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Absolutely true. Quoting Justine Musk (Elon's ex-wife, I think): "...Choose one thing and become a master of it. Choose a second thing and become a master of
by enraged_camel 11y ago
Absolutely true. Quoting Justine Musk (Elon's ex-wife, I think):
"...Choose one thing and become a master of it. Choose a second thing and become a master of that. When you become a master of two worlds (say, engineering and business), you can bring them together in a way that will a) introduce hot ideas to each other, so they can have idea sex and make idea babies that no one has seen before and b) create a competitive advantage because you can move between worlds, speak both languages, connect the tribes, mash the elements to spark fresh creative insight until you wake up with the epiphany that changes your life."
https://www.quora.com/Will-I-become-a-billionaire-if-I-am-determined-to-be-one-and-put-in-the-necessary-work-required https://www.quora.com/Will-I-become-a-billionaire-if-I-am-de...
- wsc981 11y agoThat's also what Steve Jobs said in his commencement speech. He talked about the DTP industry not existing before the Mac, but by adding greatly designed fonts to the system a whole new market was created. And Steve got the fonts idea back from his college years, when he followed a calligraphy class at Reed college [0]. --- [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA&feature=youtu.be&t=188 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA&feature=youtu.be...
- bayer_rggb 11y agoSimilar to what UWaterloo Prof. Larry Smith says https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Titm4d1lt74 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Titm4d1lt74