You’re fed up with living an ordinary 9-to-5 life? You’ve finally decided to escape the rat race, conquer the world, and fulfill your destiny?

That’s great, but be prepared to face loneliness on your journey to success.

Because once you published that book, built that successful business or found your perfect life partner, one of the following things might happen:

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Media makes you petrified, the global economy wants you to be fearful, and your fellow men fuel your pessimism – a deadly cocktail most of us aren’t immune to.

The whole world wants you to drag into a downward spiral, and you have no other chance than to give in.

Are you destined to live in apathy and stagnation?

Sometimes, out of nowhere, we have these motivational spikes. It may be only a tiny spark, but a moment like this is already enough to make us realize our true potential. We get a glimpse of who we could be.

Most of the time, however, we know that this small burst of energy is just a fleeting moment, waiting to pass.

Don’t you wonder why staying motivated is so damn hard? Why do you feel no sense of urgency in your life?

We’re living in an era of massive acceleration.

Governments get dismissed within days, self-made billionaires are made within a few years, and companies grow and collapse rapidly. Heck, even time seems to run quicker every single day.

In such an accelerated world, established knowledge gets outdated quickly to the point where mainstream opinion can’t keep up anymore. Universal rules, which have been valid for decades, grow old by tomorrow.

Think of the German car industry for example. Within a few years, the classic automotive industry is threatened by electric cars to the point of becoming extinct.