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Returns to effort do not visibly diminish; the binding constraint is how much hard work you actually enjoy, not where the curve flattens.

Drawn from what Patrick Collison 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.

Mental modelBottlenecks

What Patrick Collison actually said

  1. Patrick Collison by Co-founder and CEO of Stripe and co-founder of the Arc Institute
    To the extent that you enjoy working hard, do. Subject to that constraint, it's not clear that the returns to effort ever diminish substantially.

    ↗Advicepatrickcollison.com

    by 5 Jul 2018

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