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Competence means keeping your head in a crisis, sticking with a task even when it seems hopeless, and improvising good solutions to tough problems when every second counts. It encompasses ingenuity, determination and being prepared for anything.
“Be ready. Work. Hard. Enjoy it!” It fits every situation.
It’s never either-or, never enjoyment versus advancement, so long as you conceive of advancement in terms of learning rather than climbing to the next rung of the professional ladder.
You are getting ahead if you learn, even if you wind up staying on the same rung.
Early success is a terrible teacher. You’re essentially being rewarded for a lack of preparation, so when you find yourself in a situation where you must prepare, you can’t do it. You don’t know how.
Life is just a lot better if you feel you’re having 10 wins a day rather than a win every 10 years or so.
