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305 pages
First published January 1, 2012
What matters is that you鈥檙e far above average in at least one area鈥攊deally, the best in the world. Once that鈥檚 sorted, you鈥檒l have a solid basis for a good life. A single outstanding skill trumps a thousand mediocre ones. Every hour invested into your circle of competence is worth a thousand spent elsewhere.
There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no bold old pilots.He author uses the analogy to amateur tennis, where matches aren't won, they are lost. Players just make mistakes (unforced errors) instead of hitting winners. So, those who make the fewest mistakes win at the end. This is true for life. Another reason is that it is hard to describe and equate to what is a good life, one can easily pinpoint and identify the negative ones, such as chronic stress, poverty, depression, poor sleep, dysfunctional marriage, addiction (all kinds), etc. (there are many more). If we can systematically eliminate the downside in our lives, we will have a good chance of achieving a good life.
If you deliberately focus your attention, you鈥檒l get more out of life. Be critical, strict and careful when it comes to your intake of information鈥攏o less critical, strict and careful than you are with your food or medication.