Yes, that is a tough problem. Ironically, I think lego brick mindset is often most helpful when dealing with people and social dynamics. People think in conceptual lego bricks, people want to believe in stories built of lego bricks! This post itself sets up two conceptual lego bricks. It's not always bad, it's just how we communicate and make sense of a very complex world together.
But when the rubber meets the road and you're actually creating something, you eventually need to get down to the nitty gritty.
Great article Scott! I've seen this pattern (or something like it) at play for years as I've watched people. I've found that the smartest and most talented people drop out and the people that are left behind, rising to the top, are not the geniuses but those who are willing to endure and even find satisfaction in long hard hours with repeated failure while slowly and sometimes painfully coaxing and watching a rough stone as it takes shape into something beautiful. The best gems are encased in difficult to remove ugly rock and in my experience creative satisfaction and breakthrough are hidden in the difficult and uncomfortable places where most dare not tread.
This brings up the question of when to use what mindset. Which, ironically, is itself an intractable problem - it's very contextual.
This article is liquid gold, and something I wish I had read years ago.
Thanks! Means a lot.
Yes, that is a tough problem. Ironically, I think lego brick mindset is often most helpful when dealing with people and social dynamics. People think in conceptual lego bricks, people want to believe in stories built of lego bricks! This post itself sets up two conceptual lego bricks. It's not always bad, it's just how we communicate and make sense of a very complex world together.
But when the rubber meets the road and you're actually creating something, you eventually need to get down to the nitty gritty.
Great article Scott! I've seen this pattern (or something like it) at play for years as I've watched people. I've found that the smartest and most talented people drop out and the people that are left behind, rising to the top, are not the geniuses but those who are willing to endure and even find satisfaction in long hard hours with repeated failure while slowly and sometimes painfully coaxing and watching a rough stone as it takes shape into something beautiful. The best gems are encased in difficult to remove ugly rock and in my experience creative satisfaction and breakthrough are hidden in the difficult and uncomfortable places where most dare not tread.