The Eye-opening Quote From Alan Watts That Change The Way I Live My Life Forever

“Do not apologize for wanting to win.”

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When your life reeks of defeat, it is because you stopped playing your game and started playing the game of others.

The game of your boss, the game of your partner, the game of your family, the game of those who say they are your friends and are no longer your friends.

Look,

• Your boss can hurt you at work by giving you the worst clients.
• Your partner can threaten you every day with leaving you. Tell you that you’re not worth sh*t. Compare you to whoever hurts you the most, your brother or an ex.
• Your family may attend Christmas dinner with signs that say, “We don’t believe in you [Insert your name here].”
• Your friends may turn their backs on you or betray you.

That’s their game. Not yours.

You are the CEO of your life.

If you play someone else’s game, you will never win because it’s a rigged game.

It’s a game where they’ve already told you what you’re worth (usually just enough to make you think you can rally and keep you locked in an infinite hamster wheel), and they’ve…