Humility. I donāt always get treated the best when Iām at work or doing something else but I donāt have a huge ego and I can accept taking some crap from people when other people might make a big deal about it and give up or quit. I donāt like getting treated badly and not everyone treats me badly and sometimes I get treated pretty well. But other times Iāll put up with peoples bulls*it. I donāt know exactly why Iāve been able to work for almost 40 years. Desire, perseverance, not giving up play a big part of it. I just have an ability to work so I use it. It probably doesnāt seem like it but Iāve been somewhat smart from an early age. And the desire to take a chance and go to college means I have one more class to go after I finish this one in two weeks.
Maybe my secret to success is just being too stupid and unaware to know I shouldnāt be able to do something so I go ahead and do it.
A lot of the things I had hoped would happen didnāt, but other fun things happened instead. I never got my wish of being an airline pilot or a radio DJ. I still have fun playing flight sim games and now flying around my mini-drone to take pictures with. I have a hobbyist radio station running from my basement that I have a blast with. Nothing wrong with a detour if you remember to enjoy the journey.
I really admire how you set a goal and nail it hard. Youāre a great example.
Not sure how to respond to this. I can tell you that I remember the things I thought and did and felt before I sobered up and cleaned up, but that I no longer relate to them. It has become foreign to me, almost like someone else was steering my body then and I was just a passenger. Of course I know it was me being a fresh idiot back then, but the myself then is not one that myself now can connect to.
I was successful last year in multiplying my money by a factor of 8 in the stock market. Some people did well in the stock market last year, but not many can say that.
Humility, believe it or not, is one of the secrets of learning enough to do that. If you think you know everything, it follows that you have nothing to learn.
Also, humility is related to a reasonable degree of unselfishness and patience, as Nick mentioned; because if you think you are terribly important, then it follows that your interests are terribly important.
My wisdom poem has grown to over 500 lines over the last few years. I guess Iāll finally share the first 2:
Love makes a body whole.
Donāt be a snotty soul.
hahaā¦the level I play thereās no expectationā¦itās a little different because we are shite! We have seasons where we donāt win a game but itās still fun!