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What has been the biggest surprise about getting older? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 149 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

This hit me more than a decade ago but the realization that nobody really knows what they're doing. Most people wing it their entire lives.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This one, everyone is winging it, and hopefully you get enough smart people in a room together they can come up with a solution.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Cooperative smart people. (someone who works with a lot of uncooperative smart people, smarter than me at least)

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago*

    Don't. I manage smart people. Divide the territory up. Getting them to work together at the edges. People are territorial, smart people are harder because they can give good reasons why they should get more territory. Everyone has their zone of control and everyone is happy.

    Also reminder: it is almost always better to have someone in pissing out vs out and pissing in.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago

    I was watching Peep Show recently and at one point Mark says "The world's just people walking around, going in to rooms and saying things." and that's the most succinct description of how the world works I think.

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