The Science of Rapid Skill Acquisition

Stay realistic—you know yourself, and don’t compare yourself to the standards of anyone else

Supply and demand.

Too high and you may feel discouraged; too low and you may feel bored and unengaged

really are projecting their own fears and insecurities onto

Only 1% of us can be in the top 1% of a skill

memorization, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, creating

Focus on “why” and “how” questions. Go beneath the surface. Discover where your knowledge ends and begins and discover your blind spots

need to know what you know, what you don’t know, identify solutions, and take action

The more you struggle, the more you learn. Keep that in mind

True practice is difficult, tedious, and painful