Ryan Lee

And what is largely, especially you compare it to someplace like Germany, it's vastly insufficient and not diligent compared to Germany. So I think that's just really interesting stuff. And here we have this concept of diligence that is supposed to be you know, enshrined in our moral and ethical fabric across humanity. And it is wildly disputed in practice in cultures around the world.

And what is largely, especially you compare it to someplace like Germany, it's vastly insufficient and not diligent compared to Germany. So I think that's just really interesting stuff. And here we have this concept of diligence that is supposed to be you know, enshrined in our moral and ethical fabric across humanity. And it is wildly disputed in practice in cultures around the world.

It is so, so different. Like, I don't. How do you live up to it? How do you live up to this concept of diligence? When you think about where we could be in the world, that, that is the open question that I am left with thinking about this particular heavenly virtue.

It is so, so different. Like, I don't. How do you live up to it? How do you live up to this concept of diligence? When you think about where we could be in the world, that, that is the open question that I am left with thinking about this particular heavenly virtue.

Yeah. Yeah. Just talking about it, you're tied in knots. Yeah. Right? Like it is one of the more interesting concepts we've come to because it's not just do I get up in the morning and work hard to finish things? Right. I try. Every day I get up and I try to create something new. And, you know, for a long time, we talked about like the thing that,

Yeah. Yeah. Just talking about it, you're tied in knots. Yeah. Right? Like it is one of the more interesting concepts we've come to because it's not just do I get up in the morning and work hard to finish things? Right. I try. Every day I get up and I try to create something new. And, you know, for a long time, we talked about like the thing that,

that I like to check off at the end of the day is, did I ship something new? Did I finish something and put it out in the world? And for me, it's pretty easy because I measure it in episodes or web content or something published. And so I try to publish something new every day in some capacity for someone. But I also feel like the practice...

that I like to check off at the end of the day is, did I ship something new? Did I finish something and put it out in the world? And for me, it's pretty easy because I measure it in episodes or web content or something published. And so I try to publish something new every day in some capacity for someone. But I also feel like the practice...

is trying to let go of the fear that drives me to unhealthy levels of diligence. I see.

is trying to let go of the fear that drives me to unhealthy levels of diligence. I see.

Yeah. Right. That's the huge, huge question that if I don't provide something, if I don't end up doing this thing, that anxiety of like, I won't get that next job, I won't get that next client is is still very real. And on. You know, as we record this in two weeks, I'll have been doing this 18 years and I still carry that incredible anxiety every day. Yeah.

Yeah. Right. That's the huge, huge question that if I don't provide something, if I don't end up doing this thing, that anxiety of like, I won't get that next job, I won't get that next client is is still very real. And on. You know, as we record this in two weeks, I'll have been doing this 18 years and I still carry that incredible anxiety every day. Yeah.

Is that crazy?

Is that crazy?

And now, an excerpt from Be Diligent by Adebayo Tajuddin.

And now, an excerpt from Be Diligent by Adebayo Tajuddin.

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