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APX-VI-0057

“I stopped insisting the system is rigged and started building anyway.”

APX · Pillar II, Apex APX-VI · Reject the Victim. Become the Author.

Maybe it is rigged, partly, in places. But 'the system' was also the perfect excuse to never start, because if it's hopeless, why try. You decided to build inside the real conditions instead of waiting for fair ones. That's authorship. The deck may be stacked. You still play your hand. And you started winning hands.

Your Practice

  1. Separate what's truly outside your control from what's just convenient to blame.
  2. Name one move you can make today despite the unfair conditions.
  3. Make it. Then make the next one. Action erodes the excuse.
  4. Help someone else see the same, that they, too, can still play the hand.

The Architects

“Greatness is not intelligence. Greatness comes from character. And character isn't formed out of smart people, it's formed out of people who suffered.”

Jensen Huang, Remarks at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) Economic Summit, Stanford University, March 2024

More under APX-VI

APX-VI-0001“I keep telling myself I'm a victim of my circumstances.”APX-VI-0002“I stopped making excuses and started making moves.”APX-VI-0003“I took full ownership of my life and everything changed.”APX-VI-0004“I've been blaming everyone else for where I am in life.”APX-VI-0005“I successfully rebuilt a habit I'd lost.”APX-VI-0006“I've been waiting for permission to pursue what I actually want.”
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