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The Wisdom Of Peter Fenton
It is said that like attracts like.
It is said that in life there are no coincidences.
It is perhaps not a cosmic coincidence that in recent weeks I’ve come across the words of a prominent venture capitalist in Silicon Valley whose name is Peter Fenton.
It is clear from his words that he is given to seeing beyond the cosmetics of life. And that there is something fundamental to his nature which seeks The Truth.
His words are fertile for exploration. And they provide a great springboard from which to explore some of the great truths of life and human beings.
Each section will begin with a quote from Peter, followed by an exploration of the idea.
“We get it wrong a lot. But what’s interesting is when we get it right.”
Peter is correct. Failure is much more common than success. I’ve often wondered why this is? Why is it the case that in any endeavor, the times we get it wrong are much more plentiful than the times we get it right?
Man is conditioned to thinking in terms of Failure and Success.
And he suffers because of it.
A perfect example is The PGA Tour. The tour player looks at a given tournament as an opportunity for a reward. As such, a tournament can provide only two possibilities. Winning or Losing.
When you have reduced the situation into a win versus loss endeavor, it is not a search. It is not a journey. It is only a dead end. At the end of the tournament, you have either won it or you have lost it. The basic (and shortsighted) question you were asking has now been answered. The result has been stamped. It is now over. And the player then goes to the next tournament asking the same basic and shortsighted question.
What’s wrong with this?
It isn’t a question of wrong versus right. It is a question of What Are You Ultimately Seeking?
Man has become accustomed to living his life chasing a series of dead-ends. And counting his wins and losses along the way. This does not provide him with any sort of lasting satisfaction. And what he lacks in quality, he attempts to supplement with volume.
Satisfaction lies in pursuing a Quest. Engagement lies in setting off toward the mysterious forests and mountain peaks armed with a search for Truth.
If yours is a search for a fundamental truth, there are no wins and losses. There is only experimentation. Every single thing that you do becomes an experiment to refine, analyze, and come closer and closer to the holy grail.
“Don’t reinvent the wheel” is a phrase for those who seek prescriptions. I say that the wheel Absolutely must be reinvented. For each person. In each endeavor.
For that which has a rule book isn’t worth the lint in your back pocket.
If you continue to seek “answers” you will run in circles.
If you continually refine your Questions, you will create a magnificent journey.
“Those who become great possess a profound, deep, innate motivation. And they know the answer to the question, ‘why are we doing this?’”
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