How to Choose Which Things You're Going to Fail At

I like this idea of deciding which things you're going to fail at. That's very anathema to the way that we think about time and self-actualization these days. We not only sort of drive ourselves, but we live in a world where there's an enormous pressure to try to do all of these things. And it's really interesting to stop at the beginning and say, well, hang on, let's at least be open to the possibility that this thing is just not possible.