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become your desired identity and achieve the life you always wanted. </p><p>there's no other option. </p><p>the middle class is the worst option you can be born into. </p><p>worse than the lower class.</p><p>why? </p><p>simply because from the lower class, the only way is up. </p><p>but the middle class..</p><p>it's comfortable enough for you to not feel an overwhelming amount of pain and crave getting out. </p><p>that's also why it's the biggest part of the society.</p><p>and why most never get out.</p><p>simply cause it's comfortable enough. </p><p>but if you're born into the lower class.. </p><p>you have something the middle class usually doesn't. </p><p>the pain. </p><p>and hunger for a better life. </p><p>and it's easier to get out of it than to get out of the middle class.</p><p>the pain is always present.</p><p>you feel and see it every single day you wake up. </p><p>you don't have high quality food. </p><p>you're most likely barely getting by.</p><p>but that's why it's better.</p><p>success is all a battle with your mind. and of course doing the hard work. </p><p>but that also depends on what's inside of your mind. </p><p>so if you're in the lower class struggling. </p><p>you're simply feeling the pain of it all the time. </p><p>it's always on your mind. </p><p>it never stops. </p><p>you need to change. </p><p>you need to win. </p><p>you need to make it happen. </p><p>how else will you get to live your life? </p><p>you're just surviving. </p><p>never living. </p><p>and when you feel the pain constantly and you're conscious of it. </p><p>you always feel the need to change the situation. </p><p>that's why when you look at everyone that's rich. </p><p>they either come from an already rich family. </p><p>or</p><p>the lower class. </p><p>but most of those who are self made, are from the lower class. </p><p><strong>you can only succeed when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of changing. </strong></p><p>you need to always feel the pain. </p><p>and if you're from the middle class. </p><p>it's a little harder. </p><p>but still possible. </p><p>you simply need to manufacture the pain yourself. </p><p>you need to take away your desires. </p><p><strong>manufacture lack. </strong></p><p>live like in the lower class. </p><p>like you're barely getting by. </p><p>cut the money. </p><p>the comfort. </p><p>the safety net. </p><p>cause nobody else is going to make it hurt. </p><p>they will tell you that &#8220;it's not that bad&#8221;</p><p>that &#8220;it's comfortable&#8221;</p><p>that you should &#8220;take your time&#8221;</p><p>but you already know, that's exactly how you lose. </p><p>you have to create the pain yourself. </p><p>even tho i manufactured most of the pain myself.. </p><p>a lot of it was already there before. </p><p>as a kid. </p><p>not being able to have anything the kids around you have.</p><p>because the money is &#8220;going towards a greater purpose&#8221;</p><p>it's something that stays with you. </p><p>and creates a void. </p><p>where nothing is enough anymore. </p><p>it's the reason i'm awake when most are comfortably dreaming. </p><p>the reason i can never let go. </p><p>cause there's no time to let go. </p><p>took me years to figure out the void wasn&#8217;t the problem.</p><p>it's what makes you get out. </p><p>it's the drive. </p><p>so while most people are trying to kill the void. </p><p>you need to feed it.</p><p>make it bigger. </p><p>you need to feel the pain. </p><p>and if you don't, just manufacture it yourself. </p><p><strong>the pain of staying the same has to beat the pain of changing. </strong></p><p>reread that until it clicks. </p><p><em>stay raw. </em></p><p><strong>oz. </strong></p><p>and by the way.. </p><p>you can manufacture the pain. </p><p>but if your mind&#8217;s thermostat is still set to comfortable, it will keep pulling you back to comfortable. </p><p><a href="https://ozraw.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here to change the settings.</a></p><p>or don&#8217;t. 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</p><p>you may already understand that it's not possible to win with doubt running in your mind. </p><p>it just isn't. </p><p>and after a certain point. </p><p>if you don't kill the doubt in your mind, you're just going to keep running in circles. </p><p>so here&#8217;s how you kill it.</p><h3>1. delusional self belief. </h3><p>now this isn't about ignoring the reality. </p><p>you can't ignore the reality.</p><p>but you can choose to live your desired reality inside of your mind before it is reality. </p><p>that's what this means. </p><p><strong>choosing to act like something is reality before it's reality. </strong></p><p>now look. </p><p>you may get those random thoughts attacking you. </p><p>&#8220;nah this can't work&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;this is impossible&#8221;</p><p>but that's the point. </p><p>everything was once impossible. </p><p>the phone you're reading this on. </p><p>the cars running up and down the road nonstop. </p><p>it was all impossible once. </p><p>just a glimpse of an imagination. </p><p>but fast forward to now.</p><p>it's the reality. </p><p>so everything that you feel like is impossible.. </p><p>it can happen. </p><p><strong>you need to believe and act like it is your reality before it becomes your reality. </strong></p><h3>2. your thoughts are a boomerang. </h3><p>this is what the delusional self belief really runs on. </p><p>look.</p><p>you receive what you give out. </p><p>that means if you give out negative energy to the world, it's eventually going to come back to you. </p><p>if you give out positivity, it's going to return to you the same way. </p><p>your thoughts are a boomerang. </p><p>they always return to you and manifest to your reality. </p><p>you may have noticed this, when you feared something negative and thought about it a lot, it most likely became a reality. </p><p>because that's simply how it works.</p><p><strong>you're giving the thoughts energy and eventually making them a possibility of the reality. </strong></p><p>but the thing is.. </p><p>you need to learn to think even about the negative things positively. </p><p>something negative happened? you need to ask yourself about the lesson you're supposed to learn from it. </p><p>if you just think about the negative reality of it, how it's horrible, how you wouldn't wish that on your worst enemies etc, you're just giving those thoughts your energy and attracting more of them.</p><p>think about failing? you'll most likely fail. </p><p>think about winning? you'll most likely win. </p><p>you need to install this inside of your mind. </p><p>your mind creates your reality. </p><p><strong>always think only about what you want to become a reality. </strong></p><h3>3. how to build the delusional self belief. </h3><p>your self belief most likely won't be crazy strong from the start.</p><p>that's why you need to build it up. </p><p>but how do you do this? </p><p><strong>by tracking the wins. </strong></p><p>you need to notice every single win and stack them up. </p><p>your mind stores these wins as the proof of your identity. </p><p>so if you stack up enough of the wins. </p><p>what happens is, your mind eventually starts believing you're the winner. </p><p>that the reality will go positive.</p><p>you simply need to stack up the wins. </p><p>stack up the proof for your mind.</p><p>till they compound into success.</p><h3>4. protecting your belief. </h3><p>now this is the essential part everyone needs to understand. </p><p>because look. </p><p><strong>the closest people to you will often be the ones that hurt your beliefs the most. </strong></p><p>because sometimes you tell your beliefs and plans to the people around you. </p><p>and most just don't understand. </p><p>they will tell you to be realistic. </p><p>to lower your expectations. </p><p>and other bullshit. </p><p>but you already know, that's not how you win. </p><p>it's just limiting you. </p><p>if everyone stayed realistic, you'd still be fighting tigers in the wild. </p><p>so just don't tell them. </p><p>don't waste the energy. </p><p>keep quiet. </p><p>until the success is too loud to keep quiet.</p><p>you need to be delusional about your reality. </p><p>so your reality becomes the delusion. </p><p><em>stay raw. </em></p><p><strong>oz. </strong></p><p>and by the way..</p><p>you can build the belief. </p><p>but you&#8217;re building it on top of something you never willingly chose.</p><p>if you want to rewrite the code underneath.</p><p><a href="https://ozraw.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here.</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[f*ck your winter arc.]]></title><description><![CDATA[the cold days are returning.]]></description><link>https://ozraw.substack.com/p/fck-your-winter-arc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://ozraw.substack.com/p/fck-your-winter-arc</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 17:01:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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there's too many people talking about some &#8220;winter arc&#8221; </p><p>how they're gonna lock in on the winter arc and get rich. </p><p>lol. </p><p>but i understand. </p><p>i was once at the same spot. </p><p>just a kid. </p><p>that knew he needed to get out asap. </p><p>but i didn't understand how the game works back then. </p><p>i thought it's all just about locking in, getting rich, and enjoying the rest of the life. </p><p>like mcgregor said.</p><p>&#8220;get in, get rich, get out&#8221;</p><p>that's the mindset i was living on. </p><p>but you eventually realise that's not how it works. </p><p>that it's more of the opposite of it. </p><p>in mma sure, you get in, get rich quick, and get out before you suffer long term damage. </p><p>that's the one exception where it works. </p><p>but everywhere else, it's the opposite. </p><p>you don't just get in on your &#8220;winter arc&#8221; make all the money in the world and enjoy your life for the rest of your time. </p><p>no. </p><p>you have to dedicate your life to the game. </p><p>you have to marry the game. </p><p>it's not a lock in period where you make it work and then just enjoy the benefits of success. </p><p>your whole life has to be a success.</p><p>you have to fall in love with the work, return to it every day. </p><p>because it's your wife now. </p><p>even when you're out with a girl. </p><p>all you're able to do is think about the work.