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most people are learning skills the
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wrong way stuck in a loop of endless
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tutorials outdated advice and giving up
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just before a breakthrough but you don't
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have to meet most people by tapping into
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how your brain actually learns and using
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science-backed methods you can Master
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any skill at lightning speed forget slow
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forget average in this video we're
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breaking down the best methods you need
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to learn anything as fast as humanly
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possible let's dive in if you've ever
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tried to learn something new you've
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probably done the classic sit watch and
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hope it sticks routine you watch
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tutorials read books b or listen to
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podcasts thinking yeah I totally get
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this but then when it's time to actually
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do it you freeze your brain draws a
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blank you realize you still don't know
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what to do why the problem is simple
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passive learning feels productive but
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it's an illusion think about the last
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time you learned something difficult did
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it happen when you were re-watching the
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same tutorial for the 10th time probably
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not it happened when you were forced to
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figure something out yourself this is
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because of a concept called desirable
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difficulty when learning feels too easy
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your brain doesn't actually grow but
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when learning feels hard when you're
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forced to think struggle and make
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mistakes that's when real growth happens
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it's uncomfortable it's intense but it's
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also 10 times faster than passive
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learning here's a fact that sounds too
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simple to be true you learn faster by
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testing yourself than by reviewing
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information this is called active recall
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when you're forced to recall something
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from memory instead of passively
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reviewing it your brain works 10 times
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harder locking in that knowledge like a
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mental save file and research proves it
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in one study students who studied by
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reviewing notes performed worse than
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students who studied by by taking self
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tests self testing triggers a memory
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retrieval process in your brain which
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tells your brain this information is
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important don't forget it so how do you
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apply this stop rereading notes or
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re-watching lessons instead test
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yourself constantly if you're learning
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guitar after learning a chord look away
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from the chart and see if you can play
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it from memory if you're studying for an
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exam quiz yourself or try to remember
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what you just read instead of rereading
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the textbook because if you're not being
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tested you're not really learning most
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people think learning means collecting
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information but all of that knowledge is
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useless until it's applied in the real
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world because the goal isn't to know
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everything before you start the goal is
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to start right away use that knowledge
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in practice and fill in the gaps as you
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go this way you only learn what you need
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right before you need it you don't have
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to memorize every chess strategy to
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start playing chess you learn one
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strategy try it out fail then adjust
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this approach speeds up learning because
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you're not wasting time on unnecessary
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theory that is destined to be forgotten
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anyway number two if you've ever found
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yourself grinding away at a new SK
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you've probably experienced the
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frustration of not knowing what to do
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next the task feels endless no matter
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how many hours you pour into it your
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skill level is hard stuck and despite
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staying consistent you just cannot
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improve and the worst part is you don't
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know why that's where feedback loops
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come in feedback loops are the steering
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wheel without them you can be as
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consistent as you want but if you're
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heading in the wrong direction all that
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effort means nothing feedback loops are
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how you know what's working what's not
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and what to do next so if you want to
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become better really fast you must
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understand how feedback loops work a
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feedback loop is a cycle of action
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result analysis adjustment if you've
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ever played a video game you've seen
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this in action you press a button this
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is action your character jumps as a
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result and you decide that was too slow
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so you press it earlier next time and
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that's adjustment feedback loops come in
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two main flavors first we have positive
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feedback loops these reinforce Behavior
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if you see success you're more likely to
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keep doing the same thing think about
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hitting a bullseye in archery you
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immediately feel a jolt of satisfaction
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and your brain locks in on whatever I
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just did I should do more of that then
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there's negative feedback loops these
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correct mistakes if you mess up you get
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an alert and realize okay that wasn't it
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it's not punishment it's information the
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more you engage with this type of
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feedback the faster you adapt this
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matters because without feedback you're
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Flying Blind you have no idea if what
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you're doing is effective you might even
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be reinforcing bad habits the biggest
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and most common mistake Learners make
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when learning a new skill is avoiding
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feedback why because it's uncomfortable
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we'd rather not know that our singing is
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off key or that our essays are riddled
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with mistakes but here's the truth
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avoiding feedback is the number one
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reason people stay bad at things when
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people say I've been doing this for
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years but I'm still not good it's often
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because they've been avoiding feedback
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no coach no review just doing the same
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thing incorrectly over and over like
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someone practicing guitar for hours but
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strumming every cord wrong it's the
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classic 10,000 hour misconception people
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think that if they just put in more
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hours they'll get better but if you're
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practicing the wrong technique for
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10,000 hours all you've done is Master
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The Art of Doing It Wrong and here's a
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secret the faster you get feedback the
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faster you learn if you only get
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feedback after a week your brain has
