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Too "late" to start a business?
I'm 40.
75 days ago...
I gave 𝕏 another chance.
I went from:
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To:
• 500 views per post
• 365+ followers
• 10 comments per post
I'm glad I didn't give up.
Don't let "age" stop you.
It's never too late to chase your dreams.
Bryan Tilos retweeted
There are times where I draft what I write.
Other times, I write on the spot.
There's no “right” way.
I’d rather press “publish”...
Than not press it at all.
Share your thoughts.
You never know who's reading.
You might impact one life.
And that's the best part.
There are times where I draft what I write.
Other times, I write on the spot.
There's no “right” way.
I’d rather press “publish”...
Than not press it at all.
Share your thoughts.
You never know who's reading.
You might impact one life.
And that's the best part.
Bryan Tilos retweeted
Most people think growth is about going viral.
And the truth is, It’s not.
It’s about:
→Focus
→Consistency
→Being disciplined
While also:
→Engaging with your audience.
→Adding value every single day.
Viral moments come and go.
Consistency is what makes them stay.
Most people think growth is about going viral.
And the truth is, It’s not.
It’s about:
→Focus
→Consistency
→Being disciplined
While also:
→Engaging with your audience.
→Adding value every single day.
Viral moments come and go.
Consistency is what makes them stay.
Bryan Tilos retweeted
March 11, 2011 changed my life forever.
An 8.8 earthquake & 130-ft tsunami struck the coast of Sendai, Japan.
It was absolute CHAOS.
But it was also my moment of transformation.
Here are the 5 lessons from that day I'll never forget:
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1. Define Your Core Values ━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
The quake shook my home swaying left to right.
I was full of fear and doubt
But I remembered to stand on my core values:
↳ Faith
↳ Courage
↳ Adaptability
A strong base will guide you through the storm.
━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
2. Stay Calm Under Pressure ━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
I was overwhelmed.
Full of emotions to complete a HUGE mission. It was STRESSFUL.
But I remained grounded.
↳ I prioritized my mindset
↳ I fought through fear and doubt
↳ I stayed disciplined as a team leader
Stop letting chaos dictate your responses.
Start controlling your reactions and stay calm.
━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
3. Trust in Your Strengths
━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
You need to trust your abilities.
I led 40+ teammates to complete the mission. I
had to block negative emotions.
I focused on what I controlled as a leader. I made sure to:
↳ Encourage others
↳ Navigate tough decisions
↳ Maximized my key strengths
Here's where you discover your true grit.
━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
4. Be Adaptable
━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
Your adaptability is your greatest asset.
“What do you mean adaptable?” Are you ready to:
↳ Lead with flexibility?
↳ Adjust to the situation?
↳ Overcome new challenges?
Adapting quickly turns setbacks into opportunities.
━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
5. Keep Moving Forward
━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
What does that mean?
What if you're faced with making key decisions?
For me, it meant:
↳ Taking the next step
↳ Staying laser-focused on solutions
↳ Showing up, even when it was hard
Our mission was clear:
Help deliver food and water to Sendai.
Because we stayed the course...
1 million pounds of aid reached the people who needed it most.
We didn’t stop.
We worked as a team and made it happen.
━━━━━━━━━━━━
This was more than a challenge.
It was a TURNING point.
It made me STRONGER and DEFINED the person I am today.
Bryan Tilos retweeted
Habits of the 10%
→ Learning
→ Early riser
→ Risk-taking
→ Consistency
→ Practising humility
→ Embracing Discomfort
→ Celebrating small wins
→ Practicing gratitude daily
March 11, 2011 changed my life forever.
An 8.8 earthquake & 130-ft tsunami struck the coast of Sendai, Japan.
It was absolute CHAOS.
But it was also my moment of transformation.
Here are the 5 lessons from that day I'll never forget:
━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
1. Define Your Core Values ━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
The quake shook my home swaying left to right.
I was full of fear and doubt
But I remembered to stand on my core values:
↳ Faith
↳ Courage
↳ Adaptability
A strong base will guide you through the storm.
━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
2. Stay Calm Under Pressure ━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
I was overwhelmed.
Full of emotions to complete a HUGE mission. It was STRESSFUL.
But I remained grounded.
↳ I prioritized my mindset
↳ I fought through fear and doubt
↳ I stayed disciplined as a team leader
Stop letting chaos dictate your responses.
Start controlling your reactions and stay calm.
━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
3. Trust in Your Strengths
━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
You need to trust your abilities.
I led 40+ teammates to complete the mission. I
had to block negative emotions.
I focused on what I controlled as a leader. I made sure to:
↳ Encourage others
↳ Navigate tough decisions
↳ Maximized my key strengths
Here's where you discover your true grit.
━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
4. Be Adaptable
━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
Your adaptability is your greatest asset.
“What do you mean adaptable?” Are you ready to:
↳ Lead with flexibility?
↳ Adjust to the situation?
↳ Overcome new challenges?
Adapting quickly turns setbacks into opportunities.
━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
5. Keep Moving Forward
━━━━━━◇◆◇━━━━━━
What does that mean?
What if you're faced with making key decisions?
For me, it meant:
↳ Taking the next step
↳ Staying laser-focused on solutions
↳ Showing up, even when it was hard
Our mission was clear:
Help deliver food and water to Sendai.
Because we stayed the course...
1 million pounds of aid reached the people who needed it most.
We didn’t stop.
We worked as a team and made it happen.
━━━━━━━━━━━━
This was more than a challenge.
It was a TURNING point.
