Do You Have to Grind to Be Great?
In the end, greatness is less a checklist than a delicate alignment of mindsets, methods, and morals. You begin with something half-seen and half-known, build with others who share your faith, wander widely before settling on a direction, learn by doing rather than by empty theorizing, protect nascent ideas from premature judgment, and persist with... See more
Infinite games are the opposite. They have no clear winners or losers, no established time frame for play, and no fixed rules. In infinite games, the field of play is mutable, the number of participants keeps changing, and the only goal is to keep on playing. Art, science, and love are infinite games. Most important: so is peak performance.
Steven Kotler • The Art of Impossible
to succeed in the Infinite Game of business, we have to stop thinking about who wins or who’s the best and start thinking about how to build organizations that are strong enough and healthy enough to stay in the game for many generations to come. The benefits of which, ironically, often make companies stronger in the near term also.
Simon Sinek • The Infinite Game
“infinite game,” which is about continually transforming yourself and the game you’re playing, and never getting caught or stuck within any finite game or set of rules.
Dan Sullivan • 10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less
I implore each of you to consider that if greatness truly is a reflection of non-instantaneous, earned effort, ask yourself if that’s the life you’d like to live. Ask yourself whether you’d like to spend your days, weeks, months, and years in a constant uphill battle.