The fastest way to get better
is to be the worst one in the room.
Play with people above your level
and something happens
no practice room can teach.
You hear where you're loose.
You feel the tempo they hold
that you keep dropping.
You reach for notes
you didn't know you had.
It's uncomfortable.
That discomfort is the lesson.
Stay the best player in every room
and you'll stay exactly as good
as you are today.
The room raises you
or it keeps you where you are.
Choose rooms that raise you.
Same with code.
Sit next to people better than you
and steal everything you can.
– Serguey Asael Shinder
