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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 11 May 2019

    It's hard to beat someone at something if they enjoy it and you don't. This is true for good things like writing and dancing and also for bad things like meanness and office politics.

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      2. Ian Lamont 藍毅恩‏ @ilamont 11 May 2019
        Replying to @paulg

        The Dwight Schrute fallacy.

        3 replies 1 retweet 22 likes
      3. Biswajeet J Pattnaik (Biswa)‏ @Beastwaa 12 May 2019
        Replying to @ilamont @paulg

        My apologies! I did not clearly understood your tweet.

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      2. grigori milov‏ @grigorimilov 11 May 2019
        Replying to @paulg @StephenPiment

        That's why there is no antidote against office politics.

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      3. James Lethem‏ @Sycren 12 May 2019
        Replying to @grigorimilov @paulg @StephenPiment

        If so, I think that's rather sad. For entrepreneurs who are dissecting problems, do you believe we can't fix this? I don't want to oversimplify, but I imagine that this boils down to a difference in mindsets. How can we change the behavior of an individual and the collective?

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      2. Syed Iqbal Simnani‏ @SimnaniIqbals 11 May 2019
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        A distinction often must be made between what one enjoys and what one is good at. I simply love dancing, but I am a terrible dancer- some practice might make it a tiny bit better, but not much. All of us have a unique signature and hard work should reinforce that signature

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      1. Christopher Smith‏ @chrylis 11 May 2019
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        cc @fiercelyfeminin

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      1. Petko Plachkov‏ @ppplachkov 11 May 2019
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        People seem to revert to what they enjoy. Easier to be good at the stuff you take pleasure in doing. Ideally a team has complementary strengths this way.

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      1. parents’ nook‏ @Parents_Nook 11 May 2019
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        Office politics can make people depressed and often times make them feel unworthy. It gets harder when you are a fresher in a corporate. Glad that you wrote about it too. I still run away hundred miles from anyone who is in corporate.

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      1. rhyming_bandicoot‏ @CrashBand7 11 May 2019
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        As @DavidDeutschOxf argue: interest/enjoyment in something is the biggest factor In successful learning

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