One of the manifestations of inequality among people is the unequal distribution of time.

Your team’s half a lifetime of effort may not match someone else’s 5 minutes.

You need to find ways to lower the cost for others to understand you, rather than hoping they’ll take the initiative to discover how unique you are.

Who isn’t a top student? Even the lowest-ranked front desk receptionist graduated from a 985 university. Nobody will bother to understand you—unless you make it dead simple and straightforward for them to get to know you.