It's not that hard to have a great life — you just need to grow up — which means stop seeking pleasure and start pursuing progress.

Most people are so deeply enslaved by their comfort and so afraid of the unknown that they float like shit in their pond and start coping hard at the very idea of coming out.

It's not that you don't want it. You are just afraid of doing what you want.

People coming together and having “fun” often looks like drug addicts gathering for another dose. Everyone is craving more pleasure, and it’s usually satisfied by consuming sugar or other addictive substances. Now imagine meeting smart people to talk about life-changing ideas and making the world a better place. Noooo, that’s “boring”…

Pleasure addicts are desperate to convince themselves that whatever they’re doing is fine and that everyone ends up dying anyway. Sad to watch.

In any game, there are two ways to earn money and succeed. The first is to play the game, learn it, become good at it, and earn your money and success. The second is to use cheat codes that give you money and success. Most people want to succeed using the second method. But it rarely works that way.

If a sheep on the farm wants to become famous and entertain other sheep, it has to promote the shepherd’s agenda — otherwise, it won’t be allowed to happen.

There are two kinds of people: dorks who masturbate and enjoy themselves, and men who build worlds. You are free to choose who you want to be.

When you’re at the top, people greet you, admire you, and idealize you. But the road to the top is lonely, filled with resistance, ridicule, and misunderstanding.

When I say something and you get angry, you’re not really angry at me — you’re angry at yourself. Deep down, you feel you can be better and you sense that I’m right, but you need to defend your weakness.

“The less you say, the more your words matter.” Sure — so by that logic, the most valuable words are whatever a lonely, miserable dork who plays video games in his parents’ basement says. It’s not about how much you say. It’s about your value.

The moment chaos ends on the farm and the wolves are gone, the sheep will have no reason to obey the shepherd. Yet the sheep still hope that one day there will be peace.

Watching celebrities live in villas, drive supercars, and relax on yachts may be entertaining, but it won’t help you become successful or build the life you want. While it might give you a short burst of motivation, it won’t give you the real tools and understanding you need to progress and achieve genuine success. You need to decide — do you want to be entertained, or do you want to become successful?

There is nothing so complex that it can’t be explained simply to anyone. Some people just don’t understand what they’re talking about.

Imagine trying to sell a Corolla in bad condition. You read all the advice on how to do it: “Price it like a Ferrari. Say it’s the best car ever. Pretend you don’t want to sell it. Say you have other buyers. Focus on its strengths…” While you can mislead and use some tricks, it won’t make much difference, and you’ll feel it’s fake anyway. The same thing happens with your life and relationships. Pretending you’re the best, acting like a chad, playing busy, cocky, arrogant, hiding interest, talking slowly, dressing well, focusing on body language, and other tricks you hear about may have some impact, but you’ll still feel it’s fake. Now imagine selling a Ferrari. You can use tricks to boost the sale, but it’s a Ferrari — the value is obvious. This is what you need to do: become valuable, not pretend. Then you won’t need to focus on tricks — you’ll be busy, have options, dress well, be confident, talk slowly, have correct body language, and radiate great energy. Of course, you can adjust details to communicate your value even better (like washing the car), but in this case, there’s underlying value — you’re not deceiving yourself or others. The secret to being perceived as valuable is to become valuable. Work on yourself! [Shooting the communication masterclass for Warrior's Path]

Whatever is happening is always created for you or by you. You should understand and accept that. There are no bad situations, no bad circumstances. Everything that happens, happens for you because you need it. If something bad happens, it is only bad because you are not prepared for it. If you were prepared, it would not be bad — you would resolve it in seconds. You consider it bad only because you are not prepared. Whatever is happening is natural — it’s life. If you are not prepared for life, you need to prepare. These situations happen because you create them by manifesting your weaknesses. Because you have these weaknesses, these situations are attracted to you. They come to you because you are weak in these areas, and after they happen, you tackle them and become stronger. Once you grow, you stop noticing such situations. Whatever happens is created by you because you need it to level up. Embrace that and be grateful.

You are free and allowed to be dumb. In fact, if you are delusional, you are helping others gain what you are not gaining.

If you are entertaining others, you're a clown.

Humans want to have authority over someone or something. We are genetically pre-programmed for that. In the past, we had authority over our tribes, families, and children. But nowadays, people have become so weak and unintelligent that most can't create communities. Some are afraid even of creating families. Also, to have authority over others, you need to be smarter, wiser, and more competent, which modern humans lack. So, instead of leveling up to fulfill our evolutionary roles, we adopt a pet — a useless, unintelligent, all-obedient, always-loving creature which allows us to feel that authority no matter what.

Women are weaker than men. Why? Because evolutionarily it was more effective to divide tribal life into roles — one requiring strength, such as hunting and fighting, and one requiring nurturing, such as creating and raising children. Men are closer to rough nature. Women are closer to soft infants. It worked more effectively that way.