The person you want to become requires you to face the truths the current version of you avoids.

Most people say that they want to grow, but they run away from the very things that would actually help them grow.

And you cannot transform your life if you are unwilling to face uncomfortable truths.

You cannot evolve if you refuse to be

honest with yourself and you cannot step into the greatest version of yourself while you're still clinging

to comfort, denial, or excuses. And there was a time in my life when I had to learn this the hard way.

The moment when the world forced me to face myself.

Not the version I performed for other people, not the version I wished I was, but the version I actually was.

And I had to admit that my ego was in the way, that my fears were making my decisions for me,

and that my entire sense of self-worth

was built on external validation. Man, it wasn't fun. And that I wasn't being honest about the habits,

the relationships, and the patterns that were keeping me stuck from creating the life that I wanted. And as painful as

that realization was, it was also the moment that everything started to change. Because growth

doesn't come from feel good motivation. It doesn't come from comfort. Growth comes from truth.

And the kind of truth that shakes you awake, it's like,

it's like, wake up. It forces you to confront yourself and it makes you uncomfortable enough

to finally evolve. And today, I want to share the nine harsh truths that I wish I knew sooner.

Truths that would have saved me years of pain in frustration, confusion, and the biggest

of all, self-sabotage.

They're not easy.

They're not soft, but they're worth it.

Truth number one is success does not create happiness.

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