Wake up 5AM vs at 9AM
Gold medalist vs ‘Academics doesn’t matter’
Reading 52 books vs Learn from doing than reading
Planning each day vs I like to wing it
Can’t finish 100 years of solitude vs I love Gabriel García Márquez
I constantly see such opposing views on my feed. One usually dissing the verity of the other.
There is no right or wrong way – they are all successful people
People. Contexts. Environment. Societies we live in.
Are all different.
With fewer opportunities vs supply, I had to do well in academics to differentiate self and get my first job.
I have stayed up until 12 with a colicky kid, feeling guilty about missing my 5AM meditation
Don’t let a stranger with a different life narrative define rules for you.
Learn from patterns of successful folks. Don’t blindly follow rules.
“Waking up at 5 AM” is a rule.
“Understand before being understood” is a pattern/mental model.
Learn the difference.
And do what works best for you.
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