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Learning to Learn
The fastest way to get better at something is to start slow.
One of my favorite now-retired questions is, in Thielian fashion: “What’s something you’ve learned that you believe gives you an edge - something that you’re almost surprised more people don’t know about?” Sprint hard the first 15-20 hours to impress initial memory, then decelerate to a more regular pace. But at a more meta level, the unexpected takeaway is the vast majority of people likely haven’t updated their mental model for learning in decades.
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