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The Hidden Value Theory of Problems
Tal's reframe for the pain of building something genuinely new.
How it works
- 1A hard, unsolved challenge means you found value others have not.
- 2Solving it first puts you a step ahead and raises your valuation.
- 3Reframe "bad day" as "I found something nobody else knows needs solving."
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