Feels like solid advice overall. One thing I find important relates to other people. Some say that success comes from hard work, or that the right focus is ess

Feels like solid advice overall. One thing I find important relates to other people. Some say that success comes from hard work, or that the right focus is essential to success. But that's a false dichotomy. In truth, there are many people out there who work incredibly hard, and some of them are even good, and some of those have the right focus. Hard work is the precondition. Even if your focus is right and you're clever, you are always competing with people who also have that but put in many hours on top. It's a tower, and if you want to rise, you need to tackle all the layers.