Momentum? Or Time to Integrate?
Choosing the Right Time!
Timing is everything. If you watch any kind of long distance race, such as Tour de France, a running marathon, or the Paris-Dakar Rally, they know how to pace. Going all out will destroy any chance of winning as much as going too slowly. The winners know when to slow down and when to speed up.
Our brain works very similarly. You overload and the brain simply loses the information. You don’t feed it enough quickly enough, and the brain doesn’t make the connections.
Thankfully, in the race for skill acquisition, there is a science behind figuring out the right pace for developing neural pathways.
Thoughtful Tuesday | Spacing it Out
I was speaking at an event on strategies to recognize and address natural learning bias in the workplace when a tired hand wobbled up.
Thoughtful Tuesday | Deliberate Practice
Have you read about 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert? This was based on Anders Ericsson’s study of dedicated practice for musicians. Malcolm Gladwell broadened it but also oversimplified it. It’s not just a counting of hours, but also a matter of what you’re doing in those hours. What is certain, however, is that deliberate practice is neces…