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Everything was really easy for me, all through undergrad. I think it hurt my diligence in studying.

Because I remembered everything in lectures, I aced tests without reading a lot of the content. I feel like that hurt my depth of knowledge in areas.

I wish I had been told that skill is entirely learned and nothing innate. I thought I was naturally talented, but now I attribute it mainly to the curiosity parents instilled in me.




+1, same thing happened to me. Only this past semester when I took 8 classes did I realize the value of diligence.

By the way, hope Facebook is going well Ivan!




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