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A mindset that can be paranoid and optimistic at the same time is hard to maintain, because seeing things as black or white takes less effort than accepting nuance. But you need short-term paranoia to keep you alive long enough to exploit long-term optimism.
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
The fact that Ronald Read can coexist with Richard Fuscone has two explanations. One, financial outcomes are driven by luck, independent of intelligence and effort. That’s true to some extent, and this book will discuss it in further detail. Or, two (and I think more common), that financial success is not a hard science. It’s a soft skill, where how you behave is more important than what you know.
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
My advice is — **don’t get caught up in new trends and hypes to the point where you lose focus on bringing value.**
Unpopular Opinion: It’s Harder Than Ever to Be a Good Software Engineer
Juraj Malenica
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