>I guess great people fall so much in love with their great ideas that it never occurs to them that the most important piece is finding the boundaries for where their work applies and where it does not.
Well said.
I think many ("normal") people would benefit from listening to this, but more importantly, by practicing it.
Re:What are you reading?
by DanielBMarkham on Tuesday September 01, 2009 @09:14AM
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Link for those who requested: http://www.teach12.com/ttcx/CourseDescLong2.aspx?cid=470
Looks like it's on sale -- you download audio or pick up the CDs for around a hundred bucks (DVD also available)
Then there's Wittgenstein, who did the same thing, except twice and with entirely separate ideas. He's the philosophical equivalent of one of those bands that makes a major stylistic change halfway through their career, lose a bunch of their fans, and pick up an entirely different set of fans.
Link for the interview?
What amazed me was how many of them came up with a good idea that was new and revolutionary -- and then spent the rest of their life taking the damn thing too far. I guess great people fall so much in love with their great ideas that it never occurs to them that the most important piece is finding the boundaries for where their work applies and where it does not.