Something essential in life is learning how to love struggle—problems, conflict, fights. Otherwise, they will overwhelm you. I learned that early, and in my own way, I came to value them.
Life has given me a lot of harsh things, honestly, ever since childhood. I’m a full orphan, raised in aggressive Russian ghettos, but I overcame everything myself and left Russia many years ago, around 2019 or so, before the war. I’ve kept moving around since then. I’m a cosmopolitan, not a national person. I’m an Earth guy. I belong to this planet, not to a nation, believe me.
My personal trick is simple: I remind myself that struggle is natural to us. We are built to fight, to endure, to overcome through difficulty. That idealized, perfect life—I tried it. You eat well, buy everything you want, remove all friction. It becomes unbelievably boring. I walked away from that because I wanted to stay fit, stay sharp, keep a critical mind, and continue fighting through struggle.
After a while, I got used to it. Now I just keep moving forward. I don’t ask childish questions like, ‘When will I be rich?’ or ‘When will I be happy?’
Never underestimate the role of luck in life. When I meet people, I never want to know how much money they have—that’s random. I only care about how honest, critical, and open-minded the person in front of me is. Everything else doesn’t matter much.
But it’s important to remember that human fights aren’t tiger fights. Let any physical blood stay in the past; it’s ancient and outdated. We fight with intellect, with sense, with concepts, with ideas. You don’t punch—you troll, you laugh. Of course, you should always be ready to punch if needed, only to protect yourself against undeveloped Neanderthals. But you never play dirty, as much as possible. Keep it intellectual.
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