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Working with others. Really. I was super annoyed and insanely annoying to work with for years. Then I understood that difference is hard to cope with, but mo
by thesnide 4y ago
Working with others.
Really.
I was super annoyed and insanely annoying to work with for years.
Then I understood that difference is hard to cope with, but more often than not, good. As it trades some short term efficiency to long term one.
Same with your output. If it is dumbed down to a level everyone can understand it, you really learned it.
- mattbaker 4y agoThat’s cool, what kinds of things helped you learn this? I bet those things would be really valuable to a lot of people if you felt like sharing.
- thesnide 4y agoI'd say parenting is the one that really made a difference. Not because I had a strike of common sense, but because I actually cared very much and started to listen to others. I didn't want to be horrible to my kids. So "starting to listening to others". Every troll has a kernel of truth. And sometimes what you consider a troll isn't one in the first place. Which is very apropos those days, where everyone is confined in their own echo chambers by all those clever social media algorithms that always favor short term bliss. And yes. Trying to explain things to my kids enables me to understand those things way deeper.
- ldx1024 4y agoReminds me of the saying "If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together." But an important corollary is that you should be very selective about who you travel with. In some cases, like a corporate setting where you have no control over the randos you are thrown together with, it can indeed be the least painful option to go it alone. The alternative is knowing that if everyone does their best you can all aspire to be ... mediocre.