Sublime

When you decide to learn something completely new, you’re not competing against other people: you’re competing against your own previous lack of ability, and any improvement is a win.

learning is the essential unit of progress for startups. The effort that is not absolutely necessary for learning what customers want can be eliminated. I call this validated learning because it is always demonstrated by positive improvements in the startup’s core metrics. As we’ve seen, it’s easy to kid yourself about what you think customers want

To practice a discipline is to be a lifelong learner on a never-ending developmental path.

When starting to learn a new skill, often it’s sufficient simply to follow the example of someone who is further along than you. In discussing the principles of ultralearning, metalearning comes first. Understanding how a subject breaks down into different elements and seeing how others have learned it previously, thus providing an advantageous sta

We have a bias toward what’s new, believing that new situations require new solutions. And we have a tendency of rejecting all past wisdom, which sometimes means throwing out what works alongside what doesn’t. Applying these three rules of thumb to our practice gives us a more nuanced view of what effective practice looks like.

With self-learning you can develop habits, skills, and interests that will prepare you for learning for the rest of your life by deepening your expertise in a subject and keeping up with the latest developments. Traditional education is about reading and regurgitation.