I love listening to high performance people give lectures or advise. I have for a long time. A lady friend from the past used to listen to entrepreneurs all the time & it wore off on me. One of the things i find astonishing is that the speakers- whether donald trump, dan pena, jeff bezos or whoever- they speak as though people are going to “get it.” Wow that a great feeling. but nope- nobody there will get it- life is a nasty cunt- it chews us up and when we wake in the recovery room we are WISER.
We dont get WISER by listening to WISE people. Billionaire, gurus, self help people are essentially a cross between las vegas dancing girls & porn stars masturbating on stage. They get a GOOD FEELING from the illusion of imparting wisdom. Steve jobs was the best of them all- the most wise because he peeled back the most superficial aspects of himself with LSD, but still in the end most of the talk these folks do is still 97% self-glorification. It does wear off on those truly SEEKING, those who can TRULY LISTEN. But who the hell can do that ? almost No one.
The great author herman hesse wrote “Wisdom is not communicable” People can give you money, they can give you food or they can give you herpes- but they can’t tap your 3rd eye and give you wisdom. For that- you have to swan dive into the magma- which is why so few make it to the top . because no one wants to DO whats required to get there to whats called high performance. Its not neccessary “work” its, pushing into levels of RISK which bring out our discomfort. If your psychologically comfortable, youre probably LAZY. (even if youre rich) The “great” ones dont fret over gains and losses- they roll the dice and keep playing the game, learning and getting better at whats compelling
