Sahil, your intention around sprinting like a lion in the Naval framework hit home—I've been stuck in that industrial-age grind, forcing output when inspiration's absent, and it's killed my best ideas. Shifting to high-passion bursts feels like reclaiming my zone of genius, especially as I audit my 2026 calendar.
How do you spot when to push through a "get better" quadrant skill versus fully delegating it?
Candidly, I struggle with understanding what might be a "get better" compared to what is a waste of time. Appreciate all you do.
This is a great read. The first one is my top intention for this year. Being new in a workplace made me act small, like I tiptoe to everyone, try to please them, that sometimes I even put them first. Even all that, I realized that there are people who never like me or will always find a reason not to like me. At first it hurts, I mean I want them to like me. But now I let it go. If they like me or not, that's not my problem. As long as I am doing my thing and I don't hurt anyone, I'm good. I will not chase pleasing other people and neglecting myself. I'll do me, they do theirs.
Also, I actually started reading your book and I'm on chapter one.
“Most things in life don’t fail because of lack of effort at the beginning. They fail because of lack of care at the end.”
I think it’s hard to ‘fall in love’ with the final 5%. Convincing yourself to love the finish it a difficult task. But learning how to finish is so valuable, even if you don’t ‘love’ it.
Big insight for me that I need to incorporate as well.
Sahil, your intention around sprinting like a lion in the Naval framework hit home—I've been stuck in that industrial-age grind, forcing output when inspiration's absent, and it's killed my best ideas. Shifting to high-passion bursts feels like reclaiming my zone of genius, especially as I audit my 2026 calendar.
How do you spot when to push through a "get better" quadrant skill versus fully delegating it?
Candidly, I struggle with understanding what might be a "get better" compared to what is a waste of time. Appreciate all you do.
This is a great read. The first one is my top intention for this year. Being new in a workplace made me act small, like I tiptoe to everyone, try to please them, that sometimes I even put them first. Even all that, I realized that there are people who never like me or will always find a reason not to like me. At first it hurts, I mean I want them to like me. But now I let it go. If they like me or not, that's not my problem. As long as I am doing my thing and I don't hurt anyone, I'm good. I will not chase pleasing other people and neglecting myself. I'll do me, they do theirs.
Also, I actually started reading your book and I'm on chapter one.
This right here for me:
“Most things in life don’t fail because of lack of effort at the beginning. They fail because of lack of care at the end.”
I think it’s hard to ‘fall in love’ with the final 5%. Convincing yourself to love the finish it a difficult task. But learning how to finish is so valuable, even if you don’t ‘love’ it.
Big insight for me that I need to incorporate as well.