PART 3 · CHAPTER 19 · What To Do About It

The Traps

Most people who are early still lose. They lose to noise, hesitation, false motion, and the private satisfaction of having been too clever to try.

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WHAT THIS PAGE CONTAINS

A title, the published opening thesis and the chapter's section headings. The argument, evidence, examples and full prose remain in the book.

The chapter's route

  1. 01The Hype Trap
  2. 02The Paralysis Trap
  3. 03The Fake-Productivity Trap
  4. 04The Cynicism Trap
  5. 05The Shape of a Real Opportunity
  6. 06Choose a Lane, Then Learn Faster
  7. 07Build an Experiment Habit
  8. 08Keep Humans in the Right Places
  9. 09Measure What the Tool Changes
  10. 10Protect Your Attention
  11. 11Keep a Skeptic and a Builder at the Same Table
  12. 12The Traps Share a Root
  13. 13What Escaping Looks Like
  14. 14Early Is a Practice
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