Well now I _have_ to read it..
I could have written the paragraph Mike wrote that is quoted here.. so sorry
he shot himself in the foot in that way
ann
AlunFoto wrote:
Interesting essay.
On one hand he advocates not to persist at something you're not good
at, in order to spend time doing things that brings you more sense of
achiement. On the other hand, all his examples revolve around monetary
reward as the sole gauge of achievement.
Shoots his own logic in the foot, in my opinion.
Jostein
2011/3/11 Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com>:
Mike Johnston on not feeling obligated to shoot (or try) *everything* ...
"Ever since then, I've been suspicious of the idea of persistence. It's a
great, grand old American myth, of course: we're always telling ourselves
that persistence and perseverence are crucial to success. But many
people—including a few I could name—persist at failure. They keep trying,
all right. But they keep trying to do things they already should have
learned they're no good at."
http://goo.gl/PhVNd
One of Mike's best essays. He also admits to actually loving a cat once, and
taking a couple of cat pix.
-bmw
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