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Polymathy or Jack of all trades mentality is the new self-help. Ever since I started this journey in 2022, I've become a better writer, more fit, and motivated

Polymathy or Jack of all trades mentality is the new self-help. Ever since I started this journey in 2022, I've become a better writer, more fit, and motivated overall. I recommend building your polymathy journey like RPG stats. Your five stats are: Strength, Intellect, Creativity, Spritituality, and Charisma. Then you tie your hobbies together with these stats. If you feel like one of your stats is low, then you practice it. Reading Range and Thinking Like Leonardo Da Vinci will also teach you to think like a multidisciplinary thinker. The hardest part of this path is balancing your time, but the trade off is amazing. Even though I'm not a super-genius, I feel like I can do anything I put my mind on.

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drekipus 2y ago
i wonder how much of it is just that: "encouraging you that you can do anything" / abundance mindset. I got into self-help and polymathy at a younger age and it quite literally pulled me out of poverty because I believed that I could. Now that I'm older, I realise and understand that I'm actually not the best at everything, but I can do a little bit of everything to a sound standard, and that most other people can once they give it a little try and work through the beginner mistakes. Some people have a real geniune fear of either: 1. Mistakes and being wrong, or 2. Learning, and having to understand something that is different to what they know currently. I deal with people in camps 1 & 2 every day, so I'd love to find a way to help them overcome both.
- Cringehipster 2y ago
  What helped me in camp 1 was having a mentor who didn't freak out about my mistakes. That and quotes like "failure is the way forward" and "Failure doesn't define you." Camp 2 is interesting. I've met people who didn't know the value of learning. Learning prevents mental disease. Yet not many people go home to learn something new, even when it's proven to help you in all areas of life. Hopefully, you find the answer for this.

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drekipus 2y ago

i wonder how much of it is just that: "encouraging you that you can do anything" / abundance mindset. I got into self-help and polymathy at a younger age and it quite literally pulled me out of poverty because I believed that I could. Now that I'm older, I realise and understand that I'm actually not the best at everything, but I can do a little bit of everything to a sound standard, and that most other people can once they give it a little try and work through the beginner mistakes. Some people have a real geniune fear of either: 1. Mistakes and being wrong, or 2. Learning, and having to understand something that is different to what they know currently. I deal with people in camps 1 & 2 every day, so I'd love to find a way to help them overcome both.

Cringehipster 2y ago
What helped me in camp 1 was having a mentor who didn't freak out about my mistakes. That and quotes like "failure is the way forward" and "Failure doesn't define you." Camp 2 is interesting. I've met people who didn't know the value of learning. Learning prevents mental disease. Yet not many people go home to learn something new, even when it's proven to help you in all areas of life. Hopefully, you find the answer for this.