I have been reading Peter Thiel about how these days we are being indefinitely optimistic. This means we are positive about the future but are wishy-washy about it. Perhaps we really should challenge this in our daily lives.
By being indefinite, we keep playing the jack of all trades. We don’t put our eggs in one basket because we don’t believe that the basket will take us there for sure. We learn everything at school in case we want to do different things in life. Could we improve on that?
If we were to instead be laser focused on something and take things through, we might actually be able to carve our own future better. Most of us just wait for someone else (a company or a customer) to determine out next step. The result is we become reactive and lose the initiative to really push ourselves.
Spreading the risks will likely yield a meager but positive result. It is called playing safe. Doubling down on what we truly believe in – that’s what makes the difference.