CHAPTER 6

Navigation—Mentors and Hidden Rules

Overview

Staying in motion requires navigating obstacles. In this chapter, we cover two types of navigation: mentors and knowing hidden rules. Mentors are easy to find, but for momentum we need a particular type of advice. Hidden rules are harder to find, but through questions and mentors we can find them faster, preserving momentum.

“You Want to Get Out of Here? You Talk to Me.”

One of my favorite movies in my teenage years was “Mad Max.” The perfect blend of dystopian nightmare, nihilism, and hero’s story.

In the movie, our hero, Mad Max, has, through a series of remarkable events, finds himself inside a fortress-like oil refinery. The refinery is surrounded by terrible people trying their best ...

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