the "beginner mindset" required to get good at anything is paradoxical
as you get better, you realize how little you actually know
easy for your confidence tp decrease as your competence grows
number two
"working hard got me here so if i just work harder i'll get there"
there are hundreds of millions of people in the world working incredibly hard at something that will never have an exponential payoff
a shift is required when the ceiling is hit
number three
environment
you don't know how good you are until you have enough information to make a comparison
working in a 20 person organization vs a 2,000 person network organized around the things you're interested in
talkers outnumber practitioners 10,000:1
number four
your model of time and money
putting a dollar value on your time is an extremely restrictive thought pattern that often makes you approach tasks backwards, inflating time spent vs. value created
"at x per hour it's going to take me 55 hours to make rent"
number five
right place right time
how many Jalil's are there in the world that are top 1% at something (or want to be) but assume they are not good enough vs. just not being exposed to the right information and/or networks
this is our collective mission
number six
tolerance for failure (as detailed in Jalil's thread above)
to endure anything long term, you must separate your ability from the whims of the market at any given moment
we all know this but we ignore it daily
number seven
permissionless mentality
most of us who come from traditional working backgrounds, or didn't have entrepreneurs in our families think the world revolves around asking (and waiting for) permission
wrong
knowing all this in theory does not prevent you from experiencing crushing failure in reality
but stories like Jalil's should be incredibly encouraging as you dust yourself off for your next attempt