Inject Uncertainty into Life

I just realized today that a lot of activities that had high returns are often filled with uncertainties.

Starting a business with no direct path to profit, training day and night to win the Olympic gold medal and going to interviews while working at a restaurant with the hope of becoming a Hollywood movie star someday.

However we a tendency to avoid activities with uncertain payoffs. We tend to default to path with certain outcomes.

Go to university and take a degree so that you are more guaranteed to get a stable job. Stay at this company for 3 years and you will get promoted to a more senior position.

These activities are stable with low returns and reflecting on my life so far, my journey is full of these kinds of predictable events.

From now on I wish to ponder on this every night and ask myself: Did I inject enough uncertainties with a potential high payoff in my life or am I just living a life of mediocrity.