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The Difficulty Is the Point, Not an Obstacle to It

The most valuable skills are the ones that almost no one does well from the start. The difficulty isn't an obstacle to value—it's the mechanism that creates it, and learning to find meaning in the struggle is what separates leaders who plateau from those who keep compounding.
Posted by Benjamin Trent 2026-03-14
I am a CTO. I have been doing this for over 15 years. I am also a husband, a father, a student of history, a chess player, a pianist, a hiker, and many other things.

This is a place to share my thoughts on what it means to be a CTO.
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