Confidence Opens Doors But Competence Gets You Through Them

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I saw a post on X the other day: “You will be shocked how many doors are opened by being delusional.”

While this may be true… You will also be shocked by how many doors slam back shut if you lack the skills to seriously contribute in the environments that your delusion opens the door to.

Confidence opens doors but competence gets you through them.

You can have the most valuable opportunity in the world open to you, but if you don’t actually capitalize on it, all you walk away with is a story about how you almost made it.

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