Creativity and discipline are sometimes seen as incompatible. You're either a creative person and you create when the inspiration comes, or you're a disciplined person and you execute daily, you make a process and ignore the emotions. But should we be one thing or the other? What if you put … [Read more...] about How to develop the habit of creating ideas?
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Spaced repetition. The habit of learning faster.
I discovered the spaced repetition methodology by learning languages. As an adult, I've learned three languages (English, German and Italian). I’m still doing it.I believe that trying to master a language is a never-ending adventure. The field is so big. And it's also true for my mother … [Read more...] about Spaced repetition. The habit of learning faster.
Build your constraints and improve your life.
Life is full of it and often is seen as wrong. What am I speaking about? Constraints. It will be difficult. I have the budget, people, skills constraints… But why not see constraints as an ally of our projects? Constraints bring creativity, kill waste, protect against the one killer of … [Read more...] about Build your constraints and improve your life.
The secret of more in-depth than in width. How to progress more by doing less?
The secret of progressing more by doing less...I'm an avid reader. In the last 25 years, I read a lot of non-fiction books. I haven't summarized most of them.In the past five years, I've reviewed and summarized the books I read more regularly. A few months ago I started to summarize and sometimes … [Read more...] about The secret of more in-depth than in width. How to progress more by doing less?
Skip the Line: Ingenious, Simple Strategies to Propel Yourself to Wealth, Success and Happiness by James Altucher.
To reach expertise, you need 10,000 hours of practice. This concept emerged from Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and was popularized by Malcolm Gladwell's book, Outliers, which puts the accent on time and repetition. James challenges it. We have only one life … [Read more...] about Skip the Line: Ingenious, Simple Strategies to Propel Yourself to Wealth, Success and Happiness by James Altucher.