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We are sometimes told, by various self-help experts and gurus, that we can make more money while working less. Jensen is the antithesis of that notion. There are no shortcuts. The best way to be successful is to take the more difficult route. And the best teacher of all is adversity—something he has become well acquainted with. It is why he still keeps going at a pace that would see most other people, at any age, burn out. It is why he still says, to this day, and without any trace of hesitation or irony or self-doubt: “I love Nvidia.”
These days the way to the top—meaning the road to test-pilot astronaut—involved being very good at a lot of things without necessarily being “shit-hot,” to use the beer-call expression, at anything.
The Right Stuff
Tom Wolfe
If we look beyond the list of specific symptoms that entail formal psychiatric diagnoses, we find that almost all mental suffering involves either trouble in creating workable and satisfying relationships or difficulties in regulating arousal (as in the case of habitually becoming enraged, shut down, overexcited, or disorganized). Usually it’s a combination of both.
The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk MD
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