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My friend said to skip the intro chapter of our book club pick and I should have listened
We were reading 'The Overstory' and my buddy Mark told me the first 80 pages were just character setup and to jump ahead. I read it all anyway and felt totally lost for our first meeting in April. Turns out he was right, everyone else who skipped ahead got the main plot way faster. Now I'm nervous about our next book, 'Cloud Cuckoo Land'. Should I just trust the group's advice on pacing from now on?
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the_xena17d ago
Trust the group's advice" sounds like a solid plan for next time.
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the_william17d ago
Hold up, trusting the group is how you get stuck in an echo chamber. Groups often push for the safe, popular choice that kills any original idea. Saw a team vote for a basic design last week because it was familiar, totally missing a better, simpler fix one person had. Sometimes the crowd is just wrong.
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jenny_hall17d ago
Remember when my friend's whole team agreed to use that clunky old software? They spent months on it before someone finally spoke up about a better option that was right in front of them the whole time. The group can miss the obvious.
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