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A race is not run with the legs. It is run with the mind. Every athlete, at some point, has encountered a paradox: why does the final stretch of a marathon—perhaps just two kilometers—feel so much harder than an extra ten kilometers in an ultramarathon? Why does the proximity of the finish line sometimes make… Read more

Student: There is an interesting question I grapple with: I know that I am currently taking the easy rout. I do not face adversity, do not live at the edge of my comfort zone, do not do things that honestly make me uncomfortable and scare me. I want to change this, want to put myself… Read more

A man spends his life grasping at shadows. He builds, he hoards, he protects, but in the end, everything slips through his fingers like sand in the wind. This body, so carefully sculpted, will wither. This wealth, so tirelessly accumulated, will be passed on or lost. This identity, so meticulously constructed, will be erased by… Read more

Man is obsessed with accumulation. He collects knowledge, collects achievements, collects ideas, collects identities. He believes that by adding more, he will become more. He believes that by accumulating, he will reach genius, reach wisdom, reach truth. But this is a fundamental illusion. Genius is not acquired. It is not learned. It is not attained.… Read more

Student: Yesterday, something profound occurred. As so often, I thought about why I am distracting myself all the time. Why I am drawn to food, then not to be present with it while eating. Why I am drawn to podcasts and articles about investing, just to rush through them. Why I am drawn to all… Read more

Student: Honestly, I feel like the following: every day is the same. Gym, office, breakfast, stupid work, looking forward to the next meal to distract me, looking forward to the next thing (podcast) to distract me. Bullshit tasks that don’t lead anywhere, that do not make me grow. Dabbling around (even in gym) instead of… Read more

Student: I’m thinking about what it is I cant stop myself from doing – what is it that drives me. There are many things of interest. But in the end, in markets and in other activities, one competes with the people who are absolutely obsessed about something. I’m asking myself what that is for me.… Read more

Student: It is an interesting notion I am just realizing. My thoughts on investments have an underlying assumption. The assumption is that I “need” to achieve a certain return – that I need to get to a certain number. This is the untold assumption of my investment process. Based on this, I am driven by… Read more

Student: What is value, I authentically can offer to the world, while not selling myself short? An activity I can immerse myself in, I pursue mastery in… Teacher: You are looking for a convergence. Between immersion, mastery, and value. But the mistake is in searching for “what” instead of eliminating “what is not.” Selling yourself… Read more

Student: I think that the single biggest thing holding me back is my attachment to control, me trying to get to safety in life. But instead of safe, my life just ends up small. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” I would like to live like this. But I don’t – at all.… Read more