Great Work

How to Do Great Work by Paul Graham — What should you do if you're young and ambitious but don't know what to work on? What you should not do is drift along passively, assuming the problem will solve itself. You need to take Action. But there is no systematic procedure you can follow. When you read biographies Biography of People who've done great work, it's remarkable how much Luck is involved. They discover what to work on as a result of a chance Meeting, or by reading a Book they happen to pick up. So you need to make yourself a big target for luck, and the way to do that is to be Curious. Try lots of things, meet lots of people, read lots of books, ask lots of questions —