Why Rabia Will Be A ‘Genius’ (And You Won’t)

Rabia is on her way to becoming a genius.
And here’s why she’s headed there, and you’re not.

Rabia draws. And draws. And draws.
And draws.
And draws.

Rabia spends five thousand hours drawing something or the other every single day.
And therefore Rabia’s artwork is pretty darned amazing.

But hey, you’re probably thinking Rabia’s talented, aren’t you?
And Rabia thinks you’re nuts. Because Rabia thinks you can draw just as well, if only you’d spend as much time doing what she does.

Here’s the thing about so-called genius
The only way you’ll get exceedingly good is if you do something every single day (weekends excluded). Forget 10,000 hours to reach mastery. Just put in 300 hours of writing/drawing or whatever you want to learn.

And the reason why you’ll improve is because of brain plasticity (neuro-plasticity)When you learn something, your brain creates what is called a ‘brain map.’ And at first, the brain requires many nodes or points to get that map to work. So let’s say you learn how to draw a face.

Well, that brain of yours has to create a map with say, twenty different points each connected to each other. And then if you keep learning, the brain gets more efficient.

It reduces the nodes.
So it goes from twenty, to ten. And then probably down to five nodes. Now instead of needing all that power to run twenty nodes, your brain does the activity quicker, and more efficiently with just five nodes.

Put in the effort one hour a day. One day at a time.
And even if you don’t study a single new thing, don’t do any course or training—your ability will improve in leaps and bounds. Do just one hour a day of something, and in one year the improvement won’t just be nice. It will be dramatic.

Heck Rabia can tell you that.
And she’s just five years old.

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