You can wake up one day and choose to see things differently. You can change. You can completely reinvent your life. Too late is an internal fantasy, not an external reality.

Every time you think it’s too late, it’s probably still early.

What you outsource will atrophy.

In any endeavor, we should seek to identify the point of highest leverage. The one thing that makes everything else flow.

Once you identify it, focus on it—and methodically eliminate everything else.

Every meaningful pursuit has a long valley in the middle. The excitement of the beginning has worn off and the anticipation of the end is nowhere to be found. The ability to go dark during that valley is a major life cheat code.

Disappear. Turn inward. Don’t explain yourself. Embrace the silent struggle.

The people who can do that will find a way to... See more