Why should you - what's in it for you?
1. That thing you always wanted to be able to do
2. The confidence you get to go after other things once you've accomplished something.
How?
| Principle | Practice |
| Metalearning | (Always) drap a map - do research; try to connect what it is you're trying to learn with what you already know. Remember James Marcus Bach's buccaneer - k attracts k :) |
| Focus | Carve out chunks of time and cultivate self
awareness What have you procrastinated on? Why? Does the music really help or just make it less unpleasant to do something difficult? |
| Directness | Learn by doing - this is the key to Israeli success. If you want to build an app, do it. Don't study how to it :) With languages - immersion.. |
| Drill | Practice the skills that make up the competence - focus on the weak points so that the average keeps rising |
| Retrieval | Use spaced repetition - ankiweb, etc Testing right after being exposed to the material might not be very effective - give yourself some time to forget. When doing the Coursear, might be a good time to be putting stuff into Anki :) |
| Feedback | Seek it out - beware of making the measure the goal |
| Intuition | |
| Experimentation | Remember Masutatsu Mas Oyama - the true essence of the martial way can only be realized through experience. Knowing this, learn never to fear its demands |
Some other tidbits :
Van Gogh was a failed art dealer and a notoriously difficult guy to be around. Once he decided to try his hand at creating art, he really dove into it - all the home study courses - Charles Bargue's Charcoal Exercises and Drawing Course, and Armond Cassagne's Guide to the ABC's of Drawing.
"I have now finished all 60 sheets" (in a fortnight!)
Copying was a strategy he used to build expertise - copying Jean-F Millet's The Sewer over and over again.
Judit Polgar kicked Kasparov's ass : 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. h3 Be7 12. Ne2 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Be3 Bf5 15. Nd4 Bh7 16. g4 Be7 17. Kg2 h5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Kf3 Bg6 20. Rd2 hxg4+ 21. hxg4 Rh3+ 22. Kg2 Rh7 23. Kg3 f6 24. Bf4 Bxf5 25. gxf5 fxe5 26. Re1 Bd6 27. Bxe5 Kd7 28. c4 c5 29. Bxd6 cxd6 30. Re6 Rah8 31. Rexd6+ Kc8 32. R2d5 Rh3+ 33. Kg2 Rh2+ 34. Kf3 R2h3+ 35. Ke4 b6 36. Rc6+ Kb8 37. Rd7 Rh2 38. Ke3 Rf8 39. Rcc7 Rxf5 40. Rb7+ Kc8 41. Rdc7+ Kd8 42. Rxg7 Kc8 1-0 (How this info relates to UL is beyond me... filler obviously)
Fostering the environment :
Create an inspiring goal. Let people set their own inspiring goals.
Be wary of competition. If you find your skills too lacking, it might hurt motivation.
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