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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
Constantly evaluate the Density of knowledge per unit time when you speak. What's the ratio of value to volume of your words? Let your words be valuable.
Be humble enough to acknowledge that you do not know, when you do not know. Be open to learning. Avoid making excuses for ignorance; strive to increase your knowledge. The person you were at 22 does not get to decide who you have to be for the rest of your life....
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.
Take each obstacle in life as it comes, facing them head-on, one by one. Keep your focus on the present moment, on the task at hand. Just like walking, take it one step at a time, placing one foot in front of the other. Gradually pick up your pace, but resist the urge...
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...