A) Don’t just consume information passively – put it to use

A common challenge for people who love to learn is that they constantly force feed themselves more and more information, but never actually put it to use. The goals and the experiences that would enrich their lives get endlessly postponed, waiting for the “right” bit of knowledge they

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Choose depth over speed, always. Read long-form articles or books and you'll notice your mind slowly repairing itself. Build long projects, stick with something and don't give up too easily. Train your patience. Don't be scared of boredom.

Much as working with a piano teacher is not, fundamentally, about learning songs, but about using songs to push yourself; I now think of our projects, not as ends in themselves, but as means to help us improve the underlying process and ourselves. This helps put me in the right frame of mind. I want this essay to turn out well, of course. But the... See more

Invest Energy Into A Series Of Projects

Don’t learn skills.

Build projects.

Skills, like degrees, are practically useless in isolation.

A series of projects is how you move toward the life you want. If you want to receive, you must give, and keeping your knowledge in your head is a surefire way to become bitter about how smart you are and how little... See more

And look AI is useful. There are 1 billion essays approx about how useful it is (including mine). But my biggest gripe with relying on AI to do something creative—and here I mean, like, literally writing an essay for you, or doing your homework for you, or drawing something for you—is that you’re accepting the map as the territory. You are no... See more