I remember sitting in a queue at JFK airport in New York waiting to take off. As I sat in the plane, I could see our plane stuck behind about six or eight other planes. They were all waiting to take off. And as we waited the weather conditions changed, causing the planes to keep [...]
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Have you ever wondered how you acquire skills? Have you ever wondered how some people seem to learn better than others? Well, so did a researcher Pascual-Leone. Way back in the early 1990s, he did a series of experiments that taught us how we learn skills. And Pascual-Leone didn’t just theorise. Instead he used high [...]
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Once upon a time there was a little tree. He sat in the soil and danced in the wind. And he looked around and saw the other trees. “Man, they sure look taller than me,” said the little tree. “Probably it’s the soil,” he mumbled. So he lifted up his roots and moved over to [...]
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Have you heard of Gottman? Gottman, as in John Gottman. What if I told you he was the is the co-founder and co-director of the Gottman Institute? Nope, doesn’t ring a bell? Well that’s interesting, because Gottman’s research is all about ringing bells. Or intuition, as we call it. And Gottman is a good example [...]
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Listen to yourself as you’re speaking. You’ll invariably find yourself saying the word “but” several times a day. You’ll use the word to nullify what you just said, as in: You did a great job, but… Or you’ll use the word to defend your actions, as in: I would have done that, but… My niece [...]
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Imagine if you had a bucket of water. And every time you attempted to fill the bucket, 90% of the water would leak out instantly. Every time, all you’d retain was a measly 10%. How many times would you keep filling the bucket? The answer is simple: just once. The first time you noticed the [...]
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So you’re going/have gone on a vacation, aren’t you? Well, the weekend will come up, and you’ll have some sort of break–your to-do list non-withstanding. But you won’t take a break. No you won’t. You’ll do something silly. Like filling it up with stuff. How about filling it with idleness instead? Yeah, idleness. As in [...]
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It’s easy to blame your parents for your lack of great genes. It’s just as easy to praise your parents for their superb genes. But while genes may be a handed down trait, talent is not. And to understand talent you have to first understand genes. Genes are sequences of DNA letters that when activated [...]
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Imagine you just had a baby. And that baby demanded your attention. At 3am. At 6am. At 9am. What are you going to do? Are you simply going to turn back the clock? Or tend to the baby? If you speak to parents of newborns they are never ever prepared for the onslaught of time. [...]
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Have you ever considered how some people say they learn quicker by reading than audio? Have you ever considered Stevie’s plight? Ah, but that’s not the question The question is: can Stevie learn faster than you? Well, I wish it were a pat answer, but it’s not. It depends on various factors including how active [...]
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Imagine if someone told you that you needed 10,000 hours to learn to drive a car. No? What about 5000 hours then? Would that be suitable? How about 3000 hours? Or 1000? Or 500? Ok, how about 60 hours? A very average person with a reasonable fear of cars can learn to drive in about [...]
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