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The reading/learning you are doing is entertainment. It's not that much better than watching TV - if anything it's worse because you can kid yourself into thinking you are doing work, or that it's important. You gotta do some work.
Read a couple of books by Barbara sher: Refuse to choose [0] She calls people like us "Scanners" and claims that our diversity of interests is not a weakness, but a strength. Then goes on techniques to make this skill work for us. [0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594863032/
Read a couple of books by Barbara sher: Refuse to choose [0] She calls people like us "Scanners" and claims that our diversity of interests is not a weakness, but a strength. Then goes on techniques to make this skill work for us. [0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594863032/
I might have to check this out. Im skeptical of it being a strength in today's world. So far, it seems to only be a weakness for me.
Read a couple of books by Barbara sher: Refuse to choose [0] She calls people like us "Scanners" and claims that our diversity of interests is not a weakness, but a strength. Then goes on techniques to make this skill work for us. [0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594863032/
I have been lucky enough to turn my passion into a successful software career working for someone else but I’ve always wanted to be self employed.
Read a couple of books by Barbara sher: Refuse to choose [0] She calls people like us "Scanners" and claims that our diversity of interests is not a weakness, but a strength. Then goes on techniques to make this skill work for us. [0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594863032/
Ex: OP wants to read "textbooks to learn basic concepts" and "swim in their ideas". That doesn't equal competence.
However, if you have strong expertise in a particular field and can find a way to utilize the ideas/learnings from a different field you're interested in then it might be useful. Big if though.
Read a couple of books by Barbara sher: Refuse to choose [0] She calls people like us "Scanners" and claims that our diversity of interests is not a weakness, but a strength. Then goes on techniques to make this skill work for us. [0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594863032/
I might have to check this out. Im skeptical of it being a strength in today's world. So far, it seems to only be a weakness for me.
95% of the time you'll be greeted with a "huh...interesting" and no follow up, but in my experience that remaining 5% can be pretty awesome when you stumble upon something that solves a problem in a way nobody else imagined.
The universe has a strange way of putting the pieces together eventually. It will make sense looking back on it. Continue to follow your intuition. I believe it is your higher purpose.
You might find that you hate trying to "do" something with your curiosities. It might feel more work than fun after a while. But I suspect that if you love learning about lots of different things, you'd enjoy sharing those things too (and teaching!). Blog, podcast, youtube videos. If you're in a major city, check and see if there's groups that could scratch your itch. Odd Salon ( https://oddsalon.com/ ) is really coo…