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		rmundo on July 2, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I assume I'm below average It pays to be able to flexibly switch my mindset in a way that is beneficial to myself. On the one hand, I want to always feel there is room for improvement. On the other, I don't want always be feeling inadequate compared to other members of my comparison group. It's easy to keep measuring yourself against an ever tighter, ever more elite group of people. The pressure is not always worth it.

lemming on July 2, 2010 [–]

This is a great point - this is a really easy trap to fall into reading about programming on the internet, for example.

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