It made me STRONGER and DEFINED the person I am today.
Habits of the 10%
→ Learning
→ Early riser
→ Risk-taking
→ Consistency
→ Practising humility
→ Embracing Discomfort
→ Celebrating small wins
→ Practicing gratitude daily
In a few years, everything changed for me.
2019
↳ Ego
↳ Fear
↳ Inconsistency
2023
↳ Growth
↳ Courage
↳ Discipline
The right habits change everything.
Content doesn’t have to be perfect.
It has to be clear.
↳One idea.
↳One solution.
↳Delivered simply.
Clarity beats complexity.
Bryan Tilos retweeted
The #1 asset for your brand.
Storytelling.
Everyone loves a good story.
But most people don’t realize it’s the key to growing their brand.
Think about the last time you bought something big.
Did you buy it because of the features?
Or because of the story the seller told about how it would change your life?
You might be thinking, “I don’t know how to tell stories.”
Or even, “Who would want to hear my story?”
However, the truth is.....
Most people overcomplicate storytelling.
They think it’s about making something dramatic or extraordinary.
But storytelling is about connection.
It’s about showing people you understand their journey.
Here’s why storytelling is SOO important:
→ It builds trust
→ It inspires action
→ It makes you memorable
You don’t need to have climbed Mount Everest to tell a great story.
Your everyday experiences overcoming challenges, learning lessons, and growing are what people resonate with.
Start small.
Share how you landed your first client, overcame a fear, or learned something that changed the way you work.
Every story you tell brings you closer to your audience.
Bryan Tilos retweeted
I thought engagement was random.
↳Some posts worked.
↳Others didn’t.
Then I noticed a pattern:
My best posts solved problems.
So I’m going to double down.
Success leaves clues.
The #1 asset for your brand.
Storytelling.
Everyone loves a good story.
But most people don’t realize it’s the key to growing their brand.
Think about the last time you bought something big.
Did you buy it because of the features?
Or because of the story the seller told about how it would change your life?
You might be thinking, “I don’t know how to tell stories.”
Or even, “Who would want to hear my story?”
However, the truth is.....
Most people overcomplicate storytelling.
They think it’s about making something dramatic or extraordinary.
But storytelling is about connection.
It’s about showing people you understand their journey.
Here’s why storytelling is SOO important:
→ It builds trust
→ It inspires action
→ It makes you memorable
You don’t need to have climbed Mount Everest to tell a great story.
Your everyday experiences overcoming challenges, learning lessons, and growing are what people resonate with.
Start small.
Share how you landed your first client, overcame a fear, or learned something that changed the way you work.
Every story you tell brings you closer to your audience.
I thought engagement was random.
↳Some posts worked.
↳Others didn’t.
Then I noticed a pattern:
My best posts solved problems.
So I’m going to double down.
Success leaves clues.
Bryan Tilos retweeted
People don’t grow because they quit too soon.
You’re closer than you think.
↳Closer to hitting your stride.
↳Closer to building momentum.
↳Closer to finding your own voice.
Stay consistent.
Bryan Tilos retweeted
Every post is an opportunity to grow.
But most people waste it by posting:
↳Vague ideas.
↳Generic advice.
↳Things their audience doesn’t care about.
Focus on quality over quantity.
That’s how you grow.
Every post is an opportunity to grow.
But most people waste it by posting:
↳Vague ideas.
↳Generic advice.
↳Things their audience doesn’t care about.
Focus on quality over quantity.
That’s how you grow.
People don’t grow because they quit too soon.
You’re closer than you think.
↳Closer to hitting your stride.
↳Closer to building momentum.
↳Closer to finding your own voice.
Stay consistent.
Bryan Tilos retweeted
Growth isn’t about going viral.
It’s about building trust.
↳Post consistently.
↳Solve real problems.
↳Engage authentically.
Trust leads to loyalty.
Bryan Tilos retweeted
I was a failure…..
I used to always struggle with consistency.
Didn’t matter what it was:
↳Work
↳Fitness
↳Relationships
I struggled with consistency in every aspect of my life.
Kept wondering, “Am I not good enough?”
I’d watch people around me smash their goals, seemingly without effort, while I stayed stuck in the same place.
It made me feel sad and frustrated, and I even felt like giving up on life.
Every time I tried to fix it, I’d promise myself, This time will be different.
But it never was.
It wasn’t just a bad day or a tough week.
It was a downward spiral month after month after month….
But here’s what I didn’t realize back then.
The problem wasn’t that I was lazy. It wasn’t that I wasn’t good enough.
The problem was that I was expecting too much, too fast.
I’d try to overhaul my entire life in one go.
↳Wake up at 5 AM
↳work 6 hours straight
↳Hit the gym six days a week
And every time, I’d burn out within a week.
But here’s the truth no one told me….
Consistency isn’t about doing everything.
It’s about doing one small thing over and over until it becomes second nature.
When I finally understood that, everything changed.
I stopped trying to sprint toward success and started taking small, manageable steps instead.
Instead of focusing on 10 different things, I focused on 1.
And you know what?
That one step turned into two, then three, and suddenly, I wasn’t just staying consistent.
I was actually making progress.
If you’ve ever felt stuck in the same loop starting strong, falling off, and beating yourself up for it.
I get it. I’ve been there.
But here’s what I need you to know:
You don’t have to stay there.
The secret to consistency isn’t about willpower or motivation.
It’s about breaking the cycle and starting small.
Take it one step at a time. Build on it slowly.
And watch how everything in your life begins to shift.
You’ve got this.
