I want to teach you about success. If you already feel successful in life, you can keep scrolling. If not, listen up. And if you do feel unsuccessful, it's probably because no one has explained to you this simple principle: The economy of success is not measured in effort. It is measured in attempts. People don't become successful because they try once and win, but because they actively afford themselves many attempts to get it right. Most of your first-time ventures will be difficult. The more something is attempted - the easier it becomes to accomplish. This is a natural and compounding effect. Successful people understand that consistency and persistence aren't the cheat code, they're just buzzwords - repetition is where the real cream is. Let's say you're playing a video game with your friend. You have 1 attempt to beat the game. Your friend has 10. There are two distinct psychological effects this setting creates: Firstly, you are under 10 times more pressure. Secondly, your friend is under 10 times less pressure. Your friend has the luxury to hunt for experience, information - he has the luxury to question the game and try again, several times over. You, on the other hand, have no such luxury. Instead of questioning the game, you question yourself. One mistake and it's all over. You are effectively frozen, paranoid, unable to move forward without double-checking every single impulse. The mental state and general mindset of these two people, even though they're tackling the same exact task, is absolutely and fundamentally different. Their approach to the experience is, fundamentally, different. Why is this simple thing so important? Well, you must understand that success, in any field of life, has something called a 'minimum calibration threshold'. This implies that the more complex a task is, the more attempts (on average) you will require to get it right. The rich man's son founds successful businesses not because he's savvy and smarter, but because he knows he has the luxury of infinite attempts. That shapes the psycho-emotional relationship he has with the task at hand. He is allowed to play and that's why he can move differently and with more boldness and courage. Not because he himself is bold and courageous. There is a big, big lesson there. If you cannot do the same, it's probably because, deep down, you know you only have this one chance to get it right - to make it work, otherwise it's back to 0 for your and your family. I could give you a hundred examples of this exact effect, and I will - until you understand how much it probably controls your life. You have two exact same copies of the same person. Both of them need to hit the target once with a bow and arrow. But the first is convinced that he has only 1 arrow to shoot on each shot out of the 100. 1 bow and 1 arrow. And the second version knows he has 99 arrows after the first one. 1 bow and 100 arrows. Which version hits the target more times out of a hundred? Of course the second one will. He will be more relaxed, playful, under far less strain. The difference in the process is learning and play, it will be the second version's ability to derive ///useful and relevant information/// from his experience - not stress. What I'm trying to impart on you, about success, is that you need to scope down your goals in life to a manageable level before you attempt to be successful at anything. This means tackling tasks and goals and ambitions in which you can AFFORD (yes, afford) to have many attempts. The rule is simple - if you cannot afford to start and fail a business at least 3 times, you shouldn't be thinking about starting a business. The more attempts you can afford for yourself, in whichever venture, the more you will be guaranteeing your success. Failure is a curse, it compounds and bleeds into other areas of life. For example, every person has near-infinite attempts to write a good book. It costs nothing to write a book, except for time and effort of course. But most people will never even start. Because they live in a mindset of scarcity. They cannot see and determine, due to past traumatic failures, which areas of life offer them abundance. And abundance only takes one form in life - the ability to try again. You must allow and afford yourself as many repetitions as you can. Do not become stuck in endless failed first attempts. You must attempt that which you can afford endlessly and infinitely - and success is guaranteed. But if you keep tackling tasks that require you to be perfect, you will always fall short - because you won't be able to play. Just like you won't be able to play a game of poker with your last 1000 dollars. Someone else will play their 1000 dollars differently and better - not because they are better, but because they have 1000 times more 1000 dollars to play with. Think about this often, ponder it, consider it. You are guaranteed success in areas of your life where you can have many attempts. The more - the merrier. When it comes to success, not much else matters.