9 Harsh Truths No One Wants To Admit - Shaan Puri - #1163

Puri argues environment, courage, and permission — not intelligence or information — are the real constraints on personal and professional success.

• ABZ over ABC: Puri's framework for overthinking replaces full step-by-step planning with knowing only A (current reality), B (next action), and Z (end goal), repeating B each time.
• Advice-seeking is permission-seeking: Puri argues people rarely want new information when asking for advice — "the world is not intelligence-gated... it's courage-gated," so the real need is permission to act.

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