# How To Have The Biggest Impact

Having the 'biggest impact' means different things to different people. 
Some may see their biggest possible impact as ensuring that their children 
grow up with more opportunities than they had themselves, others may think 
along the lines of eradicating polio or creating new technology that turns 
sewage sludge into clean drinking water. Despite all of this being relative, 
there is an effective common ground for how to go about achieving what we 
want. The more logical you are, the higher your chances of success and by 
systematically learning from your mistakes and from the knowledge at hand, 
you can greatly speed up the process in getting better results. There is 
always a chance that random events slow you down and that, if you would 
have done it differently and less effectively at the time, the outcome 
would have been better. But that kind of reasoning after the fact is like 
saying it would be better to play a bad starting hand in poker after you 
have seen the cards on the table. It all comes down to making the right 
decision with the information and odds you have at that given time.

Having the biggest impact for me means moving forward in the broadest sense 
of the word. The way I try to frame it is by understanding how stardust 
evolved and eventually gave rise to consciousness. While vague, it has a 
clear direction and points towards a rich future of ever-advancing 
technology. My actions are just my best guess at adapting myself to the 
challenges that are being thrown at me. While this is personal, the more 
general answer I give when people ask me how to have the biggest impact is 
to first put themselves in the best position to improve one's mindset. 
Working out, eating healthily, taking the right supplements, meditating, 
proper sleep, putting yourself in an environment that stimulates you, 
reducing the mental clutter, then becoming financially independent and 
looking for like-minded people to make the biggest positive impact you can 
think of in relation to the situation you are in. For many, making a big 
difference in the world starts by becoming financially independent and your 
mindset is key in achieving this efficiently. After that, you will be in a 
better position to figure out what to do and how to put this into action. 
Having like-minded people in my environment has been essential to me. I 
know this feedback is a bit broad but since everyone's situation is 
different, making my advice too specific would reduce the chances of it 
being applicable. You have to find the best way to combine these insights 
and apply them to your own reality. I know how important personalized 
feedback can be and that is why I even provide internships but I don't know 
if this will still be the case by the time you are reading this book.