Most of my life I overvalued optionality and dramatically undervalued lineage
At least in meditation, startups / vc, and several fields of scientific research, it seems like the biggest predictor of speed of growth is who you choose as your closest teacher
At least in meditation, startups / vc, and several fields of scientific research, it seems like the biggest predictor of speed of growth is who you choose as your closest teacher
Optionality helps insofar as it could give you more possible teachers, but it’s rarely the bottleneck
It’s usually one-off and relationshipy than scoring enough resume points. The front doors are often fake, so you have to be more agentic. It’s just people, networks, and trust
It’s usually one-off and relationshipy than scoring enough resume points. The front doors are often fake, so you have to be more agentic. It’s just people, networks, and trust
One reason optionality doesn’t help much is because you’re making as big of a bet on your teacher as you’re making on them. If you want to grow fast you need a teacher that isn’t already overwhelmed, you need to bet on them early, choose them before it requires optionality
At least in these fields the set of great teachers is pretty small. I often hear “accents” in how they think about something and when I ask if they come from a certain lineage they often do
The people I know who are growing fastest practically all come from a lineage
The people I know who are growing fastest practically all come from a lineage
If you’re curious, you may enjoy this thread of a few stories / examples of how some people I know (and myself) found teachers without going through the front door
https://twitter.com/nickcammarata/status/1267196570274893824
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