I think your advice is good. And definitely better advice than "you should be very ambitious and dedicate yourself to doing great work". But I think it isn't wh

I think your advice is good. And definitely better advice than "you should be very ambitious and dedicate yourself to doing great work". But I think it isn't what the essay is about. The essay assumes that it is talking to a person who has failed to take your good advice. I think that describes a lot of people. A lot of commenters here seem to have read into this essay that it is saying "you should be this kind of person". But I'm not sure which parts of the text support that perspective. The quote you pulled out certainly doesn't: > The following recipe assumes you're very ambitious. It doesn't add ", which you should be" or ", which is the only good way to be" or anything like that.