creative maverick

Here’s something Barbara Sher put on her blog a while ago which explains the dilemma of the creative person who hates to do any one thing for very long. If you’re a Scanner, or a Creator (in Wealth Dynamics terms) you’ll understand this very well.

She talks about scientist Clifford Stoll’s TED Talk:

He’s had some exciting adventures; he’s famous for finding KGB spies and stopping them from hacking classified information, but in his talk he explains that these days, things that used to interest him have become boring.

And she quotes Clifford’s wonderful statement from early in his talk:

The first time you do something, it’s science.
The second time it’s engineering.
Third time you’re just a technician.
I’m a scientist. Once I do something I want to do something else.

This is a great thing to quote next time someone asks you why you don’t just keep doing what you’ve done before!

Barbara’s post “On Eclectics, critics and how to grow up and quit fooling around” is here