Not everyone will make it – even if they bust their ass their whole life

Not everyone will make it. And no, this won’t be a motivational piece. There won’t be any bullshit about getting up early, believing in yourself, and “grinding, and success will come.” Because that’s a lie. One of the biggest myths modern success culture feeds us.

We live in times where we’re told that everyone can do anything. That you just have to try. That if things aren’t working out, it means you didn’t try hard enough. Bullshit. Absolute bullshit.

Because the truth is brutal: you can do everything right, you can wake up at 5 AM, have no private life, bust your ass like an ox for years – and what? And you can still be a nobody in the eyes of the world. You can still have no money, no reach, no influence. You can still be one of millions of anonymous cogs who disappear and no one even notices.

There are people who do everything right for years. And they never make it. Not because they’re weak. Not because they didn’t want it enough. Simply because that’s how the world works. Not everyone becomes a winner. Not everyone makes it. Sometimes it’s luck. Sometimes it’s connections. Sometimes it’s just that you were born in a better place, had a better start, didn’t get hit by illness or a crisis that would break you in half.

And no, it’s not about giving up now. It’s about stopping the feeding of illusions. Because nothing breaks you mentally like constantly living with the belief that “you just haven’t tried hard enough yet.” That it’s your fault. That something’s wrong with you. But maybe everything’s fine with you – the system just spat you out before you could build anything.

We have countless examples of people who worked their whole lives and died poor. Who created something valuable and no one noticed. Who had passion, had talent, had strength – and nothing came of it. Because the world doesn’t work like Excel. There is no equal sign between effort and result.

So if you’re reading this and you’re on the edge – because once again it didn’t work out, because once again no one noticed your work – don’t tell yourself you’re a loser. Maybe you’re one of those people who do everything right but are just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Not everyone wins. But everyone can speak the truth. Even if it hurts.

Because it’s better to know the brutal truth than to live in eternal guilt. And the truth is: not everyone will make it. And it’s not your fault.