Sahil Bloom is a thinker. In a column he cautions us to avoid the Odysseus Trap, "the clear path to lesser goals."
Excerpts:
“They longed to stay there, to browse on the lotus, and forget their homecoming; but I drove them back, weeping, to the ships and bound them under the benches.”
“We are kept from our goals not by obstacles but by a clear path to lesser goals.”
"Yes, this is hard. It's supposed to be. That's what makes it worth doing."
You enter the final week of the regular season, the "sprint not a marathon." Focus on today. Get better today. You craft your future via your actions at home, in school, on the court. What a privilege!
This used to drive me crazy. Melrose girls basketball was at the top of their game. Ellen and I would go to a ML gym and hear girls say, "We're going to lose by 30...or 40. You never know, we could only lose by 25." If you walk into any gym with that attitude, you shouldn't bother to show up. That's the clear path to lesser goals.
Lagniappe. Glue guys. The Coal Face. The tyranny of Or. "Next play."
Great leadership mental models.
— Kpaxs (@Kpaxs) October 19, 2025
Worth a second read. https://t.co/3kfR6uu5YM
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