I have learnt that my advantage is my ability to think. It is my superpower. I need to lean in to that. Learn, read, write, and engage with ideas more.
I’ve found that walking is a very I will go on more walks to think, solve problems, and come up with ideas.
Here are some thoughts and plans I have:
On the last day of school I dressed as a bear and ran through final assembly. We ran through the fields, chased by a security guard. I don’t remember thinking of the possible risks. In hindsight, there may have been some risks that I didn’t consider, and I wouldn’t do it now. But at the time, I was growing up, pushing boundaries of the world is a part of learning. What was powerful with that, and other risky things I have done in hindsight, is that I always thought very powerfully of the vision of how it would turn out. Engaged people towards that vision. I don’t remember thinking of the risks at the time, and that might have been a mistake. There is a balance of thinking of risks, being aware of them, and accepting them, but then mitigating them, and having the strong and powerful vision. When having that powerful vision, they melt away.
I will read and learn more, especially about the UK housing, and building housing, and about visualising and thinking. I feel that when I engage in thinking, and write about it, creating content, I am really creating value. It is deeply satisfying.
Can you do multiple things at once? Take on too many projects? It’s something that I am naturally inclined to. But I also need to lean in to that. To learn to manage projects by building systems, by working with talented people, by being clear on the vision. Management is not my advantage. If you take on too many things, and there are issues, you can just take on fewer things. It’s not the end of the world. If you are learning and growing. It’s ok to fail some times, to make mistakes, that is OK, because ultimately what matters most is your ability to learn and grow, and be better for future attempts. I think before I have been too concerned about “not failing” but that has left me to also be “not winning” too. Just alive. Safe. Now I will make it my obligation to reach my potential. I will learn and grow on the way.
