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Brantley H.

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Check your readiness

Learning a new skill takes commitment. And there are certain limits to what you can learn. So, before starting working on a new skill, ask yourself:

If your goal really is attainable
How much time and energy you can give to this process.

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How to Master a New Skill

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Self Improvement

Problem Solving

A Simple Strategy for Getting Better at Things

How often do you catch yourself saying, "I wish I were better at _____." Maybe you want to be better at exercising regularly, your relationships or your work. Maybe you'd like to be more artistic, athletic or multilingual. Getting better at things requires work. It doesn't happen too often that you can immediately get better ...

scotthyoung.com

Habits or Skills

Decide whether what you're trying to improve is mostly a habit or mostly a skill: if your main problem is with doing something you already know how to do, but doing it consistently, that’s pro...

Improving a habit

This process has 3 main parts:

Define the habit you want to form clearly and consistently;
Condition it until it is relatively easy to maintain.
Maintain the habit by monitoring it. If you slip, push to reassert the habit quickly.

Improving skills

The best strategy for getting better at skills is deliberate practice. A good way to work on this is to divide it into 3:

Practice the skill.
Get timely feedback on how well you’re performing.
Focus on your weak points with selective drills and constrained practice.

Carter X.

@cartervx13

How to Learn A New Skill: A Real-World Guide to Mastering Anything

With more and more self-taught professionals (developers, musicians, designers), it's clear learning a new skill can change your life. Here's how to do it.

doist.com

Improvement with learning

From the moment we are born, we are always learning new skills. We see it in formal capacities in school or on the job, and informally, like learning from you buddy how to grill a steak.

Tony Robbins

skill you want to master in this day and age we live in, if you want to have an extraordinary life, is the ability to learn rapi

Select your skill carefully

Be very selective in the skill you're trying to masker to avoid sabotaging your success:

Make sure it's applicable: The perfect skill either solves a problem you have or scratches an itch you have.
Be very specific: Specific goals are easier to pursue than vague counterparts. To set yourself up, narrow your skill down as much as possible. Ask what specific problem are you trying to solve, and find out what aspects you find most fascinating.
Make sure you love the process, not just the outcome: Pick a skill where the road is as exciting as the outcome. Then plan out celebration points along the way.

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Claudia Stark

@claudias

How to Get Motivated and Be Happy Every Day When You Wake Up

"I really don't want to go to work today", "I have such a long day ahead, what a dread", or "Yes! It's a brand new week ahead! Looking forward to getting lots done." Whatever your response may be, ask yourself this question: "What is it that made you feel unmotivated?"

lifehack.org

Motivation

Motivation is not a switch. Motivation is a flow.

If you can create a self sustaining motivation engine, you’ll not only be able to find more meaning and purpose in your life, bu...

Motivation Engine in 3 parts

Core. Your purpose. It is sustained by two things: Having Meaning, and Forward Movement.
Support. What enables your goals. They can magnify the motivation core you have, or speed up the momentum that you build.
Surface. Any type of external recognition that might give you motivation.

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