The Curious Illusion of Perfection

Something amazing happens when you follow what you’re curious about. It creates an illusion of perfection.

When you’re first following your curiosity, you look scatterbrained. Your friends urge you to focus, and you may even lament your “disparate interests.”

But over time, those curiosities start to connect to one another. Things that didn’t seem to have anything to do with each other suddenly start to have a lot to do with each other.

Now, the narrative fallacy takes over. You don’t look scatterbrained anymore. Instead, you look like an omniscient being with superhuman skills in planning and foresight.

Want to 4x your creative productivity? Get your free toolkit »