How to become exceptional. Conlusions from theoretical physics, business and art

1. Paradigm shift

a. Key creativity fallacy

Quantity or quality?

Let's imagine that you had people that you were supposed to learn to make beautiful clay pots. Yup, clay pots. How would you do it? Make them do a lot of pots or do few, but meticulously? It turns out that it was tested. Surprisingly the group that went for quantity did not only do more of the pots (obviously), but also at the end, they made them better. So it's less about "quantity versus quality" and more about "quantity and quality".

To have the best ideas, you have to produce more of them. Whatever the quality. If you don't believe me, ask Pablo Picasso.

b. Key planning fallacy

Should your goals be realistic or should you shoot for the moon? Why not do both? It's our built-in falicy that says that those are opposite. In reality, they very well might be. Might.

Ask yourself, what would you do if you were to (let's say) win a Nobel Prize. What would you focus on? Make a plan. Perhaps once you made a plan, you could notice that the plan is... realistic.

Repeat the above procedure enough times so that one plan turns out to be big, or BIG, but realistic. Then go for that and feel the absurd amount of energy and life satisfaction it will give you. This is exactly the way the top businessman like Musk or Bezos operate.

c. Key efficiency fallacy

What to do if you want to go faster in life? Perhaps work more? You know, the hustle hustle hustle style. Try that for a while and laugh at the amount of frustration it will give you. The hyper-effective people work a lot, I'll give you that, but that's not the key point. The key point isn't even to work smart. It's to eliminate whatever you possibly can. Focus only on the crucial and the significant. Train for it - you won't be proficient in it immediately.

It's exactly like that in physics. Have you ever wondered what does it mean that something exists in physics? It means that including it in the equation greatly simplifes the overall description of reality. The bar is high and it should be that high. Eliminate everything that won't greatly contibute to your success.

2. Ladded jumping

Perhaps you were good at something in your life? There is a big chance of that, even if it's highschool soccer. What are the operational differences between then and now? Ponder on it long enough to come up with actionable solutions. Test whatever you came up with devotedly and without bias. Find the analogies that give you answers on how you should operate to reach your present goals.

3. Eagerness

To get better at something you have to fall in love with it more.

Have you ever meditated? It's all about the inside and about you thoughts. If you can't find in yourself love towards what you work on, you will not become exceptional. Work on finding that within you.

Why the top entrepreneurs don't stop once they are billionaires? Why the top scientists don't stop once they are Nobel Prize laureates? Well, now you know.

I conduct an experiment of sorts, I test whether I should publish my knowledge. If you find this topic exceptional, see my guide on Product Hunt

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/idea-pioneering-1-01

Be quick, it's the launch day and the benefits of that will disappear if you are not quick enough :)