1) Try something; anything.
2) Get feedback on what worked, what didn't.
3) Listen to that feedback. Don't protect your ego.
4) Keep what worked, replace what didn't.
5) Repeat this until you die.
The prophecy isn’t fulfilled until Twitter bans Elon, and then a few days later he becomes CEO and manually reactivates his own account, like some kind of shitposting Jesus.
Seek out people, books or ideas that contradict your current beliefs.
One of two things will happen:
a) you will discover that you are wrong
b) or you will improve the arguments for your own ideas
All growth requires loss. A loss of your old values, your old behaviors, your old loves, your old identity. Therefore, growth sometimes has a component of grief to it.
No matter where you go, there’s a five-hundred-pound load of shit waiting for you. And that’s perfectly fine. The point isn’t to get away from the shit. The point is to find the shit you enjoy dealing with.