When you steal, focus on specifics, not general impressions. Capture concrete facts: the angle of a golfer’s left elbow at the top of the backswing; the curve of a surgeon’s wrist; the precise shape and tension of a singer’s lips as he hits that high note; the exact length of time a comedian pauses before delivering the punch line.
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in sports, this makes a lot of sense, in business, this often feels super strange and useless (e.g. startup books suddenly talking about their specific UI wireframe software)
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see also, kind of ← ~ experts will do many things differently from their peers, not all of them relevant