Blinkist: Big ideas in small packages
Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying on Evolution, Innovation, and Western Civilization - YouTube
Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying | EP 216 - YouTube
Saturday, March 30, 2024
book: A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century
Saturday, March 23, 2024
book: Get Better at Anything by Scott H. Young
Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery: Young, Scott H.: 9780063256675: Amazon.com: BooksThe author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Ultralearning explores why it’s so difficult for people to learn new skills, arguing that three factors must be met to make advancement possible, and offering 12 maxims to improve the way we learn.
See—Most of what we know comes from other people. The ease of learning from others determines, to a large extent, how quickly we can improve.
Do—Mastery requires practice. But not just any practice will do. Our brains are fantastic effort-saving machines, which can be both a tremendous advantage and a curse.
Feedback—Progress requires constant adjustment. Not just the red stroke of a teacher’s pen, but the results of hands-on experience.
When we’re able to learn from the example of other people, practice extensively ourselves, and get reliable feedback, rapid progress results. Yet, when one, or all, of these factors is inhibited, improvement often becomes impossible. Using research and real-life examples, Young breaks down these elements into twelve simple maxims. Whether you’re a student studying for an exam, an employee facing a new skill at work, or just want to get better at something you’re interested in, his insights will help you do it better.
summary / review
- Solve problems like mazes with a 3-step approach.
- Learn faster by prioritizing variation over repetition.
- Use 3 unlearning strategies to overcome your mind’s conditioning.
steps:
- Frame the problem correctly. right perspective makes all the difference.
- Pick promising problems. pick ones where we can see a path to a solution.
- Explore the problem space one room at a time.
Often, solutions add up slowly over time, then come to us all at once.
variability
- Shuffle what you learn.
- Play with more performers.
- Learn the theories.
- Get it right, then vary your practice.
tactics
- Add new constraints.
- Get a coach
- Renovate instead of rebuilding.
Saturday, March 16, 2024
book: The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
An old popular book about about power of belief.
While it is based on Bible and with specific religious foundation,
it could be a useful "philosophy" for life in general.
Audio version recommended.
The Power of Positive Thinking - Wikipedia
1952 self-help book by American minister Norman Vincent Peale. It provides anecdotal "case histories" of positive thinking using a biblical approach, and practical instructions which were designed to help the reader achieve a permanent and optimistic attitude. These techniques usually involved affirmations and visualizationsreviews / summaries / quotes
"the roots of success lie in the mind and teach you how to believe in yourself, break the habit of worrying, and take control of your life by taking control of your thoughts and changing your attitude."Saturday, March 9, 2024
book: Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
~ Do Fewer Things. Work at a Natural Pace. Obsess over Quality. ~
ReThinking - How to be productive without burning out, with Cal Newport
Cal Newport: Take The Pressure Off Productivity - YouTube
at Daily Stoic with Ryan Holiday
Book review: Slow Productivity by Cal Newport and Feel Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal - YouTube
Slow Productivity Summary (Cal Newport) | The Book in 4 Minutes
offers a holistic new philosophy for a better relationship with work that allows us to make meaningful contributions at a sustainable pace, rooted in three pillars: fewer commitments, taking our time, and insisting on delivering high-quality work.
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