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This piece will be the 60th I’ve written for Becoming Polymathic. In of itself, that’s not significant. March 2025 also marks its 18 month anniversary. Again, insignificant in of itself. There’s been a gamete of topics covered in this time, a fact made especially clear as I return to old pieces and update them to…

I’m going to take a step back to the first Becoming Polymathic piece: the introductory “Why BP” email. Those of you registered will know what piece I’m referring to. Those of you who are not will see it when you do. Shameless plug over, we return to the piece. The First Becoming Polymathic Piece The…

During prime New Year’s resolution season of January 2024, I made a cliché proclamation; I was going to read more. It wasn’t the first time me and millions of others shared this hollow pursuit. Knowing history, and abhorring the desire to repeat it, I ponied up $45 and paid for Blinkist, an app providing 10-30…

We begin this week’s piece in a similar breadth as last’s. The influence of data on our lives is enormous, and therefore the ability to analyze it effectively an increasingly necessary skill. As its happened, this skill has been central to several of my past pursuits including engineering school, financial market education, and my SEO…

In previous pieces I’ve alluded to the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Agency I started in 2023 and how my efforts to promote it led to Becoming Polymathic. For this week’s piece, I thought it would be relevant to discuss that experience in detail. It’s a winding story with a simple message – take control of…

Each time I begin a new business, workout program, or side hustle, the first step is mapping out its potential. In total, I’ve performed this ritual 50 times over the past five years. A few days ago, I decided to do the same for Becoming Polymathic. This one would be different. It wouldn’t fall to…

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” My mother used that saying more times than I can remember. As a teenager, I thought she used it to justify her propensity to go to bed at 9:00PM. As a college student, I didn’t think about that advice as most…

Pierre Boulle is a name unknown to most. His limited contributions to literature and cinema, however, are transcendent. Boulle authored Bridge on the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes in 1952 and 1963, respectively, both of which were adopted into the namesake award-winning films. They are among my favorites because of their fascinating examinations…

“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.” Since its original appearance in Walden, many people have tried to assign meaning to this enduring quote by Henry David Thoreau. Rightfully so: it’s an ambiguous yet powerful statement which has become more relevant to modern society as time passes. In recent years, I believed the “lives of quiet…

In continuing with the reflection theme of the past couple pieces, I will begin this week’s with another lesson learned from this past year of Becoming Polymathic. Fair warning, it is nothing earth shattering. There are few universal themes in life. I can hear the “no shit” comments ringing in my ears. The genesis of…