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Dr. Jim Salvucci's avatar

Not sure. I was unconscious of it until my boss pointed it out three decades ago. It may result from a combination of my being overawed by authority due to my 12 years of Catholic schooling and my being appalled by authority due to my 12 years of Catholic schooling.

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Another excellent, informative, and insightful post! Many decades ago, my boss (one of a half-handful of decent ones I had) told me he liked assigning new projects to me because I always did what I was told at first and then started innovating. Although I was not aware of this tendency, he was right, and I have used that technique ever since. It is my version of first principles. Learn how something is done by doing it conventionally and then figure out how do it better.

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