Most successful people in the world live quiet, undisturbed lives.
Think about that for a second.
No popularity, no public face, no sharing of their secrets.
I’m not sure about you, but these are the people I find myself wanting to learn from. Not some @successfulpeople101 on TikTok.
No offence.
There are some incredibly powerful mindsets we know about because people have made them famous, but what about the mindsets that we don’t know about?
The hidden ones?
The mindsets that allow people to quietly build their lives are immensely appealing to me. Perhaps it’s because I love being underestimated.
Surgeon’s fingers
In 2017, I managed to balance a spinning fidget spinner on top of a Dr Pepper bottle, and an upright quarter on top of the spinning fidget spinner. A serious accomplishment, to say the least.
That’s the level of boredom I had while waiting in the Vanderbilt Hospital for my mom to come out of a near 10-hour brain surgery.
Having the fate of a family member in the literal fingers of a surgeon gave this mindset a whole new meaning.
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