J.P.Dîgóh🇿🇦

Every bad situation has an opportunity hidden in it. You just need to keep an open mind and an open heart to find it.

A good sign that you have something special as an artist, writer, creative or marketer is when people start copying your ideas, style and creativity. Instead of getting annoyed, use that energy to focus even more on your work. Keep creating and following your own vision. People may copy what you do, but they can never copy the unique connection and inspiration that comes from within you.

If you are young and enjoy sports, please know this: Play football. Run. Lift weights. Get into ball. Use your youth to get good at sports and physical activities that you can enjoy for the rest of your life. Get good early. Put in the work while your body is young, strong and resilient. Imagine how good you could become if you spent years mastering the basics instead of constantly jumping from one thing to another. When I was young, all I wanted was to play football. I never really thought about the importance of building other physical skills that would benefit me later in life. Looking back, I wish I had been more intentional. Football is great, but there is more to fitness than playing matches. Running, lifting weights and developing your strength, balance and endurance are things that will serve you long after your competitive football days are over. The beautiful thing about these activities is that much of your progress depends on your own effort and discipline. You don't need a team, a coach's selection or someone to give you playing time. Just you, your commitment and the willingness to improve. While you're young, take advantage of your energy. Build good habits. Learn proper techniques. Develop your body and understand what it can do. I promise that when you get older, you will appreciate the years you spent investing in your physical health. Team sports are great, but competitive football eventually becomes difficult to maintain. Don't make the mistake of allowing your love for football to be the only thing keeping you physically active. Run. Lift. Play ball. Build strength. Develop endurance. Your future self will thank you.

I don't divide my life into categories like work or vacation. To me, everything is connected. I simply wake up and get things done. I don't need a strict schedule. Sometimes inspiration comes at 2 a.m. and I act on it. I may have a rough idea or a short list of things I want to accomplish that day, but that's about it.

You get good ideas by being around the right people. There are many simple ways to make a lot of money right now, but you may never discover them because you don't spend time with people who are already doing it. When you meet someone who is successful in a certain business, spend time with them. The more you learn about what they do, the more you start thinking like them. You may even find your own way into that business or create similar opportunities.

I can fight my bad habits by thinking about the kind of person I want my future children to see. I believe the best way to influence people is to lead by example. If my children see me always on my phone, spending hours playing video games and eating junk food, won't they grow up doing the same? And how can I expect them to behave differently when that's what they see me doing? So I read because I want them to love reading too. I try to be kind, calm and happy because life is already difficult and I want them to understand that how we treat others and ourselves is a choice. I train hard because I know children won't naturally want to go to the gym. I can only hope they will see how exercise makes me a better and healthier person. You will never change until you truly decide to. Sometimes, life has to give you a serious wake up call. For me, there is no greater motivation than becoming the kind of person I would want my children to grow up and become.

Constant distraction is one of the biggest enemies of enjoyment. Always reaching for your phone is slowly destroying your ability to enjoy the things you love. You keep skipping songs, checking TikTok while playing Call of Duty, losing interest in movies, or taking snaps at sporting events instead of enjoying the moment. If you want to enjoy life the way you used to, you need to break this unhealthy relationship with your phone. Spend as much time being bored and disconnected as you spend online and looking for entertainment. Read for an hour. Take a walk without music. Write in a coffee shop and leave your phone in the car. Sit quietly and do nothing. Eventually, you will learn to enjoy simple things again. You will regain your ability to focus, appreciate the moment and find happiness in ordinary life.