</p><p>about how you're cheating on it. </p><p>about how you have to return back home to it. </p><p>that's what true success looks like. </p><p>and that's how you achieve the money alongside of it. </p><p>because money is just the byproduct of the success. </p><p>but you have to be the success before the money. </p><p>that's the only way. </p><p>you have to love the work. </p><p>make the money doing it. </p><p>and then invest the money back so you can do even more of what you love in bigger scales.</p><p><strong>get in, get rich, stay in. </strong></p><p><em>stay raw. </em></p><p><strong>oz. </strong></p><p>ps. if you want to understand the code running your mind underneath everything and reprogram it for success..</p><p><a href="https://ozraw.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here.</a></p><p>or not. you can keep doing your winter arcs.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[stay addicted.]]></title><description><![CDATA[ever had that moment where a sense of conscience came over you in the weirdest moment?]]></description><link>https://ozraw.substack.com/p/stay-addicted</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://ozraw.substack.com/p/stay-addicted</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:00:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rR0k!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5577453d-0db6-41fa-a1c7-fcb89e036e27_1200x630.gif" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div 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</p><p>never even had to mention it. </p><p>and you just get that realisation.. </p><p>&#8220;what am i doing with my life?&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;is this really how i'll spend the rest of my time?&#8221;</p><p>i know because there was a time i was there too. </p><p>drowning. </p><p>but i always felt that i needed to change. </p><p>that this is not what i'm meant to be doing. </p><p>that i have to somehow break out. </p><p>look. </p><p>you probably think you're weak because of that.</p><p>cause you just keep returning to it.</p><p>you've tried to quit multiple times. </p><p>tried keeping the streak. </p><p>the app / website blockers.</p><p>the promise you made to yourself at 2am. </p><p>but it always comes back. </p><p>that's simply because you tried to fight the symptoms. </p><p>but never addressed the root cause. </p><p>you tried to put a band aid over a snake bite. </p><p>and i hate to break it to you. </p><p>in fact i love to break it to you. </p><p>you will never beat it this way. </p><p>because look. </p><p>that's not how addictions work. </p><p>you can't just quit cold turkey and fill the time with nothing else. </p><p>that's exactly how you fail again. </p><p>you're just setting yourself up for failure. </p><p>cause when you quit and there's no substitute. </p><p>nothing to fill that spot. </p><p>the addiction is going to come back. </p><p>always. </p><p>that's simply how it always works. </p><p>so instead of quitting. </p><p><strong>swap the addiction with something else. </strong></p><p>something that benefits your life. </p><p>this can be anything to you. </p><p>lifting weights. </p><p>working on the business. </p><p>etc. </p><p>can be really anything that adds to your life instead of subtracting. </p><p>and ever since i've understood how the system works. </p><p>my addiction is now work / working out. </p><p>it's my ritual now. </p><p>it's like a cig for me.. the difference is, i'm not tryna quit. </p><p>but it's not just the websites.</p><p>it's everywhere. </p><p>it's the junk food. </p><p>the doomscrolling. </p><p>all the addictions. </p><p>and it's that simple. </p><p>most just never understood this concept. </p><p>because they don't want you to see it. </p><p>they're profiting off everybody's addictions. </p><p>so of course they don't want you to quit. </p><p>who doesn't want more money right? </p><p>but now you see it. </p><p>and you can't unsee it. </p><p>the slot never stays empty. </p><p>but you can decide what to put inside of it. </p><p><em>stay raw.</em></p><p><strong>oz. </strong></p><p>ps. you can change what&#8217;s in the slot. </p><p>but you didn&#8217;t decide the slot was there. </p><p>so if you want to reprogram the code your mind runs on..</p><p><a href="https://ozraw.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here.</a> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[why are you stressing? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[in this &#8220;success&#8221; corner of the internet.]]></description><link>https://ozraw.substack.com/p/why-are-you-stressing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://ozraw.substack.com/p/why-are-you-stressing</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:01:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LLc0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3650eef3-2664-40a5-9b5c-54da53cb8d25_1200x630.gif" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LLc0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3650eef3-2664-40a5-9b5c-54da53cb8d25_1200x630.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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person saying these things. </p><p>and trust me, i get it. </p><p>i was in the same spot. </p><p>no safety net. </p><p>nothing to hold onto. </p><p>no one around me that would support me. </p><p>father? doesn't give a fuck.</p><p>mother? neither. she always just told me to go to college and not do dumb shit on the internet. </p><p>friends? none of them could even grasp the concept. </p><p>life at that point feels.. <strong>stressful</strong> to say the least. </p><p>but there was one realisation that helped me gain a competitive advantage over most people in this game. </p><p>because trust me, most are stressing. </p><p><strong>they feel the emotion of doubt.</strong></p><p>deep down they're all worried that's it's not gonna work. </p><p>that they'll be left working a 9-5 for the rest of their life. </p><p>and most are right. </p><p>they will end up working the 9-5. </p><p>why? </p><p>because they're consciously putting energy into that belief. </p><p>in other words, they're materialising it to reality. </p><p>literally making their thoughts a reality. </p><p>your thoughts get materialised, cause you're directing your energy (emotions and attention) towards them. </p><p>making them the option. </p><p>and negative emotions always beat the positive ones.</p><p>that's just how it works.</p><p>that's why when you're not sure about the outcome and you're in the middle of the negative and positive, negative wins most of the time. </p><p>and doubt is one of the strongest emotions there is. </p><p>and look. </p><p>you'll fall. </p><p>but it's not really failure. </p><p>failure is when you fall and stay down. when you give up. </p><p>but when you always stand back up with a smile on your face. </p><p>there just isn't any place for failure to exist inside of your reality.</p><p><strong>you need to completely remove the emotion of doubt from your mind. </strong></p><p>and i'm not saying this to &#8220;reassure&#8221; you.</p><p>or to give you some false hope. </p><p>but that's just simply how it is. </p><p>if you really want to succeed, you have to remove the idea of not succeeding out of your mind completely. </p><p>cause if you put emotional charge (energy) in the direction of failing. </p><p>then you're gonna fail. </p><p>you're giving the failure the chance to win. </p><p>making it the option. </p><p>but when you remove the negative emotions of fear and doubt from your life.</p><p>and completely ignore them. </p><p>failure stops existing. </p><p>and the only thing that's left when there's no failure.. </p><p><strong>is winning. </strong></p><p>so from now on. </p><p>there's no negative emotions anymore.</p><p>doubt doesn't exist for you anymore. </p><p>there's only one option. </p><p>success. </p><p>that's how you gain the competitive advantage. </p><p>try this and reap the benefits. </p><p>you'll just be looking around and smiling to yourself while getting ahead of everyone. </p><p>knowing that while everyone around is stressing and failing. </p><p>failure doesn't exist for you.</p><p>it's not a part of your reality anymore. </p><p>there's just you. </p><p>and success. </p><p>until you meet it and become one.</p><p><em>stay raw. </em></p><p><strong>oz. </strong></p><p>and by the way. </p><p>doubt isn&#8217;t just a thought you&#8217;re having. </p><p>it&#8217;s a belief that was programmed there before you could argue with it.</p><p>you can ignore it. that&#8217;s the first step. </p><p><strong>rewire</strong> is where you go to delete it.</p><p><a href="https://ozraw.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here.</a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[do you feel like your time is flying away? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[remember when you were playing a game.]]></description><link>https://ozraw.substack.com/p/do-you-feel-like-your-time-is-flying</link><guid 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is..</p><p>time doesn't pass at one speed. </p><p>it passes at the speed of how much you're actually <strong>in it. </strong></p><p>how much you're actually inside of the reality. </p><p>10 hours of games makes you get consumed by the game. </p><p>so you're physically inside of this reality. </p><p>but mentally you're completely outside. </p><p>time doesn't apply to you anymore. </p><p>there's just the game. </p><p>nothing else. </p><p>all of the stimulation perfectly designed to keep you outside of the reality. </p><p>no resistance. </p><p>just flow.</p><p>just the game. </p><p>now imagine you doing a plank for 10 hours. </p><p>that doesn't sound so good anymore does it? </p><p>cause there's resistance. </p><p>a lot of it. </p><p>and the more you feel it, the slower time actually feels. </p><p>10 hours of games will pass by in seconds. </p><p>but 10 hours of plank? </p><p>it will feel like days. </p><p>simply because you're not mentally escaping the reality. </p><p>you're completely present. </p><p>cause you're experiencing resistance and pain. </p><p>pain = presence.</p><p>which leads me to the point of this post. </p><p>you want time to go slower. </p><p>you're saying it's just flying by. </p><p>but what are you actually doing with it? </p><p>you're doing everything to make it go by faster. </p><p>every scroll. </p><p>every autoplay. </p><p>every video. </p><p>every game. </p><p>you're just pulling yourself out of reality and then wondering where the time has gone. </p><p>i'll ask you a question. </p><p><strong>what did you do last thursday? </strong></p><p>chances are, you don't remember. </p><p>cause nothing inside of your reality happened.</p><p>you were simply just consumed by the distractions. </p><p>scrolling. </p><p>rotting away. </p><p>you already know the games are eating you. </p><p>the scrolling just eating at your reality. </p><p><strong>pain = presence.