Since reading this 6 months ago, I've come to think it's half a dozen of the best paragraphs I've ever read on how to get much, much better at anything: (by @autotrnslucence )pic.twitter.com/dMoEwHtjfU
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One thing I've learned to do - too slowly, to my regret! - is to study those people. What do they do? _Why_ are they doing it? What's the gestalt? What are the big, obvious things that I would never think even to question, but which they do differently?
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Everything from the tiniest mechanics to the largest gestalt, from the mundane to the remarkable is worth thinking about, and learning from. I know that sounds like a cliche, but I think it's true. There's so much to learn from in others that I think we often screen it out.
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Lots more context on the essay, and some amazing pictures, from @autotrnslucence:https://twitter.com/autotrnslucence/status/1074503969735462913 …
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Talking to smart teenagers is often a good reminder of this. They haven't learned to screen things out yet!
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It's like we learn to screen it out. Need to learn to remove the screen!
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Sounds like what Josh Waitzkin calls “firewalking”, and similar to Gallwey’s “inner game”.
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Whenever I don't know the origin of a word I try and find its etymology. Recent terms often lead me down a bibliographic rabbit hole of history, CS/math, and socio-linguistic effects. I've giving a couple talks b/c of this—no small thing is worth ignoring if researched enough!
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