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Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under Psychotherapy Psychotherapy Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: 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. Great work follows the same four steps inevery field: choose a field, learn enoughto reach the frontier, notice the gaps,explore the promising ones. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Jul 2023 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2023-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do; if you have not found it, keep looking and do not settle. — tap to centre the map on it The only way to be truly satisfiedis to do what you believe is greatwork, and the only way to do greatwork is to love what you do; if youhave not found it, keep looking anddo not settle. Last stated 21 years ago 12 Jun 2005 SJ Steve Jobs — holds since 2005-06-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: You should consciously cultivate your taste in the work done in your field. — tap to centre the map on it You should consciously cultivateyour taste in the work done in yourfield. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Jul 2023 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2023-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The way to work out what to work on is by working: if you do not know, guess, but pick something and get going. — tap to centre the map on it The way to work out what to work onis by working: if you do not know,guess, but pick something and getgoing. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Jul 2023 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2023-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Trying to shortcut past necessary personal work always backfires, and real progress requires confronting oneself directly. — tap to centre the map on it Trying to shortcut past necessarypersonal work always backfires, andreal progress requires confrontingoneself directly. Last stated a month ago 14 Sept 2026 AH Ava Huang — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Achievement is wonderful when you know why you pursue it, and a trap when you do not — tap to centre the map on it Achievement is wonderful when youknow why you pursue it, and a trapwhen you do not Last stated 11 years ago 27 May 2015 NP Natalie Portman — holds since 2015-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks. — tap to centre the map on it AI is not a limited-time sale: thepeople furthest along are workingharder than ever, and they need tostop harvesting dopamine as if itends in two weeks. Last stated 6 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: An unstarted, unresolved task is more mentally exhausting than almost any other kind of task. — tap to centre the map on it An unstarted, unresolved task ismore mentally exhausting than almostany other kind of task. Last stated 4 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 GR Gretchen Rubin — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A life spent without taking bets on being early on an idea is one not lived to the fullest — tap to centre the map on it A life spent without taking bets onbeing early on an idea is one notlived to the fullest Last stated 2 years ago 8 Jun 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Clear, hierarchical goals turn a random walk into a chase — tap to centre the map on it Clear, hierarchical goals turn arandom walk into a chase MC Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — holds since c. 1996 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every company eventually must fight for its life instead of running from the battle — tap to centre the map on it Every company eventually must fightfor its life instead of running fromthe battle Last stated 15 years ago 13 Nov 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-11-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre 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. Last stated 1 Jul 2023 · 3 years ago Holds Paul Graham Read this korrent →