On networking

Scott D. Clary writes in Facebook -- https://www.facebook.com/scottdclarypage/posts/pfbid0LhzaahihVkHpK1wjxqCsDkypxB99se7DBv3Cjd7nzGxChHB2nXZ5fXV2f8RD7W6Cl :

Major life truth: Most networking is a waste of time.

Collecting business cards. Attending events. Making shallow connections. Real relationships are built through shared work, not shared appetizers. Stop networking. Start creating. The right people will find the work. And they will actually matter.

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"The right people will find the work" -- this has been my approach throughout the years.

On unfair life

Scott D. Clary writes in Facebook -- https://www.facebook.com/scottdclarypage/posts/pfbid0nkojjyDkc6XGbrg3SDTVJs5hun2PKCymhTRRzULzp1G9WxuWruDiTgpxSzbYLftxl :

What separates winners from losers: Winners embrace that life is unfair and play accordingly.

Losers complain about fairness and stay stuck. Life isn't fair. It never was. It never will be. Accepting this is liberation. Fighting it is perpetual victimhood. Play the game as it is, not as you wish it was.

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By this standard, I am certainly a loser. But I am not stuck at all. Just giving up on many hopes I used to entertain in my younger years. Meanwhile, I have 500 pages of math. research posted to the arXiv from April to September this year, including a book manuscript on D-Ω duality on the contra side.