How to choose an area of interest to focus on
Summary
- Don't just drift passively, but take action
Details
- Make yourself a big target for chance meetings by trying lots of things, meeting lots of people, reading lots of books and asking lots of questions.
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Quotes
What should you do if you're young and ambitious but don't know what to work on? What you should not do is drift along passively, assuming the problem will solve itself. You need to take action. But there is no systematic procedure you can follow. When you read biographies of people who've done great work, it's remarkable how much luck is involved. They discover what to work on as a result of a chance meeting, or by reading a book they happen to pick up. So you need to make yourself a big target for luck, and the way to do that is to be curious. Try lots of things, meet lots of people, read lots of books, ask lots of questions.