Stop Trying to Be Original

Stop Trying to Be Original

Originality doesn’t exist. Stop chasing it. In fact, this is not accurate – we do recognize when something is fresh and new, different from things we’ve seen before. But the occasions in which it’s truly “new, revolutionary, never-seen-before” are incredibly rare. Most often what we consider to be original is just a new combination of…

Why Following Your Passion Doesn’t Work (And What To Do Instead)

Why Following Your Passion Doesn’t Work (And What To Do Instead)

I’ve seen a quote somewhere that says, “we don’t choose our gifts, they choose us”. It caught my eye because just a couple of years ago I would strongly disagree. I always believed that anyone could do anything, it’s just a matter of priorities and effort. But since then, my opinion has shifted. The Death…

Journaling and Rubber Duckies

Journaling and Rubber Duckies

There’s a debugging method, common among software developers, called “Rubber Duck Debugging”. Debugging – finding errors (“bugs”) in the code that prevent it from performing as expected. According to this method, when a developer is stuck on a problem they can’t solve, they take a rubber ducky and articulate the problem they’re trying to solve…