You Don't Have An Ego Problem

Stop cucking yourself.

It astounds me how insecure most people are.

Whether it's a client, friend, or random DM, self-doubt is the most pervasive 'disease' I see people face today.

Faith is divergent. Insecurity is standard.

This disgraceful submission of the human spirit is the product of another sneaky psyop. It's printed on the collective psyche via the best-sellers list.

And I'm not sure about you, but I can't remember the last time I ran into someone who genuinely thought too highly of themselves. But I meet people everyday with crippling self-esteem issues.

There's an abundance of people-pleasers playing wallflower.

The boys won't approach the pretty girls. The girls won't say no to the bad boys who do. Good marriages fail and bad marriages last because no one says what they actually think. It's a culture of surrogate living.

The tragic irony is that self-abandonment is more selfish than selfless. You deprive the world (and yourself) of who you are, for who you think they need you to be.

It's a false assumption. Only Satan smiles when you play small.

Removing the ego is the philosophy of the weak.

'If I can't have it, no one should'.

Nietzsche condemned this inversion 125 years ago. The feeble priests have tried the same for far longer.

Do not accept their lies.

It's only profound to be anti-materialist if you have an 8-figure net worth. Nonviolence is only noble if you are dangerous. Virtue is only admirable in the mighty.

Strength is never a weakness.

True Confidence is an embrace of your strength. It’s internal and expresses outward. It's energetic, so you can't fake it.

Arrogance, on the other hand, works outside-in. It's shame larping as confidence.

Arrogance IS AN ACT. It looks like pickup lines, cool cars, and nice watches. Arrogance is loud, and turns blue-in-the-face selling you the 'right' outfit.

Confidence stands upright, totally naked.

So how do you become Confident?

To cultivate real, self-assured confidence, you need data. You need proof that you are who you say you are. But a lack of confidence prevents you from taking action and acquiring that data.

A paralyzing paradox.

The only way to break free is a single act of RADICAL COURAGE: The faithful first action.

The first cold call. The first time in a new gym. The first trip abroad. The first post online. The first time moving away from home. The first time saying how you (actually) feel.

It's scary.

And I'm empathetic to the fear. I spent years with so much 'potential' and nothing to show for it. I was stagnant. It ate me alive.

But being Courageous doesn't mean you aren't afraid. It means you are, and you act anyway.

The first action requires Faith because Faith is belief in the unseen. It's only after you have data that you can begin to Trust yourself. Your action creates the data needed to transmute Faith into Trust, and fear into Self-Confidence.

All it takes is one faithful action to enter the loop. The upward spiral stands before you with open gates.

And despite your (currently) negative inner monologue, I promise that you got this.

Your takeover starts when you believe that, and then act faithfully.

Thanks for reading, share if you feel called. Otherwise, talk soon.

Be The Renaissance.