Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
the deliberate-practice class the goal was not to feed information to the students but rather to get them to practice thinking like physicists.
Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool • Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
The most important skill for getting rich is becoming a perpetual learner.
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Concepts First: Learning the fundamental principles instead of just the immediate behaviors is the difference between being a cook and being a chef.
It Needs To Be Difficult: If you’re doing it right, you don’t feel like an expert; you feel like a person who has been mildly electrocuted by their own ambitio... See more
“To maximize gains from long-term practice,” the study’s lead author, K. Anders Ericsson, concluded, “individuals must avoid exhaustion and must limit practice to an amount from which they can completely recover on a daily or weekly basis.”
Greg Mckeown • Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise,
Barbara Oakley PhD • Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens
Several researchers have found that achieving true expertise requires at least 10,000 hours of deliberate practice over at least ten years. The most crucial ingredient, after motivation itself, is sustained absorbed attention—whether that consists of practicing to improve or actually performing. Small
Tony Schwartz, Jean Gomes, Catherine McCarthy • The Way We're Working Isn't Working
minds and limber
Daniel H Pink • To Sell Is Human
Improv masters learn like babies: dive in and imitate and improvise first, learn the formal rules later.
David Epstein • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
The important thing is the proper, selective training—the presence of mind—coupled with the desire and the motivation to master your thought process.