Life mirrors mathematics: as a novice, you’re inundated with unsolicited advice. Yet, as success unfolds, the same voices shift to undermine your progress. Embrace the lesson—each challenge is a step toward mastery and a more fulfilling life.
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." — Charles Darwin
JFK paraphrased: We do not choose to pursue mathematical challenges because they are easy, but because they are hard. We pursue these challenges because they serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, and because they are challenges we are willing to accept, challenges we are unwilling to postpone, and challenges we intend to win.