Focus starts with elimination, improves with concentration, and compounds with continuation. - James Clear

The best type of risks to take are ones where
(1) the worst outcome is manageable and
(2) the best outcome is life-changing.

Think: Asking someone on a date. Or, investing an amount of money you can afford to lose into a business with high upside.

Look for opportunities where it won't kill you if it goes poorly, but you'd be blown away if it goes well.

Complaining about not achieving success despite working hard is like complaining about an ice cube not melting when you heated it from 25 to 31 degrees. All the action happens at 32 degrees.

How to see opportunities others miss:

1) Study a totally different field, then return to the original problem. Apply insights from other domains.
2) Invert the problem. Try to achieve the opposite.
3) Talk to hyper-creative people. Their thinking will rub off.