Lütke: Generalists can reach 80% mastery in five fields simultaneously
Tobi Lütke · Tobi Lütke: Calm Progress · Nov 15, 2022 · at 1:23:55
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke explains the mechanics of rapid domain acquisition and the compounding skill of learning.
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“Pareto principle alone tells you that first 80% of every field can be done 20% of the time. You can develop easily five fields for in to a degree of eight out of 10 While the specialist is just looking at primary topic, right? So and frankly, this is even incorrect, because learning the next thing is significantly faster than learning the previous thing, because the skill set of learning is itself a skill set, and it's actually your skill set of how quickly you are learning, which determines how long it takes you to pick up any kind of new field to a set in the eight or 10 out of 10.”
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