The World Doesn’t Care About Your Intelligence - Shaan Puri
Chris Williamson talks with Shaan Puri about why people seek permission rather than advice, and why courage, not intelligence, is what holds most people back from the life they want.
The gist
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Puri says requests for advice are really requests for permission, since people usually already know what they want and just want it validated.
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Puri argues the world is courage gated, action gated, energy gated and wisdom gated, not intelligence gated.
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Puri's singing teacher didn't sing until high school and later reached American Idol after a choir teacher believed in him.
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Puri calls stress, anxiety and procrastination code words for fear; Williamson cites Jocko saying courage is feeling fear and acting anyway.
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Puri told his scared son that courage and fear fight; 4 weeks later the boy joined class, saying he didn't want the fear to win.
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