But how do we learn, or do we really learn?
When we repeat the same things unconsciously every day, do we really learn?
If I like to play chess and play every day, I’m using only a tiny portion of my ability. I’m staying in my comfort zone.
If instead, I add, at the end of my game, time to study my good and wrong moves. If each day I solve problems or review old games, I’ll improve much faster.
I don’t need to become 100% better. I will burn out quickly. I just need to become 1% better every day. Compound interest is magic, and it also applies to our skills.
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So now transpose it to our work.
Do I sit in business meetings just answering questions when I’m asked, playing my role?
Or, do I observe and take notes on how a leader I appreciate is acting? How he communicates, how he answers complex questions, how he recognizes the team’s work. Then after the meeting, I review my notes and select a few things I’ll do with my team.
If I’m a stay-at-home mom/dad, do I do the housework automatically? Staying in my game comfort.
Or, do I read/vlog a few experts and experiment with new things? Keeping what works best for me.
There are a lot of studies in each field. But none of them apply totally to you, including this recipe.
But we all have the chance to run our own learning laboratory. Using our own practices and leveraging the experiences of others.
This scientist mindset is a key to the 1% daily improvement.
And one percent daily makes you roughly 38 better at the end of the year.
Enjoy your incremental learning…
Related articles.
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If you can learn, you can do everything. How to develop your learning muscle?
Skip the Line: Ingenious, Simple Strategies to Propel Yourself to Wealth, Success and Happiness by James Altucher.
Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg
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How do you start doing the things you want to do?
How to build your life plan?
Books to go further.
Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career by Scott Young
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson
Polymath: Master Multiple Disciplines, Learn New Skills, Think Flexibly, and Become an Extraordinary Autodidact by Peter Hollins
