Such a good reflection on your own "miss"-predictions; or the lack of them.
People seem to generally forget how much randomness matters in terms of success. There is a book which title I have forgotten and I have been searching for it for years, but it highlights several success of "pre-influencer"-age internet celebrities.
They all had one thing in common:
It was some random share, connection or exposure to the public through someone else that magnified their reach so much that they literally could contribute most of their success to that moment.
I was not aware that some of the "tech"-leaders of the past, or at least their more know personalities, have a somewhat more sober attitude towards successful outcomes - fully not aware of that, so thank you for digging that out.
If I may add here, I believe this is also somewhat of problem in terms of spiritual wellbeing. We often just take life in as it is, and especially interpret our own identity, worth and purpose, equal to our work related successes. Thus, it had to be all us, right?
Impressive Ritvik that you are now able to see all these "alternatives" that you could have engaged with - all of them some sort of reality where you likely have not bound your spiritual wellbeing and capacity directly and exclusively to that work.
Such a good reflection on your own "miss"-predictions; or the lack of them.
People seem to generally forget how much randomness matters in terms of success. There is a book which title I have forgotten and I have been searching for it for years, but it highlights several success of "pre-influencer"-age internet celebrities.
They all had one thing in common:
It was some random share, connection or exposure to the public through someone else that magnified their reach so much that they literally could contribute most of their success to that moment.
I was not aware that some of the "tech"-leaders of the past, or at least their more know personalities, have a somewhat more sober attitude towards successful outcomes - fully not aware of that, so thank you for digging that out.
If I may add here, I believe this is also somewhat of problem in terms of spiritual wellbeing. We often just take life in as it is, and especially interpret our own identity, worth and purpose, equal to our work related successes. Thus, it had to be all us, right?
Impressive Ritvik that you are now able to see all these "alternatives" that you could have engaged with - all of them some sort of reality where you likely have not bound your spiritual wellbeing and capacity directly and exclusively to that work.