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Bill Gates — From encyclopedias to Think Weeks
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hobbies
Childhood
4 hobbies
Teens / Early Career
3 hobbies
Career Peak
3 hobbies
Later Life
4 hobbies
📚Reading📚ChessMathStrategy board gamesProgrammingDeep readingComputer tinkeringThink Weeks (solo reading retreats)BridgeReading (a book a week)💪TennisSettlers of CatanReading nonfictionPhilanthropic travel
🔬Deep Specialist
Started with Intellectual pursuits and shifted into Other territory.
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significanthobbies.com
Childhood
4 hobbies📚Reading📚ChessMathStrategy board games
Teens / Early Career
3 hobbiesProgrammingDeep readingComputer tinkering
Career Peak
3 hobbiesThink Weeks (solo reading retreats)BridgeReading (a book a week)
Later Life
4 hobbies💪TennisSettlers of CatanReading nonfictionPhilanthropic travel
Childhood
📚Reading
📚Chess
Math
Strategy board games
4 hobbies
Teens / Early Career
Programming
Deep reading
Computer tinkering
3 hobbies
Career Peak
Think Weeks (solo reading retreats)
Bridge
Reading (a book a week)
3 hobbies
Later Life
💪Tennis
Settlers of Catan
Reading nonfiction
Philanthropic travel
4 hobbies
🔬
Deep Specialist
You go deep rather than wide, mastering your chosen domain with dedication.
Started with Intellectual pursuits and shifted into Other territory.
Category breakdown
•Other 79%
📚Intellectual 14%
💪Physical 7%
Traits
Breadth
30%
Depth
79%
Consistency
0%
Insights
14
total hobbies
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rekindled
0
persistent
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categories
Phase transitions
Childhood → Teens / Early Career:lost 1
Teens / Early Career → Career Peak:shifted focus
Career Peak → Later Life:gained 1