You cut of the sides dude…

Ali was someone who was naturally good at boxing, he practiced like hell because he wanted to be the Greatest Of All Time, and to most people he succeded. Those are two atributes that contributed to his domination of the boxing world, but they are not the same exact thing.

Many of his contemparies trained just as hard as he did, but he still beat them. Did they lose because they just didnt "try" hard enough, or because they didnt have enough "faith"?

No, they lost because they fought Muhammad Ali in his prime.

Whoops didn’t read further

Biggie lyrics

exactly

The only way you will ever be successful is to keep moving forward!

Maybe what made Ali a prodigy was his willpower more than anything. His mind, his faith, more than his technical talent.

The Dollar is overrated

You are funny🤣

Its ok to take a break, but even after bad circumstances you have to start moving standing still makes your pain much worse.

32 here with plenty of unspent ambition.

 

At that age, I would honestly say: feed that ego. You have the energy and drive to pursue something. Your truth. You have a rather concrete dream- something I, and I don't believe a lot of people had, at your age. Don't waste it proactively humbling yourself. You'll fail plenty.

But you'll learn so much. Networking, interpersonal skills, rote memorization are just a few things I can think of that actors are fantastic at. These skills are invaluable, hardly taught in school, and are often credited to natural talent or charisma.

 

It seems like you're worried about losing your "self" in vain pursuit and all the time that goes into it. But wanting to follow your dreams isn't being vain. It's being true to yourself.

There's so much (too much) pressure on people to make decisions, set goals, achieve. My life has gone so differently to what I thought at 20. We have a teenager feeling similarly and it's so sad. I was forced into a career path through having to choose subjects and then apply to uni that I just wasn't ready for. I'm now still in that sector (which I've disliked all along) but I'm sliding sideways out of it with immense work. Some of my advice to my child is that unless there's a particular job you want then keep it broad and choose something you have a bit of passion for. Give yourself the option of flexibility. Side hustles are a good option here. You may think differently in 10/20 years time. Find a path that will fulfil you and allow you to sustain the lifestyle you choose. It might mean having to spend 70% of your time in a job you don't enjoy wholeheartedly in order to spend 30% of your time in a job/hobby you love so be prepared not to enjoy something 100% and prepared to fake it before you make it. Back up plans are great.

If that is what you want to do, go for it. If it is not something movie businesses are looking for, create it yourself. You can try going for content creation online. Be who you want to be.

This is coming from a 41 year old who struggled his whole life finding his purpose. Still not there yet. Didn't dare to make choices and take the road I wanted to go. I could have been a good e sports gamer, but was too afraid of making the jump. My wife pointed me last year to a college where they have esports teams, but they didn't have one for the games I like to play. So yeah, still not jumped.

Thank you so much for the kind words!

Indeed!

Oh whoops lol

Why is standing still bad? Sometimes you need to stand still to oversee where you want/need to go next.

And sometimes something unforseen happens that forces you to stay still. Like surgery and long recovery.

Its okay to take a break. Rest is not a reward.

This is amazing!

change can truly start from anyone :')

It's a Biggie reference.

Who is this

Love this quote.

Oh word! Pun intended lol I don’t know if I’ve read. Does this look like art from that or something?

I used to read WordUp magazine .

Thank you, I hope you had the best day. Unfortunately I'm reading this as I lay in bed about to end my day lol