<ul><li>Wide interests make him truly rounded, perhaps even multi-specialised.&nbsp;</li><li>He can add value to any conversation, either through his familiarity with a particular area or his ability to draw parallels across subjects.&nbsp;</li><li>He can connect with a wider range of people&nbsp;– he’s as good on a&nbsp;date as he is with&nbsp;his bosses and clients at work.</li></ul>

The polymath

Self Improvement

Cultivating a broad range of pursuits was once seen as the richest way to live, and the surest path to Great discoveries.&nbsp;Even today, in a time where the model of efficiency via hyper-specialisation has shifted our focus from ideas to output, the envelope-shifters we most look up to are polymaths. (Steve Jobs and Elon Musk spring to mind.)

The Renaissance Mind

<ul><li>Start by reading magazines and blogs to get to grips with new fields;</li><li>Sign up to a course in something new. It will help add extra dimensions to your life experience.</li><li>Pick a new sport – a true polymath cultivates his physique.&nbsp;</li><li>Give up&nbsp;the myth of the One True Calling and establish a polymath life working around your many interests.&nbsp;</li></ul>

Curiosity for cultivating your inner polymath

Our culture idealises a narrowly-focused life. From childhood through school, university and your early career, you're encouraged to find your One True Calling. You're told to specialise in order to fulfil your potential. But what if you're more stimulated by learning and living wide - not (just) deep?

The Renaissance Mind

We live in a one-track world, but anyone can become a polymath

The real master has no tools

Alexis de Tocqueville

Invention fights specialization

Why some people are impossibly talented

Polymaths

Qualities Of A Polymath

Waqas Ahmed