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The Unfair Attitudes You Must Adopt to be Successful
The following is an excerpt (Chapter 5) from my new book — Real Help: An Honest Guide to Self-Improvement
“It is not events that disturb people, it is their judgements concerning them.” — Marcus Aurelius
I wish it wasn’t this way. I wish life was fair. I wish society was geared toward success of the individual. I wish your peers, friends, and family were geared toward helping you become successful. Alas, this isn’t how the world works.
Some of my favorite writers are the ones who tell the cold, almost amoral truths. People like Robert Greene who wrote the 48 Laws of Power15, as well as several other books about human nature. Until you adopt an attitude that accounts for reality and the way the world works, not only will you not be able to succeed the way you want to, but you’ll suffer even more.
People who think the world should be fair get hurt doubly when situations force them to realize it’s not. When you’re on the way to the top, you need to move a certain way, meaning you need to observe the games being played around you instead of being oblivious.
In my own life, I noticed I started doing more and being more as I continued to develop a hyperrealistic attitude about everything. I took…
