№ 483. Working from Home: Solitude

Teaching Philosophy

Solitude is a competitive advantage. Contemplation is an essential tool for analyzing and synthesizing business intelligence from big data.

"There is no silver bullet to solving the complex problems ushered in by the information age. But there are some good places to start, and one of them is counterintuitive: solitude. Having the discipline to step back from the noise of the world is essential to staying focused. This is even more important in a highly politicized society that constantly incites our emotions, causing the cognitive effects of distractions to linger.

№ 482. Working from Home: Generalists

Brain Pickings

Here an old insight.

My college ed. was steeped in general core subjects on a wide variety of disciplines --- math, science, social sciences, management and other thinking courses like philosophy and theology.

It seems that the debate about specialization and generalization is still alive.