Stay Healthy. Stay Data-Informed.

Julie Zhuo · 17 Mar 2020

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Taste makes only a small ripple in a pond you already know; it is luck that sometimes carries it further.

Their wordsTaste, that lovely thing, is simply an ability to make a small ripple in the small pond we are familiar with; sometimes, luck takes that ripple and propels it across other ponds and oceans.

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Taste makes only a small ripple in a pond you already know; it is luck that sometimes carries it further.

Their wordsTaste, that lovely thing, is simply an ability to make a small ripple in the small pond we are familiar with; sometimes, luck takes that ripple and propels it across other ponds and oceans.
Our reading
Rather than coasting on intuition and taste, a data-informed person starts from the assumption that they know nothing.

Their wordsRather than surfing by on intuition and taste, the data-informed individual adopts a beginner's mindset: Assume you know nothing

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