David Elikwu wrote and published this list and his commentary in February, and it’s too good not to share with you. But first, who’s David? “I spent half a decade at one of the biggest corporate law firms in the world. The kind where equity partners make a couple mill per year.”

His advice, but only one a day for a while. There’s a lot to absorb along the way —

You’re not as special as you think

You’re not the only smart, talented, hard-working person out there. There are people who have been doing this longer than you, who know more than you, and who work harder than you.

The real differentiators are resilience and grit.