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Bit #1: It does not matter if the idea is yours

"𝗜𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀" The latest insight I learned from Naval Ravikant is that "It does not matter if the idea is yours". 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. It is useful in a way when you're just getting started on a journey, and are on your way to mastery. "𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁

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