Use Every Unfair Advantage
You have wealth? Use it.
Connections. Leverage them.
Good looks? Flash that smile.
There isn’t any nobility in choosing the hard path.
The world is cutthroat and your competition isn’t holding back. You have to use every single unfair advantage that you have.
Also. Copy.
Be a copy cat. Copy like there is no tomorrow.
Your competition’s biggest asset? Make it yours.
Your colleague has a superpower? Steal it.
We live in an era of limitless access to success stories. Read up on how the greats became great. Don’t learn all the same lessons they learned along the way, if you can avoid them.
At the end of the day. Using your advantages and copying others will put you in the best position to win. And once you do, no one really cares how you got there.
Working hard might feel noble, and don’t get me wrong - I’m madly in love with underdog stories. But if you really care about winning, you’ll use whatever advantages you can and not worry about the optics.
You don’t get an additional prize for doing it the hard way.
Take the easy route. Lean into your strengths. Use your unfair advantages. Copy from others who are great at what they do.
And lastly, what is a blog post without a Kobe Bryant anecdote?
In my college computer science program, copying would get you thrown out of the program…. You start work and the first thing you hear is, copy this code and use it.
If you have it, leverage it .
If you don’t have it, find someone, or company, that does and find a way to make it better.
When people would copy off your paper, they would say it’s flattery.
Mamba Out
love it Ed! well said (and epic closing line!)