That reminds me of a story I read about some (ancient Chinese?) philosopher. He applied for some high-status position in the country but didn’t win. When his friends consoled him, he told them that if they are true patriots, they should be happy. Why? Because if he wasn’t chosen, it means that his country has many people who are more qualified than him… and that is a good thing.
just joined the call with one of the moonshot teams and i was actually basically an interruption, lol. felt so good to be completely unneeded there
That reminds me of a story I read about some (ancient Chinese?) philosopher. He applied for some high-status position in the country but didn’t win. When his friends consoled him, he told them that if they are true patriots, they should be happy. Why? Because if he wasn’t chosen, it means that his country has many people who are more qualified than him… and that is a good thing.