Are you intelligent?

So I was reading Think And Grow Rich, on a chill Sunday afternoon, near the river

I haven't read it for a few years, it was one of the first books I started my self-improvement and business journey with

At page 28, Napoleon Hill talks about the transmutation of desire into its financial equivalent:

I wrote my goals on the side of the page: 4 numbers.

  • 100,000 and an age goal.

  • 1,000,000 and an older age goal.

I achieved the first goal of making 100,000 only 1 year after the age I announced.

But when it comes to the million, if I'm honest I didn't do it for myself yet. I helped others do it.

And the reason for that is that along the journey, I figured out the most important thing wasn't just the number.

It was about how to reach it.

You get what you give - How you get it is linked to how you give it.

The only real test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life. — Naval

I would add:

The only real test of intelligence is if you get what you want and how you want it out of life. — Kassimi

The how is important.

Remember the time that is spent between reaching the goal andourney to the goal. the j

It's no surprise that you spend the vast majority of your time in accomplishing the goal.

Where you might only spend a few minutes at the top of the mountain.

Appreciating the effort you've put to reach your goal.

Then it becomes normal again.

If you make sure that the process to the goal, which you will spend years in, is aligned with the suffering that you want to tolerate.

I believe you've won the game.

And you're winning it every day.

See you in the trenches,

—Kassimi