Do more, do a lot.
It is much more challenging for a student offering 15 subjects to make an A in everything than it is for the (lazy?) student offering 4 subjects. Achieving success this way is tougher and will take more time, but it is usually worth it.
Let us take a look at Google.
From search engines, to video hosting to mapping, mobile phones, web browsers, self-driving cars and healthcare. I do not think there be any sector where Google is not working out some magic, trying to make an A in so many areas of life.
Critics say they are doing too much, they usually react that others are doing too little.
Critics say lack of focus will kill Google and they like to point out every flaw they can find in the Google empire, but I think #TeamGoogleCritic is missing the mark here. By tackling so many hard problems simultaneously and hiring the best human minds money can buy, they are ensuring they stay relevant for a longer time.
Google is re-inventing themselves away from being an Internet company and they are winning so far. People (and money) flows towards the problem solver of the day, when the internet search was broken, Google fixed it and now that it is fixed, moving on is a great thing.
if you hang on forever to your one thing, change is coming and it will sweep you away.
Since there are so many challenges plaguing the modern world, perhaps the world would be a better place if the brightest minds on the planet stopped building messaging apps and other novelty and channeled their genius towards solving harder problems.
It is obvious that this is the class I belong to.
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Watching The World
- Sunday is Mother’s day, here is an app to help you Call Your Mum. (Well, no thanks. I have the phone app already… the boring one with a green key.)
- Facebook has just acquired an online shopping search engine to help them improve their ecommerce advert quality
