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How to be awesome at everything

From this article by Jonah Lehrer about some uber-prodigy 13 year old Swedish chess grandmaster:

And this is why we shouldn’t be surprised that a chess prodigy raised on chess computer programs would be even more intuitive than traditional grandmasters. The software allows him to play more chess, which allows him to make more mistakes, which allows him to accumulate experience at a prodigious pace.

So what’s the lesson, regarding whatever thing you do, or whatever you want to do? Whatever is important to you?

Do a lot of finished work. Don’t worry so much about great work, brilliant work, groundbreaking work. Finish stuff. The end.

  • I love when you give these pep talks. This was exactly what I needed to hear today.
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