Yesterday I made the argument for always optimizing for the long term over the short term when given the choice. It so happens that purely by coincidence my favorite blogger Seth Godin wrote something similar today. However, Godin’s point takes a slightly more cynical view of the short term: There’s always someone who is more […]
There is a common fallacy that success can cure many emotional ills. One emotional ill in particular many think success will fix is the fear of failure. Unfortunately, this is just not true. In fact, if you already have a fear of failure success will not reduce this fear, it will do the opposite. Success […]
The goal is to win. I would be remiss if I didn’t make that clear up front. However, this doesn’t mean losing is unimportant. As a matter of fact, Muhammad Ali might argue that losing is part of what provides the will to win. For instance, in one of Muhammad Ali’s famous quotes he basically […]