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The Harsh Truth: No One Cares About Your Feelings — Results Matter

Grant Lawson
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4 min readFeb 10, 2025

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You’ve been lied to your whole life.

People tell you to follow your passion, do what makes you happy, and focus on what feels right.

But here’s the brutal truth:

The world doesn’t reward effort. It rewards You don’t get paid for trying. You don’t get success for wanting something badly. You don’t get ahead just because you’re a good person.

You get what you earn.

Too many people are stuck because they think their emotions should dictate their actions. They don’t feel like working, so they don’t. They don’t feel motivated, so they stop. They don’t feel inspired, so they wait for a better time.

But the people who actually succeed? They do what needs to be done

Think about the most successful people you know. Do you think they always felt like waking up early? Do you think they always felt like putting in extra hours? Do you think they always felt like pushing through failure?

But they did it anyway.

Because they understood one thing:

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Grant Lawson
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Written by Grant Lawson

Seasoned professional with experience across finance, tech, and media. Writer on politics, business growth, and Medium strategies.

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