Every time I try to complicate success I get in a pickle.
I need to read x10 books, write 25 emails, speak to this amazing person, and develop a product roadmap for the next 5 years. The tailspin ensues. Before I know it I’m writing to-do lists for things I don’t need to do.
It’s at that point I remember a phase that is ingrained in my memory:
“Successful people are remarkably unremarkable”
In other words, it’s the unremarkable stuff that makes them breathtaking. Let me explain.