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The Two Kinds of Work

  1. The one where you have to be "Independent Minded", that is, you've to be correct AND novel (think differently). Like startup founders, investors.  
  2. And the one where you have to be Conventional Minded, that is, you only have to be correct. Like managers and administrators

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