Yesterday a friend called, quite frustrated to be very stuck on a project. My impulse was to find ways to unstick him, but I realized: we absolutely have to cultivate the ability to be content while totally stuck! If we're doing interesting work, we'll be stuck most of our lives!
Conversation
Have you read mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017/09/20/the ? Andrew Wiles arguing that being comfortable with being stuck is the most important trait in a mathematician. I'm a big fan of it.
3
1
16