
What we get wrong about the Mexican Fisherman Parable


afaict, something like 73% of the people who have Gone On The Journey actually did something like this
the shape of it: you know that the Journey tends to end back where you began, and you're already afraid to get too disconnected from where you began anyways...
so you go on a big of the... See more
Great, great question. In the world of writing, everyone wants to succeed immediately and without pain or effort. Really? Or they love to write books about how to write books, rather than actually writing . . . a book that might actually be about something. Bad advice is everywhere. Build a following. Establish a platform. Learn how to scam the
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When we’re focused on first-order outcomes, we look for the instant success, the instant best seller, the instant fill-in-the-blank. We search for shortcuts, life hacks, and advice from self-proclaimed gurus. We “applaud the wrong things: the showy, dramatic record-setting sprint,” Chris Hadfield writes, “rather than the years of dogged preparation
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