The smartest thing you can do: realize you aren't that smar… - Dickie Bush

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The smartest thing you can do: realize you aren't that smart.

The best operators know what they know, but more importantly what they don't know.

Double down on what you know. Surround yourself with people who know everything else.

Dickie Bush

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Dickie Bush, a former BlackRock hedge fund trader and Princeton graduate, became a leading figure in online writing and digital entrepreneurship. He co-founded Ship 30 for 30 with Nicolas Cole, a popular 30-day writing program that has served over 10,000 participants, and runs the Premium Ghostwriting Academy while sharing insights on audience building and atomic essays through his Substack and X.

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