The Eye That Sees
(Most will never use it)
The Eye That Sees (Most Will Never Use It)
Leonardo da Vinci.
The 4 Cardinal sins of making BAD decisions.
GI Joe.
All tied together by one thing: The Eye.
Not your retina, your beuatiful blue, green, or amber.
I mean the Mind’s Eye.
The internal radar that either makes you dangerous or disposable.
Leonardo’s Gold
“There are three classes of people: those who see.
Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”
—Leonardo da Vinci
• Type 0 – Blind and stubborn
• Type ✯ – Can see once shown (usually or sometimes)
• Type ✯✯ – See clearly. High agency. Autodidacts. Free minds.
“Only the autodidacts are free.”
—Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Even if you start as Type ✯✯, life will test you.
Circumstances might blind you.
Distractions. Ego. Entropy. Exhaustion. Randomness.
You name it.
And if you're Type 0, the universe will show you through pain.
Delay. Loss. Waste.
But you'll see. Eventually. Hopefully.
Decisions Build OR Bury You
Every action is a decision.
Even no action is a decision (often the riskiest one).
The 4 cardinal sins of dumb decision-making?
→ No memory (not looking back)
→ No grip on reality (not looking now)
→ No goal (not looking forward)
→ No consequence awareness (not looking anywhere)
Ignore these, and you're not making decisions.
You are not getting to point B:
Nest Destination: Dream Island OR Nightmare Island**
We constantly get from point A to point B.
Point B might not always be that melodramatic to name it Dream or Nightmare Island (a great concept I learned as a marketer).
But it is always there. It is the result of any action.
And each action gets you a bit closer from Point A to Dream Island or drifting toward Nightmare Island.
High agency is what will help you get there. Entropy is why you delay.
This craft is not focusing on the high agency (here's more to it if interested).
To keep this short, remember that you can't steer where you can't see.
Because now we have to talk about the most important mirror I've ever seen in my life:
V.V.V.V.V. — The Most Important 5 Letters You Probably Never Heard Of
Vi veri veniversum vivus vici.
"By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe."
No truth = no vision.
No vision = no power.
So learn. Ruthlessly. Repeatedly.
The world belongs to those who can see and act.
Not the ones who just know. Those who REALIZE things.
The ones with high(er) agency.
Short Funny SCUBA Story: Some Don't Want To See (Literally)
A fellow scuba dude had a fogged mask and was flaunting his witch-like brew anti-fog potion.
I offered him Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo which is a real fix. No affiliation (unfortunately). But it’s the BEST mask anti-fog I’ve ever used for scuba and snorkelling.
Try it and thank me later.
Back to the loud amigo, he refused to listen.
He preferred to stay with his foggy mask.
See, some don't want the clear picture. No clarity. No focus.
They want to protect their pride more than their well-being.
Let 'em stay in their foggy POV.
But if you want to see… Strip your lies.
You know who is the easiest to fool.
Last Thoughts: Any GI Joe Fans Around?
Have you ever heard of the GI Joe Fallacy?
In the 1980s television series G. I. Joe, each cartoon episode ended with the tagline, "Now you know."
It's the illusion that knowing about something is enough to overcome it.
Knowing is not enough.
We all know that eating clean and consuming fewer calories than their intake eventually results in a lean body.
We also know that obesity is far from won, right?
So…
Recalibrate.
Educate yourself.
Find your V.V.V.V.V.
Truth is power.
Most can't handle either.
Thanks for reading.
Time to make mroe waves! :)
PS
To solve anything... to win at everything...
You need knowledge, skills, and a little luck. You’ll find two out of three here.