Here are SIX things I learned, thought were interesting, or found useful. Negative Capability In 1817, a 22-year-old poet named John Keats wrote a letter to his brothers to catch them up on what he’d been doing and thinking about. He saw a play, wrote a review for a newspaper, dined with a friend whose company and […]
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SIX at 6: Revisiting, Einstein’s Talentlessness, Dumb Obsession, Wants Vs. Musts, Mindy Kaling, and Taking Pains
Here are SIX things I learned, thought were interesting, or found useful. The Bus Ticket Theory Revisited In the first ever SIX at 6, I included The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius. Paul Graham, founder of Y Combinator, says that in the recipe for doing great things, one ingredient often gets overlooked: an obsessive interest. Since that […]
SIX at 6: Getting Bored, No-Go Circuits, The Lion Vs. The Cow, The Most Dangerous Form of Procrastination, Moving Slower, and Stopping Points
Here are SIX things I learned, thought were interesting, or found useful. Find The Time To Get Bored I’m increasingly fascinated by the vast number of benefits of spending chunks of time being bored and by what the mind is doing when you aren’t doing anything. And, by the vast number of forces that prevent […]