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There might be a problem with looking for the Next Big Thing

With the way things are moving currently in the world, we have kept ourselves at the pace of what is going to happen next, or what is the next big thing for me? It is quite normal to ask this kind of question to oneself, especially when reevaluating one's life and where you have gotten to at a point in life. I feel all of us as human beings have a lot in common more than we think, but the thing that still remains are we more focused on what happens next for us simply because we are governed by the need to compare ourselves with others. This can be really bad and dangerous to the fundamental growth of the person. The drive to find the next thing, the next groundbreaking investment, something big, can be a problem because it could take our eyes off what matters, and we do not spend more time appreciating it.

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The need to be ambitious can be a good boost in energy to achieve incredible things. It is more like not settling down with mediocrity, but rather you push yourself to get more, therefore you become a goal getter. Well, here is another thing you have to think about as well. Have you spent some time appreciating what you have or at least how far you have come? I used to be obsessed with where I wanted to be, which in turn got my mind clouded with what I had to do or at least how I could get there. The idea of looking for the next big thing is quite common in the world of finance, especially when one is searching for what financial asset will bring a 100x return. A 100x return is quite extraordinary, but a hunt for such a return can get a person's eye off the power of focusing on what they already have and growing from there. This is where they undervalue what they have, or they do not see any value in it at all.

Over time, it does not become a thing where ambition is the problem because ambition can foster growth and the zeal to push out the better version of the person through the collection of hard work and persistence. Then the problem I am relating to is when ambition is present without gratitude. If you keep being ambitious without being grateful, then there will be a problem of not valuing what you already have. There are stages in life as we move on day by day, but what makes it worth living is the understanding that we are not where we were previously. Although we are not where we want to be yet, we should not forget that it could be all worse and we could get to be somewhere worse.

It could be in any aspect of life, in business, we appreciate the milestones we have covered, in our day-to-day life, it could be appreciating the hurdles we have overcome, or no matter how small it may be. With a lot going on in the world, it has made me come to the realization that it is super easy to beat ourselves up when we have not accomplished a lot at a certain time. Let us not forget to appreciate the little or big things as well, it could be a little milestone achievement, or it could be the people we have in our lives.

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Comments · 4

@marsdave(73)· 48d
Beautiful piece I must confess 🙏...

We all want and desire for more, but we hardly stop/pause to see and appreciate what we already have and the progress we've made. And that's where a lot of us are missing it, we've failed to acknowledge that which will really give us peace which is appreciating our small wins/progress. In as much as chasing our dreams and such is important, it shouldn't take away the joy and peace embedded in how far we've come.

Thanks for sharing such a beautiful piece. ❤️❤️❤️
@psicologopoeta(67)· 49d
What a suggestive, interesting, and profound text you have shared, my friend. I have to tell you that after reading it, it led me to reflect quite a bit, and here I want to share some ideas that I have been turning over in my mind with careful attention...

Because you see, I am one of those who think that in this life and also in this platform, we are too focused on the next step, on the next vote, on the reward that is coming, and we let slip through our hands what we already have, what we have already built, and the worst of all, the people we have by our side. And your text reminded me exactly of that, of that obsession with the 100x that makes us blind to what is already 1x but with an enormous value that we do not know how to see.

That part where you say that the problem is not ambition, that ambition is necessary and even beautiful because it pushes us to be better, to not settle for mediocrity, to want to bring out that more luminous version of ourselves, really struck me with a lot of force. But what kills, what really distracts us, is that ambition that walks alone, without gratitude, without that moment to stop and say "hey, look at how far I have come, look at all the road I have traveled, look at the people who have supported me along the way."

And that happens to me a lot here, in this space we share, where I see people running after the numbers, after the statistics, after the rewards, and they forget the essential, which is the connection with the other person, the sincere comment, the attentive reading, the gift of time that someone gives you when they stop to read you and give you back something real. Because at the end of the day, it is not the vote that builds you as a person, but those conversations, those exchanges, those moments where someone tells you something that reaches you and makes you think.

I really liked how you have woven the idea that gratitude is what balances the scale, because without it we are like a machine that only produces and produces but does not enjoy what it has produced. And I have been that, I have been there, obsessed with the next goal, with the next publication that would have more reach, with the strategy that would give me more visibility, and suddenly I realized that I had gone weeks without reading my friends calmly, without responding with affection, without enjoying the process.

So your text has come to me as a reminder, as a pat on the shoulder, and I appreciate it because sometimes we need someone to take us out of the loop and tell us: "stop, look, breathe, value what you have, value those you have around you, because the destination is not just arriving, it is also the path you walk with those who accompany you."

And how beautiful it would be if in this ecosystem we learned to slow down, to read more slowly, to comment with the heart, to not measure everything in numbers, to understand that the true value is in the quality of the connections we weave day by day. Because if not, in the end, what good are many votes to us if we do not have anyone who really reads us, who really understands us, who truly appreciates what we do?

Thank you for this text, my friend, truly. You have made me stop and look inward and also outward, and that is a gift that has no price. Here we are, learning together, stumbling, getting back up, and above all, growing, because in the end that is what it is all about.

A big hug and let's keep building, with gratitude and our eyes set on what is worth it.
@mortezayousefi(67)· 49d
maybe it's because every day we're exposed to fake and real news about strange growth on social media and we compare ourselves
@hiventhusiast(69)· 49d
it is true that human wants are insatiable, the more you have the more you want to have, however only grateful heart learns to pause and look back