Satyajeet Jadhav

9 months ago

Tyranny of the list

It is a terrible thing to be consistenly successful when you are young. You need avenues to fail. Without failure there is no learning.

By failing I don’t mean the second position. I mean not even showing up in any kind of list.

I mean humiliating failures. Failures that will twist you. Failures that will crack you. Just stopping before something breaks you. I don’t like the idea of a broken child.

The concept of success is always tied to an ordered list. Success is being in the top few places in the list. It is the tyranny of the list.

I am not advocating against excellence. I am advocating for resilience.

Lack of resilience is rigidity. You might escape childhood riding high at the top of the list. The force of life will break you when you grow up.

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manan dedhia

9 months ago

Well said.

Satyajeet Jadhav

9 months ago

well said

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