Ultralearning

They were aggressive about optimizing their strategies, fiercely debating the merits of esoteric concepts such as interleaving practice, leech thresholds, or keyword mnemonics. Above all, they cared about learning.

Intuition: Dig Deep Before Building Up.

The first step is to try to practice the skill directly. This means figuring out where and how the skill will be used and then trying to match that situation as close as is feasible when practicing.

The 10 Percent Rule

Drill 2: Cognitive Components

BEYOND BUSINESS: THE CALL TO ULTRALEARNING

learning about how knowledge is structured and acquired within this subject; in other words, learning how to learn it.

The next step is to analyze the direct skill and try to isolate components that are either rate-determining steps in your performance or subskills you find difficult to improve because there are too many other things going on for you to focus on them.

USING THIS ANALYSIS TO DRAW YOUR MAP