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FTA > One thing I know is that if you want to do great things, you'll have to work very hard This is such a narrow definition of "great things" that it is use
by nineplay 5y ago
FTA
> One thing I know is that if you want to do great things, you'll have to work very hard
This is such a narrow definition of "great things" that it is useless. Great things in PG's eyes maybe, but I hope no one's life goal is to impress him.
> "I never took a day off in my twenties," he said. "Not one."
That quote makes me sick to my stomach.
- bhouser 5y agoI still think you're strawmanning the essay (and I'm sorry you didn't figure out sooner what you wanted to do with your life - that really sucks!). Bill Gates knew what he really wanted to do and what interested him so not taking a day off was probably a no-brainer. If you had been able to realize earlier that travelling the world was what you wanted to do, then you could have put all your efforts into making that happen. I think the essay is suggesting that merely working hard without enough of that effort spent on the directional problem won't yield the results you want, ultimately. So I think the suggestions here taken holistically are useful to a theoretical-younger version of you.
- void_mint 5y ago> > "I never took a day off in my twenties," he said. "Not one." It's also almost a guaranteed misrepresentation of the truth.