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1/ You have to be careful what you think about... because it comes true.
2/ Set your achievements in the present tense.
Say "I am successful."
Not "I will be successful."
Say "I am successful."
Not "I will be successful."
3/ Living off delusion is healthy.
Everything is unrealistic until it’s not.
Everything is unrealistic until it’s not.
4/ Follow your dream despite its contradiction with the known current reality.
5/ Become addicted to your craft.
Live it. Breathe it. Think about it constantly.
Live it. Breathe it. Think about it constantly.
6/ Get so lost in your passion that the numbers on a clock aren’t real.
Time isn’t real.
Time isn’t real.
7/ Detach from the when.
If you’re too attached to when something will happen, you're fighting the natural flow of the universe.
The universe knows the exact moment everything needs to happen.
If you’re too attached to when something will happen, you're fighting the natural flow of the universe.
The universe knows the exact moment everything needs to happen.
8/ Do it every day.
"DIEMON" in @russdiemon stands for... "Do It Everyday Music Or Nothing."
If you love the craft, it doesn't matter if it's your birthday or Christmas.
Get your work in daily.
"DIEMON" in @russdiemon stands for... "Do It Everyday Music Or Nothing."
If you love the craft, it doesn't matter if it's your birthday or Christmas.
Get your work in daily.
9/ Form a mastermind.
When you and another person come together to create a whole new force.
1 + 1 = 3
@russdiemon and @bugusdiemon combined themselves to create something bigger than either of them.
When you and another person come together to create a whole new force.
1 + 1 = 3
@russdiemon and @bugusdiemon combined themselves to create something bigger than either of them.
10/ The world doesn’t bet on talent.
It bets on people who believe in themselves.
It bets on people who believe in themselves.
11/ The mindset is...
"I’m going to out-work and out-believe you."
"I’m going to out-work and out-believe you."
12/ When you're honest about your vulnerabilities and you wear them like a proud badge...
People can’t use them against you.
People can’t use them against you.
13/ People always downplay how bad they want something so if they end up not getting it they don’t look stupid.
(On that note: @russdiemon, if you're reading this, want to come on my podcast? You changed my life with your music/book. Your friend @garyvee came on last week. :)
(On that note: @russdiemon, if you're reading this, want to come on my podcast? You changed my life with your music/book. Your friend @garyvee came on last week. :)
14/ If you are living for the approval of someone else, you will always have a void.
Fill the void with self-approval, which will blossom into self-love.
Fill the void with self-approval, which will blossom into self-love.
15/ You can control your work and your self-belief, but not the timing.
Patience is essential.
Patience is essential.
16/ When nothing works, keep working.
17/ Have tunnel vision on a goal and keep your head down.
Don’t distract yourself with the constant need to look up and look around.
Don’t distract yourself with the constant need to look up and look around.
18/ The world doesn't know.
@russdiemon put out 11 projects. None took off. Journalists told him it wasn’t going to work.
The takeaway for Russ?
He was now highly versed in what didn’t work.
@russdiemon put out 11 projects. None took off. Journalists told him it wasn’t going to work.
The takeaway for Russ?
He was now highly versed in what didn’t work.
19/ It can go parabolic.
In June 2015, Russ made $620.
In June 2016, Russ made $102,000.
In June 2015, Russ made $620.
In June 2016, Russ made $102,000.
20/ Your life is on the line.
You should be the only one taking the shot.
You should be the only one taking the shot.
21/ Don’t fall asleep on yourself.
YOU are the answer.
YOU are the answer.
22/ “Be realistic” is the worst advice Russ has ever got.
23/ Why spend time trying to dim your own light out of fear it could get in someone else’s eyes?
If their light was shining, they wouldn’t even see it.
If their light was shining, they wouldn’t even see it.
24/ Move with purpose.
Move with urgency.
Move with urgency.
25/ There is always something to be done.
As long as you are accomplishing one small facet of the bigger picture every day then you are spending your time wisely.
Don’t worry about being perfect. Be more concerned with being productive. Think less. Do more.
As long as you are accomplishing one small facet of the bigger picture every day then you are spending your time wisely.
Don’t worry about being perfect. Be more concerned with being productive. Think less. Do more.
26/ Keep doing. Keep making. Keep pushing.
Do it so you can do it again. Get in as many reps as possible.
Do it so you can do it again. Get in as many reps as possible.
27/ Be okay with not being great for a year or ten.
Just don't stop.
Just don't stop.
28/ Gratitude is your way of telling the universe: "Thank you, I’ll have some more."
29/ Celebrate what you want to have more of.
30/ @russdiemon is often asked which artists inspire him.
"Future me."
(cc: @McConaughey.) https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda/status/1341082506276139008
"Future me."
(cc: @McConaughey.) https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda/status/1341082506276139008
31/ Remind yourself what you can control:
• Your thoughts
• What you put out into the world
• Your behavior
• Your thoughts
• What you put out into the world
• Your behavior
32/ When you are down and you rise up, you feel more powerful than you ever did.
On the other side of adversity is strength.
On the other side of adversity is strength.
33/ The journey begins and ends with you.
Keep going.
Keep going.
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