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@Suhail Were you holistically knowledgeable when you had success with Mixpanel?
The pattern I’ve seen is that the naive hackers with Beginner’s Mind frequently win vs. the knowledge accumulators
Don’t put too much pressure on yourself. Being “behind” could be an advantage
Scott Stevensonx.comI was young, naive, and plagued by impostor syndrome. I held back instead of exploring more, engaging more deeply, and seeking out more challenges. I allowed myself to be carried along by the current, rather than actively charting my own course. Youth is wasted on the young.
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Murat Demirbas • My Time at MIT
learning itself is best done slowly to accumulate lasting knowledge, even when that means performing poorly on tests of immediate progress. That is, the most effective learning looks inefficient; it looks like falling behind.