Mindset

Being fine with periods of solitude, working alone, pushing things forward without others cheering you on...that's a superpower. The ability to run your own race, despite what the world is doing, initially looks behind - but puts you out front.

Your life history impacts you much less than your stories about it.

No amount of productivity will quench our inner fears about self-worth and helplessness.

“Specificially, pursuit of novelty creates “luck”, and curiosity is the emotional manifestation of novelty. If we’re more open to what attracts our attention, we’ll get a lot luckier.”

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent; it is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.