So You Want to be an Expert? You Can Be.

Monday, August 16th, 2010

By “expert” I mean world-class, whether or not you’re super smart or super talented. I’m starting to lose my faith in innate “talent” after some recent reading.   Two of the books are Talent is Overrated and Outliers.   I’ve got another book on this topic coming, too, more on the inspirational side of things.   Some of […]

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Art and Science: Something Powerful in Common

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

I’ve been thinking about how hard it is to sell stories, to make a living as an artist, and how there are parallels with how hard it is to publish papers and to secure grants in science.   There are some key differences, of course, but there’s something powerful in common, too. As an artist, a […]

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