jakewoodhouse on Nostr: "If you want to be in the top 1% of something, you have to get to the point where you ...

"If you want to be in the top 1% of something, you have to get to the point where you no longer care what 99% of people say or think about you. You must simply make it irrelevant. Why would I care about that? They don't have to do what I'm doing, but if I'm aiming at excellence—absolute excellence—I cannot be listening to people who think that mediocre is okay. And the problem is, that's most people by definition. It's very difficult. Everywhere you go, you're surrounded by it, and you've just got to be able to hold that vision of what you're creating. You've got to hold it absolutely solid and safe and still, and you have to protect it with your life, because that's what you're going to pay for it. So you've got to have that so protected, and at the same time, you can't hold it too tight, otherwise, you'll crush it and you won't get to where you want."

Jason Parks / Ep.13 / 18:08