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Sic Parvis Magna!
…. and one day, I will get the opportunity to dramatically swipe everything off a table to make room for a giant map that I’ll use to explain the plan.
– Pope
I have seen all kinds of smart people self destruct. They stray outside their circle of competence just and because the are very smart. Being smart does not mean you know everything. Defining what your game is and where you are going to have an edge is enormously...
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Block out external noise and opinions.
Don’t let others’ expectations or judgments hold you back.
Cheer yourself on if others won’t.
Money Intelligence and Insight Location and Luck Education and Expertise Status Money is the capital you have, or that you can easily raise. Intelligence and Insight includes ‘book smarts’, social and emotional intelligence, as well as creativity. Location and Luck is...
This is the nature of being, to hedge, to protect, to play safe. Or to think we are playing safe by not playing at all.
Yet in my experience, real opportunities lie in walking away from the sources of your darkness, from what is not working.
Life comes with inflection points, junctures in which we know our world is about to change. Events that timestamp life. Crossroads that demand a decision. Go this way? Or that? Everyone has them. You do. I do. Jacob did. Jacob’s came with a name: Jabbok. It is the...