Comments on: Impatience: The Pitfall of Every Ambitious Person

By: Uros Micic

Uros Micic — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:09:39 +0000

Its crazy, i stumbled on this article by accident (your first article i read so far, ill read more for sure)
but it literary came in perfect timing, like literary,
like everything you said, from books you mentioned i’ve and concepts i’ve been experiencing within last week

By: Darius Foroux

Darius Foroux — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:04:54 +0000

In reply to RJ Salvador. Appreciate that man! Thanks for reading!

By: RJ Salvador

RJ Salvador — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 00:54:40 +0000

Been struggling with this right now. Nice to read something that gets me back on level footing!
I’m digging your work, man! Very practical stuff, especially for young dudes coming up.

By: Darius Foroux

Darius Foroux — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 20:07:09 +0000

In reply to Mostafa Maleki. “Had a fortune-teller told him at age 20 that he would become the greatest artist of all time, he would've dropped everything right then and there and raced to become that.” How on earth can you possibly know this? That’s a huge assumption mate. It’s pure speculation.

By: Mostafa Maleki

Mostafa Maleki — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 20:04:56 +0000

On your impatience point and using the Leonardo example, I slightly disagree. I actually don’t think our brains allow us to be ambitious and patient at the same time. Leonardo didn’t know he was going to be Leonardo until after he had achieved mastery. Had a fortune-teller told him at age 20 that he would become the greatest artist of all time, he would’ve dropped everything right then and there and raced to become that. Most people who do things over 20, 30, 40, 50 years can only be that patient because they don’t have expectations of themselves – if they end up average, they’re okay with it, and if they end up as masters, then great. But I would argue that it is practically impossible to want grandeur and mastery and yet consciously be willing to wait 40+ years for it to come. We are wired to want immediate gratification, and as much as we may be able to delay that gratification, we can’t consciously delay it for 40+ years.