete's Draggun]

The quote should be the OP for

Alpha's Beta's Gamma's thread.

[Jessica]

I like it. I agree.

Although on the lazy thing.. there's a fine balance. I watched a TED talk recently that taught me that people who procrastinate too much and people who procrastinate not at all both don't do as well as people who procrastinate just a little bit. So a short, conscious procrastination is good.

[niftypebble21]

^^I agree too: )

[Meliai]

I agree in principle
but I hate hustle culture and hustle culture slogans
I've never found slogans about laziness and motivation to actually be motivating. I would be like, yo millionaire get out of my inbox with that

But I'm a big believer in cultivating daily rituals that bring you closer to a goal.
and rituals that center you mentally, physically, spiritually so you can actually focus on your goal. Which is maybe what I dont like about hustle culture, it isnt very centering

All the same. I agree overall about daily habits

[Pete's Draggun]

hustle culture and hustle culture slogans



Which is maybe what I dont like about hustle culture, it isnt very centering

My question is off topic but.......


This is the 1st, 2nd and 3rd time I've ever heard the term hustle culture.

Please Explain?

[Meliai]

My question is off topic but.......


This is the 1st, 2nd and 3rd time I've ever heard the term hustle culture.

Please Explain?

It's the whole mentality that we need to work our fingers to the bone to get anywhere. Like people who work 18 hour days regularly and act like it's a virtue

I think it's a real problem in American culture especially. Other cultures seem to have a better handle on how to balance work with...just enjoying a nice afternoon drinking wine and watching blades of grass dance in the wind lol

[Meliai]

*European and Latin cultures have it figured out I should say. Meanwhile in Japan....Karoshi

[niftypebble21]

Agree

[Din Djarin]

If we can add 'too' in front of certain behavior it's not good. But to make it a black and white principle to avoid any kind of laziness seems off. At least to apply it on every person. Whatever works for you.
The crux is being at odds with being lazy and what it will bring you on the long term. And what defines a loser for you.
Seems adopting a career or hustle mentality against your own preference and solely because society tells you its what you should do in order not to be a loser... is a good way to become at odds with yourself later.
Not being able to achieve any of your personal goals and wishes because of your own laziness or passiveness is of course what the advice in OP is about. But this does not count in a long shot for every person embracing laziness today.

[niftypebble21]

"Whatever works for you"
^yup agree : )

[neonspectraltoast]

A wise wealthy man...there's an oxymoron if I've ever heard one. Pigeonholing others as losers...he's probably a philanthropist, too, right?

Sounds like a dick, but good advice if you want to be respected by the rest of this society on a collision course course with Armaggeddon.

[Quark]

My question is off topic but.......


This is the 1st, 2nd and 3rd time I've ever heard the term hustle culture.

Please Explain?

It usually gets lumped in with driving Uber or drop shipping products online. In other words, a pizza delivery guy that wears a Gucci shirt.

Actually not a fan of the term myself, but if it gets someone working, then hey, that’s alright.

I’d associate it more with the old school immigrant mentality - or even the Indian guys that fix phones or sell those android box things with preloaded pirate TV channels. Gotta do what ya can with what resources you’ve got for the time being.

[Quark]

And to be honest, those jobs aren’t all that bad. I think referring to it as a “side hustle” or whatever just cheapens the whole thing.

[Quark]

Reminds me of this Benjamin Franklin quote. I originally heard it shouted by Jon Taffer at approximately 110 decibels.

But it’s true.

[Quark]

Confusing as fuck but makes sense after a few rereads lol

[Din Djarin]

Sounds like one would be doing the same thing over and over, if this quote is acted upon? :P

[neonspectraltoast]

Made sense right away, but still wisdom for those with big desires. Which society functions blindly and perilously to fulfill. Once upon a time, wisdom was synonymous with being satisfied with very little: yourself. And it's easy to see why, if sustainability is an issue for you. And others' welfare.

But...it's not. The blind lead the blind, and if you tell consumer society to ask for less, you get murdered, modern wisdom setting the bar just low enough for idiots who never question anything to become "winners." But still they find no satisfaction.

I don't want anything, but demands are put on me to want and desire and admire all the things fools do. It's illegal for me not to support this ill-fated consumer society. And no one is accountable for our impending doom. Not everyone cutting down all the trees and feasting on garbage and driving their cars back and forth, with no hope.

It's good to be lazy in a society that is subservient to gluttony.

[Meliai]

Man, that wise wealthy man is probably sitting back in smug satisfaction thinking about the email he sent 6 this morning

Little does he know his words are being dissected within an inch of their life on an obscure internet forum ?

[Din Djarin]

Nuancing the dubious shit out of it

[Meliai]

Din Djarin we are all good convo partners

[Din Djarin]

Depends who you mean with we

[Din Djarin]

It's good to be lazy in a society that is subservient to gluttony.

I agree at first instance. Of course when acted uopn too rigidly a person could be denying themselves some good and basic stuff.

[Undies]

when wealthy men send me emails, they usually just say that i need to give them $5,000 so they can send me $5,000,000.

[Jessica]

well, i mean, how do you think THEY got wealthy?!

[Undies]

I like it. I agree.

Although on the lazy thing.. there's a fine balance. I watched a TED talk recently that taught me that people who procrastinate too much and people who procrastinate not at all both don't do as well as people who procrastinate just a little bit. So a short, conscious procrastination is good.

i think that goes for a majority of things. even things that are generally considered bad (like procrastination, for example) are better to be done in moderation as opposed to obsessively avoiding them altogether.