Jordan comments on The Importance of Self-Doubt - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jordan 20 August 2010 07:13:18PM 1 point [-]

A kid genius entrepreneur.. awesome. You see kid genius mathematicians, chess players, musicians, etc... but an entrepreneur, that's really different. The subject matter forces him to diversify, rather than focus in on a single skill. I'm a little inspired.

I think people often suck at following through.

Agreed. Sometimes I see someone working on an idea I had and become even more motivated to work on it.

Comment author: wedrifid 21 August 2010 08:55:58AM *  1 point [-]

A kid genius entrepreneur.. awesome. You see kid genius mathematicians, chess players, musicians, etc... but an entrepreneur, that's really different.

I recall Tim Ferris relaying a tale of a young (~14) Olympian (Skier) who founded a remarkably successful business in order to support his international sport habit.