I think about obsession often. And I wonder if it’s something that just grabs you, something you need to seek, or something more akin to a divine spark — born with it or not.
Can it be manufactured? Can you keep working on something enough until that obsession surfaces? Or, more generously, is it something worth exploring until found? When (if!) found, how can one hold onto it. Hold onto a raging bull.
My best advice at this point is that obsession is loudest when your mind is the stillest. Like your Seinfeld quote — let yourself be bored, or expose yourself to boredom, even. You’re an adult, you’ll be standing. After your sick mind stops crying for dopamine, what does your more sage spirit desire to produce and realize.
I admire these too, and anyone, really, who has found this obsession and channeled it into value for others. Thank you for the profile.
So often Frederik you take two disparate subjects and find the a perfect way to blend them together such that 1 +1 = 4. This is another beautiful example. Thank you. 🙏
I think about obsession often. And I wonder if it’s something that just grabs you, something you need to seek, or something more akin to a divine spark — born with it or not.
Can it be manufactured? Can you keep working on something enough until that obsession surfaces? Or, more generously, is it something worth exploring until found? When (if!) found, how can one hold onto it. Hold onto a raging bull.
My best advice at this point is that obsession is loudest when your mind is the stillest. Like your Seinfeld quote — let yourself be bored, or expose yourself to boredom, even. You’re an adult, you’ll be standing. After your sick mind stops crying for dopamine, what does your more sage spirit desire to produce and realize.
I admire these too, and anyone, really, who has found this obsession and channeled it into value for others. Thank you for the profile.
So often Frederik you take two disparate subjects and find the a perfect way to blend them together such that 1 +1 = 4. This is another beautiful example. Thank you. 🙏
Love the to the point conclusion.
This is such a great article. Thank you for distilling insights from two otherwise very different persons across a generational divide