Learn more about personaldevelopment with this collection
Why happiness is the ultimate goal
The importance of creating value
How to create wealth in the modern era
The narrow path to success
Many of us don't want to face the narrow path to success. Instead, we prefer to hear the stories of rare misfits who managed to beat the odds.
To beat the odds, you have to understand the game you're playing. You have to know why success is so narrow.
1.02K
4.82K reads
MORE IDEAS ON THIS
Losing your way
When you feel you've lost your way:
- If you've walked far in the wrong direction, you don't have to continue in it. Ask yourself if you're willing to get back on track.
- You may just need a course correction. If you already wrote a book, back up a step, find an agent and writ...
973
3.05K reads
Learning the path early
To learn the path early, ask people who've walked it before. Notice what matters to people in charge. The way forward is not creative. If you have an idea to pitch, write it into a business plan.
Creative work can rarely be measured by a universal yardstick. Thus gatekeepers rely more ...
930
3.29K reads
"One thing I've learned as an adult that I didn't realize as a kid is how precisely you have to aim at a goal to hit it. If you choose to optimize something even slightly off to the side, you'll sometimes achieve almost nothing toward your intended goal."
PAUL GRAHAM
1.17K
6.55K reads
The possibilities are vast
There are many targets to aim at. You're never starting from scratch. Wherever you are, there are many possibilities within reach. All you require is to recognize the path ahead and stick to it.
Getting a book deal is narrow. But there's self-publishing, blogs, newsletters, and writing...
926
2.89K reads
Reasons why success is narrow
- Elite achievement is very hard. To be in the top 1%, you need effort, talent and strategy.
- Specific results come from specific efforts. The smaller the target, the more carefully you need to aim.
- Signaling...
1.03K
4.28K reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
Related collections
Other curated ideas on this topic:
The paradox of narrow paths
The path to any particular destination is narrow, but there are countless possible options to follow.
At a general level, there are many niches you can find success in. But once you find a particular route, competition rises, and you're forced to focus on a few essential c...
Define the cost of success
8. Save. Just save. You don't need a specific reason to save.
9. Define the cost of success and be ready to pay it.
10. Worship room for error.
11. Avoid the extreme ends of financial decisions.
12. You should ...
Risk and uncertainty
- Risk is when the factors that determine success or failure are out of your control, but the odds of success are known.
- Uncertainty is when the factors that determine success or failure are not out of your control but are simply unknown. It is play...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates