PSA: to the extent that you think i am cool, i 0% did it this wayhttps://twitter.com/Kpaxs/status/1178263430706454528 …
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taxonomy of ways i became a cooler or better person: - luck - following my instincts - doing weird shit in irregular spurts i am way too much still the kid who coasted through school on raw intelligence to do things using routine and habit, and i have tried (and failed)
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@visakanv for consistently defending this kind of approach to life. can't find exactly the right tweet to quote but this one works:https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1169987062369439745 …QC added,
Visakan Veerasamy @visakanvkids in my DMs with ADHD symptoms are always surprised when I tell them that I don't think they should try to suppress their mind's wild swings. My advice is to develop the practice of taking meticulous notes instead. It worked for many prolific individuals throughout historyShow this thread1 reply 2 retweets 22 likesShow this thread -
i forgot to mention laziness as a key trait of mine, although arguably it goes under "following my instincts." my 7th grade math teacher once told me that my laziness was my most useful quality as a mathematician and she was 100% right
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i was too lazy to solve any problem the hard way so i kept looking for easier and easier ways. that consistently led me to better and better abstractions. why fill out a sheet of quadratic equations when you can rederive the quadratic formula? etc.
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