</strong></p><p>you need to do more hard things. </p><p>you'll realise the day isn't actually so short when you're present in the reality. </p><p>so the point is..</p><p><strong>you don't want more time.</strong></p><p><strong>you just want more time you can feel. </strong></p><p><em>stay raw. </em></p><p><strong>oz. </strong></p><p>ps. you know that the scrolling and the games are eating you alive. </p><p>and you know you have to escape them. </p><p>so if you want to reprogram your mind to stay inside of reality instead of craving games..</p><p><a href="https://ozraw.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here.</a></p><p>see you on the other side. or not. </p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[you're going to starve.]]></title><description><![CDATA[monday working on one business.]]></description><link>https://ozraw.substack.com/p/youre-going-to-starve</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://ozraw.substack.com/p/youre-going-to-starve</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:01:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tXwi!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F02b9d372-fac3-4f2c-ba80-447781de15c6_2400x1260.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tXwi!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F02b9d372-fac3-4f2c-ba80-447781de15c6_2400x1260.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tXwi!, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/w_424, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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/__u/ozraw.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F02b9d372-fac3-4f2c-ba80-447781de15c6_2400x1260.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 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i truly was. </p><p>and what i truly wanted to do. </p><p>i just kept floating around. </p><p>trying to find some point which i could hold onto. </p><p>and i did. </p><p>but it was never anything potentially lifechanging. </p><p>yk.. </p><p>i also tried dropshipping. </p><p>i tried trading. </p><p>i tried ecom. </p><p>everything under the sun. </p><p>none of these had any results (ofc cause i quit too soon every time) </p><p>but the one that actually made me at least something to survive with.. </p><p>was reselling. </p><p>yk reselling those designer shoes and clothes on vinted. </p><p>them being real didn't matter as long as i made money.</p><p>you know.. </p><p>i never had much money growing up. </p><p>i came from a middle class family. </p><p>but i never really received any money. </p><p>basically anything. </p><p>i could never buy / get what i wanted. </p><p>and that flips something inside of you when you're that young and aren't able to get what you want. </p><p>what others can by simply asking their parents. </p><p>so you're just left there.. looking at them. </p><p>and it leaves a void.</p><p>that will never be able to be filled. </p><p>that's maybe why there's never enough money for me anymore. </p><p>anyways. </p><p>i kept reselling up until the point i started writing. </p><p>that's when i quit. </p><p>and actually fully focused on this writing only. </p><p>now it's just a matter of time. </p><p>until the reps compound. </p><p>mark my words. </p><p>but look.. </p><p>there was a dilemma. </p><p>i couldn't decide. </p><p>between the reselling and the writing. </p><p>so i kept doing both at the same time. </p><p>one to survive. </p><p>and one to truly pursue what i wanted to pursue. </p><p>but i knew something most people who get into this space don't understand. </p><p><strong>i had to decide. </strong></p><p>either reselling. </p><p>or writing. </p><p>cause you simply can't win doing both. </p><p>that's not how this success thing works. </p><p>and of course i knew which one it had to be. </p><p>cause there's no way imma make 100k months by reselling. </p><p>look. </p><p>you have to decide. </p><p><strong>a wolf that chases 2 rabbits will lose both.</strong></p><p>and you can't choose both. </p><p>cause you'll starve and die. </p><p>you can't keep running after both. </p><p>you have to pick one thing and just stick to it for a long enough time. </p><p>you have to choose one rabbit. </p><p>and just keep chasing it. </p><p><strong>keep tiring it out, until it eventually gives up and dies out of exhaustion. </strong></p><p>that's the only way to eat. </p><p>the only way you're gonna succeed. </p><p>or you can chase both and end up starved, wondering what the fuck you were doing and why didn't you pick just one. </p><p>stick to one thing. </p><p>keep tiring it out. </p><p>keep running after it. </p><p>until it eventually gives up.</p><p>(not girls tho)</p><p>you just have to keep running and wait it out. </p><p>keep putting in the work daily. </p><p>till you get to that money. </p><p>till you can feast. </p><p><em>stay raw. </em></p><p><strong>oz. </strong></p><p>ps. deep down you already know which one it is. </p><p>you&#8217;ve known for months. </p><p>but the time is running out. </p><p><a href="https://ozraw.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here to stop stalling.</a></p><p>or don&#8217;t. there&#8217;s always a third one.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[the leak you can't fix.]]></title><description><![CDATA[you most likely want to start a business or already started it.]]></description><link>https://ozraw.substack.com/p/the-leak-you-cant-fix</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://ozraw.substack.com/p/the-leak-you-cant-fix</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:00:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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href="/__u/ozraw.substack.com/p/how-many-times-have-you-locked-in?r=5jl1st&amp;utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&amp;utm_medium=post%20viewer">in love with the work.</a></p><p>there will still be days where you just fuck off.</p><p>and it doesn't even have to be scrolling or those traps. </p><p>it can just be simply your mind wandering off. </p><p>you get interested in something for a second. </p><p>you go and look it up. </p><p>a little research here and there.</p><p>and all of a sudden. </p><p>you're scrolling and &#8220;researching&#8221; on that topic for like an hour. </p><p>when it really has nothing to do with the business.</p><p>writing about this cause it just happened to me. </p><p>i usually write right after i wake up. </p><p>cause my mind is the most fresh and creative at that moment. </p><p>but today for some reason. </p><p>i woke up. </p><p>and my mind wandered to knives.</p><p>so i went to research some shit. </p><p>and all of a sudden it's 50 mins later and i wrote nothing. </p><p>just out here. </p><p>scrolling some random shit. </p><p>that has nothing to do with the work. </p><p>you know..</p><p>staying focused is one thing. </p><p>but you can't keep your mind from wandering away sometimes. </p><p>cause it's random. it's human nature.</p><p>you just can't do anything to keep it from happening. </p><p>but. </p><p><strong>you can keep it from affecting you. </strong></p><p>look. </p><p>there's a small moment before you get consumed in the topic. </p><p>the 0.5 second where the thought arrives, but you didn't take action on it yet.</p><p>where you can still decide to not research it. </p><p>to not go into the rabbit hole. </p><p><em>to not. </em></p><p>the last time it happened for you was probably today.</p><p>the tab you opened to check that one thing and it ended up being an hour.</p><p>or the price of the car you went to check you're never buying.</p><p>the one youtube video you went to watch and ended up watching 5+.</p><p>it happens to you all the time. </p><p>but you have to eliminate it as much as possible.</p><p>and you only do that by continuously consciously realising that it's happening. </p><p>and you need to redirect your mind to the actual work. </p><p>to the thing that actually moves the needle. </p><p>that moves you closer to the goal. </p><p>cause trust me, those random rabbit holes. </p><p>about knives.</p><p>cars. </p><p>whatever.</p><p>they really don't move you anywhere.</p><p>why the fuck are you researching cars when you've got nothing to buy them with?</p><p>you need to make the money first. </p><p>and you can only do that by building the business and falling in love with the work. </p><p>and you can only do that by staying focused.</p><p>and you can only do that by learning how to get back on the track. </p><p>right after you get bumped out of it. </p><p><strong>keep your eyes on the road. </strong></p><p><em>stay raw. </em></p><p><strong>oz. </strong></p><p>and by the way.. </p><p>the 0.5 second has nothing to do with discipline. </p><p>it's something in you that&#8217;s looking for a way out of the work.</p><p>every single day. </p><p>so if you want to rewrite the code your mind is running on. </p><p>that way it looks for the way INTO the work instead. </p><p><a href="https://ozraw.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here.</a></p><p>or don't. it will be another thing tomorrow. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[even dust becomes a mountain.]]></title><description><![CDATA[there's a traditional japanese proverb saying:]]></description><link>https://ozraw.substack.com/p/even-dust-becomes-a-mountain</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://ozraw.substack.com/p/even-dust-becomes-a-mountain</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 17:01:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3Fra!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff48862d-9cdf-4214-a484-e736dbc7dbb3_2400x1260.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3Fra!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff48862d-9cdf-4214-a484-e736dbc7dbb3_2400x1260.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3Fra!, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/w_424, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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/__u/ozraw.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff48862d-9cdf-4214-a484-e736dbc7dbb3_2400x1260.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3Fra!