On Definite Optimism
We as humans have the unique ability distinctively remember inflection points within ourselves.
I remember this distinctive moment during my second year of college. I was studying finance, capital markets. I sat down with myself to discuss my future: What can I do after I graduate? What value can I provide to society? What can I do to make my family proud?
I had nothing tangible.
I guarantee that I wasn't the only student feeling like this. Most colleges foster indefinite students, and I feel like I was one of them. Yet, it is not our fault. We go to college for a search of optimism and purpose, but many struggle to find either.
That's where I told myself I would learn something valuable: programming.
That moment changed my life completely. It turned me from an indefinite observer into a definite doer. I could build my dreams with existing technology.
Peter Thiel's Zero to One is a book that keep coming back to me. Whenever I read the it again, I unlock a new perspective. It's like knowledge is it's own language. It takes time to master.
Definite optimists make the world better with certainty. They know where to go, how and why. Our world needs more of them. We need to give indefinite people the skills to become definite and build the future of tomorrow, today.