When striving to be “unconscious” serves you

At first, meditation requires a lot of effort. You have to think about what you’re doing, and you can only get in a meditative state while sitting still, perhaps with your eyes closed. But at some point, the skill becomes second nature. You can attend to the business of life and still be in a meditative state just like you can listen to the radio w

Convincing high achievers to trust themselves and their trained abilities is a very difficult sale. But when you take your hands off the wheel and give up the illusion of control, that’s when the magic happens.

can one learn to play “out of his mind” on purpose? How can you be consciously unconscious? It sounds like a contradiction in terms; yet this state can be achieved. Perhaps a better way to describe the player who is “unconscious” is by saying that his mind is so concentrated, so focused, that it is still.

THE FEYNMAN TECHNIQUE REVISED So, if you want to master something, do it publicly and do it consistently. Publishing your written ideas forces you to learn more often and to write more clearly. Publishing a video forces you to improve your speaking skills and to articulate your thoughts. Sharing your ideas on stage teaches you how to hold an audien

The fourth level—the one any lifelong learner is seeking—is “unconscious competence.” In this case, you know how to perform a skill, and it’s second nature to you. With speed-reading, you would reach the point of unconscious competence when this simply becomes the way you read.