Scott Clary
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The skill nobody teaches but everyone needs: How to be alone. How to sit with your thoughts. How to enjoy your own company. How to not need constant stimulation. If you can't be alone, you'll settle for anyone. If you can't entertain yourself, you'll let anything entertain you.
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The skill nobody teaches but everyone needs: How to be alone. How to sit with your thoughts. How to enjoy your own company. How to not need constant stimulation. If you can't be alone, you'll settle for anyone. If you can't entertain yourself, you'll let anything entertain you.
The brutal truth about your friend group: If you all met today, you'd have nothing in common. You're held together by shared history, not shared values. Most friendships are just hostage situations where nostalgia is the kidnapper. It's okay to admit you've outgrown people who knew the old you.
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The brutal truth about your friend group: If you all met today, you'd have nothing in common. You're held together by shared history, not shared values. Most friendships are just hostage situations where nostalgia is the kidnapper. It's okay to admit you've outgrown people who knew the old you.
The biggest scam is thinking you need more information. You don't need another book, course, or mentor. You need to do something with the information you already have. We're all overdosing on input and starving for output. Knowledge without action is just entertainment.
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The biggest scam is thinking you need more information. You don't need another book, course, or mentor. You need to do something with the information you already have. We're all overdosing on input and starving for output. Knowledge without action is just entertainment.
Simple productivity hack: Do the thing you're avoiding first. The email you don't want to send. The call you don't want to make. The task you don't want to start. Everything else feels easy after you eat the frog. Most people save the worst for last and it ruins their whole day.
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Simple productivity hack: Do the thing you're avoiding first. The email you don't want to send. The call you don't want to make. The task you don't want to start. Everything else feels easy after you eat the frog. Most people save the worst for last and it ruins their whole day.
Plot twist: Your overthinking is actually underthinking. You're not analyzing too much, you're avoiding the obvious conclusion. 10 hours of mental loops to avoid 1 obvious truth: it's not working. Overthinking is just procrastination for people who need to feel productive while avoiding reality.
November 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Plot twist: Your overthinking is actually underthinking. You're not analyzing too much, you're avoiding the obvious conclusion. 10 hours of mental loops to avoid 1 obvious truth: it's not working. Overthinking is just procrastination for people who need to feel productive while avoiding reality.
The fastest way to change your life: Start saying no to good opportunities. Good is the enemy of great. Busy is the enemy of productive. Many is the enemy of mastery. Success isn't about doing more. It's about doing less, better. Subtract until only the essential remains.
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The fastest way to change your life: Start saying no to good opportunities. Good is the enemy of great. Busy is the enemy of productive. Many is the enemy of mastery. Success isn't about doing more. It's about doing less, better. Subtract until only the essential remains.
Simple truth about happiness: It's mostly about who you're not trying to impress. The less you need others' approval, the more you approve of yourself. Happiness is inverse to the number of people whose opinions matter to you. Reduce that number, increase your peace.
November 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Simple truth about happiness: It's mostly about who you're not trying to impress. The less you need others' approval, the more you approve of yourself. Happiness is inverse to the number of people whose opinions matter to you. Reduce that number, increase your peace.
The fastest way to build wealth: Solve expensive problems for people who can afford solutions. Not follow passion. Not do what you love. Find problems that cost money, time, or pain. Solve them better than anyone else. The world pays in proportion to problem size.
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The fastest way to build wealth: Solve expensive problems for people who can afford solutions. Not follow passion. Not do what you love. Find problems that cost money, time, or pain. Solve them better than anyone else. The world pays in proportion to problem size.
The people you're trying to impress don't think about you at all. They're too busy trying to impress people who don't think about them.
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The people you're trying to impress don't think about you at all. They're too busy trying to impress people who don't think about them.
Major cheat code in life: Become impossible to offend. Let criticism bounce off, insults slide past, negativity flow through. The person who can't be rattled can't be controlled. Your peace of mind is worth more than your need to be right.
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Major cheat code in life: Become impossible to offend. Let criticism bounce off, insults slide past, negativity flow through. The person who can't be rattled can't be controlled. Your peace of mind is worth more than your need to be right.
You know what confidence actually is? Being okay with people not liking you. Not pursuing their dislike, just accepting it as a cost of being yourself. Most people are actors in their own life because they can't handle bad reviews.
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
You know what confidence actually is? Being okay with people not liking you. Not pursuing their dislike, just accepting it as a cost of being yourself. Most people are actors in their own life because they can't handle bad reviews.
The truth about potential: It has an expiration date. Every day you don't use it, you lose some. The book you'll write someday. The business you'll start eventually. The change you'll make tomorrow. Potential rots while you wait. Use it or lose it.
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The truth about potential: It has an expiration date. Every day you don't use it, you lose some. The book you'll write someday. The business you'll start eventually. The change you'll make tomorrow. Potential rots while you wait. Use it or lose it.
The therapist who changed my life: You don't have trust issues. You have pattern recognition skills. Your body remembers what your mind forgets. Stop gaslighting yourself. Your intuition is data your conscious mind can't process. If it feels wrong, it is wrong.
