The shower thoughts engineer note and how it was connected to missionary cultures, reminded me of an essay that I had saved on 'striving for greatness':
Hamming writes, "Deep emotional commitment seems to be necessary for success. The emotional commitment keeps you thinking about the problem morning, noon and night, and that tends to beat out mere ability."
Hi Vaishnavi - A Few Things / Ahmad Hussein, Neckar, Diff, Benedict Evans, Tanay Jaipuria, Curated Commons, Digital Native, David Perell, Lenny Rachitsky etc. are some that i enjoy. I pay for Diff, Lenny.
Great read. Many thanks!
The shower thoughts engineer note and how it was connected to missionary cultures, reminded me of an essay that I had saved on 'striving for greatness':
Hamming writes, "Deep emotional commitment seems to be necessary for success. The emotional commitment keeps you thinking about the problem morning, noon and night, and that tends to beat out mere ability."
(Link: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/dahlin/bookshelf/hamming.html)
Thank you Siddharth. Thanks for sharing the Hamming piece. Had read a piece via Paul Graham's site. Thought that was really good!
Lovely read.. Would enjoy some newsletter recommendations as well.
Hi Vaishnavi - A Few Things / Ahmad Hussein, Neckar, Diff, Benedict Evans, Tanay Jaipuria, Curated Commons, Digital Native, David Perell, Lenny Rachitsky etc. are some that i enjoy. I pay for Diff, Lenny.
Thanks so Much, really kind of you to share! Will check them out :)