Your mentality matters more than you think. Your mentality is everything.
It determines how you interact with others and it determines how you view your goals. It determines how you go through life.
I’ve been realizing that a little anger towards your current situation is not a bad thing. It adds fuel. It adds urgency. Those two ingredients equate to immense action taking that matters.
Ed Latimore says it best.
“You need to be pissed off at how your life is going. I clearly remember the day that I got so pissed at my life I almost cried. I was getting ready to close the cell phone store I worked in before I headed home to the room in my friend’s house I was renting for $200/month. Someone came in to buy a phone with 2 minutes left until closing. I couldn’t kick them out because of company policy. Instead, I had to put on the fake customer service personality until they left an hour later without even buying anything. At that moment, I had enough.
I felt like I should have better in my life. I barely had enough money to do anything besides work, go to the gym, and drink. I didn’t feel proud of the person I was. I was 27 and had to be on some customer’s time schedule for $10/hr. I sat angrily in my car for almost an hour. Then I decided I was going to start doing whatever it took to make more money.
This was before I knew anything about making money online, so I enlisted in the Army so they’d pay for school. I was willing to suffer and risk the possibility of being sent to a combat theatre so I could be worth more. This is when I stopped drinking because I wanted to give myself the best shot of getting my shit together. When I got back from basic training and AIT, I lived across the street from my gym so I didn’t risk falling into any BS that screwed my life up.
The only mindset that matters is wanting it bad enough. My only motivation was not being the same person at age 33 that I was at age 27. I didn’t care how long it took to get my money right. That’s the only real mindset you need. “
For the longest, I adopted the mentality of being patient. I got into reading philosophy and studying stoicism. It was great. The downside was that it made me too laid back. I didn’t wake up every morning with a fire to take action.
All that changed when I adopted a different mentality. I call it the pissed off mentality.
Meaning, you’re pissed off at your current life situation. That includes your finances, home, love life, and friendships. You’re simply pissed off. You’re tired of it all and ready to do whatever it takes to change your circumstances.
I recently adopted this mentality and it seems to be more effective for accomplishing important goals in life.