Quote of the Day, from Victor Niederhoffer
"The absolute worthlessness of the theory of conventional pursuit in life is indisputably written in the lives of great men who succeeded in their work in spite of all the dire predictions of conventionalists."
-William Ryan, in describing how a world class checker player in this case Yates became a third class doctor rather than a great checker player.
He uses the example of Audobon who spent three quarters of his life as a workman and only when he was 60 started painting.
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Andre Wallin on April 14, 2019 12:10 pm
Fighting convention feels like fighting gravity. Theres a moment where convention’s gravity is strongest but this is the crest of the wave.