I recently wrote about the benefit of absorbing information from different sources.

Reflecting further on this topic, and partially thanks to Bill (you know who you are), I’ve realized how important it is to extend this concept beyond simply incoming sources such as books, podcasts, etc.

Some of the most rewarding conversations I’ve had are with people who don’t work in my field. They might think about things similarly (or maybe not) but they have a vastly different day-to-day experience.

It’s always fun to learn about the differences, but it’s often even more interesting to see how much overlap there is between the ideas, process, and challenges that are faced in seemingly very different disciplines.

This is how many of the most impactful developments are made – not by fully immersing ourselves in a given field, but by having the awareness to apply lessons from other disciplines in a new way.

-Brandon