Update
Today I spent some time working with a firefighter on what might be called career development. He's a little older than me and he has a little engagement with the stock market (my day job) and he mentioned an interest in learning more.
He asked me how long I was going to stick with my investment advisory work. I told him "probably forever" and then opened up the spigot for a few minutes about how and why I find the work fascinating.
I said I don't know how much you can tell how much I love fire department work but I love the stock market even more. He said it was obvious how much I love the fire department but he had no idea how much I love all things related to capital markets. That made my day and I immediately recalled this post on NotePD.
I love the idea of someone I've known for years still being able learn about a whole different facet. It validates that I am not one dimensional which matters to me.
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We all have what I call consituencies in our lives that we all interact with differently. Friends, family and coworkers as examples just about everyone has. I get the sense that my various constituencies have very little understanding of what I do outside of my regular interaction with them and I get a big kick out of people that I am very close to in one area of my life having no understanding of the other things I do. I view this as an expression of polymathism or as I said in a previous list poly-interestism.
1. Family and my day job
Every so often, my older sister will ask me what I do for work beyond knowing I'm an investment guy. Three or four years ago, my oldest brother asked me if I still work.
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