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff48862d-9cdf-4214-a484-e736dbc7dbb3_2400x1260.png" width="1456" height="764" 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your goals. </p><p>or your goals are gonna get to you. </p><p>by building the momentum and making the most out of it. </p><p>without ever stopping or taking a break. </p><p>or &#8220;balancing&#8221; it out. </p><p>there's no balance in this game. </p><p>you can't take a break if you want to keep the momentum alive. </p><p>if you do, the dust will eventually get blown off by the wind. </p><p>the thing is.. </p><p><strong>dust gets blown away. </strong></p><p><strong>but mountains don't. </strong></p><p>early on in the game, everything you build will get blown off easily. </p><p>take a week off? </p><p>it's gone, no trace left. </p><p>cause it's just a small pile of dust. basically nothing. </p><p><strong>it's fragile in the beginning. </strong></p><p>nobody in this space is talking about it. </p><p>but at the start, it's gonna be fragile. </p><p>but look..</p><p>dust is worthless. </p><p>a small pile of it is basically nothing right. </p><p>and that's the point. </p><p>a single day of work is nothing. </p><p>it doesn't look like anything. nobody notices it. it feels like it doesn't count. </p><p>that's exactly why you keep quitting. </p><p>you're judging each day&#8217;s dust and asking yourself if it looks like a mountain.</p><p>it doesn't. </p><p>and it never will like this. </p><p>it never will unless you put your head down and keep grinding. </p><p>and stop worrying about whether the dust looks like a mountain. </p><p>it won't for the first few months of the work. </p><p>you have to accept that most days will look invisible. </p><p>they won't look like any progress is stacking up. </p><p>months of piling up the dust..</p><p>putting the work in every single day without ever giving up. </p><p>and you won't feel it happening. </p><p>cause when you're standing on the mountain, you don't feel high up.</p><p>chances are, you're standing on one right now. </p><p>you're just not noticing. </p><p>but one day you'll turn around. </p><p>and see how far the mountain you built goes. </p><p>and you will be fucking proud. </p><p>all this work. </p><p>and you're finally seeing some results. </p><p>finally seeing that it all wasn't just a waste of time. </p><p>that it was worth it. </p><p>and seeing that small mountain will power you to keep building a way bigger one. </p><p>cause now you know it's possible. </p><p><strong>but the mountain isn't the goal. </strong></p><p><strong>it's the shelter. </strong></p><p>cause the mountain eventually protects itself.</p><p>if you pile up enough, the upper layers of the pile eventually protect the base of the mountain. </p><p>put into real life..</p><p>that means if you put in enough work you will eventually get results that you'll be able to protect yourself with. </p><p>that will support the base and keep you away from the wind. </p><p>so you can keep building more. </p><p>in peace. </p><p>that's what i'll leave you with. </p><p><strong>even dust, when piled up, becomes a mountain. </strong></p><p><em>stay raw. </em></p><p><strong>oz. </strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[the receipt. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[you act on what you think you are, not what you want.]]></description><link>https://ozraw.substack.com/p/the-receipt</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://ozraw.substack.com/p/the-receipt</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:01:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6mMo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f55b6f3-97da-4c63-a89c-bbcf9d827205_2400x1260.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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</p><p>or discipline. </p><p>or procrastination. </p><p>none of that shit. </p><p><strong>it's about your internal wiring. </strong></p><p>the wiring of your mind. </p><p>understand this. </p><p><strong>your mind runs on code. </strong></p><p>and this code was written way before you could even think about it or write it yourself. </p><p>so it got written by everyone around you. </p><p>the problem is.. </p><p>everyone who wrote the code was most likely mediocre. </p><p>just.. normal. </p><p>and that's the problem. </p><p>you can't achieve success with the mental code of someone mediocre. </p><p>that's why you sometimes get the progress going. </p><p>you're doing good. </p><p>you're consistent. </p><p>and then something just fucks up. </p><p>for no reason. </p><p>it was just &#8220;something inside of you&#8221;</p><p>and that something was your mind. </p><p>but the thing is..</p><p>your mind is smart. </p><p>and it never tells you &#8220;you can't&#8221;</p><p>it always tells you something like &#8220;be smart, not right now, we still have time, wait till next month&#8221;</p><p>the worst part is, it argues in your own voice. </p><p>the most believable one for you. </p><p>that's why you always fall for it. </p><p>but you already know &#8220;later&#8221; never happens. </p><p>and i know.. cause i was in that same exact spot. </p><p>wondering what i was doing wrong.</p><p>but you have to understand this. </p><p><strong>there's a file. </strong></p><p>the file inside of your mind just stores proof about you. </p><p>about your identity. </p><p>but you can't extract from it. only add to it. </p><p>it holds everything you've ever done. </p><p>every info about you. </p><p>every failure. </p><p>every time you gave up. </p><p>every time you said &#8220;tomorrow&#8221;</p><p>it remembers all of it. </p><p>that's why affirmations fail. </p><p>cause all of your actions and give ups create the &#8220;receipt&#8221; of your life. </p><p>and they hand it over to your mind. </p><p>and your mind creates the verdict. </p><p>it decides whether you can become your desired identity or not yet. </p><p>so you see it now. </p><p><strong>the file is where the code gets written from. </strong></p><p>but listen.</p><p>you can't delete what's in the file, you can only outweigh it. </p><p><strong>the only thing the file accepts is what you actually do. </strong></p><p>not what you say. </p><p>not what you plan. </p><p>but what you do. </p><p>so next time that line shows up. which will most likely be today. </p><p>&#8220;not right now, we'll do it tomorrow&#8221;</p><p>don't argue with it. </p><p>you will lose arguing every time. </p><p>just move while it's still talking. </p><p>that's it. </p><p>and that's already one line in the file that says you're not your old self anymore. </p><p>this is the only way you can actually change your reality. </p><p>and that's what <strong>rewire</strong> is. </p><p>5,000 words on the mechanism underneath all of this. </p><p>why you know how and still don't make it happen. </p><p>how the file gets written. </p><p>how it gets rewritten.</p><p>it&#8217;s &#8364;17.</p><p>and if what i just described is your life, you know this is for you. </p><p>but buying it is something your old self wouldn't have done. </p><p><strong>so write the first line. </strong></p><p><a href="https://ozraw.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here.</a></p><p><em>stay raw.</em></p><p><strong>oz.</strong></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA["i hope you rested all summer.."]]></title><description><![CDATA[i remember when my grandma came over once.]]></description><link>https://ozraw.substack.com/p/i-hope-you-rested-all-summer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://ozraw.substack.com/p/i-hope-you-rested-all-summer</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:01:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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Ds, the rest were As and Bs.</p><p>cause i was fully locked in. </p><p>no studying school. </p><p>none of that shit. </p><p>i'd do every single test without studying, just freestyling that shit. </p><p>that's why the grades, Cs are chill anyway. </p><p>but back to the grandma. </p><p>afterwards she said some shit like &#8220;if you don't wanna end up in the mines with all the losers and failures, you have to start studying&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;sometimes you have to do uncomfortable things too, at least for once&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;i hope you rested all summer so you can finally do something when school starts again&#8221;</p><p>and these sentences hurt yk. </p><p>you're giving it your all. </p><p>making it all work. </p><p>someone tells you to do the &#8220;uncomfortable things&#8221; and that "you rested all summer&#8221; when you're sleep deprived in the middle of the grind.</p><p>it makes you really think. </p><p>but let me tell you something. </p><p>people won't see the effort. </p><p>people won't see the work you're putting in. </p><p>they won't see the sleepless nights. </p><p>the sleep deprived mornings.</p><p><strong>cause they're comfy in their bed dreaming about shit you'll actually make a reality. </strong></p><p>people won&#8217;t see the grind. </p><p>they won&#8217;t see what you&#8217;re building. </p><p>you probably already know this. </p><p>i know cause i was in the same spot. </p><p>nobody really notices. </p><p>but that&#8217;s good. </p><p>we don&#8217;t want people noticing much. </p><p>cause what they don&#8217;t know, they can&#8217;t destroy. </p><p>that's why all this i'm doing is anonymous. </p><p>so i can actually share my thoughts with you.</p><p>without it being tied to my face or name. </p><p>but the point is..</p><p>just put your head down. </p><p>and grind. </p><p>but not that retarded &#8220;i&#8217;m on my winter act this year bro&#8221;</p><p>nah. </p><p>the actual grind. </p><p>the 12 hour work days. </p><p>in the dark. </p><p>in the quiet. </p><p>doing nothing else but the work. </p><p>with nothing else other than pure focus.</p><p>no distractions.</p><p>no music.</p><p>if some, then some ambient.</p><p>aphex twin - 19</p><p>aphex twin - 3</p><p>c418 - warmth</p><p>hozuki - oblivion</p><p>symphocat - long whale song</p><p>just a few.</p><p>but they get completely lost in the flow anyway.</p><p>you just realise once in a while.</p><p>&#8220;it&#8217;s been 4 hours and this soundtrack is still looping i didn&#8217;t even notice lol&#8221;</p><p>that&#8217;s what i mean by the grind. </p><p>the dark.</p><p>people won&#8217;t see the work you&#8217;re putting in. </p><p>they&#8217;ll think you&#8217;re playing cod in your room all day or some shit. </p><p>that you&#8217;re watching some retarded mrbeast. </p><p>but the whole time, you&#8217;re in your room. </p><p>grinding. </p><p>doing everything you can. </p><p>but there are also people that see the work. </p><p>that understand you. </p><p>and i was looking for someone like that when i was in those deep nights. </p><p>wishing there was someone that would just.. understand me. </p><p>that's why i'm writing these articles you can read every day. </p><p>and see there actually is someone that understands. </p><p><strong>that there actually is the light at the end of the tunnel. </strong></p><p>but that's enough for today. </p><p>let's get back to the work. </p><p><em>stay raw. </em></p><p><strong>oz. </strong></p><p>and by the way..