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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People working on bigger ideas on a more protracted timeline will be more on the stealth side. They aren’t releasing new PR announcements every day. The bigger the secret and the likelier it is that you alone have it, the more time you have to execute. There may be far more people going after hard secrets than we think.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Big ideas take time to develop and often require discretion.
This quote by Peter Thiel emphasizes the importance of working on significant, long-term projects discreetly rather than seeking constant attention. He suggests that true innovation often involves secrecy and patience, as significant breakthroughs may take longer to realize and are usually not accompanied by frequent public announcements.
Themes
SecrecyInnovationPatienceBig IdeasExecution
In practice
Example use cases
During a business presentation, to emphasize the importance of discretion in long-term projects.
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