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Drawn from what Paul Graham said
ambition How much to take on and how hard to push: superlinear returns to effort, focus, slack time, and procrastination.
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Co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb
it's not that they lack ambition, it's more like they've been trained not to show it. Because when you're young you're often in situations where you're supposed to be obedient. You're not supposed to like go off and do what you want.
Where this was said
Watch from 7:33 plays here↗Paul Graham On Startups, Ambition, and Great Foundersyoutube.com
All 16 korrents from this recordingthis one is 7th
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Our reading — they may agree, disagree or merely touch the same thing. Closest first: a shared subject counts for most, then how near the wording is.