</p><p>nobody was there to tell me any of this when i was in it.</p><p>i knew no one that understood. </p><p>that&#8217;s the whole reason THE CODE exists.</p><p>if you want these reads every day straight to your mail..</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://ozraw.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/ozraw.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>and if you want to rewrite the code that keeps pulling you off the grind.. </p><p><a href="https://ozraw.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here.</a></p><p>or don&#8217;t. nobody&#8217;s watching either way.</p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[still scrolling? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[most people that go on this &#8220;success path&#8221; think it's complicated as fuck.]]></description><link>https://ozraw.substack.com/p/still-scrolling</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://ozraw.substack.com/p/still-scrolling</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:01:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cojF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff668103e-d3da-40f8-b5fd-3c5d045c816f_2400x1260.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div 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simple. </p><p><strong>not easy. but simple. </strong></p><p>think about it. </p><p>what is there so complicated about it? </p><p>you wake up. </p><p>you get to work. </p><p>after you're done with the work, you go eat. </p><p>after you're done eating, you go workout or something. </p><p>after that you just get back to the work. </p><p>eat again. </p><p>work again. </p><p>sleep. </p><p>repeat.</p><p>simple as that. </p><p>there's really nothing complicated about achieving success. </p><p>it's just about waking up and putting the work in. </p><p>every single day. </p><p>no days skipped. </p><p><strong>building the momentum. </strong></p><p>but it's the fact that it's boring as fuck. </p><p>and it's also the reason most people that try to &#8220;succeed&#8221; or &#8220;make a lot of money&#8221; quit. </p><p>cause they just can't stand it. </p><p>they can't stay and keep putting in the boring work. </p><p>cause they expect to make 10k a month in a few weeks of starting. </p><p>but to be honest.. </p><p>that's not really how it works. </p><p>it's about getting used to doing the work daily. </p><p>until it eventually becomes your second nature. </p><p>and it's not really boring anymore. </p><p>you find your peace inside of it. </p><p>most people just can't. </p><p>cause their dopamine pathways are too fried. </p><p>they grew up scrolling tiktok. </p><p>short form brainrot. </p><p>ofc they can't focus. </p><p>ofc it's boring for them. </p><p>what wouldn't be. </p><p>when you're scrolling tiktok, you literally see more than people do in months, even years. </p><p>fuck, even lifetimes. </p><p>but you don't get the experience. </p><p>just the novelty.</p><p>and your brain never chased experience.</p><p>that's why it chooses the phone over actually experiencing. </p><p>that's why everything feels so boring for you. </p><p>that's why you're not able to focus on the simple but boring work. </p><p><em>but how do you fix this? </em></p><p>you simply need to let go of all the stimulation. </p><p><strong>you need to lower your baseline. </strong></p><p>the work has to be the most stimulating thing in the day.</p><p>you simply have to make the work the peak of the day. </p><p>remove tiktok. </p><p>remove youtube. </p><p>remove the junk food. </p><p>remove the games.</p><p>unless you remove all of it, it's gonna keep pulling you back.</p><p>cause that's simply how it works. </p><p><strong>all it takes is one distraction. </strong></p><p>one stimulation. </p><p>and that one pulls you down to all of the others and all of a sudden you're back to scrolling the tiktok eating mcdonalds wondering what the fuck you're doing with your life. </p><p>it's a chain reaction. </p><p>and you have to do everything to avoid falling inside of it. </p><p>that's why you have to remove all of the stimulation. </p><p>and make the work the peak of your days. </p><p>try this.</p><p>and trust me. </p><p>you'll start falling in love with the work. </p><p>you'll actually enjoy it. </p><p>lower your baseline. </p><p>keep it simple. </p><p>that's it. </p><p>enough game for today tho. </p><p><em>stay raw. </em></p><p><strong>oz. </strong></p><p>ps. you now know the work is not actually boring. </p><p>your brain is just running at a volume where the quiet work doesn't even register. </p><p>so if you want to rewrite your mind for success. </p><p><a href="https://ozraw.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here.</a></p><p>or don't. you can keep drowning yourself in endless consumption. </p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[stagnation is death. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#8220;an idiot in motion will always beat a genius at rest"]]></description><link>https://ozraw.substack.com/p/stagnation-is-death</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://ozraw.substack.com/p/stagnation-is-death</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:09:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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</p><p>it's retarded. </p><p><strong>stagnation is death. </strong></p><p>there is nothing worse than stagnation. </p><p>would you really rather be the genius that spends his life rotting away. </p><p>than the idiot in motion that lives the life he always desired? </p><div class="pullquote"><p>&#8220;the only true test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life&#8221; - naval</p></div><p>the fact that he's an idiot doesn't even matter if he gets what he wants out of life. </p><p>cause he got what he desired. </p><p>he lives a life he always wanted to live and he made it happen.</p><p>being an idiot doesn't matter.</p><p><strong>as long as you stay in motion. </strong></p><p>which ties me to the point of this post. </p><p>you have to stay in motion. </p><p>it's the only way to achieve success. </p><p><strong>keeping the momentum going until it's too big for your goals to not become a reality. </strong></p><p>it's the only way. </p><p>look. </p><p>it's 10:41pm rn.</p><p>i was away the whole day today. </p><p>tired as fuck, the easiest right now for me would be to go read for a few mins and then head to bed and sleep like a baby. </p><p>but deep down i know. </p><p>that that's not what will allow me to achieve my goals.</p><p>my desired reality. </p><p>so instead, i'm here. </p><p>sitting behind the mac, cooking up another lesson for you. </p><p>that's one reason i'm doing it. </p><p>but it's also cause i love doing it. </p><p>second one is, i know that i'd give anything to read stuff like this 2-3 years ago. </p><p>when i was 15. </p><p>i'd probably be far past 6 figs. </p><p>cruising in my amg. </p><p>that's another one of the reasons i'm here, working, writing this, instead of sleeping. </p><p>cause i'm basically doing it for my younger self. </p><p>for a guy like you. who sees more than most people.</p><p>cause i was once that guy but never actually had anyone who saw me. </p><p>that understood. </p><p>but back to the point. </p><p>building momentum is the only way to succeed and you can't do it unless you put in the work. </p><p>every single day. </p><p>with the cost of losing some of the sleep.</p><p>with the cost of losing a bit of your health to the stress.</p><p>but we gotta do what we gotta do. </p><p><strong>you have to stay in motion.</strong></p><p>and no matter what tries to pull you away from the momentum. </p><p>you have to withstand. </p><p>and keep pushing. </p><p>and trust me. </p><p>soon enough, it will become a reality. </p><p><strong>keep building up the momentum until it's too big for your goals to not become a reality. </strong></p><p><em>stay raw. </em></p><p><strong>oz. </strong></p><p>and by the way. </p><p>the reason you break the momentum isn't you being tired. </p><p>it runs way deeper. </p><p>into your primal wiring and patterns of your brain. </p><p>so if you want to rewrite the code running your mind for success. </p><p><a href="https://ozraw.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here.</a></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[what it actually takes.]]></title><description><![CDATA[i keep writing about success a lot.]]></description><link>https://ozraw.substack.com/p/what-it-actually-takes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://ozraw.substack.com/p/what-it-actually-takes</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:00:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g4jG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F50b756b2-b849-4140-b274-ed30c90855b2_2720x1520.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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/__u/ozraw.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F50b756b2-b849-4140-b274-ed30c90855b2_2720x1520.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 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but i simply don't enjoy it anymore.</p><p>it doesn't fulfill me. </p><p>pulling girls is too much brain power spent on something that gives you barely any benefits. </p><p>i got a beautiful brunette model sitting on the bed beside me as im writing this. </p><p>and it's all i need. </p><p>you know, if pulling bitches and going for the one night stands is something that fulfills you. </p><p>go for it. </p><p>but that's not what i'm here for. </p><p>and that ties me to the main point of the post. </p><p><strong>you have to go all in. </strong></p><p>if you want to succeed, and get ahead of everyone, there's only one way. </p><p>and by getting ahead of everyone i don't mean everyone around you. </p><p>everyone around you is likely an npc and never saw the world like you did. </p><p>if that's the case, you found the right place. </p><p>none of them even came close to the success we're pursuing.</p><p>but i mean getting ahead of all the ones that ARE in the top 1%. </p><p>getting ahead of all of the ones that are already way fucking ahead. </p><p>i mean the kids that are 20 buying amgs and m3s like they're free.