Comments on: On themes, jealousy, and focus

By: Jared Goralnick

Jared Goralnick — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:59:44 +0000

Thanks, Gayle, I enjoyed your post, too : )

By: Gayle Spook

Gayle Spook — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:10:05 +0000

This a great post, and good “kick” to get me thinking about my mantra for 2009. I’ve dubbed it “don’t eat yellow snow.” I describe this in more detail on the blog, but the heart of it is don’t bother going where others have already marked their territory, and be brave enough to be original in all spheres of life.

By: Jared Goralnick

Jared Goralnick — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:36:44 +0000

Victoria, you’re absolutely right about the challenge. I feel like I’m overdue for a learning spree, especially when I’m surrounded by, well, really smart people (which is sometimes). I have an interview I’ll be posting here soon that touches on this, but I don’t know the answer since the interviewee is saying that one should really spend hours every day learning.

It’s a tough balance, but I think it’s a matter of what stage you’re at. Food for future thought. Thanks as always for your insight.

Thanks, Jen! :-)

By: Jen Gunner

Jen Gunner — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:19:38 +0000

I really like this post. Thanks for putting up content that is refreshing and useful. Much appreciated and it is definitely the reason I am a regular reader of your blog. Thanks Jared.

By: Victoria Pickering

Victoria Pickering — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:27:31 +0000

Jared -
You’re addressing a key issue that is becoming harder and harder as distractions multiply in today’s environment and one is tempted to work on or find out about anything and everything. I agree with you about the need to screen off working on tangents if you want to succeed on your core ambitions and goals. I think one of the hardest parts, though, is to keep a broad focus on learning and taking in information – because it is often learning about things that seem totally tangential that will end up creating the rich knowledge base that fuels future core ambitions and goals – and yet be disciplined enough to not get tempted into working on everything one is finding out about.

Also, if you have any tips about productivity as it applies to learning, I’d be very interested.

By: AdamSinger (AdamSinger)

AdamSinger (AdamSinger) — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 04:59:59 +0000

On themes, jealousy, and focus: http://tinyurl.com/d34hal