It’s about playing the game for a long time.
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I think the most important thing is to take things in stride in my own time.
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It’s like having Steven Pressfield remind me that I need to fight the resistance… but also having Derek Sivers remind that I should act promptly to “hell yes” opportunities and taking procrastination as a sign of listening to the gut. wondering if that is utter laziness… or whether the procrastination is a sign…. Ego is self-anointed, its swagger is artifice.”įrom Isocrates to Demonicus in Athens: “Be slow in deliberation, but be prompt to carry out your resolves” and that the “best thing which we have in ourselves is good judgment.” / I do struggle with not being “prompt” enough. And isn’t the true egotistic asshole the one who belittles the achievement of others by saying “it’s because I wouldn’t stoop to their level of foul play” without understanding anything? To make the gamble, ignoring the stakes.” / In a society that only celebrates the winners… and one that also looks for flaws in winners to console their lack of will to do the hard work… I hear a common argument that you must be an asshole to succeed… but if Adam Grant’s book on Givers and Takers is one data point… it’s that people forget that some “appear” to win or “appear” to be successful despite being assholes and egotistic. But here we are with a culture that urges us to roll the dice. But so were many of its greatest failures. Many of history’s most famous men and women were notoriously egotistical. “The performance artist Marina Abramovic puts it directly: “If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.”” “We can’t recognize opportunities - or create them - if instead of seeing what is in front of us, we live inside our own fantasy.” Relying on it and identifying with it limits you. The ego also arises from focusing on past achievements. Seeking/doing that which you can control.
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Never blame the other for something you can work on yourself. It’s not the responsibility of others to understand you. We always seek to find something external to blame for problems. Opinions are mine during the time of review. Would buy for friends who are ready.īook notes below. It’s the book to read when you feel resistance, envy, failure, and anger at the world because the problem is you and all you need is the perspective this book provides.Īwesome.