Comments on: What Makes A Renaissance Man?

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 14:33:04 +0000

In reply to NA7 whatsapp. Yup, I think curiosity is fundamental for growth and for getting better. People who don't have a good in-built sense of wonder and curiosity, often just end up floundering through life. :)

By: NA7 whatsapp

NA7 whatsapp — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 09:42:03 +0000

I really appreciated the emphasis on curiosity and lifelong learning in this post. It’s so easy to get stuck in a rut and assume we’ve reached our limits, but the idea of a renaissance man (or woman) being someone who continues to explore and discover new things is really inspiring. I’ve already started thinking about what new skills I want to learn and how I can incorporate more curiosity into my daily life.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 07:21:34 +0000

If you imagine a polar co-ordinate that measures growth in all aspects of a human denoted by r, a renaissance man growths evenly, r increases in all directions evenly albeit slowly, while a monomath grows in one direction of r rapidly. This is why a renaissance man in today’s world is hardly ever noticed – because the very education system that produces talents cannot detect the actual geniuses who are late bloomers because they grow so evenly. However, once these renaissance men grow to a critical level, their all-rounded understanding of the world makes additional learning almost effortless while the monomaths’ growth stagnates after they leave the education system and enter the workforce. This is why they say the A-students work for the C-students. But most C students don’t make it to the top because they never made past the critical points in their education, where they have already been too emotionally beaten with the “bad-student” label to fully develop themselves.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 07:37:02 +0000

In reply to Maia Blank. Hi Maia! Thanks for your comment. Yes, unfortunately that is often a downside of being a polymath and someone interested in many things. It happens often at work that people don't appreciate all the different skills that you have and that you can bring to the table. This is really hard to resolve and depends on what job you are at and who the people around you are. I think in a lot of job places people are starting to see the value that someone like you can bring. Sometimes in places like this, you have to take matters into your own hands. For example, me at my first job I shifted away from doing what was I was supposed to be doing on paper, instead to focus on improvement. In that way, I kind of created my own position. I describe that experience on how I did that here.

By: Maia Blank

Maia Blank — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 07:21:49 +0000

Hi, I love being a polymath, but, on the other hand, it took me also to shallow places. I have very difficult to stay at the same job for more than three years; I get depressed because I feel I have to choose, and people don´t understand why that is so complicated. Lack of leadership in job places is not helping me much. I wonder if this is something you had been through as well and how did you manage. Thanks !!

By: MJ Battles

MJ Battles — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 17:40:29 +0000

Great article, reading the traits of a Renaissance Man made me wonder if the writer was falling me through life.

By: Gar Clapham

Gar Clapham — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 18:56:12 +0000

It is the aspirational value of the term ‘Renaissance Man’ that I like.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 19 May 2019 10:49:42 +0000

In reply to Barbara Corrigan-Anspaugh. Great to hear that. I think being a Renaissance person who engages in all kinds of different activities and seeks different kinds of knowledge brings a different type of perspective on the world, one that other people don't have. Hope you keep exploring this side of you! :)

By: Barbara Corrigan-Anspaugh

Barbara Corrigan-Anspaugh — Sun, 19 May 2019 04:21:07 +0000

YES! I really enjoyed this discussion. My partner and I are renaissance people and always evolving. I identify with “jack of all trades and master of none”. I have been all over the block” – hula dancer. performer, since age 12 and currently teaching and still performing, learning various types of dance, (currently tango and milonga, pre school teacher, special ed teacher, retail sales associate, wardrobe shopper for men and women, color theory teacher, animal communicator, traveler, gardener, In other words, I always keep learning and am somewhat of an iconoclast. I embrace adventures into new endeavors and I like to explore my surroundings wherever I go. I love people and I have a “zoo of friends” as I like to engage with all kinds of people. I am so glad “I stumbled onto your site while I was surfing the internet. Now I don’t feel so strange and I’m more comfortable being eccentric!