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Ask anyone whether they would have worked the same way with a million dollars at stake and the answer is invariably no: they tried, but they did not really try.

Drawn from what Michael Nielsen said

Subjectambition
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ambition How much to take on and how hard to push: superlinear returns to effort, focus, slack time, and procrastination.

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  1. Michael Nielsen Physicist, writer and researcher
    if a million dollars had been at stake, like would you have put the same effort in? And the answer is no. Um sort of invariably. Um like they've tried, but they haven't really tried.

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    7 Apr 2026 · video · 2h 03m · spoken · machine transcript

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