The Preparedness Paradox
Who needs cheap credit when you get valuable results?
10 reasons to keep doing what you know is important no matter what:
1. It’s more than cool if nobody ever cares.
The more you do behind the scenes, the less a scene gets made. So keep at it.
2. It doesn’t matter what other people think because other people think a lot of really strange things.
The less likely a disaster, the fewer people who worry about it. So keep at it.
3. Save the world even if you never get any credit.
The more forward the thinking, the less it is considered. Keep at it anyway.
4. Try to see the magic in the constant work of your fellow humans.
The more frequent it is, the less it is appreciated—no matter how marvelous the outcome of their work is. All more reason to keep up the maintenance.
5. Respect that it takes many lifetimes and many experts to be create just one more expert.
The more something is expected, the less it is believed to be worth. Keep doing it, even if only for your own satisfaction.
6. Keep undermining the nastiness you’ve beaten back before.
The more disasters are averted, the less likely the disasters are believed to even be possible. Keep doom out of the headlines.
7. It’s always less your fault and less to your credit. Nobody built their own life from scratch.
The less aware we are of the details that composed our fates, the more likely we are to believe that we had a hand in them. Keep doing your best anyway.
8. Diligence masquerades as talent.
The harder we work, the luckier people think we are. Keep doing the work and keep yourself safe.
9. Sometimes avoiding pain takes tons more work than earning comfort. What a scam.
The more places we go, the better we get at navigating. Keep paying attention.
10. There are millions of reasons we didn’t die already. We will never know even a fraction of this non-history.
Anyway, the less we have to worry about, the calmer we are. Keep that meat tender!
