How To Suck Less | BGTV 006
Do you know the difference between amateurs and professionals?
Amateurs lose games, and it's a contest to see who can lose fewer points than the other.
Professionals win games, and the match goes to who can win more points.
Life is the absolute same way, although it is harder for us to detect this since we're always playing the game in real time.
Charlie Munger said, in talking about how he and fellow billionaire Warren Buffett became the most prolific investors of all time…
"It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent."
In this statement from the near 100 year old wrinkly genius, we can learn a lot if we're open to it.
Essentially, we're all standing in our own way in some capacity, and usually in more than one.
I realize this can be a sensitive topic. It is hard to admit when we're messing up, especially to ourselves.
Yet, the short-term ego pain of embracing and fixing the suck will ultimately make us stronger, if we allow it to.
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