Judgement Day is Coming: Better Get Fit

I love the tv show “Yellowstone”. It’s always full of wisdom and great observations of our present world. 

There is a specific scene when he is talking with his son-in-law, Rip. 

“You know The first Duttons who settled this valley, fighting was all they knew. It’s how they got here, how they kept the land once they did. But today, it seems like a liability. Cowards rule the world, Rip. With coward rules and coward customs. To succeed today, all you gotta know is how to blame and how to complain. I truly believe it’s the survival of the unfittest these days.”

Source: Episode 5, season 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC50xkOONsQ

It feels like almost everywhere in the world, we’re seeing this. Lions led by Donkeys as I wrote before. You don’t have to look much further than the USA, Canada or most of Western Europe. China and Russia don’t seem that much better. We see aging incompetent leadership, slothful & entitled youth, distracted people. Additionally, according to Harvard University’s School of Public Health, Roughly two out of three U.S. adults are overweight or obese (69 percent) and one out of three are obese (36 percent). Credit card debt and bankruptcies are rising too. 

But I don’t despair too much because this is a tipping point. As Winston Churchill famously said: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

This is one big wake up call, as tectonic as the Covid pandemic, the Horrendous Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing end of Globalization as the world fractures and supply chains are brought home. Technology is growing exponentially and demographics are transitioning. Remote work is turning the world into a great meritocracy, it will increase the level of competition in the world. It will be a boon for the skilled from developing countries and will wreck the unskilled (and lazy) in the developed countries.  

This is a wake up call for us all to get fit ASAP. When I say fit, I mean fit in every possible way. Health-wise, physically, mentally & financially. Meditate, work out & eat clean food, learn how to fight and shoot. Manage your cost structure, learn new skills and how to invest and make money. Build a business. Become financially independent. 

There will be lots of pain but consequently also lots of massive opportunities. You can only take advantage of this if you are ready. So get ready now. It’s time to get into “Beast Mode” so you can pull ahead.