The Need for Rivals

Or, why Apollo Creed makes Rocky Balboa better

👋 Hey there! Welcome to a new edition of The Sunday Wisdom! My name is Abhishek.

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Alright! On to this week’s essay. It’s about 1,650 words. The key ideas are from Peter Thiel’s Zero to One and Simon Sinek’s The Infinite Game.