How to master anything

markbarendt · Jun 18, 2014

Interesting thoughts here even if all you look at are the bullet points.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/234445

MrBrowning · Jun 18, 2014

Very interesting. I think there is some really good advice in the article.

darkosaric · Jun 18, 2014

Interesting indeed. It shows ideas in very clear way.

pdeeh · Jun 18, 2014

I couldn't master the article ...

BrianShaw · Jun 18, 2014

Thanks Mark. A few years ago (I think) there was an mastery solution offered by who-knows-whom that basically said 15 mintues of focussed study per day for a year on a specific topic can result in a person fully mastering that topic and becoming a world-renowned expert.

jp498 · Jun 18, 2014

Brian, that doesn't jive with the other advice suggesting 10000 hours is the magic number to be called expert.

I'm not ascetic, but I'd agree with the idea that expert involves hard work, sacrifice, and discomfort.

markbarendt · Jun 18, 2014

BrianShaw said:
Thanks Mark. A few years ago (I think) there was an mastery solution offered by who-knows-whom that basically said 15 mintues of focussed study per day for a year on a specific topic can result in a person fully mastering that topic and becoming a world-renowned expert.

I'm amazed how low the bar is sometimes. Read somewhere that if you read 3 books on any given subject that that can generally get you into the top 10% on that subject, as compared to the world in general. The next 9% is a bit tougher

Jeff Kubach · Jun 18, 2014

I like the artitcle.

Jeff

Trail Images · Jun 18, 2014

10. Rely on trial and error more than anything.

This one has been my main learning approach through life. Seems to work OK for me to date.

BrianShaw · Jun 18, 2014

jp498 said:
Brian, that doesn't jive with the other advice suggesting 10000 hours is the magic number to be called expert.

markbarendt said:
I'm amazed how low the bar is sometimes.

The problem with any rule of thumb is that thumbs seem to come in many different sizes.

snapguy · Jun 18, 2014

well

The list is interesting but I think it leaves a lot out. However, it is sadly true that #21 is the one almost nobody masters.

dorff · Jun 19, 2014

BrianShaw said:
Thanks Mark. A few years ago (I think) there was an mastery solution offered by who-knows-whom that basically said 15 mintues of focussed study per day for a year on a specific topic can result in a person fully mastering that topic and becoming a world-renowned expert.

I almost tried that with chemical engineering thermodynamics, but fortunately sanity and desperation prevailed in the end.

baachitraka · Jun 19, 2014

Nice article...

Roger Cole · Jun 19, 2014

WTH is "simple relativity?" The author means Special Relativity.

But I still liked the article!

pentaxuser · Jun 19, 2014

Trail Images said:
This one has been my main learning approach through life. Seems to work OK for me to date.

Ah, yes a touch of serendipity is an essential part of life. By the way how are you getting on with that new job of learning to control that nuclear silo?

pentaxuser

pentaxuser · Jun 19, 2014

Not to decry anything in the article but for some strange reason I found myself hearing Wink Martindale's voice as I read each point

pentaxuser

removed account4 · Jun 19, 2014

markbarendt said:
Interesting thoughts here even if all you look at are the bullet points.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/234445

thanks mark

DREW WILEY · Jun 19, 2014

That's all we need, more self-help gurus. But maybe the article should be sub-titled, How to Tiptoe your way to a Guaranteed Career as a
Starving Artist.

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