The Feynman Algorithm:
- Write down the problem.
- Think real hard.
- Write down the solution.
Too often the advice we get is approximately that useful (that is, the advice is utterly fatuous, masquerading as profundity).
“Start with the end in mind.” “Plan your work and work your plan.” These are intellectual potato chips.
This is a vapid little blog post, I admit. There is an idea in my head that is struggling to get out. It revolves around pundits looking profound but leaving you no better off (after hearing them speak or reading their books) than the day before you knew they existed.
How do I not be like that?
I’m leaving this here, half-baked, so that perhaps one day I will come back and find why I am so deeply dissatisfied with self-help and business books.
Maybe it’s like pop songs. They are churned out by the bushel. Most are crap. Maybe most of everything is crap.
How do I be not crap?