My decisions also demonstrate how the jaggedness principle, context principle, and pathways principle ultimately all work hand in hand. To choose the right path for me—selecting the sequence of classes to take, for example—I had to know my own jaggedness (such as my low tolerance for boredom, as well as my ability to focus with laser intensity on those things that did manage to captivate me), and I had to know about the contexts where I would be performing (avoiding classes with kids I knew from high school, and seeking classes that focused on arguments and ideas). By knowing my jagged profile
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