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Simon Sinek

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The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

Sometimes a little less time for some people and sometimes a little more time for others.

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

We don't know.

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

We just know 100% that it works.

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

And so I had to get used to the idea professionally that I'm going to do things that I know work

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

but I won't be able to measure them.

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

And I just have to be okay with the fact that it works, like exercise, like eating right.

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

And so that's where learning an infant mindset and letting go of annual goals.

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

So people are like, what's your annual goal?

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

I don't have any.

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

Because I can't predict what I'm going to achieve based on arbitrary timelines.

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

So I have guidelines, you know, like I run a marathon.

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

I like to know the speed I'm going at.

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

Like I do look at numbers.

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

They matter to me.

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

They help me measure speed and distance, but I don't get happy or sad if I hit or miss a number.

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

Because we're dopamine driven, short-term visual animals.

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

I mean, it's going to go in a circle, right?

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

And because we can create, if you create a goal and you hit it, you get a shot of dopamine.

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

That is what happens.

The School of Greatness
Simon Sinek: The Dangerous Myth of Online Vulnerability & Rethinking Capitalism

right?