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Now onto this week’s article:

The Concept

Allow me to share with you a picture painted by the great and powerful Sahil Bloom, who serves as a great inspiration to me. This concept is one I have heard expressed in various ways, but this particular one resonated deeply with me:

So What?

When exploring this concept, I encountered a question: "How can I differentiate between field mice and antelopes?"

This raises an excellent point. We may imagine in the lion's world, it's relatively straightforward. They survey the land before them, searching for prey, identifying their target, and pursuing it with a combination of stalking and well-timed attacks. On the flipside, unfortunately and fortunately, many aspects of our lives that we are "hunting" are not as clear-cut. Markets, social landscapes, and our environment are constantly evolving, often leading us to believe we are chasing an antelope, only to discover that it's merely a measly field mouse.

However, we can only make decisions based on the information available to us at the time. This is something we do on a daily basis, and in every moment.

If we zoom out further, we realize that this analogy still holds ground. Initially, the Lion may not know they are setting out to find an antelope. They too are pursuing a vision, feeling or something intangible at the time. Throughout their lives, they have gathered information and honed their senses to identify where antelopes are or likely to be, often even anticipating their movements. As the great one said, "skating to where the puck is going to be, rather than where it is." Lions, while hunting, go to places where they have known antelopes to be in the past or where they anticipate they will go. This increases their chances of "getting lucky”

This is what we do as well, and it's another valuable concept I learned from Sahil Bloom: "Expand your Luck Surface Area."

Much of what we label as "luck" can actually be manufactured, and you have the ability to actively pursue and create an environment and social circle that leads to outcomes that others may perceive as "luck."

The best way I have found to describe this is, "It's hard to get lucky sitting on your couch consuming." You must be actively engaged in the world, sharing your thoughts and ideas, meeting new people, participating in activities, and continuously learning. Essentially, you must take action to expand the possibilities of encountering an “antelope” worth pursuing and hone your ability to take it down. You must be in the arena. You must be out in the world.

& Why should you care?

You hunt each day, expending energy and acquiring resources.

In our own unique ways, we resemble a lion on the prowl. We are seeking, striving to achieve and enjoy a life of leisure, similar to how lions spend a majority of their time.

You are aware (or should be) of the aspects in your life that resemble antelopes, worthy of pursuit, as well as those that resemble field mice, merely distractions that drain your energy without providing much fulfillment. Identify and disregard the field mice.

Remember from previous articles: "You are what you repeat." If you hunt field mice, you will become skilled at catching field mice and continue doing so.

In conclusion, I leave you with a timeless quote that remains as relevant today as ever:

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