"Today’s “best practices” lead to dead ends; the best paths are new and untried."
Peter Thiel • Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
“If you never copy best practices, you’ll have to repeat all the mistakes yourself.
If you only copy best practices, you’ll always be one step behind the leaders.”
If you only copy best practices, you’ll always be one step behind the leaders.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On copying best practices, being underestimated, and the difficulty of change | James Clear
Best practices aren’t always the best. By definition, they’re average.