An ironic problem of a first success is that it often unlocks more opportunities for future successes. Eventually, this leads to several different options, which can leave your attention spread thin.
Once your attention is spread thin, you risk losing the things that made you successful in the first place, and success becomes its own undoing.
We talk about what it’s been like trying to navigate this as we’ve gotten older and found more and more paths to choose from.
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- Atomic Habits: 4 Rules for Sticking to Any Habit
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- Matt D’Avella on YouTube
- Ali Abdaal on YouTube
- Deep Work, by Cal Newport
- Benn and Gear on YouTube
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Timestamps:
- 0:00:00 – Intro
- 0:16:45 – Being busy and the fear of missing out
- 0:21:35 – Sponsor: Skillshare (Learning new skills)
- 0:23:26 – Sponsor: Hover (Buying a domain name)
- 0:25:34 – Being busy and the fear of missing out (continued)
- 1:09:20 – How often does Martin practice his languages with others
- 1:13:44 – Did we foresee ourselves where we are a few years ago
- 1:15:31 – Conclusion
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