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The Pressure Cooker Ledger
How raising your hand becomes an education.
How it works
- 1Volunteer for roles you're not yet qualified for, and trust your ability to figure it out faster than the situation can break you.
- 2Accept that the pressure is the curriculum.
- 3Bank the compounding: 15 straight years of learning something new is an unmatchable moat.
- 4Jason's caveat: the motivation should be growth, not proving yourself to people you put on a pedestal.
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