Always Try To Do It The Hard Way
I was coasting on fumes when he asked me the question, so I don’t think I got the answer right. To be fair, I was 90 or so minutes into being on stage for my talk in Sydney when I was asked: “If
I was coasting on fumes when he asked me the question, so I don’t think I got the answer right. To be fair, I was 90 or so minutes into being on stage for my talk in Sydney when I was asked: “If obstacles make us better, should we seek them out (or create them for our kids)?” Like I said, I was a little fried, so I said something like: “Life is full of obstacles already, I’m not sure we need to go around creating additional ones.” It’s strange that I said this because I was in the middle of doin
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