Eric Siu reflects on his twenties spent reading widely and jumping between ideas instead of focusing deeply. He calls it "shiny knowledge syndrome" and warns young entrepreneurs that scattered learning without commitment wastes years you could spend building something real.
Back in my 20s, I would read a lot of books. A lot of people say, you got to focus. And you hear Warren Buffett, yeah, you got to focus, right? But in your 20s, you don't want to listen to that and you try everything. You dabble a lot, right? My friend Neil actually said this. He's like, dude, the problem you used to have was you had shiny knowledge syndrome, not even shiny object syndrome. It's you read everything, you implement everything, you're on to the next thing, on to the next thing, and you never go anywhere.
