Refuse to Choose!: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams

by Barbara Sher

Scanners can’t choose.

The conventional wisdom was overwhelming and seemed indisputable: If you’re a jack-of-all-trades, you’ll always be a master of none.

This is your personal version of the Leonardo da Vinci notebooks. If you’ve never seen them, find a book of reproductions in your library or try to get a glimpse on the Internet. They’re an inspiration.

First entry Today, I’d like you to do a trial run. So pick a recent idea, a small one you haven’t given much thought to, and do your first Scanner Daybook Write-Up.

Scanners shouldn’t throw ideas out like trash, no matter how many they may have, no matter how “half-baked” the ideas may be.