The Secret to Leaning New Things
How do you learn anything new and intimidating? The books The Four Hour Work Week and Four Hour Chef teach it is all summed up through the acronym DSSS (D^3).
For learning a new language, sport, or whatever subject… this applies:
Deconstruction – break the subject down into its basic building blocks
Selection – figure out what 20% of the block will get you 80% of the results
Sequencing – figure out what order you should learn that 20% in
Stakes – figure out how you can take accountability for learning them
Other terms (I will add to later):
1. failure points
2. adherence > effectiveness > efficiency
3. information gap
4. margin of safety
5. serial positioning effect
Now to leave you with a band who has mastered this… every song they play is based of 4-5 chords: http://www.youtube.com/user/axisofawesome
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