> Things often make sense at an very broken down individual level This is how humans process new information. Big ideas often cannot be grasped entire on firs

> Things often make sense at an very broken down individual level This is how humans process new information. Big ideas often cannot be grasped entire on first encounter, c.f. the parable of the blind men and the elephant. > I’m just not good at many of said essential things You're not good yet. I've been building products & services for forty years. I look back on my ideas and level of understanding from the first decade or two, and I judge myself super naive, often overreaching for "big picture" enlightenment before I was even connected to the details. You may have * unrealistic expectations of yourself; * imposter syndrome; * an attentional difference; * all four. What you probably need is a mentor. Where you might find one depends on many factors, mostly not technical. > this is incredibly difficult field where a mostly immutable attribute (high intelligence) is required Moderate intelligence is required, but it is tenacity we correlate to outcomes. There are elements of the technology sector where four-sigma intellect moves the needle, but only a few. “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race" — Calvin Coolidge