Unlocks

You're doing the boring work. You're investing time. Deliberate practice. Putting in the hours.

No results.

You add more effort. You read more. You study. You practice.

And then, finally, an insight. An Unlock.

Unlocks are transformational. They show you a different perspective. You've looked at it one way, your entire life. And now, the opposite view.

Balance is restored.

The relationship between the work of getting an Unlock and the pay-off is not linear.

You get Unlocks randomly. You put in the work and hope it rewards you. If it doesn't, you do it again.

It's similar to the concept of collecting luck. You do the best to expose yourself and whatever happens, happens.

Like lottery tickets, the median outcome is negative. You put in the work, and get less back.

The beauty of non-linear payoffs is, that playing long enough, putting in enough hours of deliberate practice, you will get that one home-run.

It will pay for all the work you invested and will carry the average into profit.

Keep looking for unlocks. They're worth the effort.

What unlocks have you had, and why were they important?