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Ed Latimore is a former professional heavyweight boxer turned writer and social media influencer. Known for his no-nonsense approach to life and success, Ed shares his insights on personal development, mindset, and fitness with his followers. With a growing online presence, Ed's content resonates with those seeking motivation and practical advice to achieve their goals. Follow Ed Latimore for inspiration and tips on how to level up in all aspects of your life.

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You can tell more about a man by his enemies than by his friends. Sometimes the surest sign that you're on the right path is who appears to oppose you.

- Ed Latimore

In theory, your past doesn't have to matter for most things. In reality, few people are willing and capable of doing the painful deep work of undoing the old patterns. So they simply recreate and relive the same mistakes in different ways.

- Ed Latimore

No, I have no idea what water is, " said the fish.

- Ed Latimore

100% efficiency is impossible. But quite a lot can be accomplished if you prepare for it.

- Ed Latimore

39 brilliant chess moves are ruined by one blunder. 40 ok chess moves are very difficulty to beat.

- Ed Latimore

A dream killer that isn't talked about often enough: a high pain tolerance. The more bullshit you can deal with, the more it will take for you to make changes. Suffering to get something is great. It's necessary. Suffering to avoid something is death by low standards.

- Ed Latimore

A lifetime of theory is worth a year of trial and error.

- Ed Latimore

A man who takes care of his appearance and style is signaling that he is both competent and capable since this requires discipline and resources.

- Ed Latimore

A mentor once told me that a definition of science is a set of predictions that are testable, repeatable, and mathematically verifiable.

- Ed Latimore

Acknowledge the similarities before you address the differences.

- Ed Latimore

Advice is only as good as the person its given to.

- Ed Latimore

Aim to be less stupid rather than more intelligent. 39 great moves can be undone with one blunder, but one who makes 40 good moves in a row is very hard to beat.

- Ed Latimore

Ain't no 'work-life balance' when you're trying to make something of yourself from nothing.

- Ed Latimore

Ain't nothing more cowardly than someone who provokes you and then when you finally retaliate, they go "I was just playing. Relax.

- Ed Latimore

All snowflakes melt.

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All you can do is try to be better each day. And then you'll die.

- Ed Latimore

As long as you are happy with the life you have, let people fall out of your life who want you to change or disapprove.

- Ed Latimore

Ask Ted Bundy about female intuition.

- Ed Latimore

Automation is about to wipe out a lot more customer service jobs. They don't realize that petitioning for a higher min wage in the face of automation is digging their own grave. Actually, it's even worse. It's burying themselves alive and calling the grave a queen sized bed.

- Ed Latimore

Awareness of what's wrong comes with the implicit responsibility to do something about it.

- Ed Latimore

Be careful when you speak the truth It often is misheard. What sounds like common sense to you To the masses, sounds absurd.

- Ed Latimore

Be yourself, but only after you've gotten your shit together. Until then, you probably should pretend to be someone better—at least until you forget that you're pretending and you simply are.

- Ed Latimore

Before you complain, don't forget how lucky you are to even be able to complain. You're even luckier if you can do something about what you're complain about, no matter how drastic the action would be.

- Ed Latimore

Being liked and being respected look the same to people who have never experienced either.

- Ed Latimore

Boundaries and standards are only a problem for people who take advantage of you having none. Once you put them in place, all the wrong people will remove themselves from your space.

- Ed Latimore

Clearer questions = better answers The only thing worse than ignoring a problem is trying to solve the wrong one.

- Ed Latimore

Coffee so black the CIA sold it to fund a war against communists.

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Conspiracy theorists' problem is their need for the world to make sense. They just can't accept stupidity, chance, or emergent behavior as cause so they invent one.

- Ed Latimore

Discussions held in good faith make everyone smarter. Arguments with bad intentions make everyone angrier.

- Ed Latimore

Do anything well and you make yourself a target. Not just for your competitors, but for people who wish they could compete with you. These are the haters who never do anything more significant than trying to tear you down.

- Ed Latimore