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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 6 Jun 2020

      One thing I've learned as an adult that I didn't realize as a kid is how precisely you have to aim at a goal to hit it. If you choose to optimize something even slightly off to the side, you'll sometimes achieve almost nothing toward your intended goal.

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    2. John Dietrich‏ @ampyourgrowth 6 Jun 2020
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      Is your current success the result of highly focused goals or a side optimization? Curious whether your current path was always the goal or became the goal.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 6 Jun 2020
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      It's the result of alternating periods of not having goals, and then having very specific ones. Sort of like a soccer player during a game. Sometimes you're just drifting in the right general direction, other times you're going all out for a 50-50 ball.

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        1. John Dietrich‏ @ampyourgrowth 6 Jun 2020
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        2. Lokendra Chauhan‏ @lokendrachauhan 6 Jun 2020
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          That’s a really great description. I guess a large majority of smart people end up drifting along in the right direction but not able to learn to identify the right paas that could help score a goal. Or maybe that’s just me.

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        3. aditya ankur‏ @adityankur 6 Jun 2020
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          The smart people that I know specifically look for this right pass.

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        1. brooks‏ @brooksjordan 6 Jun 2020
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          Mm, love this description of achieving success. It resonates

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        1. danny adkins‏ @dadkins_ 6 Jun 2020
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          Get in position (discovery), attack (MVP), recover (pivot) or strike (raise)

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        1. Joe Wong‏ @wongj1 7 Jun 2020
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          That’s a great mentality Kind of like taking planned breaks between sets while exercising

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        1. Imran Khan‏ @EhThing 8 Jun 2020
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          I believe the alternating periods help choose what to be precise at. If you are too precise at a specific thing from the start you'll keep your possibilities narrow without exploring better things you can be precise at.

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