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#148 Kenneth Stanley: Set The Right Objectives

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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Counterintuitive Stepping Stones

CNN's John Sutter talks with the founder of a new company about how he decides on projects. He says his rule of thumb is to avoid ideas that make too much sense. The ones that aren't going to get done are the ones that don't make sense, according to Sutter. But in hindsight you can look at it like what we've discussed if you're starting to be convinced and it does make sense actually but only in hindsight.

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