Category: Become an Expert

Become an Expert

How To Become An Expert At Anything: 5 Powerful Secrets From Research

’s very telling that we only use the term “learning experience” when things are bad. Nobody really teaches us the best way to learn. As a student, we spend plenty of time in classes but how much real instruction do we get on the best way to take notes or study? It’d be hysterical if it wasn’t obscene. We’re not dumb -- we’re doing it wrong. Effective learning is not intuitive. And it’s made even more unintuitive by the fact…


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Become an Expert

This Is The Most Fun Way To Make Your Life Awesome

m always writing blog posts on how to improve your skills and do more of what you enjoy. But there’s a type of response I’ve gotten used to receiving: “But what are my skills?” “But what do I enjoy?” This is distressing to me. It’s a spiritual catastrophe. Figuring out what you’re good at and what you really enjoy doing are so critical to life. And a lot of people struggle with finding those answers. Well, time to do a post…


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Be Happier

This Is How To Sleep Better: 5 Secrets From Neuroscience

'll bet you're not getting enough sleep. Honestly, I'm kind of cheating -- it's a pretty safe bet. From Why We Sleep: Two-thirds of adults throughout all developed nations fail to obtain the recommended eight hours of nightly sleep. And that's bad. Really bad... Yes, this is the part where I lecture…


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Be Happier

This Is The Most Insane Way To Be Smarter, Confident, and Resilient

at critical voice in your head. Always telling you how you're screwing up. Always putting the worst-case-scenario front and center. We all have it. (I call it "Lefty.") You're hearing a lot these days about how to turn down the volume on your critical inner monologue. (Um, sometimes from me, actually.) But let's try looking at it a little differently for a sec, shall we? What if you don't need fewer voices in your head -- what if you need more…


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Become an Expert

How To Be An Expert: 8 Proven Secrets To Superior Skill

ing an expert at something really pays off. Just how good are top performers compared to everybody else? Research shows in high complexity jobs like professional and sales roles, the top 10% produce 80% more than average and 700% more than the bottom 10%. But as I'm sure you're aware, becoming the best ain't easy. As Bobby Knight once said, "Everybody has the will to win; few people have the will to prepare to win." And one of the reasons why…


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Be More Productive

Inner Strength: This Is The Research-Backed Way To Increase Grit

er feel like you just wanna give up on something? How can you develop the inner strength necessary to achieve your long term goals? Turns out that grit -- the perseverance that keeps us going -- is a lot more important than you might think. In fact, it's the best predictor of success among West Point cadets. From Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us: The best predictor of success, the researchers found, was the prospective cadets’ ratings on a noncognitive, nonphysical trait…


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Become an Expert

The 4 Rituals That Will Make You An Expert At Anything

hear a lot about "10,000 hours" being what it takes to become an expert. But the majority of people totally misunderstand the idea. So I decided to go to the source and talk to the guy who actually created the theory. Anders Ericsson is a professor of psychology at Florida State University. His wonderful new book (with Robert Pool) is Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise. So what does everybody get wrong? 2 things. First, the "10,000 hour…


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Be More Productive

This Is The Most Fun Way To Make Your Life Awesome

orking on your goals" is usually not fun. It's way too formal and serious. And that's one of the reasons we quit. So how can you build good habits, improve yourself and have a great life -- while still having a blast? I decided to call an expert on the subject. Steve Kamb is the bestselling author of Level Up Your Life: How to Unlock Adventure and Happiness by Becoming the Hero of Your Own Story. Steve meshes psychology with video games, movies and pop culture…


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