“I just believe that the interesting time in a career is pre-success, what shaped things, how did you get to this point?”
― Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
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“I just believe that the interesting time in a career is pre-success, what shaped things, how did you get to this point?” ― Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
When you read a biography, everybody wants to know the beginning. There's always a part of the biography after they're super rich and famous and they're donating a bunch of money and I'm glad they're doing all that, that's fundamentally not interesting. How many people can relate to that? But everybody can relate to, hey, I have a dream. This is... See more
Patrick O'Shaughnessy • Passion & Pain
We always want to copy end states, but we never want to copy the journeyYou can’t behave like Steve Jobs without having gone through his journey
Kunal Shah • Kunal Shah: Core Human Motivations [The Knowledge Project Ep. #141]
The ultimate way you and I get lucky is if you have some success early in life, you get to find out early it doesn’t mean anything. DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
Paul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
Without effort, struggle, and time investment, achievements become meaningless.
The value isn't just in the outcome—it's in who you become through the process of pursuing it.
The Waiting Room of Greatness: Why Boredom is the Key
This is the difference between what happens when you focus on the process vs. focusing on the outcome. When you’re focused on the outcome, who cares how you get there? You’ll lie, steal and cheat to get the shiny prize at the end.
But when you’re process-focused, you know that those moments when you get the outcome—the pot of gold at the end of the
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