</p><p>and you simply can't get ahead, unless you go all in and dedicate your whole life to pursuing and achieving success. </p><p>it's all just a game. </p><p>a race. </p><p>between who can achieve the greatest success in the shortest amount of time. </p><p>and if you want to play that game.. </p><p>the only way is to dedicate your life to it. </p><p>6am alarm. </p><p>you wash down the sups with a bit of raw milk. </p><p>6:02 you already have to be at the work. </p><p>if you aren't, there's already someone ahead of you. </p><p>you do that. </p><p>you eat the frog first thing in the morning.</p><p>you go eat. </p><p>6 eggs scrambled in butter and a litre of raw milk. optionally some blueberries. </p><p>you go back to work. </p><p>another 2 hour work block. </p><p>finish it, by the time you finish it, it's around 3 pm. </p><p>you go eat again, cause you're here to get some mass, not be an average 60kg skinny pussy. </p><p>unless you're overweight, then all you need is one really large meal a day. </p><p>then you chill out studying the minds of history's greats. </p><p>or someone like sam ovens. </p><p>or charlie morgan.</p><p>that one's up to you, just don't be the retard watching some youtube or tiktok. </p><p>there's simply no tiktok in this game.</p><p>it doesn't exist. </p><p>i only have tiktok to post game for people like you and spread the word, but i'm never out there willingly losing my braincells, scrolling a bunch of bullshit. </p><p>but if you're addicted to tiktok and other bullshit apps, simply download the opal app. </p><p>im not sponsored by them or anything, just telling you what worked for me when i was at the spot you're in. </p><p>but back to the day. </p><p>you're done studying and mostly done digesting. </p><p>so you go for a heavy workout (every day is heavy, there's no light shit around here) </p><p>shoulders today. shoulder press. face pulls. lat raises. </p><p>you keep going and going. to complete failure. </p><p>until there's not one rep left in there. </p><p>when you're done, shower, you grab your bag, straight back home. </p><p>to work again. </p><p>third work block today, you're not done yet. </p><p>this one's lighter tho, simple admin work / posting game / scheduling shit up. </p><p>cause by the time you got to this point in the day, your brain is barely functional. </p><p>once you're done, you go for one last meal. </p><p>preferably steak with potatoes. </p><p>and wash it down with another litre of raw goats milk. </p><p>go shower. </p><p>and lie in bed, finally being able to fall asleep knowing you did all the work. </p><p>knowing you're a step closer. </p><p>this is what the creation of success looks like from the inside. </p><p>you can't be much distracted with pulling girls and shit. </p><p>and if you gotta fulfill your needs, figure out a way that you will spend as little brain power and time on. </p><p>that's what life looks like from the gates of success. </p><p><strong>you're all in. </strong></p><p>and success is inevitable after enough time passed.</p><p>or you're all out. </p><p>on every distraction and bullshit. </p><p>and you'll end up being one of the thousands that had the mind it took to succeed. </p><p>but simply didn't.</p><p>choose your path. </p><p><em>stay raw. </em></p><p><strong>oz. </strong></p><p>ps. if you chose the path of being all in. </p><p>and you're certain you want to make it. </p><p>the first step is rewriting your mind for success. </p><p><a href="https://ozraw.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here.</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[why you ruin everything the moment it works.]]></title><description><![CDATA[the discipline advice is complete bullshit.]]></description><link>https://ozraw.substack.com/p/why-you-ruin-everything-the-moment</link><guid 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</p><p>something stopped working.</p><p>and you can't tell what it was.</p><p>was it the mcdonalds you got? fuck.. but it was only one time. </p><p>was it the one day you doomscrolled tiktok a little too much? but it was just 2 hours. </p><p>you probably gave it a name like &#8220;bad luck&#8221; or &#8220;burnout&#8221;</p><p>cause you heard some retard on the internet tell you that you gotta have balance in life otherwise you'll burn out.</p><p>wrong.  </p><p>it was never any of these. </p><p>it's way simpler than any of that. </p><p>you have to understand this: </p><p><strong>there's a thermostat inside of you. </strong></p><p>the same one that's in your house. </p><p>and no matter what you do or what actions you take, it always comes back to the set point. </p><p>the set baseline. </p><p>listen the fuck up  cause this is one of the most important lessons on success you'll ever get. </p><p>the thermostat works the same exact way as the one inside your house. </p><p>you set a certain temperature you want on it. </p><p>25 celsius. </p><p>sun comes out, it gets hot, 32 celsius. </p><p>the thermostat pulls it back down to the 25. </p><p>same if it goes down. </p><p>that's the whole system.</p><p>but listen. </p><p>your life works the same exact way. </p><p>in your mind, there's a set thermostat.</p><p>but in your mind, it's not just temperature.</p><p>it's directing everything. </p><p>the money you make. </p><p>the girls you attract. </p><p>the work you put in. </p><p>it's in every single part of your life. </p><p>and it's the reason every time you get a little better, something always fucks up. </p><p>it's cause your thermostat is set low. </p><p><strong>it comes back to your baseline every single time. </strong></p><p>always. </p><p>ever heard the quote &#8220;you don&#8217;t rise to the level of your goals, but you fall to the level of your standards&#8221;</p><p>this is exactly it. </p><p>and this thermostat inside of your mind has been getting programmed since you were a small child. </p><p>ever since you were born. </p><p>by your parents. </p><p>by the teachers in school. </p><p>everyone around you. </p><p>cause what you saw and heard around you the most, that's what you accepted as your normal. </p><p>if you got told stuff like &#8220;this is not for us&#8221; and &#8220;money is the root of all evil&#8221; etc. </p><p>your mind adapted those beliefs. </p><p>think about it. </p><p>if your baseline, your normal is making 1k a month. </p><p>even tho 10k is your goal, it will be impossible to get there. </p><p>it will be impossible to get to even 5k a month. </p><p>simply because your baseline won't allow it. </p><p>now imagine if you were an entrepreneur making 10k a month for the last few months.</p><p>the 10k will eventually become your baseline. </p><p>if you fall below the 10k?</p><p>and make 6k this month? </p><p>you will feel pain and urgency. </p><p>why? </p><p>because it doesn't meet your standards anymore. </p><p>it's not your NORMAL. </p><p>your mind subconsciously then thinks WHAT? </p><p>we&#8217;re not at our normal? </p><p>what the fuck? </p><p>something is wrong. </p><p>let's go into emergency mode. </p><p>and it will literally go into emergency mode cause it thinks something is genuinely wrong and your life is at risk. </p><p>and it will literally force you to get back to the 10k a month. </p><p>and it will keep forcing you until you get there.</p><p>do you get the point by now?</p><p>mcdonalds wasn&#8217;t the reason. </p><p>tiktok wasn't the reason. </p><p>it was your thermostat.</p><p><strong>you have to shift your baseline. </strong></p><p>you have to make your desired outcome your baseline, that's the only way to achieve success.</p><p>your mind will physically force you to get there.</p><p>and unless you do that, you will just keep going through the motions of life. </p><p>wondering what you're doing wrong. </p><p>while the whole time, all you had to do was set the temperature right.</p><p><strong>you don&#8217;t rise to the level of your goals, but you fall to the level of your standards. </strong></p><p><em>stay raw. </em></p><p><strong>oz. </strong></p><p>ps. you can read this and understand it perfectly. </p><p>but the setting won't move unless you manually rewrite it. </p><p>if you want to learn how. </p><p><a href="https://ozraw.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here.</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[how many times have you locked in?]]></title><description><![CDATA[if you're reading this in your mail, it automatically lands in promotions.]]></description><link>https://ozraw.substack.com/p/how-many-times-have-you-locked-in</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://ozraw.substack.com/p/how-many-times-have-you-locked-in</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:02:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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of shit advice.</p><p>you probably already realise that. </p><p>every guru out there is telling you to &#8220;lock in&#8221;</p><p>but the idea has been glorified too much in the past few years. </p><p><strong>and it's fucking pathetic. </strong></p><p>telling yourself you're gonna &#8220;lock in&#8221; for the winter. </p><p>for the summer. </p><p>for the year. </p><p>whatever. </p><p>but when you truly think about it deeper. </p><p><strong>what are you &#8220;locking in&#8221; about? </strong></p><p>do you think you're just gonna &#8220;lock in&#8221; for a few months, achieve generational wealth and then just fuck off for the rest of your life drinking mojitos on the beach? </p><p>fucking whores till your dick falls off? </p><p>driving svjs through dubai? </p><p>going on dinners with models eating &#8364;200 steaks?</p><p>does success look like this to you? </p><p>maybe it does. </p><p>but do you think you will achieve it by &#8220;locking in&#8221; ? </p><p>if you do, you're absolutely fucking wrong. </p><p>success is a long term game of life. </p><p>it's not about locking in for a few months and then selling a business for tens of millions and fucking off for the rest of your life. </p><p>that's the illusion you've been sold. </p><p>but reality is completely different.</p><p>you can ask any millionaire or billionaire there is, and every one of them (that actually achieved the wealth) will tell you the one same thing. </p><p><strong>true success comes from inside of you. </strong></p><p>true success means living like you're successful before you're even successful, because you know the only way your fate is gonna end up is in success. </p><p><strong>you're simply in a constant state of living the success. </strong></p><p>it's hard to put into words, but you have to realise success isn't the material shit. </p><p>it's not the iced out aps. </p><p>the uruses. </p><p>the diamond chains. </p><p>the big ass houses.</p><p><strong>success comes from inside of you. </strong></p><p>it's there inside of you before it's there in the material reality. </p><p>it doesn't get achieved by a phase of &#8220;locking in&#8221;</p><p>you simply ARE the lock in. </p><p>you're living the lock in. </p><p>you're always locked in, cause that's the reality you chose. </p><p>it's simply your life. </p><p>it's your baseline. </p><p>think of the billionaires.