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paulgraham.com
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| | | | | [AI summary] The article 'How to Do Great Work' by Cal Newport explores the path to achieving significant work by emphasizing the importance of deep work, cultivating one's unique interests, and embracing curiosity. It outlines various strategies to overcome common obstacles like procrastination and fear, and highlights the value of focusing on personal passion rather than external validation. Newport also touches on the role of heuristics in finding meaningful work and the importance of persistence in the face of uncertainty. The piece concludes by encouraging readers to take initiative and try to do great work, suggesting that the potential for success is vast and that the journey is worth the effort. | |
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sudhar.xyz
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| | | | | This is a point by point brief of Paul Graham's Greak Work essay. It is the best of his yet, but it is also too long. I'm going to revisit it multiple times so I made this summary, using ChatGPT. This is not a substitute for the original article. This is just to read once every month so I stay on course. | |
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www.lesswrong.com
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| | | Comment by johnswentworth - My MATS program people just spent two days on an exercise to "train a shoulder-John". The core exercise: I sit at the front of the room, and have a conversation with someone about their research project idea. Whenever I'm about to say anything nontrivial, I pause, and everyone discusses with a partner what they think I'm going to say next. Then we continue. Some bells and whistles which add to the core exercise: * Record guesses and actual things said on a whiteboard * Sometimes briefly discuss why I'm saying some things and not others * After the first few rounds establish some patterns, look specifically for ideas which will take us further out of distribution Why this particular exercise? It's a focused, rapid-feedback way of t... | ||
