Sublime

The opposite of armchair quarterback syndrome is impostor syndrome, where competence exceeds confidence.

“If you think extraordinary talent and a maniacal pursuit of excellence are necessary for success, I say that’s just one approach, and probably the hardest. When it comes to skills, quantity often beats quality.” Adams calls this strategy the ‘talent stack’. The idea is that you combine two or more skills you’re pretty good at, until no-one else

As Adam Grant, author of Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, explained in a piece in the New York Times,

Adam I—the creating, building, and discovering Adam—lives by a straightforward utilitarian logic. It’s the logic of economics. Input leads to output. Effort leads to reward. Practice makes perfect. Pursue self-interest. Maximize your utility. Impress the world.

por que é tão difícil para gestores e testes de audiência avaliar ideias novas, além de aprender como aprimorar nossa capacidade de decidir o momento certo de jogar os dados.

Art historian Sarah Lewis studies creative achievement, and described Geim’s mindset as representative of the “deliberate amateur.”