Ronen Reblogs
failure

kevintwohy:

tomwillerer:

I read this on Seth’s blog quite a while back, and have subsequently printed and put it on my office wall. Hopefully by having it constantly visible it will guide my decisions.

William Beatty, writing for amateur scientists:

The road to failure often contains:

  1. Secrecy
  2. The conviction that someone is about to steal your idea
  3. Focus on selling your idea to the government or a big corporation
  4. Loss of humility and focus on fame
  5. Belief that scientists and businesses (the smart ones) will hail your discovery

This can all basically boil down to doing the work for any reason other than the work itself