</p><p>think of mark zuckerberg.</p><p>do you think he's fucking &#8220;locked in&#8221; ?</p><p>do you think he gives a fuck about a &#8220;winter arc&#8221; ?</p><p>do you think he couldn't just let go and fuck off doing whatever he wants for the rest of his life? </p><p>yes. </p><p>he could. </p><p>but he doesn't.</p><p>why? </p><p>because the work is his life. </p><p>it's his baseline.</p><p>he fell in love with it. </p><p>and he married it. </p><p>and now he returns to it every single day.</p><p><strong>cause it's simply his life. </strong></p><p>success is his life. </p><p>he doesn't need the lock in sessions and other bullshit cause the work is his life and he fell in love with it. </p><p>his life is the &#8220;lock in&#8221;</p><p>he barely even uses his phone. simply because he IS the lock in. </p><p>he just wakes up. </p><p>goes to work.</p><p>goes to train mma. </p><p>and then comes back to the work and does it again and again. </p><p>cause he loves it. </p><p>that's why you always lock in but then suddenly fall off. </p><p>cause the &#8220;lock in&#8221; phase ALWAYS has an end date. </p><p>it always ends. </p><p>cause it&#8217;s just a phase. </p><p>and alongside the end, you get the permission to stop. </p><p>and you always will. </p><p>because naturally your brain is built to avoid discomfort at all costs. </p><p>that's why you will always end up falling off if you're &#8220;locking in&#8221;</p><p>you'll always lock in for a while, and then fall back to your baseline. </p><p>to your normal. </p><p>and you already know what your normal is.</p><p>watching youtube and tiktok all day. </p><p>jerking off at the hub. </p><p>eating bullshit all day. </p><p>and unless you change the foundation of your mind and life. </p><p>you will keep coming back to it. </p><p>and again. and again. </p><p>until one day you're 53 wondering what the fuck even happened. </p><p>where has the time gone? </p><p>but you're now 53. </p><p>and you'd do anything, but there's no way to go back. </p><p>so that's how you succeed. </p><p>build your life around the work. </p><p>fall in love with it.</p><p>marry it. </p><p><strong>put a ring on it. </strong></p><p><em>stay raw. </em></p><p><strong>oz. </strong></p><p>and by the way.</p><p>the phase always ends. </p><p>you already know that.</p><p>and unless you rewrite the code underneath everything.. </p><p>you will keep falling off.</p><p><a href="https://ozraw.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here to rewrite the code.</a></p><p>or don't. see you again in january. </p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[you can't win unless you understand this. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[everyone has that one thing they were about to for months.]]></description><link>https://ozraw.substack.com/p/you-cant-win-unless-you-understand</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://ozraw.substack.com/p/you-cant-win-unless-you-understand</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:01:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6a_F!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6b748ee-84cf-42a2-a556-91dd34acbff3_2760x1560.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6a_F!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6b748ee-84cf-42a2-a556-91dd34acbff3_2760x1560.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6a_F!, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/w_424, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6b748ee-84cf-42a2-a556-91dd34acbff3_2760x1560.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6a_F!, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/w_848, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6b748ee-84cf-42a2-a556-91dd34acbff3_2760x1560.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6a_F!, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6b748ee-84cf-42a2-a556-91dd34acbff3_2760x1560.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6a_F!, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6b748ee-84cf-42a2-a556-91dd34acbff3_2760x1560.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6a_F!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6b748ee-84cf-42a2-a556-91dd34acbff3_2760x1560.png" width="1456" height="823" 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/__u/ozraw.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6b748ee-84cf-42a2-a556-91dd34acbff3_2760x1560.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6a_F!, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/w_848, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6b748ee-84cf-42a2-a556-91dd34acbff3_2760x1560.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6a_F!, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6b748ee-84cf-42a2-a556-91dd34acbff3_2760x1560.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6a_F!, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6b748ee-84cf-42a2-a556-91dd34acbff3_2760x1560.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 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&#8220;busy&#8221;</p><p>everyone simply has at least one of these. </p><p>i was exactly like that. </p><p>waiting for the perfect moment. </p><p>learning just a little more. </p><p>&#8220;this one more book and i'll start&#8221;</p><p>you keep pushing it back. </p><p>for later. </p><p>for a better time. </p><p>after you soak in some more info and knowledge. </p><p>after you go through this last course. </p><p>for when you're &#8220;ready&#8221;</p><p>but you already know. </p><p><strong>&#8220;ready&#8221; never comes. </strong></p><p>you keep changing and perfecting your pfp or some design of your business. </p><p>but you're forgetting about what truly makes the business. </p><p>the foundation. </p><p>the work. </p><p>you're decorating the windows but the foundations of the house are rotting away and falling apart. </p><p>you're simply caring about the wrong thing. </p><p>you may have heard of the 80 20 rule. </p><p>simply put,<strong> the 80% of the results will come from 20% of the work. </strong></p><p>reread that until it clicks.</p><p>but this can be applied to many areas of the life. </p><p>it's simply one of the laws of success.</p><p>and you won't be able to succeed unless you understand that just a small part of your work causes most of the results.</p><p>and that the rest is just.. the rest. </p><p>the smaller percentage. </p><p>so if you want to win, you have to find out what the 20% of the work that causes 80% of the results is for you.</p><p>where the main part of the work lies.</p><p>but the mechanism under all of the procrastination is deeper than that. </p><p>most people don't understand this, but if you just don't try. </p><p>you're someone who <em>could</em>. </p><p>but if you try and fail.</p><p>you're someone who <em>couldn't</em>. </p><p>and you're ego hates the thought of that. </p><p>it simply can't stand the fact that you ever <em>couldn't</em>, so it makes you never try. </p><p>so you don't have to be the person who tried and <em>couldn't</em>, you'll just be the one who didn't try, but still maybe <em>could</em>. </p><p>that's the whole thing. </p><p>you have to face it and try. </p><p>and try again. </p><p>and again. </p><p>enough times until you actually make it happen and succeed.</p><p>but if you're just gonna keep adding to that folder called &#8220;<em>business ideas</em>&#8221; on your pc, never actually open it and act on it. </p><p>if you're just gonna keep telling people about your plans of making money but you never actually do it, cause there's too many excuses. (lesson in there, never tell people about your plans, been there, done that, never ends pretty)</p><p>if you're just gonna keep buying or getting your hands on new courses or books, getting through 20% and then getting another one. </p><p>if you're just gonna keep saying you'd do it &#8220;if you had more time&#8221; when there was a free saturday last week.</p><p>you're just <strong>NGMI</strong>. </p><p>not gonna make it. </p><p>cause that's what most people do. </p><p><strong>and how do you expect to become the top 1%, when you have habits of the 99%?</strong></p><p>something to ponder on. </p><p>that's the only way to achieve success. </p><p>adapting the habits of the 1%. </p><p>doing the opposite of what the 99% does. </p><p>understanding the 80 20 rule and doing the 20 that makes the 80. </p><p>but mainly, actually doing. </p><p>and trying. </p><p>simple as that. </p><p>not easy, but simple. </p><p>just have to wake up everyday and put in the work needed. </p><p>and if you don't.. don't. </p><p>nothing will happen. </p><p>you'll still be the same person at 32.</p><p>with the same three business ideas in that folder. </p><p>still the guy who <em>could</em>. </p><p>but never <em>did</em>. </p><p><em>stay raw.</em></p><p><strong>oz. </strong></p><p>and by the way.</p><p>having the folder isn't the problem. </p><p>but it's the thing inside you that keeps it closed. </p><p>and it will keep winning unless you rewrite the code your mind runs on.</p><p>but if you're ready to change it. </p><p><a href="https://ozraw.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here.</a></p><p>or don't. and keep adding to the folder. </p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[you're still 16. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[the person you were at 16 was built for the life you had at 16.]]></description><link>https://ozraw.substack.com/p/youre-still-16</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://ozraw.substack.com/p/youre-still-16</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:01:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LlwD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe1431e3c-2188-403c-b1f8-b9a51ea70880_736x858.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LlwD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe1431e3c-2188-403c-b1f8-b9a51ea70880_736x858.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LlwD!, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/w_424, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/ozraw.substack.com/f_webp, 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</p><p>a part of growing. </p><p>of outgrowing your old reality. </p><p>and if you want to move on and grow further. </p><p>like a snake..</p><p><strong>you have to shed your skin. </strong></p><p>cause you can't grow inside of the old one anymore. </p><p>it doesn't stretch. </p><p>it doesn't expand over time. </p><p>if you simply wanna outgrow your current reality, you have to change. </p><p>you only do this by shedding the skin. </p><p>and growing a new one.