Below is a note I wrote back in July 27, 2024 which I just re-discovered by searching my Apple Notes app. I’m stunned I wrote this a year ago, especially considering how it resonates with the conversation I just had with ChatGPT.
I think sometimes we get glimpses of clarity in still moments but then quickly get lost in the woods again. This was obviously a moment of clarity for me.
When reading Finite & Infinite Games by James Carse, what becomes quickly evident is his voice. It is one that is stating things as a matter of fact. As though, these are the rules.
When reflecting upon this, I’m struck in how my framework is actually quite simple and matter of fact as well, almost like a children’s book, as I’ve mentioned before.
Life is a roleplaying game.
That is a simple, matter of fact statement. Your research and work shows this, especially as it relates to vertical development.
Keep collecting these matter of fact statements about your life’s work.
Like any roleplaying game, progression and levelling up form the foundation of it.
What we believe is our external reality is really just our internal perception of it.
This is the game, the simulation, we are playing within.
Thus the greater we can expand our internal map, the greater we expand our external perception of our reality.