Tuesday, January 6, 2015

How to Uncover Your Creative Talent by Using the “Equal Odds Rule”

Fascinating:

...Translated to the world at-large: You can’t predict your own success. Scientists, artists, inventors, writers, entrepreneurs, and workers of all types are equally likely to produce a useless project as they are to produce an important one.   
If you believe the Equal Odds Rule, then the natural conclusion is that you’re playing a numbers game. Because you can’t predict your success, the best strategy is to produce as much work as possible, which will provide more opportunities to hit the bullseye and create something meaningful...
...Creative genius only reveals itself after you’ve shown up enough times to get the average ideas out of the way...

Read more at James Clear

Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .