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Almost everything in society is built by a few people. The best ideas and processes come from a small minority, the rest of us are just along for the ride



Actually, the rest of us are building things. The ideas and processes are the goals or blueprints that need to be implemented.

Today I watched four guys pour the foundation of a house using very conventional methods. Those four guys weren't along for the ride. They were building the house. True they didn't come up with the method, nor the concrete, but they did build part of the house.

Likewise, the person who made my taco last night might not have invented the taco but she did make it.

Very often the most impressive part of building something isn't the novelty, it's the raw effort.




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