Author:: [[Lawrence Yeo]] DateFinished:: URL:: https://moretothat.com/the-quest-to-the-unlived-life/ Rating:: Tags:: #🟥 # The Quest to the Unlived Life  ## Highlights When we first start making progress toward something, the results seem grandiose in nature. Going from zero to one feels like a pretty huge step — the thought that you created something in a space where you previously knew nothing is an exciting phenomenon, and that result is very alluring. While these initial results are great, they do have the tendency to produce some blind spots in our thinking. When we become caught up in the excitement of our initial results, we tend to think that we have it mostly figured out, as the path from novice to amateur is a relatively short one: ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hr5ze0w7344g0txdbn02cpyp))  ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hr5zdvyqvn99b8d90fhv5cyw)) And pretty soon, it strikes you that in reality, this shit is really, really hard.  Entrepreneur and author Seth Godin calls this downward curve [The Dip](https://amzn.to/2NxwHXd), and if your endeavor is worth doing, it is most certainly controlled by it. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hr5zdrh46w7v84tz6s8jhwmk)) The Dip has many aliases (the trough of sorrow, the valley of despair, etc.), and it is everywhere. It exists in the pursuit of creative art forms, entrepreneurial ventures, fitness and health, education, marriage — pretty much anything requiring significant time and effort for something worthwhile. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hr5zgn7eqjc5pdgc6dz6kadp))