โIf you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren't broad enough to sustain you.โ
โ James N. Mattis
I've noticed that one of the most common mistakes ambitious people make is believing that happiness is waiting on the other side of achievement.
In behavioral science, we call this the arrival fallacy. It's the idea that once you reach the next milestone, get the promotion, earn the recognition, or accomplish the goal, you'll finally feel fulfilled.
But satisfaction doesn't come from arriving. It almost always comes from making progress toward something meaningful. That's why goals are important, but they are not the reward. The pursuit is.
Here's the announcement that the Ontario, Canada Teachers' Pension Plan made in 2019 when they invested $300M into @SpaceX, which at the target IPO valuation of $1.75T would be worth $11.6B:
"SpaceX is the worldโs leading private space launch provider, and we are excited to work with the company in the next phase of its growth as it rolls out its Starlink satellite network."
This would come out to about $33,500 for each of the Pension Plans' 346,000 members. Incredible.
BYD just unveiled a new SUV in China that uses a fully active hydraulic suspension system.
The system is able to individually lift a corner so you can change a tire without any jack.