Why do some people become masters at their craft, while others never seem to improve?

People who achieve mastery do two things differently: they practice more and adjust their practice more frequently. During each session, they not only work to improve their skills but also to refine their practice methods.

Metapractice – the ability to tweak one’s... See more

In Dan Luu’s 95%-ile isn’t that good, he discusses people who claim they want to get better at a skill (his example is the video game Overwatch), but who regularly make egregious and easily-fixable mistakes. His conclusion is that in any given area of performance, most people can dramatically improve their abilities by addressing fairly obvious... See more

If you asked, about physical reads, “what would someone much better than me do to improve,” you would probably come up with an answer similar to mine: read everything on the topic, then on adjacent topics, then on vaguely related topics; watch hundreds of hours of streams on silent with hole cards covered, trying to find patterns; find other people... See more