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Stay Focused on Your Mission (Even in Times of Chaos)
Move forward as the world spins out of control
Here’s what you won’t see from me this week — I’m not going to go on a political rant, give a treatise about race and equality, or discuss anything going on in the news.
We’re going to keep things business as usual, talk about you, and help you find or stay on your mission. Why? Because staying focused on your mission should always be your number one priority. Even now. Especially now.
If you’ve been following my work for any period of time you should’ve expected this response. If you’ve read my book, you’d know the first two chapters cover this attitude in-depth.
In chapter one, I talk about why society doesn’t want you to succeed. I talk about the fact that society is an emergent property comprised of individuals with incentives that lead to the collective of society not wanting to or simply being unable to help you.
In chapter two, I talk about the fact that nobody is coming to save you, that your individual success, in the long run, will have little to do with the political regimes you’re under, even if politics plays a role in your life, which it does.
The cavalry isn’t coming. Nor is utopia. Nor is a society that meets every single one of your…
