The more you challenge yourself to break out of the mold, you'll find that instead of things happening, you make them happen.
PG has a similar take with his definition of an animal, although it's not 100% the same thing:
> What it means specifically depends on the job: a salesperson who just won't take no for an answer; a hacker who will stay up till 4:00 AM rather than go to bed leaving code with a bug in it; a PR person who will cold-call New York Times reporters on their cell phones; a graphic designer who feels physical pain when something is two millimeters out of place.
I suspect he defines 'crazy' as being unconventional and different and 'productive' as 'great success'. With those definition, I think he means to say that your chance of success significantly improves if you attempt something unconventional and different.
His strategy is similar to the many epsilon greedy strategies in CS.
Reasonable don't you think?
I agree. Although it is simpler to intend to act crazy than to actually act crazy. But then again it also starts with the little things. Maybe you don't need to start by quitting your job; instead search for the small things. That way, it is less of an overcoming, too.
The idea that a small percentage of inputs account for a large percentage of outputs does not mean that unexpected inputs account for a large percentage of the outputs. I see your thought pattern that unexpected events are rare, and thus, small in number, and thus, qualify as a small percentage of inputs. However, that does NOT mean that being unpredictable will have a large effect on the outcome of your situation and it definitely does not mean that those effects will be positive. Besides, if you are always unpredictable as a rule, then you are, by definition, predictable, and have just defeated your own purpose.
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[ 227 ms ] story [ 26.5 ms ] threadThe more you challenge yourself to break out of the mold, you'll find that instead of things happening, you make them happen.
PG has a similar take with his definition of an animal, although it's not 100% the same thing:
> What it means specifically depends on the job: a salesperson who just won't take no for an answer; a hacker who will stay up till 4:00 AM rather than go to bed leaving code with a bug in it; a PR person who will cold-call New York Times reporters on their cell phones; a graphic designer who feels physical pain when something is two millimeters out of place.
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