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Great work follows the same four steps in every field: choose a field, learn enough to reach the frontier, notice the gaps, explore the promising ones.

Drawn from what Paul Graham 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.

What Paul Graham actually said

  1. Paul Graham Co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb
    Four steps: choose a field, learn enough to get to the frontier, notice gaps, explore promising ones. This is how practically everyone who's done great work has done it, from painters to physicists.

    Where this was said

    ↗How to Do Great Workpaulgraham.com

    1 Jul 2023

    All 13 korrents from this piecethis one is 4th

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