7. The Mission 'Voracious Learning & Polymaths'; Charlie Munger, Malcolm Gladwell, Bill Bryson,

This chat was inspired by The Mission's 'The Founders Of The World’s Five Largest Companies All Follow The 5-Hour Rule' - https://medium.com/the-mission/the-founders-of-the-worlds-five-largest-companies-all-follow-the-5-hour-rule-and-they-re-9ca82e93f3fc Quotes we like: - "First, the definitions. I define a voracious learner as someone who follows the 5-hour rule — dedicating at least five hours per week to deliberate learning. I define a polymath as someone who becomes competent in at least three diverse domains and integrates them into a skill set that puts them in the top 1% of their field. " - "When you become a voracious learner, you compound the value of everything you’ve learned in the past. When you become a polymath, you develop the ability to combine skills, and you develop a unique skill set, which helps you develop a competitive advantage." - “ When you become a voracious learner, you compound the value of everything you’ve learned in the past. When you become a polymath, you develop the ability to combine skills, and you develop a unique skill set, which helps you develop a competitive advantage” - “At the highest levels, learning isn’t something you do to prepare for your work. Learning is the most important work. It is the core competency to build. It’s the thing you never delegate. And it’s one of the ultimate drivers of long-term performance and success.” In the ensuring discussion we also touched on: - Amazon: CEO Jeff Bezos' 2018 shareholder letter - https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/18/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-2018-shareholder-letter.html - Dreyfus model of skill acquisition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_model_of_skill_acquisition - Abstract: The Art of Design | Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/80057883 - Narro: text to audio - https://www.narro.co/ - Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3228917-outliers - Forget The 10,000-Hour Rule; Edison, Bezos, & Zuckerberg Follow The 10,000-Experiment Rule - https://medium.com/@michaeldsimmons/forget-about-the-10-000-hour-rule-7b7a39343523 - Ray dalio "We tolerate mistakes. We don’t tolerate not learning from mistakes." https://www.principles.com/ - "The new basic principle is that in order to learn to avoid making mistakes, we must learn from our mistakes. To cover up mistakes is, therefore, the greatest intellectual sin." — Karl Popper - Bill Bryson: A Short History of Nearly Everything - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Short_History_of_Nearly_Everything - The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38210.The_Art_of_Happiness - The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil - https://www.amazon.com/Singularity-Near-Humans-Transcend-Biology/dp/0143037889 - Shoe Dog: Phil Knight - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0176M1A44/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Contact us at [email protected]