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10 Quotes By Ayodeji Awosika That Will Help You Live a Better Life
#2. “No one is coming to save you.”
Ayodeji Awosika is one of the most popular writers on Medium, and for a good reason. He offers honest and valuable advice about life and writing that any one of us can apply.
Maybe you’ve heard by now, perhaps you haven’t, but Ayodeji wrote a book called “Real Help: An Honest Guide to Self-Improvement.” And it’s fucking brilliant. (Although, he might argue otherwise. You know how writers are.)
A lot of writers proclaim their book contains “no fluff,” and “no BS,” but when Ayodeji Awosika says it, he means it.
His words will slap you in the face, make you feel ashamed — basically, make you go through the five stages of grief — but you will come out better for it. He gives you the gift of reality.
He gives real and unique advice that will genuinely help you live a life that will make you feel fulfilled. If you want to transform your life, Real Help will help you do just that.
I read it, underlined a bunch of lines, and I wanted to share them here. They’re the type of quotes that make you think.
How can I use these little nuggets of wisdom to change my life? That’s what you want to ask yourself when you’ve read through them.
Here are ten of my favorite quotes from Real Help, out of (probably) a hundred.
1. Fight for yourself
“The minute I stopped fighting back against an imaginary enemy and started fighting for myself, my life changed.”
When you try to do what you love or improve yourself, people will try to pull you back. (Ayodeji explains this further in his book.)
We need to forget all of that. Rather than asking, “How can I prove them wrong?” ask, “How can I prove myself right?”
2. You save yourself
“No one is coming to save you.”
When I read this, I felt relieved. Knowing that how your life turns out is on you sounds scary.
However, it means you can stop waiting. You can stop expecting a person, God, or the Universe to make your life better and…
