maverickJ
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Comment · 4 years ago
Interesting article. I had the same realisation which I coined the phrase ”everything is not for you”.
It’s the idea that even things termed as good might not be good for you; especially in the long term. Our time on earth is finite.
It involves choosing a focus and cultivating the attention to stay on track. It also involves being comfortable looking wrong in the short term.
The article below can be read adjacent to the one in this post
https://leveragethoughts.substack.com/p/everything-is-not-fo...
Comment · 4 years ago
“Focus is doubly important for early stage startups, because not only do they have a hundred different problems, they don't have anyone to work on them except the founders. If the founders focus on things that don't matter, there's no one focusing on the things that do.”
Paul hits the nail on the head with this.
I like to think of this as the idea of everything is not for you. It’s very important to know what the goal is and ignore every other thing that does not align with it.
The article below helps provide a framework of focus and the idea that everything is not for you.
https://leveragethoughts.substack.com/p/everything-is-not-fo...
It’s similar to other advice I have heard such as one’s communication and general peoples skills tends to lead to favourable career success after a certain threshold.
A great article on why one should not depend on technical skills alone is https://leveragethoughts.substack.com/p/dont-hinge-your-care...