1. Build stuff - start small, you need incremental achievements and 'wins' to keep motivated. It's a very long road where the highs can be really high ands the lows can be really low.
2. Take stuff apart - its okay if it cost you 100 bucks. It's in the name of science. See how other people built it.
3. There is art and humility in how one asks a question. Learn it and use it. It'll carry you through conversations with interesting people, where, earlier you may have gotten lost and spent a lot of time nodding your head.
4. Learn about finance and money and economics. Most of it isn't that complicated. It's the framework on which the history of nearly everything is constructed and it will enable you to answer a lot of question on your own. History isn't a collection of unrelated random facts that they teach you in high school. History is fascinating and understanding how money travels illuminates connections between seemingly unrelated events.
5. Remind yourself that you're living through one of the most amazing periods in the history of the world. Really. The tools at your disposal are extremely enabling.
2. Take stuff apart - its okay if it cost you 100 bucks. It's in the name of science. See how other people built it.
3. There is art and humility in how one asks a question. Learn it and use it. It'll carry you through conversations with interesting people, where, earlier you may have gotten lost and spent a lot of time nodding your head.
4. Learn about finance and money and economics. Most of it isn't that complicated. It's the framework on which the history of nearly everything is constructed and it will enable you to answer a lot of question on your own. History isn't a collection of unrelated random facts that they teach you in high school. History is fascinating and understanding how money travels illuminates connections between seemingly unrelated events.
5. Remind yourself that you're living through one of the most amazing periods in the history of the world. Really. The tools at your disposal are extremely enabling.