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• The 6As are Athletics, Adventure, Academics, Art, Advocacy, and The Human Algorithm.
• Everything we learn adds to our set of rules and just as importantly exceptions by which we can create our own optimized shortcuts (heuristics).
• When I finished my PhD, I felt very aware of the limits of my knowledge. It may sound strange that at the moment you receive a doctorate that you feel humbled by what you don’t know but a wise man once said that “the only thing I know is that I don’t know everything.” It may sound very Tao in a twisted intuitive way, but the excitement of achieving...
• Overall, learners exhibit strong learning before getting worse. It may be called beginner’s luck. Starting at point 1, learners may feel an initial rush before descending to point 2 at the bottom of the U. During the descent, effort may not feel as if it is leading to results. Learning feels cumbersome like putting on the wrong size of shoes. But w...
• So how do they get out of the bottom of the “U?” Here’s a T.I.P. Time. Intention. Persistence.