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Stop Thinking and Start Doing: The Power of Practicing More
Knowledge And Results
New knowledge does not necessarily drive new results, especially if your goal is to make progress and not to simply gain additional knowledge.
The gap between where you are now and where you are in the future is not always caused by the lack of knowledge.
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Knowledge And Results
New knowledge does not necessarily drive new results, especially if your goal is to make progress and not to simply gain additional knowledge.
The gap between where you are now and where you are in the future is not always caused by the lack of knowledge.
Passive Learning Supports Inaction
Some of us use learning as a way to avoid doing the actual work toward reaching our goals. In this case, it becomes a form of procrastination.
We claim in these situations that we are preparing or researching the best methods and practices to reach our goals.
Practice Is Learning
... but learning is not practice. Unless you apply that knowledge and make a meaningful contribution with it, passive learning is not a form of practice.
Making mistakes while practising is a great form of learning, because it helps you gain important insights.
Practice And Focus
Practice focuses your energy on the process.
It is not the things we learn nor our dreams and aspirations that determine our results, but rather those habits that we practice each day. Focus your energy on the process, not the product.
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Taking responsibility
You have the power to close the gap between where you are now and where you want to be.
You don’t win by sitting on the fence. You succeed by getting your hands dirty. There are no shortcuts to progress or mastery.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Make realistic, specific goals
“Language learning is best when broken down into manageable goals that are achievable over a few months.” -- Donavan Whyte
Aiming to be fluent is not necessarily the best idea. “...
Remind yourself why you are learning
“Motivation is usually the first thing to go, especially among students who are teaching themselves.” To keep the momentum going he suggests writing down 10 reasons you are learning a language and sticking it to the front of the file you are using.
Focus on substance
When signing up to a particular method or approach, think about the substance behind the style or technology. “Ultimately,” Aaron Ralby says, “the learning takes place inside you rather that outside, regardless of whether it’s a computer or book or a teacher in front of you.”
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Becoming Reasonably Good
Deconstruct the Skill
- Break the skill into various small parts, remembering that every big skill is a collection of many sub-skills.
- Identify the essential sub-skills needed to give you the maximum advantage.
- Practice the most important part that you have discovered, using the 80:20 principle in your learning.
80/20: Pareto's principle
The Pareto principle states that 20% of your activities (even lesser) deliver 80% results (even more) in almost every area of your life.
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