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So far as I know,   <br/><blockquote>
so<br/> far as I know, and I’ve been told by others, much of what I say applies<br/> to many fields. Outstanding work is characterized very much the same<br/> way in most fields[.]   </p>
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One of the characteristics   <br/><blockquote>
One<br/> of the characteristics you see, and many people have it including great<br/> scientists, is that usually when they were young they had independent<br/> thoughts and had the courage to pursue them.   </p>
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One of the characteristics   <br/><blockquote>
One<br/> of the characteristics of successful scientists is having courage. Once<br/> you get your courage up and believe that you can do important problems,<br/> then you can. If you think you can’t, almost surely you are not going<br/> to.   </p>
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What most people think are the best working conditions   <br/><blockquote>
What<br/> most people think are the best working conditions, are not. Very<br/> clearly they are not because people are often most productive when<br/> working conditions are bad.   </p>
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What appears to be a fault   <br/><blockquote>
What<br/> appears to be a fault, often, by a change of viewpoint, turns out to be<br/> one of the greatest assets you can have.   </p>
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The more you know, the more you learn   <br/><blockquote>
The<br/> more you know, the more you learn; the more you learn, the more you can<br/> do; the more you can do, the more the opportunity – it is very much<br/> like compound interest.   </p>
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On this matter of drive   <br/><blockquote>
On<br/> this matter of drive Edison says, “Genius is 99% perspiration and 1%<br/> inspiration.” He may have been exaggerating, but the idea is that solid<br/> work, steadily applied, gets you surprisingly far. The steady<br/> application of effort with a little bit more work, intelligently<br/> applied is what does it. That’s the trouble; drive, misapplied, doesn’t<br/> get you anywhere. I’ve often wondered why so many of my good friends at<br/> Bell Labs who worked as hard or harder than I did, didn’t have so much<br/> to show for it. The misapplication of effort is a very serious matter.<br/> Just hard work is not enough – it must be applied sensibly.  <br/> </p>
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If you do not work on an important problem,   <br/><blockquote>
If you do not work on an important problem, it’s unlikely you’ll do important work. It’s perfectly obvious.   </p>
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If you want to do great work,   <br/><blockquote>
If you want to do great work, you clearly must work on important problems, and you should have an idea.   </p>
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there is a pretty good correlation   <br/><blockquote>
there<br/> is a pretty good correlation between those who work with the doors open<br/> and those who ultimately do important things, although people who work<br/> with doors closed often work harder. Somehow they seem to work on<br/> slightly the wrong thing – not much, but enough that they miss<br/> fame.   </p>
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by altering the problem, by looking at the thing differently   <br/><blockquote>
I<br/> suggest that by altering the problem, by looking at the thing<br/> differently, you can make a great deal of difference in your final<br/> productivity because you can either do it in such a fashion that people<br/> can indeed build on what you’ve done, or you can do it in such a<br/> fashion that the next person has to essentially duplicate again what<br/> you’ve done. It isn’t just a matter of the job, it’s the way you write<br/> the report, the way you write the paper, the whole attitude. It’s just<br/> as easy to do a broad, general job as one very special case. And it’s<br/> much more satisfying and rewarding!   </p>
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one of the reasons is drive and commitment.   <br/><blockquote>
Well,<br/> one of the reasons is drive and commitment. The people who do great<br/> work with less ability but who are committed to it, get more done that<br/> those who have great skill and dabble in it, who work during the day<br/> and go home and do other things and come back and work the next day.<br/> They don’t have the deep commitment that is apparently necessary for<br/> really first-class work. They turn out lots of good work, but we were<br/> talking, remember, about first-class work. There is a difference. Good<br/> people, very talented people, almost always turn out good work. We’re<br/> talking about the outstanding work, the type of work that gets the<br/> Nobel Prize and gets recognition.   </p>
