Naval Ravikant | How to be Great at Anything - And what to Avoid [with Kapil Gupta, Jordan Peterson] 

How do we get to be the best at any given domain? Naval Ravikant, Kapil Gupta and the renown psychiatrist Carl Jung (presented by Jordan Peterson) seems to agree in the driver behind greatness ---- A deep obsession into that domain, which results in forging a unique path that is far off from the prescribed "how to's" of that particular domain.
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- Prescriptions are "how-to's"
- For achieving something meaningful, it is not only "how to's" but also art. And this comes from thinking deeply on the destination/goal.
- The problem arises when people focus more on the prescription's process rather than the ultimate destination. They think "if I do this set of things (prescribed), I will get y". Whereas it should be formulated as "In order to reach y, what are the set of inputs that I need to act upon"
- This is why business biographies are useful only for inspiration, but not as a prescription to reach the same end as the person in the book
"How to's" only works for mechanical things and as a starting point for a specific destination. But to perform "on top of the game" in something you gotta step aside from prescriptions and forge your own unique path
"If you want to be the best in the world at anything, you can't follow prescriptions. " - Naval
Prescriptions not only affect the ones that wanna be the best at anything, but also the people that doesn't want to struggle. Ex: hard work is not related with work efficiency
Greatness at anything comes from being obsessed with that something, and eventually you find a path to get it. Is the small details that constitutes greatness. The person that is great at anything can't possibly transmit all these details (and he is not even conscious of some), so he formulates the highlights. Then of course, if whoever only follows these highlights (prescriptions) he/she will never reach the same success. So, the utility of the business books and prescriptions from top successful people resides only in its capability to inspire, but not to show the exact path you have to execute.
Carl Jung had a similar perspective…
"The fool is the precursor to the saviour"
Is important to have a "will to stupidity".
Be willing to try new things. Most likely you will fail. But is from the failings that someone learns and grows, and over time that is what will get you the right judgement to spot the right opportunity
The lesson I take away --- To be the best at something, follow things you are obsessed about. If you succeed, that's good. If you fail, you learn and eventually will succeed as well!