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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Feb 21

    "If someone’s much better than you at something, they probably try much harder. You probably underestimate how much harder they try."https://ava.substack.com/p/effort 

    10:34 AM - 21 Feb 2021
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      2. Fowl‏ @therealfowl Feb 21
        Replying to @hanyuuven @paulg

        Some people just love what they do more than others.

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      1. Adam Georgiou‏ @georgi0u Feb 21
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        👏 @noampomsky

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      2. trod roughshod‏ @TrodRoughshod Feb 21
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        1) "Trying harder" is too vague. Time invested is easy to measure. Evaluating effort is not so easy. Evaluating creativity is hard. 2) People better than you at something probably try much harder, but they probably also try much more effectively.

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      3. Luke Cheng‏ @lukelivesfree Feb 21
        Replying to @TrodRoughshod @paulg

        Intensity x Time is a good broad formula.

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      1. Eugene Yan‏ @eugeneyan Feb 21
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        Also: "If the writer’s not having fun the reader isn’t either" – Donna Tartt

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      1. Ranjan Marathe‏ @MarathePA Feb 21
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        True. Resonates well with @NoubarAfeyan in CWT emphasizing that success was overnight, after worked on the technologies for 30 yearshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-with-tyler/id983795625?i=1000505212851 …

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      1. Bond,James Bond‏ @SenicTatjana Feb 21
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        If there is no talent effort is like yes i try and i try and i try hard and than pfff something but if there is a talent than its so natural its like big bang - just it is

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      1. Larry Chiang, 650-283-8008 @duck9‏ @LarryChiang Feb 21
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        I view a cocktail party, fundraiser, Palo Alto college lecture or city’s colleges baseball game like it’s a pop quiz. And I gotta front run the answer(s) using #cs183e / #cs183PQRST which is reading Or bbq meat and park cars at #300Pioneer / 314->335 pioneer #dttdsBHMpic.twitter.com/EPcFGJYUxJ

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      2. Arm Chair Revolutionary‏ @Balancing_Actor Feb 21
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        Yeah, had a classmate who regularly stood 3rd in class frm 4th to 8th standard, constantly working on his studies. After 8th he was unbeatable, ended up as the head boy and went on to do extraordinary things. Some1 who looks @ him now won't realise d effort he put in frm age 8.

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      3. The Clickbait Expert‏ @manubhatt3 Feb 21
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        And he won't realise how much of that success was based upon his string of successes with little to no failures - Not discounting the effort but try to acknowledge the luck there - Not everyone is lucky to have their honest and good effort translate to success most of d time.

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