[agentultra]

This was an interesting talk. I admit I was easily hooked due to my own circumstances and experiences. I often feel like I don't know what I'm doing.

Shoshin was a great lesson for me. When I was training in martial arts I was told that shoshin was akin to fashioning one's self after an empty vessel. If the vessel is full then it cannot receive any more water. I took it to mean that one must periodically empty their minds of preconceived notions and ideas and be receptive to new ones when seeking new knowledge.

It has also taught me that I have a hard time appreciating what I am capable of and what I do know. I may fight feelings of inadequacy but I must remind myself that my bar is much higher today than it was when I started out. It is good to not feel like you know what you are doing all of the time. It's an opportunity to learn and fill yourself with new knowledge. As long as I know what I don't know I feel that I can find it out and fill the gaps.

I think what makes it difficult is the amount of competition there is these days and how high we have raised the bar. Capital and growth demand experience and knowledge but we need to take time for development too. You may want to hire the best but maybe you need to take some time to help people develop into the best they can be? But we should all take time to be thankful for what we have done and are able to do. It's easy to forget how painful it all once was.

A talk worth watching, in my opinion, if you've ever been concerned about feeling like you don't know what you'd doing.