"Step 1: Creating an atypical combination of two or more skills that you’re merely competent in can lead to a world-class skill set."

"1. Become the best at one specific thing."

"2. Become very good (top 25%) at two or more things."

"Step 2: Creative breakthroughs come via making atypical combinations of skills."

"Step 3: Become competent in a new skill."

"The quality of knowledge in every domain is improving."

"Second, there is an abundance of free or affordable content from the world’s top experts in every medium you can think of."

"Step 4: Pioneer a new field, industry, or skill set."

"While the explosion of knowledge is making it impossible or at least more difficult for anyone to know everything, it has also made it easier to find one big, atypical combination of fields or skills."

"First, one of the main ways that new skill sets, industries, and fields emerge is by combining them with old ones:"

"Second, the number of new academic fields and business industries is increasing exponentially."

"And finally, as the number of new skills increases, the number of possible combinations increases exponentially."

"Step 5: Future-proofs Your career."

"“It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.” -Charles Darwin"

"Step 6: Solve more complex problems."

"Step 7: Stand out and compete in the global economy."

"“In order to get into the top of the performance distribution, you have to escape from the crowd.” — Howard Marks, founder of Oaktree Capital ($2+ billion net worth)"

"“You can’t make money agreeing with the consensus view.” — Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates (largest hedge fund in the world)"

"“The best projects are likely to be overlooked, not trumpeted by a crowd; the best problems to work on are often the ones nobody else even tries to solve.” — Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal and billionaire investor"

"During the hundreds of hours I’ve spent researching how to be a polymath and interviewing polymaths, one key that I’ve discovered is mental models."

"They are the invisible links that connect disciplines together:"

"“The best projects are likely to be overlooked, not trumpeted by a crowd; the best problems to work on are often the ones nobody else even tries to solve.” — Peter Thiel"