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The therapist who changed my life: You don't have trust issues. You have pattern recognition skills. Your body remembers what your mind forgets. Stop gaslighting yourself. Your intuition is data your conscious mind can't process. If it feels wrong, it is wrong.
Truth about imposter syndrome: It's not a bug. It's a feature. It means you're playing above your current level. In rooms you don't feel ready for. Taking shots you're not qualified for. Imposters are just beginners who didn't quit. Every expert was one first.
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Truth about imposter syndrome: It's not a bug. It's a feature. It means you're playing above your current level. In rooms you don't feel ready for. Taking shots you're not qualified for. Imposters are just beginners who didn't quit. Every expert was one first.
Uncomfortable truth about comfort: It's actually decline at a speed you can tolerate. You're not maintaining, you're slowly deteriorating. Just slowly enough that you don't panic. Comfort isn't neutral. It's negative growth that feels acceptable. By the time you notice, you've lost years.
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Uncomfortable truth about comfort: It's actually decline at a speed you can tolerate. You're not maintaining, you're slowly deteriorating. Just slowly enough that you don't panic. Comfort isn't neutral. It's negative growth that feels acceptable. By the time you notice, you've lost years.
The life you want is on the other side of a conversation you refuse to have.
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The life you want is on the other side of a conversation you refuse to have.
New Success Story Podcast with Darren Prince - Agent to Magic Johnson & Muhammad Ali
– The Dark Side of Early Success
– Surviving Rock Bottom
– How the 12 Steps Rebuilt Him
– Why We Turn to Substances
Podcast: www.successstorypodcast.com/darren-prince/
YouTube: youtu.be/AyL6RWEdGG8
– The Dark Side of Early Success
– Surviving Rock Bottom
– How the 12 Steps Rebuilt Him
– Why We Turn to Substances
Podcast: www.successstorypodcast.com/darren-prince/
YouTube: youtu.be/AyL6RWEdGG8
Darren Prince - Agent to Magic Johnson & Muhammad Ali | Why Success Made Me Sicker
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November 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
New Success Story Podcast with Darren Prince - Agent to Magic Johnson & Muhammad Ali
– The Dark Side of Early Success
– Surviving Rock Bottom
– How the 12 Steps Rebuilt Him
– Why We Turn to Substances
Podcast: www.successstorypodcast.com/darren-prince/
YouTube: youtu.be/AyL6RWEdGG8
– The Dark Side of Early Success
– Surviving Rock Bottom
– How the 12 Steps Rebuilt Him
– Why We Turn to Substances
Podcast: www.successstorypodcast.com/darren-prince/
YouTube: youtu.be/AyL6RWEdGG8
Focus isn't about knowing what to do. It's about knowing what to give up. And most people would rather stay busy than make that choice.
You're Creating Too Much Content
When you don't know what you're saying, you compensate with quantity
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November 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Focus isn't about knowing what to do. It's about knowing what to give up. And most people would rather stay busy than make that choice.
What actually changes behavior: Environment, not motivation. Want to read more? Put books everywhere. Want to eat better? Remove junk food. Want to save money? Automate it. Stop relying on willpower. Design your environment to make the right choice the easy choice.
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
What actually changes behavior: Environment, not motivation. Want to read more? Put books everywhere. Want to eat better? Remove junk food. Want to save money? Automate it. Stop relying on willpower. Design your environment to make the right choice the easy choice.
The fastest way to get what you want: Become someone who deserves it. Don't chase success, chase excellence. Don't demand respect, command it. Don't seek love, become lovable. The person you become determines what you attract. Work on yourself, everything else follows.
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The fastest way to get what you want: Become someone who deserves it. Don't chase success, chase excellence. Don't demand respect, command it. Don't seek love, become lovable. The person you become determines what you attract. Work on yourself, everything else follows.
Your biggest weakness isn't what you think it is. It's your inability to ask for help. You'll struggle for months with something someone could solve in minutes. You'll burn out trying to prove you don't need anyone. Meanwhile, asking for help is a sign of intelligence, not weakness.
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Your biggest weakness isn't what you think it is. It's your inability to ask for help. You'll struggle for months with something someone could solve in minutes. You'll burn out trying to prove you don't need anyone. Meanwhile, asking for help is a sign of intelligence, not weakness.
What actually determines your future: What you do when nobody's watching. The book you read or show you watch. The workout you do or skip. The project you work on or avoid. Private discipline creates public success. Secret habits determine visible results.
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
What actually determines your future: What you do when nobody's watching. The book you read or show you watch. The workout you do or skip. The project you work on or avoid. Private discipline creates public success. Secret habits determine visible results.
Most of your anxiety comes from wanting two contradictory things at the same time.
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Most of your anxiety comes from wanting two contradictory things at the same time.
The entrepreneur truth nobody admits: Your first three businesses are just education with expensive tuition. Failure is the curriculum, success is graduation. Most people quit during sophomore year and wonder why they never graduate.
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The entrepreneur truth nobody admits: Your first three businesses are just education with expensive tuition. Failure is the curriculum, success is graduation. Most people quit during sophomore year and wonder why they never graduate.
Let's play a game. Which one is a Norwegian jail and which one is a 4 star hotel in Soho, NY.
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Let's play a game. Which one is a Norwegian jail and which one is a 4 star hotel in Soho, NY.