10 controversial truths about life that you've never heard

written by JOSH GESSNER | The Curious Competitor

I've listened to 100s of podcasts.

This one's easily in my Top 5.

Here's 10 controversial truths about life (that you've never heard):

The 3 common traits of ultra successful people:

1) Superiority complex.

Having ambitious dreams and belief that you're meant for great things.

2) Crippling sense of insufficiency.

Fear that you'll never be enough if you stop, so you keep pushing.

3) Impulse control.

Ability to delay gratification and stay focused on the main goal.

High Agency Living.

High agency is doing what you want, regardless of what others think.

Getting push back from others - is the leading indicator you're on the right path.

The cynics get to be right every time, until it actually matters.

In life, we must choose our regrets.

Regret is an unavoidable part of our existence:

Choose the one you can live with.

You're the output of your work, not the outcome.

If you can look at yourself and confidently say:

“I did everything I possibly could”

That’s a win, regardless of the outcome.

Think like a professional athlete.

Athletes commit themselves to a single focus, and optimize around it.

Find that one thing for you:

Work as hard as you can at it and see what happens.

Outwork your self doubt.

"You don't become confident by shouting affirmations in the mirror:

But by having a stack of undeniable proof that you are who you say you are."

The Good Sh*t sticks.

The best way to remember the things you learn:

Focus on the one thing that you can't stop thinking about.

Trauma happens for us - not to us.

If you expand the time horizon:

The worst things that happen to you are net wins.

It shapes you into someone you'll be proud of in the future.

You’ve already achieved goals that you said would make you happy.

We spend our whole lives playing a dangerous game:

“I can’t wait until I achieve X so I can..."

Yet you keep repeating the cycle.