Naval Ravikant reveals that attention is the fuel for what continues in your life, as it grows by what you feed it with your interest.

Beyond words: “What you nourish with excessive attention swells, and what you starve by withholding attention withers.” Naval Ravikant, the American investor, reveals that attention is the fuel for what endures in your life; what you feed with your attention grows, while what you deprive of attention withers. “If you focus in silence for half an hour on any problem, you will find a simple solution.” Brian Tracy, the American coach, suggests practicing silence with oneself when confronting a problem, allowing the solution to emerge, and emphasizes that most of us fail to solve problems because we create so much noise and internal chatter that it clouds our thinking. “The weak ask, haltingly: Why is this happening to me? The strong ask, boldly: What am I learning from overcoming this?” Ryan Holiday, the American author, highlights the qualitative difference between the weak and the strong when facing crises. “Strength comes from facing difficulties and sorrows, not from avoiding them and running away.” Elizabeth Gilbert, the American novelist, explains that shunning difficulties and fleeing from them does not build character strength; rather, it is confrontation that builds character.