People best at mature thing X are often those bored by X but not yet sick of it. True interest is often liability under diminishing returns
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Excited people are newbies, experts are bored. But inspirational leadership requires excitement. Fox leaders, hedgehog advisors?
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key qualification is mature field, it's more about mature versus young field than the people
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this is sorta brilliant, thanks!helped unlock something for me. Did the thought strike out of the blue, or were there any antecedents?
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nothing is ever out of the blue for me. It all comes from deep, wise thoughts for years 😇
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how important a career factor do you think is willingness to do same thing over & over again? How much/how rapidly is this changing?
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in your part of the world, the "same thing" is almost never actually the exact same thing.
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So, people who can't tolerate boredom well (i.e. neophiles) won't become (top) experts? Seems true, IMO.
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I'm definitely thinking willingness - turn the same crank over and over. Might require some creativity, but the same cycle





