The more willing you are to invest in momentary loss and pain directed at a goal, the faster you’ll adapt to the level of your Future Self. - Benjamin P. Hardy

In the classic book As A Man Thinketh, James Allen, wrote, “Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.”12 This is why getting to a place of knowing and acceptance is crucial. This is why you must be your Future Self now.

The clearer you are on where you want to go, the less distracted you’ll be by endless options.

You can’t overcome an addiction through willpower. You can’t change your life on your own. You need other people. You need to learn to trust others. Transformation can only occur through collaboration, which requires two or more people. The whole becomes more than the sum of its parts. Rather than trying to “author” yourself, you give yourself wholly to another person and dedicate yourself to a cause you believe in. Said psychologist Viktor E. Frankl: