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Becoming useful enough for opportunity

A reading note on Think and Grow Rich, Web3 opportunities, and building the skill, thinking, and body of work that make you difficult to overlook.

Andre · 14 October 2026 · 2 min read

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, revised edition book cover
Think and Grow Rich — Napoleon Hill. Edition cover courtesy of Open Library; not a photograph of my personal copy. Image source ↗

Picked up Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill again.

And one thing already caught me:

A lot of people spend so much time looking for opportunities that they rarely ask whether they’ve actually become useful enough to recognize or create them.

That got me thinking about Web3.

Everyone wants the opportunity. The ambassador role. The job. The client. The partnership. The next big project to notice them.

But there’s another question I think is more important:

“What can I become so good at that opportunities start making sense around me?”

That’s something I’m trying to take more seriously.

Not just chasing opportunities. Building the kind of skill, thinking and body of work that makes me difficult to overlook.

Anyway…

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