The post basically makes a comparison to what we want to do in life and the mathematical optimization technique called Hill Climbing used in iterative algorithms. If we view our careers as hills, and there are many hills out there that we could possibly climb, then it makes sense to say that we would want to climb the highest hill we can.

Ego is defined as “your idea or opinion of yourself, especially your feeling of your own importance and ability”, and we all have one. It seems to get in the way of many aspects of our lives and yet we can’t seem to shake it.

This book called me out on all the nonsense I was telling myself. This is just a brief rundown on what I learnt about how to fight the resistance and how to identify it.