Five Hard Truths // Article III
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You’ve been lied to by…
Your parents
Your teachers
Your friends
Most importantly - Yourself
The world’s not here to coddle you, and the sooner you ditch the fairy tales, the sooner you take control. This is the raw, unfiltered truth no one has the balls to tell you. You’re young, you’re hungry, but you’re drowning in bullshit advice that keeps you small - Not anymore.
Here are five hard truths you need to accept right now if you want to stop drifting and start winning.
They’re not pretty, they’re not polite, and they’ll piss off the people who want you tame - Good.
You’re not here to play nice, you’re here to build a life that doesn’t suck. Read this, burn it into your brain, and act. Time’s ticking, and the clock doesn’t care about your excuses.
1. Degrees Are Dead
A college degree is expensive, slow, and mostly extinct in value for 99% of you.
Four years
Slight Alcohol Addiction
Golden ticket to the middle class
You’re $40K in the hole (conservatively) competing with a million other graduates for jobs that barely pay the bills. Meanwhile, the guy who skipped the lecture hall and learned to code on YouTube is pulling six figures by 25.
Employers don’t give a damn about your GPA... they want proof you can deliver. 40% of graduates are underemployed, in gigs that don’t need a diploma in the first place.
The system’s rigged to keep you docile, not rich. You’re not buying education, you’re buying a status signal that’s fading fast.
Trades like plumbing or electrician work pay $60K+ out the gate, no debt, while self-taught tech bros build apps and cash out.
College was king when it was rare, now it’s a participation trophy. The smart move? Dodge the debt and build something real... SKILLS. The world doesn’t care where you learned it, just that you can do it.
You want to be the guy who fixes the grid when it crashes, not the one begging for a cubicle.
Start now, pick a skill with demand, grind it out, and let the results shut up the doubters.
Degrees are dead - Competence is king.
2. Money Buys Freedom, Buys Happiness
Money buys happiness. Don’t swallow the broke ass lie that it doesn’t. Money also buys freedom...
No alarm clocks
No asshole bosses
No scraping by
Poor people peddle the “money can’t buy happiness” lie because they’ve never had it.
Truth is, financial stress kills. You want peace? Pay for it. Freedom’s the real prize, and it’s got a price tag. A stack in the bank means you can walk away from
Jobs
Cities
People who drag you down
It’s not about Lambos or bottle service, it’s about owning your life. Broke guys romanticize the grind because they’re stuck in it hustling 60 hours a week to barely cover rent. You’re smarter than that. Money’s a tool, and the sooner you wield it, the sooner you stop answering to anyone but yourself.
Passion without cash is a hobby, and hobbies don’t pay the mortgage. Look at the numbers... millionaires report higher life satisfaction, not because they’re shallow, but because they’ve got options.
Start stacking now... side gigs, investments, whatever scales. Cash isn’t everything, but you will be freer and happier with it I can guarantee you that.
3. Blood Can Bleed You Dry
We are going to lose some people here if we havent already with lesson #2.
Thats okay, they can stay broke, you on the other hand will not.
Family and friends can sink you faster than a bad investment. They don’t mean to (most don’t) but they will if you let them.
“Don’t move away, we need you.”
“Don’t start that business, it’s risky.”
“Don’t get too big for us.”
It’s love laced with fear, and it’ll chain you to their level. Loyalty’s a virtue until it’s a noose.
The crab bucket effect is real... people close to you don’t cheer when you climb, they claw you back because your success spotlights their stagnation.
High-IQ men audit their circle, every relationship either lifts you or drags you. Most don’t want you to outgrow them, they’ll mask it as concern, but it’s self-preservation.
Tough shit. Your life’s not their safety net.
Social mobility stalls when you’re tied to low ambition networks. Studies show your income tracks with the five people you hang with most.
Pick winners, guys who...
Grind
Think big
Don’t flinch when you level up
Love your family, respect your roots, but don’t let them root you in place. You’re not a traitor for outrunning them, you’re a trailblazer.
Act like it.
4. Body Beats Bankroll
Health trumps wealth once the money’s in hand, miss this, and you’re screwed. You can stack millions, but if your body’s a wreck, you won’t enjoy a dime.
Heart disease, diabetes, burnout... they don’t care about your net worth. Millionaires in hospital beds don’t flex, they bargain with God for one more year.
Your 20s and 30s are the compound interest phase for your health, invest now, or pay later with interest you can’t afford.
Wealth’s a means, not the end... what’s the point of financial freedom if you’re too frail to live it?
Start simple, but start now.
Steak
Eggs
Fruit
Move
Sleep
It’s not rocket science, but it’s non-negotiable. Money buys a lot, but it can’t buy you a new spine or a time machine.
5. Time Trumps All
Time and money are your only real currencies... screw up one, and the other’s gone. Every hour you burn scrolling X or grinding a dead end job is cash you’ll never see.
Every dollar you blow on dumb shit steals hours you could’ve spent building something.
High-IQ men get this early - the trade off is everything.
Millionaires don’t swap time for wages, they buy systems that free it up.
Businesses
Investments
You’ve got maybe 4,000 weeks total, half of that in your prime. Waste it on Netflix binges or a boss you hate, and you’re torching your shot at real wealth.
Conversely, sink time into skills (coding, sales, whatever) and it pays dividends forever.
Money’s the same, spend it on liabilities (cars, clout), and you’re back to clock-punching.
Spend it on assets (tools, knowledge), and you’re buying freedom.
Most guys don’t see this until it’s too late. They’re 40, broke, and wondering where the years went.
You’re not them.
Audit your hours, trim the fat, double down on what scales.
Audit your wallet, stop leaking cash on status, start stacking it for leverage.
Time’s your finite fuel - money’s your renewable fire. Master the exchange, and you master your life.
There you have it... five hard truths most men never face until they’re too old to fix the damage.
Degrees Are Dead
Money Buys Freedom, Buys Happiness
Blood Can Bleed You Dry
Body Beats Bankroll
Time Trumps All
You’re not here to coast through life, scraping by on half assed dreams and other people’s rules.
You’re here to take what’s yours, but it won’t come free. The world doesn’t owe you shit, and no one’s coming to save you.
Ditch the excuses, cut the dead weight, and start stacking wins...
Skills
Money
Health
Time
The clock’s ticking, and every day you waste is a day you don’t get back. You’ve got the map now, quit whining and use it. Build something real, or settle for a life that’s small and soft.
Your move...
