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I find the article a little superficial, but there is an underlying truth that can be valuable: sometimes the best way to be great at something is simply to bec
by comrade_ogilvy 13y ago
I find the article a little superficial, but there is an underlying truth that can be valuable: sometimes the best way to be great at something is simply to become better and better at that thing, rather than hoping one or three bold and brilliant choices will reap a windfall.
I would cite the Wright brothers as an excellent real life example. They were very far from the brightest, best educated, hardest working, or best-financed. But they did do a lot of careful, incremental improvements. And most importantly, they chose to improve themselves: they decided that learning to become skilled at both flying and building gliders would be an important step, before daring to strap on a powerful engine to see what happens.