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Probably one of the most valuable clips I've made so far

Some talking points about how things change as you move through your 20s.

Important short clip.

Crux is toward the end if you're ADD and can't handle 11 minutes.

It's true.

No one is entitled to a high level of confidence. I've talked about in the blog how I believe confidence comes from experiencing and overcoming repeated rejection/adversity. If you want a high confidence level, you have to expose yourself to high levels of adversity (i.e., rejection) day in and day out. There's no right or wrong as far as "what level" you're at, but don't carry the entitlement or expectation that your neediness will magically go away if you don't actually put in the work to absorb rejection.

The approaches you don't make are the ones that would have taken you places.

Confidence only comes with long-term, repeated, daily adversity (i.e., lots and lots and lots of rejection). You are - no one is - entitled to confidence.

An important lesson I learned from coming to Japan + penetrating the language barrier here.

Some surprises/unexpected findings associated with blogging/podcasting