No matter how smart you are, if you don’t exchange values, you’ll starve to death. For one thing, being self-sufficient enables survival, but self-sufficiency is only possible if you have your own assets and can borrow from others. However, even with existing assets, one can only survive through minimal labor and effort, which means engaging in productive activities. Thus, having great intelligence and applying that intelligence to productive activities are two different things. Even if you aren’t brilliant, you can survive if you are productive. It’s essential to identify the productive activities in which I excel and those where I need improvement. If I understand that, I must act without looking back. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”
To draw a picture well, you must practice frequently. To write well, you need to write a lot. Quantity surpasses quality. In some cases, improved skills or methods are necessary for growth and development. However, anyone aiming to achieve remarkable progress can only do so through extensive training and repetition . Notably, learning a foreign language is more about training than studying. Without diligent practice in speaking aloud , you will struggle to progress beyond a certain level. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”