"4" is not something you find in life right away. Finding a passion should never be the first goal you think of, some may never find a true passion worth follow

"4" is not something you find in life right away. Finding a passion should never be the first goal you think of, some may never find a true passion worth following. That's okay, because not everyone is this way. A good example of a "4" is elon musk. His motivation stems from reading Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy at any early age. He stuck to the same quotes that motivated him today. That is true passion. I have a friend who is very good at "4". Knowing "4" as a deep level, helps you identify similar "4"s. People will remember you as that person with a strong "4" and drive inspiration from you. My "4" is pretty generic. Its to give back to all the technology that has defined me growing up. This is the internet, TV shows, video games, smartphones, etc I have taken for granted in this generation. And by definition, the hardware and software to enable those things to be. That's my reasoning. Anything that benefits the persuit of my "4" is fun to me. I like building tools to empower others, my guiding philsophy is similar to Douglas_Engelbart, inventor of computer mouse. "4" is the small things in life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Engelbart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Engelbart. > guiding philosophies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPYeCltXpxw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPYeCltXpxw. > how, why what ------------------------------------------------------------------ The "how" of "4" is driven by 2 different things: - Automation - Documentation Growing up, I have always been obsessed with automation. This is because I started working at the age of 13. And had to do a lot of tedious inefficient tasks that gave me a lot of time to mull on. I transitioned this obsession into MMO's, which has taught me everything I know about business today. Its defined me for better or worst. My automation obsession has lead me to constantly critique myself, can I do things better? is there a faster way to learn XYZ? Do I really need to move my finger farther than I need to on the keyboard? Does this UX respond well to minimal eye fatigue? The obsession of documentation I have stems from dealing with logical infallacies growing up. I was always told that I was wrong because I clearly was not experienced or old enough to understand. I would journal things religiously - and I made an effort to document everything I do. I still very religiously do this today, I have made over 13,000+ gifs/images, 2000+ videos tracked of things I watched, 1000+ softwares documented of things I used, 5000+ items of things I've researched and bought/tried out. I have different methods of tracking this, this is my obsession with documentation The "2" is what I defined as the "what". From the "why" and "how, that "what" could be been many things. It could be working on computervision / embedded hardware. It could be manufacturer automation in industrial sectors. Or business processes. Minimalistic UX designs for marketing purposes. Those are all derivatives of automation & documentation. Literally, everything is automation & documentation in some form or another. But I've done 3 years of semiconductor / metallurgical lab research. I learned that I hate doing research, and slow changes. I don't believe in reinventing the wheel or experimenting things on unsure success. This makes me a poor scientist and an aspiring 10x engineer. I grab the lowest hanging fruits of the "whats". It simply what makes money with the least amount of effort. 95% quotation needed of things needed to be done are just CRUD webapps. This is why I've chosen only to learn ruby/rails,javascript,python,react for now, and later C++/C/C#. Down the road, I wish to expand this into machine learning, datascience, and embedded hardware. Strictly, There's many things in imaging / video processing that I wish to learn e.g FFMPEG, and these all tie into automation/documentation. I am starting to outgrow all the software I've used, and wish for many things that do not yet exist. Regardless of what things change down the road in my life, these obsessions of mine with automation, and documentation, will never go away. It defines me. Neither will my motivation for building tools to empower others, including myself ------------------------------------------------------------------ ## TLDR https://commoncog.com/blog/so-good-they-cant-ignore-you/ https://commoncog.com/blog/so-good-they-cant-ignore-you/ → this blog suggests "2" and "4". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZoJKF_VuA&vl=en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZoJKF_VuA&vl=en → "Ted talk, how why what". "4" is the "why" and the "how" to me. "2" is the "what" to me. "why" is giving back to this ideal, of culture and media only made possible with the advent of technology. Its the small, taken for granted things in life. "how" is automation and documentation to me. "what" is large and encompassing, but I've chosen for now the lowest hanging fruit, the 95% problem, CRUD webapps. Ruby/rails, javascript, react, python suit my needs just fine now. On a slow ongoing basis, I wish to tackle the 5% problem. C++/C#/C, embedded hardware, machine learning, computervision. With this I need a deeper understanding of math, computer science, and electrical engineering. Here's a crappy diagram of my professional goals in life. https://i.imgur.com/nTyvVOR.png https://i.imgur.com/nTyvVOR.png ------------------------------------------------------------------ Everything that falls outside the scope of automation and documentation, generally do not interest me. These are things like research topics that don't intersect my goals, e.g. chemistry, biology, etc. Things that also fall in the scope of automation and documentation, in some way form or another. This is callisthetics, rock climbing, jiu jitsu automation physically. Space repetition learning, notetaking, UX design, automation mentally. Those are just some examples. Documentation would be blogging and youtubing among other things. The latter I persued in the past with some success, but wish to do so again sometime later. Not sure what it would be, granted the one youtuber I really look up to is Tom Scott. Instead of having the "why" as inspiration, I want to be the "why" to others and for myself. The storyteller, not the reader. This could be in many forms, from writing, to building tools that make an impact on others. Drawing inspiration from things I accomplished in the past, etc. Its still a long progress, but having a "4" or "why" really drives me everyday in persuing my goals