🧵 Don’t ask, do.
@JerrySeinfeld was once asked to speak to students of a comedy class.
His message: “The fact that you have even signed up for this class is a very bad sign.”
Ouch.
Similarly, @elonmusk was asked how to start a company.
His response was equally blunt... 👇
@JerrySeinfeld was once asked to speak to students of a comedy class.
His message: “The fact that you have even signed up for this class is a very bad sign.”
Ouch.
Similarly, @elonmusk was asked how to start a company.
His response was equally blunt... 👇
“If you have to ask, it’s not for you.”
Again, ouch.
The point Seinfeld & Musk were making isn’t that we can’t learn from the best, it’s that the best have a *strong bias toward action*.
They dive in without all the answers.
Because guess what? *Nobody* has all the answers.
Again, ouch.
The point Seinfeld & Musk were making isn’t that we can’t learn from the best, it’s that the best have a *strong bias toward action*.
They dive in without all the answers.
Because guess what? *Nobody* has all the answers.
You hear it all the time from successful people:
“When I started I had no idea what I was doing.”
Or, “If I’d have known what I was getting into, I never would have started.”
When you’re attempting something hard, ignorance is often bliss.
“When I started I had no idea what I was doing.”
Or, “If I’d have known what I was getting into, I never would have started.”
When you’re attempting something hard, ignorance is often bliss.
The quest for education & answers can become a form of procrastination, an excuse for inaction. Reading a book or taking a class or listening to a podcast is easy—stepping into the unknown is hard.
Experience is the best teacher—but it’s a hard teacher because the test comes first, then the lesson.
We all want to flatten the learning curve & avoid the pain of failure, but there are no shortcuts—you have to fail in the micro to succeed in the macro.
We all want to flatten the learning curve & avoid the pain of failure, but there are no shortcuts—you have to fail in the micro to succeed in the macro.
Is there something you’ve been dreaming about?
Maybe it’s time to stop dreaming and start doing.
🤙
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Maybe it’s time to stop dreaming and start doing.
🤙
(Also, a quick plug: If you want to invest like the wealthy sign up for my Compounding Community. I'm working on something cool 👇)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
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