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Read One Book Five Times Instead of Five Books Once
I used to measure reading in volume. Then I noticed the handful of books that actually changed me were the ones I’d gone back to again and again. Volume wasn’t the point. Depth was.
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How I Read Forty Books a Year With an Attention Span of Twelve Minutes
I’m not a fast reader and I can’t sit still. I still get through more books than most people I know. None of it involves trying harder to concentrate.
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The Courage to Be Bad at Something New
Adults quit new things for one reason: they cannot stand being a beginner in public. Here is how to survive the awkward stage long enough to get good.
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Feedback Loops: How to Get Better Without a Coach
Coaches are valuable mostly because they close the loop between what you did and what happened. You can build that loop yourself, and most people never do.
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Deliberate Practice for Adults Who Have Real Jobs
The research on deliberate practice was done on violinists with empty afternoons. Here is how to apply it when you have a job, a family and forty minutes.