You don’t have to solve problems for others. You can let them be uncomfortable. - Shane Parrish

Understanding is not enough However, understanding reality is not everything. The pursuit of understanding fuels meaning and adaptation, but this understanding, by itself, is not enough. Understanding only becomes useful when we adjust our behavior and actions accordingly

Master the step you are on.

Wozniak spent years designing computers on paper because he couldn’t afford the parts. “I learned to not worry so much about the outcome,” he wrote, “but to concentrate on the step I was on and to try to do it as perfectly as I could when I was doing it.” He’d design a computer, then redesign it over and over again. By the time he got real components, he’d already done the hardest work: the thinking. Most people rush through fundamentals chasing the outcome.

Woz had the patience to master each step completely before moving to the next.

The person who learns how to think clearly ultimately applies more of their overall effort toward the outcomes they want than the person who doesn’t.