Busy Isn't Better

Happy Mother’s Day!

3 Thoughts

I.

"Most people don't root for you until everyone else is rooting for you."

Two lessons from that statement:

1. No one cares. Just win.
2. Cherish those who rooted for you in the beginning

II.

You can literally just wake up and decide: “I’m done being who I’ve been.”

You don’t need a new year. You don’t need a rock bottom. You don’t need anyone’s permission.

Change doesn’t require the perfect moment. It begins the second you choose differently. You’re not a tree. You’re not stuck.

You’re one decision away from a different life.

III.

A good rule of thumb:

Do more things that make your younger self proud.

2 Quotes

I.

Justin Su’a, Head of Mental Conditioning at the IMG Academy on what to work on:

“We often ask, ‘What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?’

Perhaps a better question is: What would you still do, even if you knew failure was likely?

That question strips everything down. No guarantees. No applause. Just the work. It forces you to confront what you actually love; not for the outcome, but for the process.

That’s what separates the elite from the rest. The ones who endure the losses, the setbacks, and the hardships keep going because they love it too much to stop.

They signed up for the hard road the moment they committed to going after their dreams.

So ask yourself: What do I love enough to do, even if I fail?

Then go do that.”

II.

Carl Jung, founder of analytical psychology, on identity:

“The world will ask you who you are, and if you don’t know, the world will tell you.”

1 Game-Changing Idea: The Parable of The Two Lumberjacks

Two lumberjacks were hired to clear a section of forest.

Both were strong, experienced, and eager to prove themselves.

On the first morning, they started at the same time. Side by side, they chopped with equal force, tree after tree falling to the ground.

But as the day went on, one of the men noticed something strange.

Every afternoon, the other lumberjack would disappear for about an hour. He didn’t say why. He’d just walk off into the trees.

Still, by sunset, the man who had left returned - and somehow, he always ended up with more trees felled.

Day after day, it was the same pattern. The first man kept chopping without pause, thinking effort alone would win. But the second man kept quietly stepping away... and outperforming him.

Frustrated, the first finally confronted him:

“How are you cutting down more trees than me? I’ve been working nonstop, and you vanish for an hour every day.”

The second man smiled.

“I wasn’t resting,” he said. “I was sharpening my axe.”

Until next week,
Jay “Busy Isn’t Better” Yang

Ps. Have you heard of dog jaw?

Kind words for ‘You Can Just Do Things’

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By the way, I went on several podcasts to talk about my story and the book.
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