The document contrasts a "Standardized Mindset" approach with a "Dark Horse Mindset" approach. The Standardized Mindset focuses on ignoring individual choices, strategies, and motives in pursuit of a standardized definition of excellence. In contrast, the Dark Horse Mindset focuses on understanding individual micro-motives, choices, and strategies, and harnessing individuality to pursue fulfillment and a personalized definition of excellence. The Dark Horse Mindset advocates engineering your own passion and taking a winding, trial-and-error path instead of following a straight standardized path.

1. The Dark Horse
With Todd Rose and Ogi Ogas
Standardized Mindset
Ignore your Micro-Motives
Ignore your Choices
Ignore your Strategies
Know your Destination
The pursuit of excellence leads to fulfillment
Know your destination, work hard and stay
the course
Be the same as everyone else only better
Institution Centred
Straight Path
The standardization of excellence
Universal motives
Follow your passion
Picking
Odds
Stay the course
Destinations
Standardized time
Climb the ladder
Individuality is a problem
Dark Horse Mindset
Know your Micro Motives
Know your Choices
Know Your Strategies
Ignore your Destination
The pursuit of fulfillment leads to
excellence
Harness your individuality in the pursuit
of fulfillment to achieve excellence
Be the best version of yourself
Person Centered
Winding Path
The variety of excellence
Micro Motives
Engineer your passion
Choosing
Fit
Trial and error
Goals
Relative time
Gradient ascent
Individuality matters
Mindset
Old Mindset: One special people have talent
New Mindset: Every person has talent
You have to chose a side