Polymaths is someone curious and knowledgeable across various fields and skills. If you want to learn a bit more about what it means to be a polymath, [this article](https://salman.io/blog/polymath-playbook/) is a captivating piece to read from a rather diversified one. An idea I resonated with: _polymaths have no choice but to become one due to their breadth of passions and their insatiable curiosity._ Reading has helped me realize that although I do have all these interest~~s~~, I should have a core one that I value, and use the others to help support it [[T-shaped knowledge]]). In this case, I guess it would be personal knowledge management, with entrepreneurship, content creation, programming, and philosophy as assistants? A book that goes into this is [[Range Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World]] ## Benefits - Helps create [[Mental representations]] from common patterns found across disciplines, which can lead to creative solutions and understandings - ![[The Da Vinci Principle — Habits of a Genius Polymath#^o1oigb]] - Helps find a pursuit or career intrinsically fulfilling to them as you embark on [[The pathless path]] - This is also known as [[Ikigai]] ## Qualities ![[The Da Vinci Principle — Habits of a Genius Polymath#^07sxao]] - In the start of my journey, all of those would have applied to me. Now only the last 2 do 😁 - The goal isn't to actively try and be a polymath, the goal is to actively do what we're passionate about. Only later on can our efforts compound and synthesize. ## Resources - [Modern polymath manifesto](https://www.reddit.com/r/ModernPolymath/s/7NQ8LqdQHc) ## Related - [[Indecisive on what to focus on]]