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How to Get Ahead 99% Of People in 2025 (In 6–12 Months)

It only takes 30–60 minutes a day.

Michael Lim
Practice in Public
4 min readJan 15, 2025

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F*ck being average.

The average person is:

  • Broke.
  • Divorced.
  • Overweight.

Why would you ever aim for being average?

Here’s how you can get ahead of 99% of people in 2025.

Hang around clowns, expect a circus.

I’m ruthless about my social environment.

I can’t hang around people who are:

  • Pessimistic.
  • Complainers.
  • Play the victim.

Nothing drains my energy more.

I’ve distanced myself from a lot of people. There are friends that I still love but support from a distance. There are family members that I see less and less.

Most people are surrounded by enemies, not friends.

If you define an enemy who is hostile to your goals and life mission, most people don’t have friends. I care more about my goals than anything in the world.

Why? It’s the pursuit of big goals that makes me a better person.

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Michael Lim
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