Highlights
- The work you choose needs to have three qualities: it has to be something you have a natural aptitude for, that you have a deep interest in, and that offers scope to do great work. (View Highlight)
- some of the biggest discoveries come from noticing connections between different fields. (View Highlight)
- Thereās a kind of excited curiosity thatās both the engine and the rudder of great work. (View Highlight)
- Knowledge expands fractally, and from a distance its edges look smooth, but once you learn enough to get close to one, they turn out to be full of gaps. (View Highlight)
- The three most powerful motives are curiosity, delight, and the desire to do something impressive. (View Highlight)
- You notice a crack in the surface of knowledge, pry it open, and thereās a whole world inside. (View Highlight)
- for most people who want to do great work, the right strategy is not to plan too much. (View Highlight)
- At each stage do whatever seems most interesting and gives you the best options for the future. (View Highlight)
- āstaying upwind. (View Highlight)
- You donāt just put out your sail and get blown forward by inspiration. (View Highlight)
- There are headwinds and currents and hidden shoals. So thereās a technique to working, just as there is to sailing. (View Highlight)
- Thatās the key: consistency. People who do great things donāt get a lot done every day. They get something done, rather than nothing. (View Highlight)