5 Word Motivation Delivered in 3 Minutes
Gary Vaynerchuk’s frightening but relevant insight

If Gary Vaynerchuk says it bluntly, listen to him because most of us want to know the truth no matter how ugly it might be.
The most motivational five words that you must remember are: “You are going to die.”
The global pandemic has made these five words even more relevant today. We can’t wait forever to do what we want to do. Life has an end — our time is valuable.
But death doesn’t make our life bitter; it makes it sweet. “That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet,” Emily Dickinson said. We can do anything to enjoy life, but it is not infinite freedom. We have to let go of our less significant dreams to go for what will make us truly happy.
Most of us are trying to conform due to peer pressure. But we should at least not stop loving ourselves if others want us to. You can not love others if you don’t love yourself.
You can never know what makes others truly happy. But in your case, you can always feel what you want at this very instant. If you don’t want anything, it is time to answer an even bigger question: why don’t you want anything?
When you listen to your needs and desires, you can imagine the needs of others around you. When you are happy, you are more willing to help others reach happiness and well-being.
To start your happy journey, ask yourself: ‘Do I really need to do what I am doing?’ To succeed in life, you need to bridge the gap between what you are doing and who you are. Most rich people think money is a side effect of doing what you love to do. Less money would satisfy you if you were doing what you enjoyed doing. It’s never too late to start.
I read about this technique to follow your passion. The method consists of two simple questions: ‘What do you love so much that you would continue doing it even without money?’ If you get an answer, say, you like writing, then ask the next question: ‘What is stopping you from doing it?’ If almost nothing is stopping you, then quit what you are doing only for money.
It is not length of life, but depth of life. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mark Twain’s witty remark best captures the idea, “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” But only if you have the cojones to do what you want to do.
When you don’t do what you love to do, life becomes an endless chain of “I wish ….”s. I can almost touch this feeling — that reaching your dreams is not as hard as the long list of “Only if I had done that…”s. You can avoid some regrets, if not all.
One of the things that drove me to resign from a secure Government position was a sentence my boss said one day — almost innocently. “If you continue your good work, you’ll end up in my position in twenty years,” he said, smiling. But it had an unintended effect on me. I didn’t want to head a bureaucratic structure. The thought of being in his position nauseated me.
Do whatever you want to do. Don’t wait forever like some people you know. Life can get ugly pretty quickly.
If you are a 20 something, start thinking about what you truly want to do with your life. Some lucky ones will do it before they reach 30. Others will do it in their thirties, like me.
Another point: you can do more than one thing in your life. Dreams are not monogamous like marriages. Deep interests require time and energy. For example, I love writing, but I also like to code. Both require work. But I am lucky as writing and coding are structured blocks of logic — if you think about it.
If you are 40 or 50, nothing is stopping you. Give up the wrong belief that you should have started in your 20s or 30s.
But whatever it is, the right time to act is now.
We are all going to die. Many people in their twenties have perished due to the pandemic; they probably had big plans too.
When you think that you’ll do something later, you are more likely not to do it — ever. The premise that you’ll have more time later is erroneous. You don’t have unlimited time, energy, or focus. Life is a reverse countdown.
It is not pleasant to say this: “I am going to die without doing what I want to do.” But if you are delaying, hesitating, and stopping on your plans, say it anyway.
It’s not too late. You are alive right now. I can tell because you are reading it. You have the urge to do what you want to do — as you are still reading it. One life — one chance.
Stop telling yourself that you can’t do it, or it’s too late, and just do it.
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