The path to achieving levels beyond ten is harder to discern. It lies in uncharted territory where you can't even be sure if there's a way forward or not. There's no guarantee that it leads to eleven and beyond. The path may be dark, but there is definitely a way before you. You can't press forward without the conviction to trust your instincts. While no one has traversed your path, if you stick to it, you should be able to go further than the others. If your goal is to be stronger than the rest, your only recourse is to believe in yourself and press on. Lose out to your insecurities, and you
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Here's why Pareto Principle of 20-80 happens:
There are the Colombuses out there who dare greatly and tread uncharted waters. Then, there are people like you who--with little (20%) effort--achieve the 80% of what they done simply by following closely behind them.
It is not easy to be a Columbus with dark, unlit and untrodden path in front of you; it's so easy to lay back and just reap off some other Colombus' efforts and it's even easier now that the internet offers information so freely and easily--we are now easily tempted to do so because the 80% gain is simply right in front of us!
But no! Columbuses are important because they are the people who continue pushing the status quo, the people who keep pushing the limits and boundaries!
