Guru phrases, translated
Phrases you’ll hear in motivational videos, and what they usually really mean.
“While you sleep, others are working”Sleeping little makes your head, your health and your decisions worse. Sleep.
“If you don’t make it, you didn’t want it enough”Wanting isn’t enough. You need a system, time, luck and sometimes a change of path.
“Quit your job and bet on your dream”Better to build your project while you have an income, and jump when it works.
“Passive income”Almost always means a lot of work at the start, and often afterwards too.
“Join my private community”Usually means paying a subscription.
“I’ll show you my secret strategy”If it were secret and worked, they wouldn’t be selling it.
“Get rich in 30 days”It doesn’t exist. What exists are scams and lucky cases that don’t repeat.
“Trust the process”True only if the process is good and you measure it. Otherwise it’s an excuse not to change.