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← Learning to ignore the examples of others when they are wrong is a skill few skills exceed in worth

17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 14 Apr 2011 to 25 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under education education Everything filed under hiring hiring Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Learning to ignore the examples of others when they are wrong is a skill few skills exceed in worth Learning to ignore the examples of otherswhen they are wrong is a skill few skillsexceed in worth CM Charlie Munger — holds since c. 2005 — tap for who they are Same subject: Trying to prove how right one is leads to ignoring the evidence to the contrary. — tap to centre the map on it Trying to prove how right one isleads to ignoring the evidence tothe contrary. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Oct 2023 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2023-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A skill goes to waste only when insecurity or outside pressure stops someone from pursuing it, not merely by going unused. — tap to centre the map on it A skill goes to waste only wheninsecurity or outside pressure stopssomeone from pursuing it, not merelyby going unused. Last stated 7 months ago 11 Mar 2026 MA Mari Andrew — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Strong intuitions that seem clear lack a way of calibrating, which makes people wildly overconfident about what they know and reluctant to accept they may be wrong. — tap to centre the map on it Strong intuitions that seem clearlack a way of calibrating, whichmakes people wildly overconfidentabout what they know and reluctantto accept they may be wrong. Last stated 7 years ago 12 Oct 2019 DK Daniel Kahneman — holds since 2019-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: People who cannot feel the littleness of their own great things tend to overlook the greatness of little things in others — tap to centre the map on it People who cannot feel thelittleness of their own great thingstend to overlook the greatness oflittle things in others OK Okakura Kakuzō — holds since c. 1906 — tap for who they are Same subject: When you see a worthy person, think of equalling them; when you see the opposite, look inward and examine yourself — tap to centre the map on it When you see a worthy person, thinkof equalling them; when you see theopposite, look inward and examineyourself CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: People learn best when the problem in front of them is just past the edge of what they can already do. — tap to centre the map on it People learn best when the problemin front of them is just past theedge of what they can already do. Last stated 11 months ago 3 Nov 2025 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2025-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Someone who can't name what they'd do differently is unlikely to be good at improving over time. — tap to centre the map on it Someone who can't name what they'ddo differently is unlikely to begood at improving over time. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Feb 2024 BK Ben Kuhn — holds since 2024-02-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: To understand people unlike us, listening to what they say works better than assuming we know what it is like to be them. — tap to centre the map on it To understand people unlike us,listening to what they say worksbetter than assuming we know what itis like to be them. Last stated 3 years ago 2 Jan 2024 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2024-01-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated 3 weeks ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 15 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Access to AI will become a fundamental driver of the economy, and may eventually be considered a fundamental human right. — tap to centre the map on it Access to AI will become afundamental driver of the economy,and may eventually be considered afundamental human right. Last stated a year ago 23 Sept 2025 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2025-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI increases productivity by boosting efficiency, and greater productivity means greater prosperity. — tap to centre the map on it AI increases productivity byboosting efficiency, and greaterproductivity means greaterprosperity. Last stated 2 weeks ago 25 Sept 2026 MM Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2026-09-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decolonization is truly the creation of new men — tap to centre the map on it Decolonization is truly the creationof new men FF Frantz Fanon — holds since c. 1961 — 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: 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
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At the centre Learning to ignore the examples of others when they are wrong is a skill few skills exceed in worth Last stated c. 2005 Holds Charlie Munger Read this korrent →