Diamonds Under Pressure
True innovation emerges not from abundance but from constraint. When resources dwindle and familiar paths close, we discover creative potential previously obscured by comfort. The most profound breakthroughs occur not when we have every advantage, but when necessity forces us to reimagine what's possible. This paradox—that limitation fuels creation more effectively than freedom—reveals itself repeatedly throughout human history, from wartime inventions to bootstrap startups. The entrepreneur with unlimited funding often produces less than the one fighting for survival, for it is pressure that transforms carbon into diamonds, and constraints that transform ideas into innovations.