What life comes down to for those of us that live in an industrialized consumer environment is the notion of trying to escape ourselves and yet, balancing fears of non-conformity – the question that we avoid: Who admires you? The winners represent what we could be. I like people that risk it all, or take proportionally huge risks. It not only makes for an interesting story but interesting life experience. Playing it safe might be comfortable in the short-term but you cannot avoid the uncertainties of life indefinitely. We all must come to an end, and all that we can do is to experience a rich life in terms of memories and defeats, only fools demand guarantees for self-comfort and self-inspired safety, while other fools rush toward freely dispensing with prudence and fulfilling their whims at all cost for the potential of the smallest gains, and yet at times we are all guaranteed to play the fool.
Thinking nothing is better than trusting your mind for guidance.
Accumulate more stress, and use it effectively.
If you want to find out the substance of your capabilities, you cannot limit yourself, and you cannot be cautious.
No goals; it is a limitation to long-lasting motivation, and achievement.
Dispense with being a team player: individual achievement is valued more/ranked higher than team accomplishments.
Know when to risk it all; superior performance arises from single-minded purpose.