Maslow's Lighthouse: Strive for Mastery, Not Money (the money will follow)
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Maslow's Lighthouse: Strive for Mastery, Not Money (the money will follow)
you can’t become an ultra-successful lawyer or artist or politician without first ‘settling’ on law, or art, or politics, and therefore deciding to forgo the potential rewards of other careers.12 If you flit between them all, you’ll succeed in none of them.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Embrace your limits. Change your life. Make your four thousand weeks count.
As well as avoiding bullshit, one should actively seek out things that matter. But different things matter to different people, and most have to learn what matters to them. A few are lucky and realize early on that they love math or taking care of animals or writing, and then figure out a way to spend a lot of time doing it. But most people start o... See more
paulgraham.com • Life Is Short
By doing everything, I would fail at the most important thing.
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Don’t obsess over discovering your true calling. Instead, master rare and valuable skills. Once you build up the career capital that these skills generate, invest it wisely. Use it to acquire control over what you do and how you do it, and to identify and act on a life-changing mission. This philosophy is less sexy than the fantasy of dropping ever
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