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We have all become used to the notion that we live in a world with no more unexplored frontiers. We speak of pioneering as a thing of the past. We are encouraged to think that future breakthroughs will come from Ph.D.’s in white coats, wielding astronomically expensive equipment. This is a colossal mistake, especially in the field of philosophy, the true realm of ideas. In the world of ideas, there is always pioneering to be done, and any one of us can do it, using the equipment with which we have been endowed, our minds. The Great Ideas belong to everyone.
How to Think About the Great Ideas
Mortimer Adler;Mortimer Jerome Adler
Like many artists, he was stimulated by being with people of diverse interests and (willing to contradict himself in his notebooks) declared, “Drawing in company is much better than alone.”4 The impulses of his grandfather and uncle, who both practiced the quiet country life, were imprinted in Leonardo’s imagination but not practiced in his life.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Walter Isaacson
In summary, one of the best ways to ensure your habits remain satisfying over the long-run is to pick behaviors that align with your personality and skills. Work hard on the things that come easy.
Atomic Habits
James Clear
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