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Be a polymath, a generalist who can pick up every specialty to the 80/20 level, rather than a generalist dodging specialisation.
Drawn from what Naval Ravikant said
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What Naval Ravikant actually said
- Naval Ravikant Co-founder of AngelList
It’s funny—everybody says “I’m a generalist,” which is their way of copping out on being a specialist. But really what you want to be is a polymath, which is a generalist who can pick up every specialty, at least to the 80/20 level, so they can make smart trade-offs.
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