</p><p><strong>by changing. </strong></p><p>by creating a new personality that fits your desired reality. </p><p>but there's a catch. </p><p>cause after you shed the skin. </p><p>the same way a snake does. </p><p>there's a period of time where you already shed the skin, but the new one hasn't hardened yet. </p><p>this is the hardest part, cause now you have to protect the body from anything that tries to hurt it.</p><p>in other words that tries to pull you back to your old identity. </p><p><strong>so you have to protect the new identity. </strong></p><p>before it hardens and becomes YOUR identity. </p><p>this is called the activation period. </p><p>and it's approximately 31 days long. </p><p>the change of your identity and personality takes 31 days. </p><p>and i'll be honest with you.</p><p>between those 31 days. </p><p><strong>it will be pain. </strong></p><p>there will be a war going on inside of you. </p><p>the old identity fighting with everything it has to pull you back. </p><p>it will try to emotionally manipulate you. </p><p>but you cannot succumb. </p><p>you have to push through. </p><p>that's the only way to change. </p><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong>the snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. </strong></em>- nietzsche</p></div><p>if you won't cast your skin. </p><p>you will die. </p><p>that's simply how it works. </p><p>staying in the same skin means staying in your current reality forever. </p><p>which is stagnation. </p><p>and stagnation is death. </p><p><strong>but this is not a one time thing. </strong></p><p>shedding the skin is a life cycle. </p><p>you shed it. </p><p>harden the new one. </p><p>and when you outgrow it. </p><p>you will eventually have to shed it again. </p><p>it's a never ending cycle. </p><p>but it's a part of this life. </p><p>a part of striving for success.</p><p><strong>and the snake doesn't miss the skin. </strong></p><p>it forgets about it.</p><p>trust me.</p><p>i was there, and i know how it feels. </p><p>but after you shed your skin. </p><p>and change your reality.</p><p>you won't ever look back at the past.</p><p>and you'll be forever grateful to your past self for making the change. </p><p>cause it was the only way to stay alive. </p><p>keep shedding your skin. </p><p><em>keep growin. </em></p><p><strong>oz. </strong></p><p>ps. the thing pulling you back isn&#8217;t weakness.</p><p>it&#8217;s the old skin, still there.</p><p>if you want to reprogram the code your mind runs on.</p><p><a href="https://ozgrowin.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here.</a></p><p>or don&#8217;t. it&#8217;ll fit forever if you choose death. </p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[it doesn't get less lonely.]]></title><description><![CDATA[let me guess.]]></description><link>https://ozraw.substack.com/p/it-doesnt-get-less-lonely</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://ozraw.substack.com/p/it-doesnt-get-less-lonely</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:24:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CwQT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb2572f47-f830-422a-9b48-49855af1db7e_736x903.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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different? </p><p>i know how this feels. </p><p>i was in the same spot a few years back. </p><p>but you have to understand one thing. </p><p><strong>you can't outgrow the room and stay in it. </strong></p><p>most people around you are fucking pussies. </p><p>they're normal. </p><p>they never understood. </p><p>they never saw the world like you did. </p><p>and you noticed this. </p><p><strong>you see the structure through the skin.</strong></p><p>it's a blessing and a curse. </p><p>the blessing is, you see through the shit others don't. </p><p>you can actually think. </p><p>others just.. can't. </p><p>it's like they never opened their eyes. </p><p>like they've just been sleepwalking through life ever since they were born. </p><p>but you see through the bullshit. </p><p>through the bullshit the media feeds people. </p><p>the lies that are getting spread everywhere. </p><p>while people just accept it. </p><p>but there's also the curse of this. </p><p>and it's that it gets lonely. </p><p><strong>very fucking lonely. </strong></p><p>to the point where you're isolated in your room. </p><p>staring at the ceiling. </p><p>borderline suicidal thoughts.</p><p>rethinking every single decision you ever made. </p><p>wondering if this is all worth it. </p><p>the pursuit of this thing called &#8220;success&#8221;</p><p>will i ever achieve it? </p><p>will i ever make it? </p><p>is it all just a waste of time? </p><p>but i'm here to tell you one thing. </p><p>it does get better. </p><p>and you will make it if you stay for long enough. </p><p>you just have to clench your teeth and push through it. </p><p>every single truly successful person has gone through it. </p><p>it's simply just a part of the journey. </p><p>part of the success. </p><p>and to be honest.. it doesn&#8217;t get less lonely. </p><p>but the loneliness becomes a part of you. </p><p>there's no light without dark. </p><p>and there's no joy without pain. </p><p><strong>success is lonely. </strong></p><p><strong>but you need to find peace in the loneliness.</strong></p><p>there's simply not a lot of people that understand reality on the level that you do. </p><p>there never will be.</p><p>and it just gets lonelier the further you go. </p><p>the higher you climb. </p><p>but that's just how you know you're climbing. </p><p>you simply have to get used to the loneliness. </p><p>embrace the loneliness. </p><p>and find a sense of peace in it. </p><p>find yourself in it.</p><p>that's the only way to push through. </p><p><strong>find peace in the loneliness.</strong></p><p><em>keep growin. </em></p><p><strong>oz. </strong></p><p>and by the way..</p><p>getting used to the loneliness is one thing. </p><p>the voice that shows up in it is another.</p><p>so if you want to reprogram the code your mind runs on.</p><p><a href="https://ozgrowin.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here to get access.</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[the cost of winning.]]></title><description><![CDATA[living a successful life is amazing.]]></description><link>https://ozraw.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-winning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://ozraw.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-winning</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:40:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cQb5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee26f7ea-4b9f-4ddc-a367-aae4ee7caf0f_735x439.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cQb5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee26f7ea-4b9f-4ddc-a367-aae4ee7caf0f_735x439.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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a while. </p><p>which i'm guessing you was if you're reading this right now.. </p><p>there's also the other side. </p><p>the days where you wake up.</p><p>and before you open your eyes, you already think &#8220;fuck me&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;is this what i really want to do?&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;is this really the life i want&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;what if i just stayed in the bed for a couple more minutes&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;it's just today, nothing will happen if i sleep in for a minute&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;it will stay just between me and myself&#8221;</p><p>but these are exactly the moments and days that will drown you. </p><p>you see.. </p><p>this game is all about momentum. </p><p>building enough momentum, that you break through the wall of mediocrity. </p><p>that you finally burst the pipe. </p><p>and momentum is ofc, built by doing the work. </p><p>but it doesn't work like most people think it does. </p><p>it's not one day you're working, next day you're resting. </p><p><strong>there's no balance if you want to win. </strong></p><p>you're either all in, or all out. </p><p>you can't be one foot in and expect to win.</p><p>you can't work on the business for a day, take a break from it the next, and expect to receive results and reach the breakthrough moment. </p><p>because once you take a break.. </p><p>you lose the momentum. </p><p>and once you lose the momentum.. </p><p>you don't have anything to break through with. </p><p>that's it. </p><p>this game is about building momentum while being all in. </p><p>you see a lotta people and entrepreneurs talk about the sleepless nights.</p><p>the 12 hour work days. </p><p>the crazy amounts of nicotine. </p><p>most people think they're crazy as fuck. </p><p>that they're just destroying their health. </p><p>and that is partly true. </p><p>but that's just what it takes. </p><p>you have to sacrifice a bit of your health earlier in the game. </p><p>so you can achieve the wealth and buy the health later in the game. </p><p>cause sure, you don't have to do this &#8220;all in&#8221; thing. </p><p>you can work slowly. </p><p>take a day off and shit. </p><p>but a few years will go by and you'll realise you got nowhere. </p><p>you're just a little older. </p><p>you got a little less time. </p><p>you're a little less healthy. </p><p>and it will just keep getting worse and worse. </p><p>that's the whole reason behind going &#8220;all in&#8221; and not pursuing the &#8220;balanced&#8221; life. </p><p>you pay the small fee of your health first, but get a way better return later in the game. </p><p>plus you'll be rich as fuck. </p><p>take it like bitcoin in 2009. </p><p>it will take a few years. </p><p>you will lose a little money first.</p><p>a little health. </p><p>but once you understand the game of momentum.</p><p>you realise that in the end, it will all pay off way more. </p><p>so no. </p><p>if you wanna win. </p><p>you won't be able to take any days off. </p><p><strong>you're either all in or not. </strong></p><p>build the momentum. </p><p>burst the pipe. </p><p><em>keep growin. </em></p><p><strong>oz.</strong></p><p>and by the way..</p><p>the voice that talks you out of it in the morning isn&#8217;t tiredness.</p><p>it's something programmed deep in your mind. </p><p>if you want to reprogram the code your mind runs on.</p><p><a href="https://ozgrowin.gumroad.com/l/rewire">click here.</a></p><p>or don't. go back to sleep. maybe you were never meant for this anyway.</p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>