keep on going
"The Mundanity of Excellence" [1989] is an essay that everyone should read today. It explains that excellence is about doing the same right thing repeatedly, even if it seems boring. Success comes from being consistent over time, but our short attention spans often make us forget this.
Fun graphic on $META from the Rowan Street annual letter (a hedge fund that printed a 102.6% net return in 2023): Shows how non-linear the path to good returns can be and how conviction pays off. https://t.co/jWQGVSc7LS pic.twitter.com/scq24Mjkzc
Michael Dempseyx.comgetting better at your craft is 100x more effective than networking.
In my way of thinking, radical agency involves finding real edges: things you are willing to do that others aren’t, often because they’re annoying, unpleasant, or obscured in a cloud of aversion.
How to Be More Agentic
Winston Churchill hit the nail on the head when he said, “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”