I use you and George Will as examples of this all the time. Brilliant guys, but this is a street fight. We need to be street fighters. This is going to be determined on social media and getting people out to vote. It’s not going to be debated on the Upper East Side or Upper West Side.
We assume people want polished perfection. But often, they’re more drawn to the rough draft. The early adopters, the ones who find you first? They’re not looking for sleek—they’re looking for a spark .
They don’t need your idea to be refined. They just need to believe in it.
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He understands that to get anything done, you have to make the people understand. And so therefore, constantly, we’re in a battle of narrative. Unrestricted narrative warfare. Everything is narrative. And in that regard, you have to make sure you forget about the noise and focus on the signal.
There’s power in letting people in on your vision . They might know someone who knows someone. They might just be waiting for the chance to help. No one is a mind reader. The best opportunities I’ve ever had came because I spoke up.