Comments on: Forget about life callings and destinies. Just pick something!

By: My tete-a-tete with a former Howard hunchmen [Philip Ruddock] « monica tan > kapookababy

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:53:41 +0000

[...] so quickly adopt someone else’s stance, perhaps you’re right. But as I’ve said in previous posts, one can’t be an expert at everything. And for many things, one must simply trust the [...]

By: Do you believe in a Supreme Being? « monica tan > kapookababy

Do you believe in a Supreme Being? « monica tan > kapookababy — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:25:33 +0000

[...] one of my previous posts I talked about the way I, almost arbitrarily, chose a life-calling; to improve the lives of the [...]

By: Prince Federik; once Denmark’s biggest man-slut? « monica tan > kapookababy

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:55:22 +0000

[...] these are just starting points. And as I said in my last post, the areas of which you are an “expert” in, and therefore a topic upon which [...]

By: Monica

Monica — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:22:00 +0000

@mel I read that too! And it made me want to start practicing straight away. But I think a lot of geniuses are a bit obsessive too.

By: Monica

Monica — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:20:31 +0000

@kylie Yes, and it’s so important you do a good job – for all of our sakes!

By: kylie

kylie — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:47:33 +0000

“(The two exceptions to this rule are jounos and politicians, who must make it their business/ expertise to know a little of everything. They’re experts at knowing who to trust.)”

Glad you put that disclaimer in because as I was reading through I was like….yea I am a journo, I’m stuffed. But it is important what you say. The number one job of a journo is to be a bullshit detecter, and to do that you first of all need to have a good basis of knowledge (i.e. know a little of everything), after that you just have to look for inconsistencies, etc and to not be afraid of reaching into dark places to get different points of views.

By: mel

mel — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:37:11 +0000

Recently read Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers which states that the people that are ‘successful’ (e.g. a successful musician, a successful lawyer) have over 10,000 hours of practice/expertise in that particular area. Im a bit all over the place and need to pick something soon!

By: ricky sutton

ricky sutton — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:10:18 +0000

respect