"Narrative is when you look back at an improbable or unlikely path to your success and say: I knew it all along. **Instead of: I hoped. I worked. I got some good breaks. Or even: I thought this could happen.** Of course you didn’t really know all along—or if you did, it was more faith than knowledge. But **who wants to remember all the times you doubted yourself?"** --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[hindsight-bias]], [[confidence]], [[humility]], [[progressing-slowly]], [[consistency]], [[intrinsic-motivation]] **Source** -- [[202409161103 - B - Ego is the Enemy]]