«Ambition sets our destination, but adjacency sets the next move.» I love the concept of the «adjacent possible» – and when I say I love it, I mean that it has often served me well, but I had never had a term for it until now. It’s what gets you moving when huge ambitions might overwhelm and freeze you. The adjacent possible is the set of moves genuinely available to you from where you actually are right now. No big leaps, no shortcuts, just the next possible step towards something bigger. Sounds boring? You’re literally moving like a king on the chessboard of life.

From Weekly Filet #577, in July 2026.