How to Think Like a Genius 17-Every Day
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Rick Rosner)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2017/10/08
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I think the most profound principle is to do it every day. If you want to be a genius at something, or competent or good at something, you should do it every day.
Rick Rosner: Yea — I think that’s related to another principle: make it easy it on yourself. I go to the gym every day, but I don’t make it miserable for myself every day. I have books, and so I read the books. I have favorite machines, and so I use those machines. I’m too lazy after all these years to move plates on a free weight machine, and so it’s easier to simply move pegs on a weight machine, but I have a long string of consecutive days of going to the gym by making it easy.
Whatever it is, make it easy on yourself to do it, don’t make it a miserable ordeal every day, sometimes you can really push and at something, but if you’re going to do something every day, then you need to figure out the ways that doing it are as unmiserable as possible. There are people who are getting in your way or making you miserable, depends on how awful they are, but do what you can to sidestep jerks.
Do what you can to confront or avoid naysayers. Some people just need to — some people after -some people need to naturally see the negative possibilities in what you’re trying to do. That’s generally not helpful, but if people aren’t dickheads or messing with you on purpose then you can always go to them and say that your negativity or there’s a better word. Your criticism or lack of belief in me when you express it to me brings me down and makes it harder to do whatever I want to do.
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