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保罗·格雷厄姆《《早期工作》》· Early Work · 成长 · 行动 · 领导 · 人性

Because this error compensates for other sources of error in the opposite direction: being slightly overconfident armors you against both other people's skepticism and your own. Ignorance has a similar effect. It's safe to make the mistake of judging early work as finished work if you're a sufficiently lax judge of finished work. I doubt it's possible to cultivate this kind of ignorance, but empirically it's a real advantage, especially for the young. Another way to get through the lame phase of ambitious projects is to surround yourself with the right people — to create an eddy in the social headwind. But it's not enough to collect people who are always encouraging. You'd learn to discount that. You need colleagues who can actually tell an ugly duckling from a baby swan.

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定位:Essay, additional excerpt 5 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

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过度自信能抵消其他方向的误差:稍微高估自己,既能挡住别人的质疑,也能挡住自己的怀疑。无知也有类似效果——如果你对“完成品”的标准足够宽松,就容易把早期作品误判为成品,这反而让你敢继续做下去。这种无知很难刻意培养,但经验上确实有优势,年轻人尤其如此。另一个熬过笨拙期的方法是身边围对的人,在社交逆风中造一个避风港。但光找总鼓励你的人不够,你会学会打折听;你需要能真正分辨丑小鸭和白天鹅的同事。

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同上,格雷厄姆讨论年轻人在作品不成熟时如何借助心理偏差和社交环境坚持下去。

今日一问

你身边的人是只会鼓励你,还是能分辨你的作品是丑小鸭还是白天鹅?

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