How To Get Hobbies

Shaan Puri reflects on the importance of developing non-business hobbies and interests, especially for individuals who are heavily focused on their careers. He suggests that engaging with different types of people can help broaden one's perspective and lead to more well-rounded personal development.

Key Points:

• Engaging with Post-Economic Individuals:

  • Interact with people who are wealthier than wealthy
  • These individuals often don't want to discuss business deals
  • Their status game revolves around unique experiences or health trends

• Shifting Conversation Topics:

  • Post-economic individuals discuss things like Burning Man camps or unconventional health practices
  • Business topics are less interesting to them unless it's about major figures like Elon Musk

• Feeling Generic in High-Level Conversations:

  • Business-focused individuals may feel their interests are commonplace in these circles
  • Topics that once seemed cutting-edge may be considered old news

• Interacting with Artists:

  • Spend time with people for whom art is the goal, not recognition
  • Artists value the creative process over outcomes
  • This perspective can be eye-opening for business-oriented individuals

• Personal Growth Through Discomfort:

  • Feeling out of place in these circles can fuel personal development
  • It may inspire finding interests beyond economic outcomes

• Governing Oneself:

  • Focus on self-improvement rather than trying to change the world
  • "Learn how to govern yourself" before worrying about governing others

• Relationship Perspective:

  • Instead of expecting others to take care of you, focus on being the best version of yourself
  • "I'll take care of me for you, and you take care of you for me"