Confronting the reality of death is one of the best wake-up calls for beginning to truly live.

Beating ourselves up feels bad, and despite our mental image of a mean drill sergeant being super motivating, mentally shit talking ourselves does nothing to motivate us to change or take action.

Are you unstoppable? By the end of this article you will be.

There is no time limit before you achieve success. You must not quit .

Just watching and thinking is the lowest part of the learning curve. You appreciate something and you think about it and you recognize quality but you aren’t really getting better.

Taking progress photos of yourself makes a huge difference.

How could you possibly imagine a life where you weren’t taking everything that’s accumulating in your fragile mind and throwing it onto the page? Write to sustain. Write to survive.

You are, and deserve more than just average.

Given the many distractions that compete for our attention these days, it’s not surprising people don’t devote more time to what truly inspires them.

Your time is too valuable for you to waste it being miserable.