Yellowstone Wisdom: Life is One Long Lesson
I love the television series Yellowstone. I think it’s a great modern American story. They live in a harsh unforgiving world. A place where only the strong survive. I love the tough Duttons and their cowboys. Living in savage & raw nature, defending their land from Indian tribes, hedge funds, real estate developers & militiamen.
“The people who are trying to take our place are evil. And we aren’t evil for trying to defend it.”
They have no mercy for anyone who attacks them. The Duttons will literally do whatever it takes to take out their enemies. This is the way. Probably how you should think about your life, business and property in my opinion. It’s a world where trust is earned not given. Anyways, it’s a great show.
But speaking of characters, Love her or hate her, Beth Dutton is one of the toughest individuals in the Get Sh-t Done way. Usually with ruthless & amoral methods. As stated in the show: “Behind every milestone of human history, stands a monster. That’s our monster!”
She is also surprisingly wise. As shown by the advice she gives to her young ward:
“I’m gonna tell you something. It is a universal truth. It doesn’t matter where you live. Man or woman. It is as true today as it was tens of f—ing years ago.
You want nice things? You want to the best? There are only 4 ways to get rich, kid. 4. That’s it.
Inherit it. That ain’t happening for you.
You steal it. You do not have, my friend, the patience, the power and honestly, the intellect to steal anything of substance.
Work really f-cking hard. Okay? You learn. You fail. Learn more. Fail more. And don’t let anyone outwork you. Ever.”
Option 4: well bit too crass to quote here.
There is so very much to all this. So to finish this off, i’ll end this with a quote from the show:
“There are two roads in life. One, You are either winning or learning. The other is that you are losing all the way to the F—ing grave. Better choose quickly or life’s going to choose for you.”
Worth thinking about.