Stop Chasing Admiration

Hey Filtered Folks,

You are Drowning in Mediocrity

You wake up with a knot in your gut. Your career’s a treadmill, going nowhere fast. Endless meetings, pointless emails, tasks that drain your soul. Your business hasn’t budged in years, or it’s barely hanging on. You’re not crashing, you’re just stuck, trapped in safe, boring choices. You tell yourself you’re fine, everyone else buys it. You know it’s a lie. You’re invisible, irrelevant, a ghost of your potential. You’re not living, you’re surviving. You despise it.

The Trap of Being Liked

Your skills aren’t the issue, neither is your hustle. It’s your addiction to being admired. You play nice, dodge conflict, keep your head down to stay safe. You say yes to garbage tasks to avoid looking bad. You dilute your ideas to escape pushback. You put everyone else’s approval above your own dreams. Industry titans don’t play this game. They don’t care about your opinion, they care about winning. They take risks, make waves, ignore the noise. You’re not stuck because you lack ability, you’re stuck because you’re chasing claps instead of results.

Time to Break the Cycle Now

Say no to one thing this week that doesn’t move you forward. Stop asking for permission, make a call, own the consequences. Write down a big, terrifying goal, take one step toward it today. Tell someone you respect your raw, unfiltered truth, let them squirm. Stop hiding your ambition, let it intimidate. You don’t need to be a villain, you need to be unstoppable. Keep pushing, even when they call you arrogant.

BU, the Real Unfiltered You
— Andy

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