Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre.
The level of competition is thus fiercest for “realistic” goals, paradoxically making them the most time- and energy-consuming.
If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.
Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
Unreasonable and unrealistic goals are easier to achieve for yet another reason.
Having an unusually large goal is an adrenaline infusion that provides the endurance to overcome the inevitable trials and tribulations that go along with any goal. Realistic goals, goals restricted to the average ambition level, are uninspiring and will only fuel you through the first or second problem, at which point you throw in the towel.
If the potential payoff is mediocre or average, so is your effort.
The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits.
There is just less competition for bigger goals.
The honor of my working life thus far had been the team I recruited and led at Meta - three of them who are still there and have risen to become COO, CMO, CXO.
That is until now.
This is the best team I’ve ever recruited.
Based. Cracked. Humble. Wicked smart. Honorable.
Much of the team start as interns and then graduate into an MTS after several arduous terms auditioning. But some, like Sai, we snipe from outside because his specific expertise is rare and hard to find.
All are equals. All are excellent.
Please consider working with us if you like what you hear.
1/ Controversial take: hard work is more important than smart work.
It's a myth that we only have a few hours of good creative work per day. Train yourself to grind long hours first. You will surprise yourself. The work naturally become higher quality, less distracted.
15 months after his first appearance on When Shift Happens - watched by more than 700K people, @chameleon_jeff is back - this Thursday - to talk about the @HyperliquidX journey since TGE and what the future holds for one of the most loved and prolific protocols in the space.
We talk about:
- Why the HL team didn't celebrate one of the biggest wealth generating events in Crypto
- Why we haven't seen a single "vesting cliff reached" meme from the HL team
- Why the HL mostly ignores FUD
- Why Hyperliquid doesn't do discretionary "buy backs"
- HIP-3 and permissionless perps
- What the @unitxyz team proved about spot trading
- Why Hyperliquid has a stablecoin called USDH built by @nativemarkets
- What @kinetiq_xyz is and why it matters so much to the HL ecosystem
- How @hyperlendx plugs into everything and is the banking infrastructure for HL
- Why AI makes on-chain finance non-negotiable
- Why building with integrity is non-negotiable
And much more...
Podcast out Thursday
To be fair, last year I severely underestimated the HIP-3 growth potential
I knew we were going to see usage, but not at this rate this early
Can't wait for all the spot launches to be done soon too
Get in lil bro, we are housing all finance.