best period for people to build, out-class, outwork, and compete as everyone looks for shortcuts or quick paths to success

tell a good, compelling story built off a strong foundation (hard) create something that is useful (hard) show you care more than the other guys (hard) 3 hard things but if you do them all you win, cant skip steps and take foot off the gas

too many people concerned with "we need to go viral" and "we need to maximize revenue" these are second-order and pretty obvious statements that just tell me you're midcurving everything and incapable of thinking away from the herd