It's good to test yourself and develop your talents and ambitions as fully as you can and achieve greater success; but I think success is the feeling you get from a job well done, and the key thing is to do the work.
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Every correct answer is necessarily a secret: something important and unknown, something hard to do but doable.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes that every meaningful solution to a problem is often hidden and requires effort to uncover.
Peter Thiel suggests that correct answers to challenging problems are often not obvious and represent significant insights. Discovering these answers necessitates hard work and perseverance, highlighting the value of critical thinking and deep exploration in problem-solving.
Themes
AnswersSecretUnknownEffortInsight
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about innovation, one might cite this quote to encourage deep thinking.
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