# The Polymath Playbook

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## Metadata
- Author: [[salman.io]]
- Full Title: The Polymath Playbook
- Category: #articles
- URL: https://salman.io/blog/polymath-playbook/

## Highlights
- Polymaths engage in extended learning across disparate fields, and apply their learnings to connect ideas and solve problems in unique ways. By nature, they’re well suited to thrive in a constantly changing environment.
- The key advantage that polymaths hold is their ability to develop mental models from different fields and apply them to solve problems in a unique way. This enables them to differentiate from their competition. Further, it creates opportunities for them to find truly meaningful work by pursuing their passions.
    - Tags: [[polymath]] [[mental model]] 
- Ironically, the moment I started to feel like I was finally getting settled in a group, I’d get bored! I’d feel an urge to explore something new, or try a different angle. That’s the blessing and the curse of the polymath lifestyle. You’re always exploring, and rarely settling.
    - Tags: [[boredom]] [[restlessness]] 
- I live on Earth at present, and I don’t know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not a thing — a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process – an integral function of the universe.
    - Tags: [[polymath]] [[favorite]]