Fishbowl Mentality
The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits. There is just less competition for bigger goals.
Timothy Ferriss • The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated: Expanded and Updated, With Over 100 New Pages of Cutting-Edge Content.
The same is true about most businesses you admire. They might seem in order from the far but within, there's always a degree of chaos present. And that's ok. That's needed. It's part of the work. We all start out blind, hit a bunch of walls until we learn how to see. We learn to see which walls to avoid, which ones to go around and which ones to br... See more
A barbelled personality—optimistic about the future, but paranoid about what will prevent you from getting to the future—is vital.
Morgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
The first flaw is perspective. We have a hard time seeing any system that we are in.