Polymath has a very elegant definition on Google.
It's defined as:
A person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning.
In today's climate, we should all be striving to be a polymath.
The era of linear knowledge is a thing of the past.
Nowadays, it's a game of cross combining fields to become an intellectual giant.
An entrepreneur in the information age is code for:
'Become a polymath or fade away...'
To be an entrepreneur in the information age, a lot of skillsets are needed.
The ability to market yourself, talk in front of a camera, write, build a product, network, learn, think critically, basic website setup, hiring people, firing people...
etc.
And if you're like most entrepreneurs, bootstrapping will be needed in the beginning.
Where the individual putts their own money into the business.
One of the portals to becoming an effortless polymath is no longer competing with others.
This is the key portal to make the journey to polymath, fun.
Competition mindset was king in the industrial age.
The world of Zero-sum games.
But it's an outdated mode of thinking in the information age.
In the information age, it's a game of cooperation.
The world of Positive-sum games.
We enjoy cooperating with people who have certain differences than us.
So when we come together, we are able to do something together ...that we may not have been able to do solo.
I had this one connect who was brilliant in web design, but hated public speaking.
I was in UHA & sucked with web design.
So we decided to trade skill for a skill.
He would help me with my site & I would help him craft a speech.
Both parties won.
Another reason, competition mindset doesn't work as well in the information age is because it gets you too body focused.
Whenever we are body focused, it's like 'yo there's not enough out there!' and we move in a limited manner.
With mind centered focus, the game changes.
We become much larger.
By becoming a larger version of ourselves, now learning becomes fun.
It's a game of following the trail.
And seeing what works in which situation.
Knowledge combines whether we want it to combine or not.
A person who learns about Coca Cola for 5 years... and learns about Dish Soap for 5 years will strangely see parallels between the 2 worlds.
Although at first glance, the 2 fields look completely disparate.
The goal isn't to say:
"hey i'm going to become a polymath. Can i get an exact Blueprint please?"
That's a linear mode of thinking in a nonlinear world.
In the upcoming world, general directions are better than overly specific ones.
To move effectively, we need to get our emotions involved.
1. No longer compete. Rather cooperate. Check.
This allows us to feel BIGGER. We engage network thinking.
2. Follow curiosities. Check.
What is it that we are already good at? Something that comes easy to us. Start studying about that more.
Remember what we said earlier.... all knowledge connects at one point or another.
Therefore, studying about 1 topic will FORCEFULLY lead the person to another topic.
Rather than blanket memorizing...
There is a level of intent & desire to learn the new topic.
This simple hop from one topic to another is what starts the modern polymath's journey.
It's the era of interleaving learning.
The mode of learning where we learn many topics at once.
We are meant to evolve into genius in our own respective fields.
Not just a genius that knows a bunch of stuff.
But a genius that was formed WITH our personalities leading the way.
When factoring in the human personality, it automatically creates a unique genius.
Not the same kinds of people who regurgitate the same shit.
Rather, the types of individuals who are equipped with insights, the correct paradigm & skills for the upcoming century.
- Trilli
