Tim Grover

Don't be afraid of sacrificing some blood.

it probably wouldn't be a really chill life.

What would you put them through to make them patient?

You probably wouldn't give them things immediately.

And so it's like we want these trades, but each of the trades has a price tag attached to it.

And it's just like, do you want to pay the price tag to get the thing?

And so I think if people reframe the period of life that they're going through as the price that they're paying out of their wallet, but the wallet is their time, it's the seconds of life that they're trading for it, then I think more people will be willing to make the trade.

Because at least when I look at myself, like when I'm 80-something years old and I'm looking back on my life, I want to have these trades.

But in order to have those trades, I know I have to go through these things.

And I think for me, that's given me a lot of...

comfort in hard times.

Right now in life, your family is looking for that one guy right now.

They're looking for that one guy who's strong, who's that pillar for the family in hard times.

Make sure they look around.

They look around and find you.

The next time you want to just give in to that desire for comfort, remember that your future self is going to be the one to suffer the consequences.

It's so easy to just put it off and act like it doesn't exist, but that future self that you're passing all these burdens to will one day be your self of the present, and you'll wish you chose to do otherwise.

Never apologize for being yourself.

If people don't like how you act, how you look, how you speak, that just means those aren't your people.

Don't change who you are to match your surroundings.