Greatness isn't Grandiose

a destructive cultural delusion: that we need more knowledge, life-hacks and productivity tips to become the people we want to be.

There’s an aesthetic gap between what success looks like and what it actually is. It appears glitzy and grandiose when it’s actually modest and mundane.

the real truth: our dreams have always been on the other side of more action — mundane action sustained across time.

When it comes to information consumption, it’s hard to tell that you’ve crossed the point of diminishing returns. If you’ve read this far you definitely have.

Humility is a competitive advantage. The most powerful truths are those that our hyper-stimulated egoic societies have discarded. The most effective people are those that can develop a profound relationship with what others deem boring.