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- how fast you learn is a lot more important than how much you know to begin with. So in general I say that people emphasize too much how much they know and not how fast they're learning.
from slope_vs_starting.md by Professor John Ousterhout
01/13/2012. From a lecture by Professor John Ousterhout at Stanford, class CS140
“It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time. Give yourself permission to be a beginner.” — Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way
French philosopher Simone Weil encourages us to search the root cause:
"All sins are attempts to fill voids."
"Clarity is freedom. Know what is important to you and it will grant you the freedom to ignore everything else." -James Clear
Questions are the answers you might need
You don't need more intensity, you need more consistency. Intensity impresses; consistency transforms.
"Without goals, training has no direction." - Natalie Coughlin
Someone dumber and lazier than you is making 10x the money because they are too dumb to doubt themselves.” - Kyle Harrison via Trevor McKendrick newsletter