“A Cat That Dreams of Becoming a Lion Must First Lose Its Appetite for Rats.” – African proverb.
Everyone dreams big.
New life. New business.
New identity. New future.
Dreaming is healthy. Necessary. Human.
People don’t usually fail at dreaming.
They fail at transforming.
They want the lion’s life, but they keep living on a cat’s diet.
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Most people desire change.
Very few are willing to change who they are.
They want:
– financial freedom with fixed-salary comfort
– extraordinary relationships with ordinary effort
– big impact without big risk
– growth without discomfort
– destiny without discipline
Then one day, somewhere between “what if” and “I should have,” they wake up with something worse than failure:
Regret.
Missed opportunities don’t scream.
They whisper… for decades.
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Your mind is not your cheerleader.
It’s your survival officer.
The unknown feels unsafe.
Uncertainty feels dangerous.
Growth feels like a threat.
So your brain protects you with logical-sounding excuses:
– “This is not the right time.”
– “What if it doesn’t work?”
– “I’m not ready yet.”
That voice isn’t wisdom.
That is fear wearing formal clothes.
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Becoming the lion isn’t about becoming fearless.
It’s about becoming different.
Different habits.
Different standards.
Different boundaries.
Different identity.
You don’t upgrade your future by thinking bigger.
You upgrade it by eating differently.
Emotionally.
Mentally.
Professionally.
The moment you stop feeding your old self,
your future self starts showing up.
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Not with one dramatic breakthrough.
But with a thousand uncomfortable choices.
1. Audit your “rats.”
What are you still consuming that belongs to your old life?
Comfort routines.
Lazy relationships.
Unchallenging work.
Small conversations.
Tiny ambitions.
2. Starve the old identity.
Stop feeding the version of you your future self would be embarrassed by.
3. Practice controlled discomfort.
New habits. New environments. New standards.
Uncomfortable becomes normal.
Normal becomes powerful.
4. Change your reference group.
You don’t rise to your goals.
You fall to your environment.
5. Act before you feel ready.
Confidence is built in motion, not meditation.
And one day you realize:
You no longer fit in rooms you once begged to belong to.
You no longer fear what once paralyzed you.
You no longer tolerate what you once accepted.
Your calendar looks different.
Your conversations sound different.
Your problems are bigger, but so are you.
And the regret you were so afraid of?
It never shows up.
So dream big, but know this: every roar begins with a change in appetite.