Personal Development For Polymaths – The Ebook
February 5th, 2012
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What do Leonardo da Vinci, Bruce Lee, and Steve Jobs have in common? Find out in my new free ebook, Personal Development for Polymaths.
This is the ebook I should have written a long time ago, when I refocused my blog on…well, personal development for polymaths. When everyone and their grandmother expects you to pick a niche, it can be hard to meet expectations and also feel like a complete human being.
So what is the aspiring polymath to do? Everything they want, but you have to be smart about it, and not just chase every shiny object.
Whether your interests include reading, writing, drawing, running, dancing, swimming, cooking, singing, gardening, or underwater basket weaving, this ebook will give you tips for getting the most from a world of infinite possibilities.
February 6th, 2012 at 11:38 am
Hi Hunter,
Great stuff! Glad Im still following your website. Hope all is well!
Cheers,
Jeremy
February 6th, 2012 at 3:36 pm
I want to read this so much, just because I read the opening quote!
I hope my flatmates won’t mind if I spraypaint it on our wall
Specializations is for insects!!!
Daniel
February 6th, 2012 at 4:42 pm
Finished now,
Thanks for the book, this was a good inspiration source
February 6th, 2012 at 9:05 pm
@ Jeremy, good to know you’re still around too. I see you’ve been writing about food and exercise lately. Since that happens to be a new focus of mine, I’ll stop by and check out those posts.
@ Daniel, I think you could spraypaint it, if you get a big sheet of paper, cut the letters out, tape it on the wall, and spray through the holes. Good luck!
February 7th, 2012 at 3:09 pm
Looking forward to reading this! I enjoyed your ambidexterity book and am reading another one (Whole Brain Power). This one is next!
February 7th, 2012 at 4:36 pm
Thanks for this ebook! I’m a polymath, but until the last year or so I was always trying to find some unifying formula – some perfect ONE thing to aim at. Your book helps us to pursue our passions (plural – yea!) without feeling like we must be expert level at everything we try.
February 8th, 2012 at 12:02 am
@ Bert, I hadn’t heard of Whole Brain Power, but it sounds like something I need to read.
@ Christie, simply accepting that there isn’t one perfect thing is a huge step for most of us. It frees us up to enjoy all the wonderful yet imperfect things without guilt.
February 18th, 2012 at 9:13 pm
man! this is awesome. i love all ur books especially this one. i learned somethin new/
February 20th, 2012 at 1:38 am
Going to read this now! Thank you already!
February 26th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Oh right, so there’s a name for it. And there’s me thinking I was just “Jill of all trades, master of none”. I know a lot of things, and I am interested in and do a lot of things, but I wouldn’t say I’m outstanding in any of them … except maybe procrastination. Which is a shame, because if I was particularly good at ONE thing, I could focus on that, rather than being perfectly decent at a lot of different things and not knowing what I’m supposed to be doing.
Anyway, thanks for clearing that up, I feel better now, and cheers for the ebook, am reading it now and finding it very interesting.