[khaledtaha]

While that makes for a great anecdote, there are action-oriented people should not be heeding that advice. An appropriate balance between rational ignorance and analysis paralysis must be struck. Otherwise, it's left to others to deal with your predisposition towards an extreme.

[Trufa]

Well yes, no quote applies perfectly for all situations, but IMHO there so much time being wasted on getting to know all the theoretical intricacies of startups without getting anything out there that this quote is great advice for many.

[Jtsummers]

Not with startups, but I'll admit to this fault for myself with technical content. I spent (I won't say wasted, I enjoyed it) a lot of time learning more theoretical areas of CS and software engineering without a need to apply it. The breadth of knowledge has proven useful in general, but often long after the reading and required some effort to relearn and apply properly. I would've been better off with more of a survey of the same topics (which could've meant surveying more topics in the same span) and then learning the details when I needed it.

[j45]

It can also be taken as you will read what you need to when you need to be solving it - instead of reading in advance.

[Jtsummers]

Lean learning. Just-in-time education.

[slilo]

Lazy learning. Information is getting as it needed

[seanmcdirmid]

Agile learning.

[j_s]

Sharing progress with mentor(s) who can point to resources at the right time makes this easier.

[j45]

Great idea.