Continued from part 1
Part 2 of 3: The Gift of Knowledge
According to Eric S. Raymond in his essay about open-source development, “The Cathedral & the Bazaar,” the free market is an exchange economy based on the trading of scarce goods and services. Scarcity is what creates the value. Raymond argues that a gift economy, […]
Part 1 of 3: Finding the Right Words
No one has ever been “self-educated.” The term itself is wrong. It is a misnomer that is evidence of society’s inability to find the right words to describe the education process behind those who have not been educated in formal institutions. Frederick Douglass, as […]
Above is a sketch I’m doing for my newphew’s Boy Scout pack. While I’m on the subject of my nephew (Avery) check out his blog. Yes, my nephew blogs! Better yet, he blogs in support of the troops. You can link to it here:
The Popcorn Scholar
My brother, Cam, is supervising Avery’s […]
This week Squidoo launched an offshoot project called SquidWho. I’ve been a fan of Squidoo since the beginning due to its usefulness in aggregating different technologies to share knowledge. SquidWho has some nice features and I’ve decided to make webpages (which Squidoo calls lenses) about some of the people who have influenced me.
Here […]
Collaborating and learning from others is essential to intellectual development. Being self-taught is a misnomer; after all, no one learns in a vacuum.
I encourage those who like to draw, and those who would like to learn to draw, to post their artwork over at Drawingboard.org. You may have noticed it among […]
Recently, Seth Godin published a book called The Dip which is about concentrating only on the things you can be the best at, and pushing through the obstacles to make it happen.
If you’ve been following my posts on creating expertise, it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at something. Noticeable ability, […]
Last week my younger brother, Cam, sent me an article posted on MSNBC titled, To get a post-military job, drop the jargon, GI, written by Eve Tahmincioglu. The article gives military personnel advice in transitioning to the civilian world. Aside from the article’s condescending and stereotypical attitude (which Cam responded to in his blog) […]
As mentioned before in part 1 of the Unchain Your Brain series, it takes about 5 to 10 years to become an expert at something. With artists, this progress gets depicted visually and thus provides an easy means to demonstrate the 10,000 hours principle.
Below are two pencil drawings done by me. […]
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To excel in any profession, in which but few arrive at mediocrity, is the most decisive mark of what is called genius or superior talents.
— Adam Smith
Make it a point to become an expert at something. While you’re […]
As Seth Godin points out in his blog, many kids think they need to get into a good school and form their whole lives around this quest. Many apply but few get in.
Ironically, Semper Fi House’s foundingest founder, Capt Michael Hallinan found out that he was not offered admission to Harvard, Columbia, or MIT for […]
