March 16, 2022

Stay Sober

People flood social media, hyping up their accomplishments, telling ego stories, metaphorically pounding their chests for all to see. This is just noise.

Stay Sober

People flood social media, hyping up their accomplishments, telling ego stories, metaphorically pounding their chests for all to see. This is just noise.

Much of it is smoke and mirrors. I know because I was one of those people a few years ago. I wasn't actually successful, but people sure thought I was.

To my hardworking friends doing it in silence:

Stay focused.

Move forward without the validation. Your ego may crave it, but you don't really need it.

Talk less, do more.

Talk only takes you away from action.

It's merely a distraction.

Keep doing. You'll be rewarded for it.

“And that’s what is so insidious about talk. Anyone can talk about himself or herself. Even a child knows how to gossip and chatter. Most people are decent at hype and sales. So what is scarce and rare? Silence. The ability to deliberately keep yourself out of the conversation and subsist without its validation. Silence is the respite of the confident and the strong.”― Ryan Holiday, Ego Is the Enemy

Another quote from the same book:

“Most successful people are people you’ve never heard of. They want it that way. It keeps them sober. It helps them do their jobs.”

Stay sober, my friends.