Daniel's review
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
by Seth Godin
Yep -- the polymath's problem. Maybe I should just go back to school, where it's rewarded. :-P
Daniel's review
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) by Seth Godin
Daniel's review
rating:
It's all pretty obvious, but I saw a copy of this 80-page book lying around at work and figured that I could use something to read in the gym. The main point doesn't even need that much space to get across: persistence is overrated; if one doesn't expect long-term success in something (be it a career, relationship, or whatever), it's better to quit immediately than stick with it. The Dip is the hard slog between being barely competent at something ("beginner's luck" is the phrase Godin uses) and being the best in the world at it, and if you're not going to be able to slog through it, you should give up and try something else.
One interesting point that Godin makes that I hadn't thought much about before is that while being well-rounded and good at most things is beneficial in school (I believe that the example he uses is that getting straight Bs is viewed as being better than getting Cs and Ds plus an A or two), it doesn't matter in adult life, where those who are most r...more
One interesting point that Godin makes that I hadn't thought much about before is that while being well-rounded and good at most things is beneficial in school (I believe that the example he uses is that getting straight Bs is viewed as being better than getting Cs and Ds plus an A or two), it doesn't matter in adult life, where those who are most r...more
Yep -- the polymath's problem. Maybe I should just go back to school, where it's rewarded. :-P