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I used to optimise for awesomeness. My guiding principle was that if handed an object, I should be able to impress someone with it.
If your friends were also optimizing for awesomeness and your guiding principle was widely known, this ought to lead to the unanticipated appearance of some very interesting objects in the vicinity.
Why do you no longer do that?
There is no limit to the amount of time you can throw at developing some arbitrary impressive talent. At the moment I'm optimising for linear algebra and statistics instead. Personally, I think this is a different kind of awesome, but fewer people want to hear about the pros and cons of a given econometric model.
Consider looking for people with different awe receptors, and hang out with them if you can find them. ;-)