This Question Helped Me Figure Out My Life’s Mission (After I Asked It 1,000 Times)
“What truth do very few people agree with you on?”
“What truth do very few people agree with you on?”
I first saw this question — labeled as a Contrarian Question — in Peter Thiel’s book, Zero to One.
It’s a question that Peter Thiel thinks every IT entrepreneur should attempt to answer. It will point you to a niche market, which you should try to monopolize.
But this question is much more than just about business. It might help you reveal what your life’s mission is.
I was a contrarian my whole life. I started working at 14, switched eight schools on two continents, and dropped out of the #1 business college in the U.S. Probably thanks to the example of my father, but being a contrarian feels like the only way to live.
Why would you want to follow the rules when there are none?
But — no matter how I tried, — I never could come up with a legitimate answer to Peter Thiel’s question. One of the downsides of reading smart books when you’re immature is that your head is filled with great ideas you have no idea how to make use of. Looking back, I guess I was simply too young to answer it.
