Role Model Theory A very common and useful strategy for improving your skills in any competitive game or sport is to play against somebody better. This is why having a good mentor is good, but it has to be carefully calibrated. If they are too much better than you, or they aren’t too […]
Post Hypnotic Destruction
Unconscious Competence No matter what you are learning, whether it be a skill or a subject or a piece of information, if you practice this enough it will get down to the level of unconscious competence. Sometimes we say learn something by heart. Sometimes we say learn something until it is second nature, but […]
Reverse Engineering Genius
Here’s a trick from Win Wenger, author of “The Einstein Factor,” a great book filled with tons of tips on how to increase your creativity, intelligence, and genius power. This requires a complicated issue or problem you’re having. It can be an engineering problem, a personal problem, financial problem. So long as it’s fairly well […]