We are all the heroes in our own stories. We feel like a protagonist that the world is conspiring against.
And so does everyone else.
But the reality is that the world doesn’t really care about us. It doesn’t have it out for us. As far as the world is concerned, each of us is little more than an NPC.
So remember when something bad happens to you, its not that he world is out to get you. It’s that the world just doesn’t care. That makes it easier to move on.
shackle
rusty shackle thrown a haphazard discarding now a lonesome frame
I’ve read a lot of Scott Galloway’s articles [https://www.profgalloway.com/], and read his most recent novel The Algebra of wealth [https://a.co/d/5GGsl9a]. One of his favorite sayings is “…greatness is in the agency of others.”
I was thinking of this when I watched the Celtics win the NBA championship last night. They have two very good (or great, depending on your viewpoint) in Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown. They were drafted in back to back drafts and have been to the playoffs every year. They almost won a championship in 2022.
They also, this year, have 3 other very good starters, and guys coming off the bench that are good, and complement their playing style.
There are a lot of reasons the Celtics won this year. Superior talent, elite players, historically good offense and defense. But one of the biggest reasons they succeeded is that their two best players bought into the idea that they could achieve greatness by putting their trust in others.
No great thing happens because of the work of a single person. Achievements happen by working with others.
I love to cook and watch a lot of shows on the Food Network.
I recently watched one of their premier food competitions “Tournament of Champions”. It was fun to watch. It employs a bracket format, like the NCAA tournament, and an eventual champion. There are constraints on each match, time, food elements, tools, etc.
But that isn’t what struck me.
What struck me was some of the dishes that were created.
There were fried cod collars
There was goat raviolis with a tomato foam.
And a hundred other dishes, the likes of which I will probably never eat.
That got me thinking about the difference between high-end food and the food that the vast majority of people put on their plates every day.
Very few people (proportionally) eat food at the high-end level. I would bet that more people eat at a McDonald’s in one day than at every high-end food establishment in a year.
The same thing is true in fashion. Very few people wear the clothes that runway models wear. Most people buy ‘off the rack’ from big box stores.
The same goes for art, books, music, etc.
It all boils down to what you are trying to create. Something that appeals to an elite few, or something that appeals to the masses.
Quote
Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can’t accept your imperfections, that’s their fault.
David M. Burns
Haiku
see the trail winding amidst trees unto the sea who decides the path?
Word of the Day
circumlocution | noun | ser-kum-loh-KYOO-shun
Circumlocution refers to the use of many words to say something that could be said more clearly and directly with fewer words. Usually encountered in formal speech and writing, circumlocution can also refer to speech that is intentionally evasive. [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circumlocution]
