Everyone is comparing X vs. Y or multiples same time. We want to know the absolute truth. Which one is better?
Austin* vs. SF
–SF vs. Miami
Or
-London. How about Tel Aviv? You know what, maybe Istanbul.
–Should we buy a house now or wait? –Renting is not bad at all too?!
-Kids vs. No Kids.
–NFT vs. Public Stocks.
-Investing LATAM vs. South East Asia
There is no black or white. So many shades of Gray.
*This post was written at Austin:)
At least you should know where you haven’t been places that might be interesting for you.
The same thing works for writers you haven’t given a chance to read their works. Also for people, you have ignored them too.
Know what you don’t know if you can.
When the things feel right to “you”. Do it!
What’s your right?
You should think about this.
After a long time of thinking. Create your own Principles
If you are not sure what’s right or not?
Check your Principles like guidebook to help you where you are standing.
Your core is not the same person who you are today. Today’s version is just a summary of what you do, who is around you, what you read and watch.
Imagine and Dream…
It’s hard. You need to separate yourself from all the noises and create a time to think. And feed yourself with healthy & supportive channels and sources.
Then, replace small-minded & narrow thinkers around you who have no dream to execute. They are just a flock of sheep.
Someone asked me one of the zoom conferences I was invited to share my best practices as an Entrepreneur,- “Where should we invest?”
I said him and everyone who was listening- “Invest yourself”
Investing yourself is actually investing in your inner circle, society, and world.
Return of investments will be shared by everyone.
You might look like “selfish” in the short term, but in the long term they will understand what have you done so far is helping everyone.
You should only focus on your own journey.
Learn about yourself.
Ask the right questions. Start with Why?
The grass is always greener on the other side.
Look out for your garden. And water it your own grass.
Entrepreneurship is a job to create jobs for other people.
Create the job and let them do it. Delegate it.
Your job is a creation. Not people management. That’s the manager’s job.
It’s a school for management. MBAs etc…
Not a school for entrepreneurship. You can’t learn entrepreneurship by reading, doing homework, or watching Youtube Videos.
You can only learn by doing it.
We want the best of the best. We deserve it.
We pay for it, so they should serve as a king.
Are you a king?
Or did you pay enough to feel like a king?
Levels of service = how much we pay for it.
I wish we could go by beach and do bonfire. But they don’t allow to do it.
I wish we lived in Europe; they could let you do it there….
But you can do that in your backyard too.
How?
Be curious enough and search online with the right questions. You are not the only who experienced this. Tens of thousands wanted it bunch of companies answered.
We have so many wishes. In the meantime, we are lazy to take action.
I found William Saroyan on the first day of 2022. Since that day, I feel down William Saroyan’s rabbit hole. I watched a bunch of videos about him, listened to podcasts, and read his short stories. I ordered a bunch of the early edition of his book via eBay(the 1940s). They have fantastic cover designs and felt super close to them. They will be an excellent addition to my fiction library, which already includes my favorite writer, Tobias Wolff, Paulo Coelho, Leonard Cohen, Raymond Carver, Haruki Murakami, and others. ( I try to only buy fiction hardcopies, I read nonfiction via Kindle App on my dedicated iPad for this)
The way he wrote his short stories is related to any immigrant’s life. He was born and raised in Fresno (2.5 hours drive to San Francisco), and her family was Armenian from Bitlis, Turkey. So you can easily understand the old Anatolian cultural values and norms are his writing structure.
He was a humanitarian who lived between 1908-1981. Won Oscar and Pulitzer. As a first-generation immigrant early 1930s, I think we can learn so much from him. You should check out his Wikipedia to learn more.
If you want to start to read his early/late short stories, It is a great collection. If you have US Amazon Kindle Account or are living in the USA, let me know (email me). Your first Saroyan on me!
