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If you want to become unique, you don’t need a “unique” skill.
You need a unique combination of skills.
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You need a unique combination of skills.
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Don’t strive to engineer one “revolutionary” skill.
Instead, try to build as many valuable skills as possible that are rarely seen together.
H/T @david_perell
Don’t strive to engineer one “revolutionary” skill.
Instead, try to build as many valuable skills as possible that are rarely seen together.
H/T @david_perell
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Think of neurons creating consciousness—each neuron is a simple unit, but, when interacting with each other, they somehow form a complex system.
Think of neurons creating consciousness—each neuron is a simple unit, but, when interacting with each other, they somehow form a complex system.
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Similarly, when many “simple” skills interact with each other, they form an overarching skill which has qualities that the “simple” skills themselves don’t.
Similarly, when many “simple” skills interact with each other, they form an overarching skill which has qualities that the “simple” skills themselves don’t.
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The interactions between your skills matter more than their individual nature.
This is what Scott Adams ( @ScottAdamsSays) refers to as the “talent stack”—or @naval: “specific knowledge.”
The interactions between your skills matter more than their individual nature.
This is what Scott Adams ( @ScottAdamsSays) refers to as the “talent stack”—or @naval: “specific knowledge.”
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“It’s much easier to be top 5 percentile at 3 or 4 things than it is to be the number one at something.” — @naval
“It’s much easier to be top 5 percentile at 3 or 4 things than it is to be the number one at something.” — @naval
