Chris Hare

But as any mountaineer will tell you, when you get to the top of a peak, what's the first thing you see another peak that you want to find? There's this sort of aspect to a charity where I would describe, for example, an ISIS threat to a group of students in a particular city trying to fight slavery.

But as any mountaineer will tell you, when you get to the top of a peak, what's the first thing you see another peak that you want to find? There's this sort of aspect to a charity where I would describe, for example, an ISIS threat to a group of students in a particular city trying to fight slavery.

as a similar situation to a crevasse on that mountain analogy versus what is the actual mountain we're climbing is more existential and more akin to what is the 24-hour race what's its role in the world if that makes sense i really like the analogy used is actually quite philosophical it reminds me of a chinese saying

as a similar situation to a crevasse on that mountain analogy versus what is the actual mountain we're climbing is more existential and more akin to what is the 24-hour race what's its role in the world if that makes sense i really like the analogy used is actually quite philosophical it reminds me of a chinese saying

Yeah, let me expand a little bit on that analogy by going into the realm of the absurd. So in 2011, I took a gap year after graduating high school. And while all my friends were heading on trips to Phuket and various destinations in Asia. I got on a train and then a plane and arrived in the capital city of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, where I met a team of 14 in total seasoned explorers.

Yeah, let me expand a little bit on that analogy by going into the realm of the absurd. So in 2011, I took a gap year after graduating high school. And while all my friends were heading on trips to Phuket and various destinations in Asia. I got on a train and then a plane and arrived in the capital city of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, where I met a team of 14 in total seasoned explorers.

And then we went all the way out to the west of Mongolia and we began to attempt to walk across the Gobi desert. And I was young. I think I just hadn't turned 18 yet. I was 17. And as we began this journey, the Gobi desert itself, sometimes for whatever reason back then, the GPS signal wouldn't work. Now navigation was a little bit

And then we went all the way out to the west of Mongolia and we began to attempt to walk across the Gobi desert. And I was young. I think I just hadn't turned 18 yet. I was 17. And as we began this journey, the Gobi desert itself, sometimes for whatever reason back then, the GPS signal wouldn't work. Now navigation was a little bit

more simple in the early days because you basically had a series of mountains to your north and you had a series of mountains to your south. The sun rose and you just followed the sun and you kept the mountains between, you'd more or less be on track.

more simple in the early days because you basically had a series of mountains to your north and you had a series of mountains to your south. The sun rose and you just followed the sun and you kept the mountains between, you'd more or less be on track.

But as that mountain range, the Altai mountains subsided into the flatness of the Gobi, you know, we struggle with navigation to the point where we'd have to double check where we thought we were with stars. And what I think is interesting about cellular navigation, this millennia-long way of getting around the world, is you follow stars, but you never really expect to set foot on them.

But as that mountain range, the Altai mountains subsided into the flatness of the Gobi, you know, we struggle with navigation to the point where we'd have to double check where we thought we were with stars. And what I think is interesting about cellular navigation, this millennia-long way of getting around the world, is you follow stars, but you never really expect to set foot on them.

So you can follow the north star, which is the one everyone talks about, or you can navigate by it, and it can guide you to incredible destinations. It can get you to exactly where you want to be at various points of your journey. But by following this thing, you're not going to ever reach it. And I think in some way, good goals are like that.

So you can follow the north star, which is the one everyone talks about, or you can navigate by it, and it can guide you to incredible destinations. It can get you to exactly where you want to be at various points of your journey. But by following this thing, you're not going to ever reach it. And I think in some way, good goals are like that.

Good goals guide your day-to-day decision-making, whether they're immediate, random threats to whatever it is you're building or doing in your personal life or in your business life, or totally big decisions to make. You can always refer to your so-called North Star or whatever star it is that you navigate by. I think about that analogy a lot. What's a goal worth pursuing?

Good goals guide your day-to-day decision-making, whether they're immediate, random threats to whatever it is you're building or doing in your personal life or in your business life, or totally big decisions to make. You can always refer to your so-called North Star or whatever star it is that you navigate by. I think about that analogy a lot. What's a goal worth pursuing?

were you to spend your whole life pursuing it and you were to never reach it and you're in your old frail years you could still say to yourself that was a hell of a shot and it was totally worth it You know, what are goals that are so important that failure is expected and not a disappointment because the goal itself is just too important for that.

were you to spend your whole life pursuing it and you were to never reach it and you're in your old frail years you could still say to yourself that was a hell of a shot and it was totally worth it You know, what are goals that are so important that failure is expected and not a disappointment because the goal itself is just too important for that.

And that just, that was a thought process I had back on the Adobe expedition some time ago.

And that just, that was a thought process I had back on the Adobe expedition some time ago.