If given an impossible goal where you will be killed if you fail, you must come to believe you can do it.

· Bits and Bobs 6/23/25
  • If given an impossible goal where you will be killed if you fail, you must come to believe you can do it.[ic]
    • A powerful pull towards self delusion.
    • Tolstoy's work is about the broad sweep of history vs individual agency within that structure.
    • An argument against the Great Man Theory.
    • Napoleon felt he had agency, but it was largely an illusion. [id]
    • The higher in power you go the more constants operating on you.