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I don't know that that's in conflict with what this is saying.

Often, when I take on something that I don't have the knowledge or experience to complete, I don't know precisely what I'm lacking in advance. By doing, I discover my limitations and can explore them - starting often, but not randomly. Eventually, I can approach the original project with additional insight and do more, having brought up a pillar of a fundamental to a requisite height to build on.

If I only leaned into my strengths, I might not feel the need to grow. That doesn't mean I leave things undone, but I recognize that if I only work towards goals that are immediately attainable, I won't ever develop the capacity to do more.

Put another way, the "time to first coffee table" is a function of SOFA for tooling acquisition. From there, the time investment required to build subsequent coffee tables is reduced by prior knowledge.



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