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already forgotten what action caused the
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result but if feedback comes instantly
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like in video games you adjust much
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faster this is why people learn faster
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with video games than textbooks now not
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all feedback is useful some is too vague
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like just do better next time or keep
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going you're doing great to learn faster
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you need your feedback to be clear
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actionable and on time the best feedback
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tells you what to do not how to feel you
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don't need someone yelling at you for
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missing a shot you need information on
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how to improve good feedback sounds
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something like your foot placement is
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off by 2 in which is making you lose
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balance or try pressing the button half
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a second earlier all right so you know
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feedback is critical but how do you
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actually create it in your own learning
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process here are some methods number one
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self-correction record yourself doing
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the skill and watch it back you'll
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instantly spot mistakes number two
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external feedback get someone experience
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to watch you and give specific advice
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coaches are human feedback machines
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number three deliberate practice focus
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on one thing at a time and try to do it
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correctly until you get it right this
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creates a mini feedback loop with every
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attempt now while these methods are
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wondered why some people seem to master
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new skills ridiculously fast While
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others stay stuck for months here's the
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secret they don't try to learn
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everything most people think that more
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information equals faster progress so
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they watch more tutorials read more
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books and follow every complete guide
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they can find but this creates what's
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called information overload you're
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exposed to so much information that your
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brain can't tell what's important and
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what's fluff an economist called vredo
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pero noticed that 80% of Italy's land
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was owned by 20% of the people later
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people realized that this 8020 split
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shows up everywhere this is the 8020
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Rule and it says that 80% of your
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results come from 20% of your efforts
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it's the reason why 20% of language
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vocabulary allows you to understand 80%
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of conversation 20% of musical practice
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Tech techniques lead to 80% of
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improvement in performance 20% of coding
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skills solve 80% of programming problems
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this principle is everywhere and when it
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comes to learning skills fast it's a
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GameChanger While most people waste time
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on fluff and nice to know knowledge the
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at20 master focuses on only the critical
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few things that actually matter the key
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idea here is that if 80% of results come
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from 20% of the effort stop doing the
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80% of things that don't matter to
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master skills quickly you need to one
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find the 20% of key actions Concepts or
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techniques that deliver the biggest
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impact two double down on them three
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ignore everything else at least for now
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number four so if you wanted to climb
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Mount Everest would you rather go with a
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group of beginners who've never seen
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snow or would you stick with a crew of
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seasoned Mountaineers seems obvious
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right the same logic applies to learning
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any skill at lightning speed you level
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up faster when you surround yourself
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with experts experts aren't just people
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who know more than you they're walking
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talking cheap codes they shorten the
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learning curve expose you to methods
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you'd never think of on your own and
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most importantly they show you what
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you're doing wrong which is way more
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important than knowing what you're doing
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right the first thing experts do is
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expose your blind spots when you're
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learning a new skill you're basically
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feeling around in the dark you have no
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idea if you're making the right moves
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and that's a problem you could spend
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years repeating the same mistake all
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because you didn't know it was a mistake
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this is called a blind spot something
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you're doing wrong but can't see for
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yourself no amount of self-reflection
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will reveal it experts however see your
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blind spots instantly they've been where
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you are and they know where you're going
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wrong before you do it's like a chess
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grandmas watching a beginner they can
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see free moves ahead while the beginner
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is focused on what's directly in front
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of them imagine you're learning to play
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guitar you practice for months but
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you're playing sounds off you have no
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clue why then a professional guitarist
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watches you play for 30 seconds and says
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oh your fingers are too flat on the
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Frets tilt them at this angle that one
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tweak instant Improvement you'd never
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have figured it out alone if you're
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learning on your own you're stuck in
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guesswork mode you try a method fail try
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another fail again and repeat this works
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eventually but it's slow experts skip
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this step for you they've already made
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those mistakes and they know the exact
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path you need to follow instead of
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guessing and repeating you're following
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a proven road map when you're surrounded
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by experts you're constantly exposed to
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their language terms metaphors and
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mental models you wouldn't hear from
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beginners you're also exposed to their
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mindset solving problems the way they
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would and you're exposed to their
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standards experts have high standards
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and when you're around them you start to
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hold yourself to those standards too
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experts also create pressure the right
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kind of pressure if you're surrounded by
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people who are way better than you you
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might feel a little out of place it's
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uncomfortable but that discomfort is
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actually one of the most powerful forces
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for growth that's because you feel the
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need to keep up with them this forces
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you to push harder than you would if you
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were just practicing alone this positive
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pressure is a powerful motivator your
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brain doesn't want to be the weakest
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link in the tribe so it forces you to
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rise to the occasion
