Distraction.
Netflix, TV, Tinder, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Mails, Job, Parties, Drinking, Networking, Dating, Politics..
It’s easy to lose our ability to focus in a World that tears our attention down.
Do you know what makes a laser so efficient?
Focus.
It’s the concentration of the rays at the same point, that makes holes.
But 99% of us are basic flashlights.
We send our rays of energy in any direction, hoping for the best.
And then flashlights look at lasers and say: “Oh man, you’re so lucky to have so much energy available”
And the laser to reply:
“I have the same amount of energy as you do, I just focus all of it on one thing.”
You can’t possibly disperse your energy and give it away carelessly, and hope to achieve great things.
It scares me.
Because 99% of the time, when I interact with people, I hear them looking for solutions to problems they don’t have.
They look around for “more opportunities”.
They go to events to network.
They look for what the World has to offer.
Truth is, the World has everything to offer to the one who gets out there and actually try to take it.
Not for the one who go with the flow hoping for the best while waiting for opportunities.
Those are flashlights blinded in delusion, wasting their energy doing nothing that really matters to them.
Because it’s easier to pretend,
than doing something.
Because short term rewards look nicer,
and taste sweeter.
Because it’s scary to actually try,
and yet still fail.
But truth it, right here, and right now,
our World needs more lasers.
We need people who actually do stuff and make a change.
Because we face challenges we have never faced before, we need people to do things we have never done before.