Thomas Kwa’s Effectiveness is a Conjunction of Multipliers seems relevant. He factors multipliers into judgment (sort of maps to your ‘direction’, or research taste I guess), ambition (which counts hard work as a driver), and risk appetite. Some domains seem to reward hard work superlinearly, probably worth looking out for those. You shouldn’t skip leg day because you’d miss out on multipliers (that phrase came from SBF of all people). Also finding multipliers is hard and information-gathering is particularly valuable when it helps you find a multiplier and figure out if you can apply it to your personal situation (I’m cribbing most of these from Thomas and the comments).
Thomas Kwa’s Effectiveness is a Conjunction of Multipliers seems relevant. He factors multipliers into judgment (sort of maps to your ‘direction’, or research taste I guess), ambition (which counts hard work as a driver), and risk appetite. Some domains seem to reward hard work superlinearly, probably worth looking out for those. You shouldn’t skip leg day because you’d miss out on multipliers (that phrase came from SBF of all people). Also finding multipliers is hard and information-gathering is particularly valuable when it helps you find a multiplier and figure out if you can apply it to your personal situation (I’m cribbing most of these from Thomas and the comments).