Beginner

Part of a polymath’s invaluable skillset is knowing how to quickly find and synthesize the highest quality information. This concept known as skill stacking is central to a later chapter in this book.

Another advantage is flexibility. The polymath approach is about diversifying, and the more varied your resources, the more resilient and adaptable to change. It goes a little further than future-proofing your career—a real polymath designs their own career. They don’t have to worry about being left behind in dying industries; they’re the ones at

Polymaths find themselves in their position because of their natural intellectual curiosity.

But a polymath knows there are endless ways to combine what already exists.

The truth is that successful polymaths are primarily driven by insatiable curiosity, a love for their fields, a yearning for mastery, creativity and expression—or a blend of all of these.

Chapter 1. Jack of All Trades

T-Shaped Problems

Be probing and bold in thought; ask unusual questions and put things together that are ordinarily separate, just to see what happens.