No one is worth the pedestal you put them on:

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No one is worth the pedestal you put them on.

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We’re all flawed.

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Celebrities and those in public like to present the perfect image to you.

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Yet they’re just as fucked up as you are.

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Busy dealing with their bullshit.

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Letting their childhood beliefs dictate the way they act.

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Letting fear get in their way.

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Constantly battling their mind.

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The most successful people in the world are just as flawed as you and me.

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Even if they have enough, they’re constantly on the hamster wheel.

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Chasing this bullshit idea that money makes you happy.

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It can make your life easier, but it does not lead to happiness.

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We look at people with money as successful but they deal with the same stuff everyone else does.

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Fights with family, someone not talking to them, someone close to them having a major medical problem and what show to watch at night.

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Money doesn’t mean you won’t struggle.

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We all struggle.

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Struggle is a human experience that you’ve shared with every person that has ever existed.

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All those people on the pedestal have dealt with it.

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They’ve succeeded in the public eye but they all struggle.

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Every day.

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They fight their inner demons just like you and I do.

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But there's a lot to learn from them.

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Don’t pay attention to what they’ve accomplished but learn how they did it.

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Learn about their struggle.

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The people that have succeeded in the public eye have failed over and over again.

They’ve looked at their struggle and continued to work.

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Continued to persevere through everything.

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If you should put anything on a pedestal, it should be their belief and work ethic.

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Their ability to show up again and again, even when they failed.

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The characteristics of those who have accomplished something are what you should be paying attention to.

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Learn from their stories.

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If you don’t have role models in your life, go look up 5 people who you want to be like and go learn about them.

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Literally, ask yourself what you want to be in your life then find the most successful people in that domain and go learn.

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Read and watch everything they’ve ever done.

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If you can get documentaries or books about who they were day to day and their work ethic, that’s what you want.

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Then act.

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Do something.

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Take action on your dreams.

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Persevere through all the bullshit that’s inevitably going to come.

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All the criticism and non-believers.

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Don’t listen to them.

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Chase the process.

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Don’t chase the outcome.

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Those on a pedestal have put in years of effort.

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If you want to be on that pedestal, get ready to put in years of effort.

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