Minsuk Kang 강민석
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Minsuk Kang 강민석
Four steps: choose a field, learn enough to get to the frontier, notice gaps, explore promising ones. This is how practically everyone who's done great work has done it, from painters to physicists.
Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work
Quotes from Taleb’s The Bed of Procrustes.
You don't need a goal, you need a theme:
"With a theme, happiness becomes more about how you behave rather than what you achieve. Life is not a series of wins and losses. Though our highs and lows may shock us, lift us up, and forever shape our memories, they do not define us. Most of life happens in the in-between,... See more
The cowards never started and the weak died along the way. That leaves us, ladies and gentlemen. Us.
Phil Knight • Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
It's hard to find work you love; it must be, if so few do. So don't underestimate this task. And don't feel bad if you haven't succeeded yet. In fact, if you admit to yourself that you're discontented, you're a step ahead of most people, who are still in denial. If you're surrounded by colleagues who claim to enjoy work that you find contemptible,... See more